And so it is September and the official start of spring!
Here in south-east Queensland, we have been cursed blessed with the return of warmer weather in late August and even some storms. One even knocked out our power which is a rare occurrence even in the height of summer when the storms are usually at their peak. I love spring for the sole reason that it reassures me that my pot plants only look dead and given a bit of a haircut and fertiliser, they resuscitate fairly well from the brink of death. I am trying to be a better parent to my pot plants….I often forget to water them for weeks days at a time so it is a miracle they survive at all.
I’ve found that impatiens can survive my neglectful ways quite well….as does anything which I have planted in the ground. Our grevilleas have taken off wonderfully and are attracting loads of birdlife to the backyard. The rosemary plant in the rock wall often grows up to the same height as our roof and no matter how severely pruned, it always takes off again. The oregano is loving the clay soil and has taken over the lower section of the rock wall. Even the dwarf callistemons are out in flower and the tree fern which I had pruned before the winter has shot up again.
So in this pile of photos, there’s a lot of photos of plants. There’s also a heap of photos of our new house being constructed. To think that when I started this batch of photos, it was just a frame with a roof on it. Only a few weeks later, we’re almost ready to move in. Correction. We are more than ready to move in, it’s just that the house is not quite ready for us to do that. As far as building a house goes, the experience has been pretty painless. That’s not to say that there hasn’t been frustrating moments but it hasn’t gotten us to the point where we are tearing our hair out.
Of course, we haven’t moved yet so I’m sure there will be plenty of hair-pulling, teeth-gritting moments to come….of that I am sure.
