I was in my garden early today and the morning light was catching this old chandelier which came out of the house when we renovated - it looked so pretty hanging in the tree and adds a bit of whimsy to the corner of the garden!  I love the spider's web attached to it!  Do you have something re-used in your garden that you love?

The first of the jasmine blooms are out - gracefully wandering their way all over the garden fence - the tiny drops of rain on the blossoms a reminder of the little bit of rain we had overnight - freshening everything up.

 

If I were a tiny fairy

 With nothing else to do

But to wriggle into flowers

 All the long day through,

 

I'd dance among the roses,

 I'd take a stately walk,

Balancing precisely

 On an Easter-lily stalk.

 

For play I'd choose the jonquils,

 

 For swimming, poppy cups,

For jokes and tricks and tiny naps,

 The Johnny-jump-ups!

 

But on some quiet evening,

 I'd leave my fairy band,

And on a star-flower through the sky

 I'd sail to fairyland.

 

John Chipman Farrer

 

 

And finally, I think Winnie the Pooh - my long time favourite bear and his best friend  Piglet really do have the right attitude!  Make every day your favourite day, find something to love about it and think about it, recall it, photograph it, journal it, draw it - whatever takes your fancy.  ENJOY

 



 

 

 

 

Spring is coming early - Snow Peas out in bloom already!

It was such a beautiful day yesterday in the garden.  As I was pottering about I spied these violets poking their little heads up through the leaves - so sweet!

 

 

I picked these Iceberg roses yesterday afternoon - they are almost the last of the blooms before I prune the bushes - I shoved them into an old jam jar until I can get a moment to arrange them.  This morning I came into the kitchen and they looked so pretty as they are - the slight pink tinge they get in the cooler months is beautiful.  I hope you enjoy them as much as I am.

 

 

 

 

 

Isn't this one perfect! 

Last weekend I went to the local Orchid Show  - so many beautiful orchids - they brought back memories of my grandfather's exotic and glorious orchids that grew in a lovely old glasshouse at the bottom of his garden. 

As a young child, walking in there was like stepping into another world -  the moist sandstone rocks underfoot covered in spongy, soft green moss, fragile maidenhair ferns self seeding in little nooks and crannies surrounding the feet of the pots from which magnificent fronds of exotic orchids bloomed.  Oh the smell - that earthy, moist, almost musty scent of decomposing vegetation and potting mix - I loved it!   And then there would be the moments when the sun would shine through the glass ceiling and strike the fragile filaments of a spider's web swinging so softly amongst the greenery.

I wonder if you have had a similar memory  - and how a scent of something can so strongly bring back the moment.  

 

 

 

 

 

If you get a chance go and see these beautiful images of Australian fauna by Judith Sinnamon.  Her exhibition of works are on show at the Edwina Corlette Gallery in Brunswick Street, Brisbane.  Her works make me want to go and pick up my paint brushes!
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