garden delights

Acacia iteaphilla,  commonly called Flinders Ranges Wattle, is one of those wonderful plants that bloom in winter with a delicately s...

My little world is a work in progress it is raining and I did not want to soup up the picture quality. As many of you know over q...

A few days ago, this cute little female Flame Robin checked out  our garden. Isn't she a sweetheart? Some winters when we a...

Some people are just blessed.  My niece came for the weekend from far, far away. Here is my private garden gnome attacking the wast...

Thank you Luiz for featuring me today as your Guest Friend! Here are a few more orchids from my my dear friends' garden: ...

Just look at us, aren't we sweet? We would never dream of touching a leaf in your garden. How can you send us away like this, we are tot...

Wake up in the morning, look out the window and see . . . nothing??? Well, nothing but the closest roses to my window. At least the fog camo...

A late autumn rose with a friendly, helpful Praying Mantis. Well, perhaps just a little camera shy. How kind, she actually posed for a photo...

Here are some of the roses in my front garden, unfortunately they are just fading and apart from them there are just two white Oriental Lili...

Jonquils on this field of old from a tiny bulb unfold that some poor hard working wife planted here to ease her life Cair Paravel we call it...

Please click on photos to enlarge for best effect. This year there is no garden, no vegetables, no flowers.... the drought has taken all.......

This is our personal Phoenix, rebuilt with the original walls from 1850 or so, after the extensive bushfire of 1983, which devoured 76 homes...