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Monday, 25 October 2021

Monday Mural - Sturt Desert Rose

I love murals and street art. If you like murals or have a mural you'd like to post, this meme is for you.  Just follow the Linky steps below.  Once you start looking you will find murals everywhere.  The "Monday Mural" meme goes live on Monday at 12,01AM, Perth,Western Australian time. Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow posters. Looking forward to your mural finds this week.  Thanks, Sami.

Painted by Miss Polly for the Darwin Street Art Festival of 2020, in Shadforth Lane, on the walls of the Rydges Darwin Central Hotel.

The mural represents the Sturt Desert Rose (Gossypium Sturtianum), the Northern Territory's floral emblem. It is an extremely resilient plant with a high tolerance to draught and other extreme conditions, which also applies to the people of the Northern Territory.





47 comments:

  1. I'm not sure why this beautiful plant can't come to the states. We could use a drought tolerant beauty like this here. This is a fabulous mural. It has such perceived depth, too. Thanks so much for finding this incredible mural.

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    1. Australia has lots of drought tolerant plants. Thanks Elizabeth, it's a great mural.

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  2. This is wonderful.
    For some reason I couldn't put my contribution to your linky list. Here it is: https://geriatrixfotogallerie.wordpress.com/2021/10/24/a-wall/

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    1. Thanks Traudel. I entered your link, not sure why it didn't work for you.

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  3. a beautiful flower I never heard of

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    1. I hadn't heard of it before going to Darwin either Kwarkito. Thank you :)

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  4. Oh this is so pretty! I have a desert rose plant too

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    1. Thanks Amy. I had never seen them before, or maybe just didn't know what they were.

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  5. A wonderful mural, Sami. Did you get to see the flower for real?

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    1. Thanks David. No, I didn't get to see it at all.

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  6. This is just fabulous, Sami. It's so happy!

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    1. Thanks Jeanie, I agree it's a happy mural.

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  7. This is such a beautiful mural with its 3D effect. Sorry but I can’t seem to link it to your blog. So here is my entry https://mywanderings.travel.blog/2021/10/24/a-little-girl/

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    1. Thanks Teresa. Not sure what happened, I've entered it for you :)

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  8. Dearest Sami,
    The artist created an incredible three dimensional look in this mural of real looking Malvaceae; WOW!
    Hugs,
    Mariette

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  9. That's pretty. No connection to the Sturt Desert Pea I am told. Lol at your rose and people in the NT comparison.

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    1. That would be the flower emblem for South Australia :) How interesting Andrew.
      I copied that from the artist's description of the mural, lol

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  10. Com a música Desert Rose, de Sting, em fundo seria o cenário perfeito.
    Boa semana

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    1. Obrigada Pedro, nao pensei nessa musica que realmente ia bem com o mural, lol.

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  11. Beautiful Desert Roses mural. I am sure the real roses will be much more beautiful.

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    1. I didn't get to see them at all, so can't say, but I'm sure real ones would be even better looking :) Thanks Nancy

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  12. I love the desert rose thanks for introducing us! Sami

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  13. Wow, this is outstanding. So beautiful!
    (BTW... the Einbahn-Strasse made me laugh real hard)

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    1. Thanks Iris, I was glad I spotted this mural, I thought it was quite beautiful too.
      One episode not to be forgotten for sure Iris, lol.

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  14. Amazing 3D effect, Great captured.

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  15. Beautiful flowers and the color of the hotel and the small windows with the permanent sunshades point to a tropical climate. A nice combination with the mural here.

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    1. Indeed a tropical climate and the shades will be quite handy. Thanks SC :)

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    1. Thanks William. Somehow your post went into the spam folder. Went there now to delete spam messages and retrieved it.

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  17. This is a lovely mural, fabulous colour rose.

    All the best Jan

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    1. Thanks Jan. Somehow your post went into the spam folder. Went there now to delete spam messages and retrieved it.

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