Friday; for the birds...

New Grevillias for my garden;

When I planted my first grevillias there were not so many hybrids available. Some last long and some don't.

Yesterday I bought

Yamba Sunshine, an open, tall shrub 3m  yellow flowers,

Lady O,  short red flowers pointing downwards, quite exquisite,  1.5 m,

Sandra Gordon, with long, brilliant yellow flowers tall up to 3m, was always a favourite,

Coloundra Gem, salmon flowers 2m,  hope it will do well,

Honeybird pink, shrub to 1.5 m

When freshly planted they need  to be looked after and watered, once they start to grow well they will be quite drought resistant and just need a little pruning from time to time to keep them compact.

I also bought a Rose  for my tiny rose garden; "Love Potion"  has a wonderful fragrance. I grew this rose before.

A couple of punnets of miniature Zinnias for the herb garden, which will be flowering in the summer's heat  as well, while the Petunias have packed up and gone home!

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Thursday; blogging;

Dampiera stricta; Australian perennial; 

Yesterday I met Diane and Bill, blogger friends from some years back.  Link Adventure before Dementia;   We had lots to talk and laugh about. It was so nice to meet you; thank you for this lovely plant.

Today I am going up to Redland to a nursery. I have to replace some of my native plants in the garden. I will get a bigger pot for this one, as it likes to spread its roots! 

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Monday; a furry visitor;

Sunday morning,  eating breakfast I saw something  disappearing very very fast up  a palm tree. Billy was rummaging around, luckily he leaves the animals alone. When he was a puppy he took  small lizards in his mouth  but let them unharmed out again. This behaviour is unusual with a Jack Russel. But he has always been an unusual fellow.

Anyway, I went and had a look, I thought it was a Pheasant, as they always stick around  to look for nests with baby birds. When I looked up I saw a Koala  sitting on a palm leaf and holding on to the next.

At around lunchtime I returned to the palm tree but the Koala had disappeared. 

A little later I saw it going up a paperbark, but did not feel comfortable and left...

 walked all the way to the end of the garden and quickly climbed a  frangipane tree, which gave me an opportunity to snap a few photos.

It looked at me and then decided...

to climb over the fence into my neighbours garden, where it very fast climbed up a very high gum tree and disappeared  high up in the branches. Generally they live there and feed on the leaves.  But it was nice to see this  furry visitor. Usually they are very high up and it is hard to see them as they blend so well with the colours of the gum trees.

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Lavender & Vanilla;

Sepia Saturday 143; Confiteria;

Sevilla, Andalucia; Confiteria Filella; I don't have to explain what they are selling!

The Confiteria is located in this Moorish style building. 

To wet your appetite for these...

Tempting in the food hall at

Galeries Lafayette, Paris.

Please visit 

Sepia Saturday 143;

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Thursday; I am a tree...

Photo/ Lismore Road NSW;  Tree Araucaria cunninghamia;

I am a tree;

I am still growing;

I want to be huge;

I want to be free;

I want to be a refuge;

don't cut me down,

please let me grow

I am a tree.  

 Titania

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Photo/ baby water dragon; Physignathus lesueurii

This baby came around  when it was like a tiny stick, it grows at a fair rate and seems happy to stay around my pot plants.  Mornings at breakfast time it is warming itself, enjoying the sun, watching us with its shiny black eyes. It is such a thrill to have these creatures around. The same spot is sanctuary to a fat, small gecko, which was also arriving as a baby and sticks around, very fast and always hiding behind the pots. It might come out quickly when I am watering the plants. A baby lizard with golden stripes, I have not seen before,  hides itself between the plants and comes out to sun itself.

Many hiding nooks around the breakfast area for the little creatures. 

This tiny tree snake, not poisonous, wanted to get inside. It was not happy to be handled and put back into a  secure spot in the garden.  I am so glad my garden can be a little refuge for some wildlife.


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Tuesday; versatile;

The versatile pumpkin, received from my neighbour Virginia;

Pumpkins  look beautiful, they lend themselves for decoration until the time comes to use them for cooking.

They grow in many colours, sizes and  forms.

What do you fancy tonight? 

A deliciously roasted pumpkin, skin and all?

A fine tasting pumpkin soup in the french style  or perhaps with a hint of cumin and ginger?

Not to forget a creamy pumpkin risotto with a handful  of  true parmigiano reggiano?

For dessert a luscious pumpkin pie, sweet  with a hint of spices and lashings of cream?

any of these and 101 more to use a pumpkin.

The time is here to scatter different  pumpkin seeds. I let them grow and spread downwards where nothing comes into their way as they  need a lot of space  to grow. 

Applause for the humble pumpkin.

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