We had our first frost yesterday morning, just three days out from winter! And another one this morning. It has been a very pleasant Autumn. But I am glad to see frost and the beautiful sunny days that follow, for frost brings on proper dormancy for the fruit trees and reduction or death of some … More The First Frost And First Steps
Sometimes, when things are a a little chaotic, you just need to look at some flowers. So, that’s what we’re going to do today. In the morning, the sun rises behind the sasanqua camellia. Sometimes. Sometimes it hides behind the clouds. The crisp white flowers are a welcome sight in the colder months of the … More Lets Pause to Look at Some Pretty Things
It is lovely to be back to my garden. Not that most of it looks lovely at the moment, but it’s good to get back to work in it. It seems there was a bunch of rain while we were away and the weeds were rather pleased about it. However, we’ve had beautiful sunny days … More Back to The Garden
Since there were just too many good photos to fit in one blog post, here’s a second round of photos from our Christchurch holiday. Enjoy looking at them whilst I try to assemble a post about the masses of things we’ve been up to since we got back… Climbing on the Port Hills. Scrambling around … More More Photos of Christchurch
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