TODAY'S FLOWERS - Changes

Leave home for four days to enjoy the warmth to the desert

return to transformations at home

amazing what a few drops of rain will do

my chrysanthemum thinks it is Mothers' Day already

the paddock below my garden shows the faintest 

touch of green and the Wild Wood

is changing into it's golden mantle

the stocks that have given me joy all summer

are more vibrant and have embraced a self seeded

ruby chard in their midst

snapdragons have been joined by a lonely broad bean 

and carpet of parsley

I tend to leave thing where God plants them

they grow much better there and save me the trouble

of getting them established elsewhere

While the other half of the world is bursting into spring,

I am thoroughly enjoying being in the gentle season of

of autumn, cooler temperatures, rain and comfort food.

Linking with TODAY'S FLOWERS

TODAY'S FLOWERS ~ 20 Of Autumn Past

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Most of you know that because of our protracted
drought there are precious few flowers around this
year. I give you some archival blooms of past years.
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White Petunias glowing in the moonlight scent

the gentle evening breeze...

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Pink Penstemon, Basil gone to seed and Petunias

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A red, delightfully scented Cyclamen

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Kniphofia, commonly called Red Hot Poker is a

much beloved foodsource of Honeyeaters

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and one of my favourite Chrysanthemums with

inch wide flowers of bright burnt orange. Under

ideal conditions it can grow to 5' tall, just covered

in flowers. I hope to find at least a tiny survivor

when finally the rains come. All my other

Chrysanthemums have joined the great white

Chrysanthemun in the sky.

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Click on the red rose to the right for many more flowers.

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To our wonderful hosts Luiz Santilli Jr., Denise B. Castro

and Laerte Pupo my sincere thanks for this lovely meme.

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