Rain Rain Rain

We have had record breaking rain this week , after 2 years of drought, and we have been lucky not to have flood damage like some hills towns. The garden is a little slower to bloom this year as it is wetter and cooler.

Spring posy from the garden

Tulips in bloom

Chanticleer blossom

The weeping cherry tree beginning to blossom

Dark moody wet day

Buddleia in full flower

The lawn is to wet and boggy to mow this week

Saturday country drive and some wonderful scenery

 Having a good scratch!

   The girls sun baking in a rare sunny day

Linking up with Shabby Art Boutique this week

First Week of Spring

The blossom has been a joy the last week and it's almost all over again already.

6 more David Austin roses have gone in to our English rose garden...can't wait!

A beautiful Spring sunset

My butterfly bush is blooming...it smells divine and is covered in honeyeaters, bees and butterflies

My girls are loving the sunshine

Plum tree blossom

Manchurian Pear tree blossom

Camellias are still in bloom

Blossom time

A day trip and an almond grove spotted that I just had to hop out of the car and take a shot of it

First of my 12 prunus trees

First buds out on my plum tree

Probably about a week to go before my blossom is fully out

Sascha contemplating his kingdom

Raindrops on Muscari and Hellebore

A fiery sunset

Raindrops on the Galahs

Winter is Almost Over

An afternoon stroll

Storm clouds gathering

A crisp winter's day

The first Prunus blossom

Euphorbias  are flowering again

Winter Hellebore

Opening Camellias

Won't be long before my pink tulips are up

a day trip to the River Murray and nesting pelicans on the banks

Winter Garden Adventures

Lots of bird life in our winter garden this week

Pink Nemesia

A new weeping mulberry 

Camellias and Hellabores are looking gorgeous in the garden

A golden dawn

All playing nicely together

Sheltering from a rainstorm

Stalking an echidna

Another storm arriving