Pincushion Protea

This is one of the many protea species indigenous to the Western Cape.  This particular one was found in the Noordhoek area.  The best place to see all our protea species is in the Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, a wonderful area set up against Table Mountain.

A view of Kirstenbosch Gardens with our national flower, the King Protea in the foreground

 

Lisianthus

A few of the smaller flowers that I've been doing.

It's so long since I logged into the blogging world, I had forgotten there were so many artists out there that I was in constant contact with.  And it was quite sad to realise that, like me, they also have dropped off the blog list.  So maybe it's time I linked this to my Instagram and Facebook accounts!  If I could just figure out how to ....