Camera : FujiFinepix 2800Zoom – Taken in Tarlton, Gauteng, South Africa.

Crawling among the cosmos next to the side of the road to try and get a good shot of these annual flowers was quite an experience. I almost fell in a rabbit hole, got black jacks all over my pants, walked straight through a huge Orb Web Spider’s web before I realised it and even disturbed a family of Partridges, who scared the daylights out of me as they all raucously took to the air!

Nature puts up this grand show every year from November, well into March, and tourists travel from the Cape Province to Mpumalanga to witness this spectacular event (South Africa).

Cosmos are originally native to scrub and meadow areas in Mexico (where the bulk of the species occur), and occur in the southern United States (Arizona, Florida), Central America, South America south to Paraguay and South Africa.

18th May 2011 – SOLD 1 CARD to a beautiful RB member!

1. 21st August 2010 – FEATURED in Mozambique and Neighbouring Countries
2. 22nd August 2010 – FEATURED in Along the Rural Road
3. 25th August 2010 – FEATURED in Quality Art & Photography
4. 29th August 2010 – FEATURED in Fauna & Flora of South Africa
5. 6th December 2010 – FEATURED in Image Writing
6. 15th March 2011 – Placed in the TOP 10 of the challenge BLOMME in kleur | FLOWERS in colour in Afrikaans – 4th Place
7. 4th September 2011 – FEATURED in Dutch Showcase
8. 11th March 2012 – FEATURED in Artists Universe
9. 25th March 2012 – FEATURED in Fauna, Flora, Landscapes and Architecture of South Africa