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Not exactly world-shattering news -but a pleasure to see the first bloom of my pond lily today----and the first pond lily I have ever grown. Pictures are a bit dark as it is cloudy today and flash doesn't have the same effect as sunlight. The frangi
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The Cleome seeds that a friend gave me have proved a spectacular success--surviving two days of over 40 Deg C without a hint of wilting! They have achieved a good height -comparison with my height in the second pic.
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The forecast of 43 Deg C was right! The thermometer is something of an antique -see picture--but is still accurate. Inside, the Gallileo thermometer (thanks to Alison and Craig) records 28 Deg C at the time shown on my wristwatch. Mary retreated to a corner of the sunroom with
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Over the last few weeks I have constructed a garden pond in the front garden, to the maximum legal depth of 200mms --with a deep end for water plants and shallow end for reptiles amphibians and birds-- but hopefully not visiting cane toads from Queensland. The pond is located under
Australian Holidays
Near John and Penny lives Robin Johnson who gave me permission to picture him in his front garden with his book "Your Sustainable Garden"-of which he gave me a copy. Born in Worcester and trained as a gardener there, he was rose gardener at Parliament house in
Bushwalking
A few pics of September flowers in front garden (first one an Alogyne) , plus the honeyeater that I feed several times a day--one pic caught just as he 'took off' so you can see his feet leaving the trellis! Later today we drove to the Royal National
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I gave the garden a complete soaking--and a duck appeared!
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Actually occurred Sunday 11th March
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Birthdays & Anniversaries
Michael and Shelley arrived Boxing Day morning and we tried the beach. Unfortunately and exceptional high tide plus very strong winds created very unpleasant water conditions--even at Oak park--as seen below. Fortunately, my lupins had just bloomed, so there was something to show for the cooler weather! The
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Mary had cultivated what she thought were variagated sweet peas--turned out they were nearly all blue! Ah well--they look and small nice anyway.