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dead palm fronds May 28, 2009

Who wants to go to the Regional Show when you can stay home and spend four hours in the garden carting dead palm fronds from the back yard to your father’s ute? Hey? Who? I’m not hearing too much excitement out there in blogland! When I bought this house three years ago, it was quite […]

you say “to-may-to” I say “to-mah-to” aka view from a bridge February 13, 2009

You say unsealed stormwater drain. I say creek running through my back garden after a day of rain.

you say "to-may-to" I say "to-mah-to" aka view from a bridge

You say unsealed stormwater drain. I say creek running through my back garden after a day of rain.

In the old gum tree February 3, 2009

I have quite a lot of gum trees down the end of my backyard, past the billy goat’s gruff bridge which runs over the creek (o.k. so it’s a really a drain, but it’s not all concreted so it looks like a creek and that’s what I’m calling it). In those gum trees live a […]

In the old gum tree

I have quite a lot of gum trees down the end of my backyard, past the billy goat’s gruff bridge which runs over the creek (o.k. so it’s a really a drain, but it’s not all concreted so it looks like a creek and that’s what I’m calling it). In those gum trees live a […]

new growth January 28, 2009

To get my front fence built I had to get my gum tree lopped. It sat very quietly for two weeks and then suddenly in the last week there is new growth sprouting from everywhere. They’re resilient those eucalypts.

new growth

To get my front fence built I had to get my gum tree lopped. It sat very quietly for two weeks and then suddenly in the last week there is new growth sprouting from everywhere. They’re resilient those eucalypts.

pink rose November 22, 2008

Finally, my pink rose has produced a flower.

pink rose

Finally, my pink rose has produced a flower.

pink geraniums November 16, 2008

Brightening up my desk. The rose wilted and has now been superceded.