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Guess who received a fabulous camera for his brithday. It's able to take quite high- resolution photographs (up to 7.2 megapixels). Updating tem to the blog would take forever so i'll only be posting the 1 megapixel photographs.

Of course, the downside is that the photographer can no longer blame his equipment for the poor quality images ...



The Clematis Armandii ... from our bedroom window (Full 3x Optical zoom and 2x Digital zoom to get this close...). It's giving a wonderful display this year!


This is the Camellia at the front of the house - using the camera's close-up (macro) feature.



The Magnolia Stellata. Another great present. the light was fading so the camera flash operated. the early flowers have been touched by last week's frost but it still looks lovely




Daffodils in the front garden.



The coral-bark Acer (you'll have to ask Janet for its proper name). The flash and the Phormium behind combine to make it glow ... It'll be specatcular once it's grown a little.





These, whatever they are, have survived all sorts of mis-treatment. And they're really rather sweet.




A Pieris ... Janet said she'll have to look up the name of this one ... It's another fabulous plant (despite pink flowers) that has given this show of flowers for quite some while now, with no sign of abating.




March 24th and it looks really quite lush from this angle... The garden, on the whole, is looking good for this time of year.


A bamboo with an untypable name ...