Climbing Clematis

A bigger display this year, maybe by the time we have a seat installed in the arbour the coverage will be amazing. 

Clematis - The President

Lace Cap

A trip to our local nursery on my birthday resulted in me selecting this beautiful Hydrangea - a present from Rod to go with the Paul Bangay 'Guide to Plants' book that he also gave to me.

Golden Leaves

It was years ago that we were first aware of this amazing native bush - Hakea Laurina and it was the leaves that caught our attention. 

A very fine tinge of gold appears to embellish the new leaves
 at this time of the year - November.

The seed pods are very hard and also interesting.

And yet the rewards keep coming with these beautiful flowers.

Our bushes have been quite messy but I have seen shapely examples so I wouldn't be put off trying for a better form next time round. We planted seeds from the bush that first captured our attention nearly 20 years ago.

Welcome Velour

It's been quite some time since I welcomed a rabbit to my bunny community. After calisi virus took its toll on my two girls - Martha and Moo it was time to bunker down and spend some time in quarantine mode. Velour has been adopted at 15 weeks of age and is a female (I am told-but it wouldn't be the first time the facts have been distorted). I am told she has some cashmere in the mix.

It's A Square Weld After All

              

Years of collecting off cuts and miscellaneous items of metal by Rod has now resulted in our first sculpture.

8 identical 'I' beam ends

and painted to experiment with

 miniature scale models were made  

design settled on, Rod set about welding the pieces together 

                        

                                   a last minute change in arrangement

painted in situ

                        

I've got it covered

The new addition to the Iceberg Rose arch has settled in well despite only one of the two transplanted roses surviving the shift. The coverage is sufficient and the desired tunnel effect has been achieved. 

Newly installed arch waiting for Spring

A sign of busyness

An absence of posts should now be rectified as I have now submitted my photo book - Ashwell 30 Years in the Making. 13 months ago I ordered the voucher which gave me 12 months to compile and upload my story into a photo book. I procrastinated for many months then panicked before paying for a one month extension and then I knuckled down to scanning, cropping, colour enhancing, choosing, creating text and finally with 4 days 'till expiry I submitted the project for printing. Now I wait.