October 21, 2015 · 2:26 pm
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What did I do to deserve this?

I mean, look at this sunset! I must have been extraordinarily good for a few moments.

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Then, I was gifted with an extra bonus when I noticed this blossom on a tree that I thought was a Plane tree. I’m waiting for my local expert to identify it. Maybe one of you folks knows what it is.

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My knowledge base goes like this “It’s a tree, with a pretty blossom.”

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66 responses to “What did I do to deserve this?”

  1. Call me "The Reservator"
    December 22, 2015 at 8:09 am

    i love your spirit…

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  2. knittingwithheart
    November 6, 2015 at 12:07 pm

    Ooooh… red sunset at night, sailors (and fellow bloggers) delight! And oh my, my new favourite tree—with such lovely flowers and interesting leaves 🙂 ♥ ❤

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  3. Ralph
    October 26, 2015 at 11:22 pm

    Heck ! That flower is almost as big as the house ! 😀 ❤

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  4. Sartenada
    October 26, 2015 at 5:58 pm

    Gorgeous photos. Thank You.

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  6. BunKaryudo
    October 25, 2015 at 11:44 pm

    What a beautiful sunset! I’m glad some of the other commenters were able to identify the flower for you, by the way. I’d have been no help, I’m afraid.

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  7. Gill McGrath
    October 24, 2015 at 7:39 am

    Beautiful sunset pics. Delicious pink! Sun is non existent here at the moment so this is a delight to see! thanks <3.

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  8. Woolly Muses
    October 23, 2015 at 8:07 am

    Now I know where all the good sunsets are. We have had very ordinary setting suns of late and I look forward to seeing one like your Myrtleford sunset.

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  9. mvaden1948
    October 22, 2015 at 11:47 am

    I had tulip poplars in North Carolina but their flowers were pink and white but I think the leaves were the same.
    Now I’ll always see a cat face when I look at that leaf shape too!

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  10. Darlene Jones
    October 22, 2015 at 10:01 am

    Incredibly vivid sunset. It’s a tree with a pretty flower. Hope that helps.

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  11. arlingwoman
    October 22, 2015 at 9:35 am

    That is what’s called a tulip poplar. We have them all over here. Think they’re native to North America. I always thought their leaves looked like cartoon cat faces!

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  12. greenwritingroom.com
    October 22, 2015 at 8:48 am

    Yup, the flower looks Magnolia-like, but the leaves show it’s a Tulip Tree, lucky you. Can I have some of your luck, please?

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  13. suchled
    October 22, 2015 at 8:19 am

    The sunset was a prize for moving down to Vic and the tree is a prize to us for following your blob.

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  14. Cynthia Jobin
    October 22, 2015 at 1:13 am

    You captured a beautiful sunset…but will you be satisfied? No. You’ll be looking for another beautiful sunset again before you know it, and this one will just be an old photo.

    And the flower on the tree….is it more beautiful when it has a Latin label.?..can you enjoy it more? Does itself even know its name?

    I am in a mood today. Thanks for posting these two beauties, Yvonne. Ya musta been a good girl, momentarily, as you say.

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    • Yvonne
      October 22, 2015 at 7:12 am

      So far, subsequent sunsets have been very ordinary or non-existent due to cloud cover, but I shan’t give up, Cynthia.

      I’ll go and talk to that tree later this morning, calling it by its proper name and also its common name. I’ll report any change in its responses.

      So, today is a day to avoid you and your mood, is it? Go and see what Bruce has written. That’ll either lift your mood, or give you a good opportunity to vent a bit. Cheers!

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  15. Francesca
    October 21, 2015 at 7:56 pm

    Definitely not a passion fruit blossom but gorgeous as is the sunset. You must have been very good indeed. Salute!

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  16. laurie27wsmith
    October 21, 2015 at 7:34 pm

    Lovely sunset Yvonne, of course it was for you. 🙂 The flower, don’t know.

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  17. Bruce Goodman
    October 21, 2015 at 6:26 pm

    Oh for goodness sake – it’s very ordinary – it’s called a “very unplain tree” – a plain tree wouldn’t have flowers like that – glad to have solved your problem. (And in passing I might add that a plane tree makes one hell of a mess on the lawn with twigs – so it’s not a plane!)

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  18. tgeriatrix
    October 21, 2015 at 5:51 pm

    In German we call it “Tulpenbaum” (tulip tree). I googled :Liriodendron tulipifera. It is some sort of magnolia. In our town we have a forest with exotic trees and I remembered the unusual shape of the leave. I never saw it bloom. Thank you!

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  19. wolfberryknits
    October 21, 2015 at 4:31 pm

    Whoa, what a spectacular sunset! Made me smile! :))

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  21. doesitevenmatter3
    October 21, 2015 at 4:17 pm

    It’s a tree with a pretty blossom.
    Oh…wait…you already knew that…so I am of no help at all! :-/ Sorry! 😉
    It looks tropical to me! And is so beautiful! 🙂
    And your sunset photos are gorgeous! What a special gift! 🙂
    HUGS!!! 🙂

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  22. fauquetmichel
    October 21, 2015 at 4:12 pm

    Passiflora blossom shows staminas like tools ot the Passion of Christ . Nothing like that here .

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  23. mvaden1948
    October 21, 2015 at 4:04 pm

    I thought passion flower when I saw it also. Hopefully someone who really knows can tell you.

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  24. ehpem
    October 21, 2015 at 3:39 pm

    Looks like it might be a passion flower of the passion fruit. But it would be a vine in that case. I think.

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