TODAY'S FLOWERS - Spring on the Mountain

My poor neglected Mountain house and garden but even neglect 

cannot suppress nature.

Weeping cherry trees at the entrance

and, oh so pretty when you get closer.

In the bed opposite, the magnolia is mainly in bud

but one flower is already fully open.

 Grape hyacinths, Muscari, make carpets of blue under the trees

and clumps of daffodils a charming contrast.

It is sad that, due to age and physical condition, I can no longer keep

this historical 3 acre garden in prime condition. Life moves on and we 

all have to adjust to the possibilities or not.

At this stage I am happy to pass the baton to a younger generation.

After all, we can still enjoy flowers, even if their care is no longer our responsibility.

TODAY'S FLOWERS ~ Spring has Sprung at the Gardens

On the way back from Melbourne last week, we stopped in at

the Ballarat Botanical Gardens and what a sight met our eyes!

Even outside the gardens the grass was full of daisies

and once we got inside, I was quite surprises at the grand

spring plantations that had been brought into being.

Spring bulbs galore, thick as thieves between the azaleas

and beds planted around the birches in circles and arcs.

How can one resist such beauty?

I certainly could not and kept snapping away . . . can you see

the little statue in the background?

Another innovation since last we visited, is that immense glass

house. The lanterns are like old fashioned gaslights and there

are quite a number of marble statues and bronze busts of all

the Australian prime ministers lining an avenue of very old trees.

Here is a raised semi-circular bed of multi-coloured polyanthus.

All pictures enlarge with a click.

Join TODAY'S FLOWERS and show off the flowers around you.

Dog whisperer

Fed the cows on the paddock while

Kip, the aging sheep magician bravely

stayed in the ute. On our return

caught the dogwhisperer at work

feeding the calf and exchanging

genial whispers with her offsider.

P.S. I was good to-day and even

though it hailed potted the peacock

eye daffodils!