The Warm Breezes of Spring...

"A girl without a friend is like the spring without roses." ~ French Proverb

"In springtime, love is carried on the breeze.

Watch out for flying passion or kisses 

whizzing by your head." ~ Emma Racine de Fleur

"Spring is nature's way of saying, 'Let's party!' ~ Robin Williams

"Spring makes its own statement, so loud and clear

that the gardener seems to be only one of the instruments, 

not the composer" ~ Geoffrey B. Charlesworth 

"Spring has returned.  The Earth is

like a child that knows poems." ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

"There is no winter without snow, 

no spring without sunshine,

and no happiness without companions." ~ Korean Proverb

"Come gentle Spring! ethereal mildness, come"

Winter is hanging around today

luckily, I took some shots

on the sunnier weekend just past

"Sitting quietly, doing nothing,

spring comes and the grass

grows by itself" - Zen saying

Title: James Thomson

SPRING IN MY GARDEN

Azalea (Karume)

'Kasane Kagaribi'

Don't Know - bulbs lifted from side of road.

Clematis 'Snowflake'

Cedrela sinensis

or Toona sinensis 'Flamingo'

Chinese Cedar

Azalea (Karume)

'Kocho-No-Mai

Camellia

Ajuga

Freesia

Azalea (Indica)

'Kees Bier'

Double Rose

Lilac

Grevillea Rosmarinifolia

Mini Bush Rose

bought in 1988,

placed in large pot in courtyard

for daughter's wedding day,

3rd December.

Moved with us in 1999,

now 5ft tall.

Orange Blossom

Clivia miniata

'Edith Holden' Climbing Rose

Any day now.

BUSH WALK

I took Taj for a walk on Friday
to visit a friend up the back of our place.
Hope you've got time to
view to the end;
only 15 pics.

On past one of the pretty ponds next door.

Alpacas in the distance.

Taj hasn't seen them yet;
he turns around occasionally
to see if I'm still coming.

Big Al and Choko

Looking West across the valley;

rain was threatening.

Some of the old Gums around here are huge.

Cows grazing in the pretty paddocks.

Friend's house in distance.

Olive grove over there.

The oil is processed for their table.

Up the hill;

Taj still leading.

We've arrived.

Looking down on the path we walked.

View to Cathedral Mountain,

hidden in the mist.

Time to return home

to our house in the valley,
just opposite the row of poplars mid picture.

This shot was taken November 2007.
Our border is the row of gums top of picture.
The neighbour's horse grazes in the back paddock.
Our trees have grown so much since then.
Some look like little dots in this pic.
You can see how much grass we have to mow!

A lovely place to live.
Hope you enjoyed the walk!