When The Show Begins

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Series : Still At Home

Scarlet Bottlebrush.

"This composition took so long to complete that in the end I was dreaming of painting dots and lines and saw them everywhere I looked. It was an ambitious idea to include so many little shapes, but the result, despite the marathon was therapeutic in a way, like a meditation and I was surprised and loved the result.

There is something about the start of the Bottlebrush season that sends the birds crazy - we love to watch them dive in and out chasing each other, all trying  to dominate the territory, before things settle down and they start to create nests everywhere in its protective 'sleeping beauty' type thicket" There is often a mix of Yellow Rumped Thornbills, White browed Scrubwrens, Splendid Wrens, New Holland Honeyeaters and then Willy Wagtails all using this tree in our garden as a lookout, food, protection and a territorial marker - and then the parrots arrive to enjoy nipping off the tips and flowers."

Noongar word for Bottlebrush: tubada.

They are traditionally used in healing of skin complaints and wounds. In some areas It symbolises strength and unity and can be given to show comradery and mateship.

Two species only, of Bottlebrush occur in the South West of Western Australia. Botanical name: Callistemon Phoeniceus or Melaleuca Phoenicia (some botanical disagreement continues)



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