We who choose to live in cold climates sometimes despair and wonder if its worth the trouble – keeping our houses, loved ones and selves warm as the temperatures drop, protecting the plants that we *needed* to buy but don’t really appreciate the chill, trying to get out of bed on a morning where your [...]

Its Autumn in Canberra, just starting to cool down but still warm during the days. Its a very pleasant time of year and we have a second flush of roses in bloom at the moment. My ‘Mr Lincoln’ roses were passed down from cuttings from my grandmother and this year I am decided on the [...]

In one of the most remarkable demonstrations of foresight ever to be shown by the Australian government, we here in Canberra are lucky enough to be home to what will one day be an international tourist attraction – the new Australia National Arboretum. They held a ‘Festival of the Forest’ open day on 14th March [...]

A miraculous thing happened a few weeks ago. We were on holiday in Tasmania when it happened, travelling around the countryside on Karly’s-Food-&-Booze-Tour-2010 (which I’ll tell you all about another time). Its something we’ve been waiting many months for and it happened again this past weekend.

This month I’m following Carol from May Dreams Gardens who on the 15th of each month posts photos of what’s blooming in her garden for “Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day”. Here’s a collage of what’s flowering here today: top: Lagerstromia Indica “Lipan”, Nepeta Fasenii “Six Hills Giant”, unk David Austin rose, Rosa Floribunda “Friesia” (“Sunsprite”); 2nd [...]