Dutch Hyacinths and other portents of Spring

A good day for photography and an overwhelming sense of guilt for not having blogged for so long took me on a stroll around the garden yesterday, and this is what I found.

Highly perfumed Dutch Hyacinths ....

..... with a background of Jonquils

Primulas

Tritelia

Anemones

Daffodils

Euphorbia

Snowdrops or Snowflakes (I forget which is which.)

Who would be without mint?

Jonquils

White violets

More Daffodils

Banksia

Hellebores - I wish they weren't so shy and then they could lift their heads and we could see their pretty faces.

Crocus

Don't know its name but I've nicknamed it the 'jellybean plant' - delightful succulent that grows so easily.

Pink Correa

Leucadendron

Violet violets!

Perennial Wallflower

These lettuce seedlings were self-sown in the compost.

I must apologise for not acknowledging several comments. For some reason Blogger is putting them all in the 'Moderation' page and I didn't see them for ages. Thank you for all your comments - they are always very much appreciated.

A Very Enjoyable Week ....

.... was spent in Victoria. Two days with my sister and her family followed by nearly five days at a very comfortable resort on the Mornington Peninsula, close to Port Philip Bay.

The concert by the Victoria Welsh Choir on the Saturday night was wonderful and it was good to meet up with a number of friends again.

The weather during the week ranged from wild winds, heavy rain, bitter cold to fine, sunny and reasonably warm. But the cold and the wet didn't spoil our holiday as the resort was very cosy and comfortable, and a good opportunity for reading, knitting and watching far too much TV.

On the Friday morning we boarded the Sorrento - Queenscliff ferry to cross Port Philip Bay. It's a 50 minute trip that I always enjoy, at least if it's smooth, which it was. We stayed the night with my sister in Geelong and helped her celebrate her 60th Birthday next day with most of the family.

We arrived back in Canberra on Sunday afternoon to eagerly await the arrival of Tanya, Geoff and Arlo the next day. We had a few delightful days with them and we looked forward to seeing them again in Brisbane next weekend where we'll have a reunion of the whole family (children and grandchildren) - the first time we will have all been together for 18 months, during which time two more babies were added to the family.

This will also be the first trip in our new car - we should know how to handle it by the time we return home in about 10 days time ...... lol.

Wind whipped waves along the Bay.

The ferry about to berth at Sorrento.

Can You Believe It?

In order to find some warmer climes we've decided to head SOUTH! Sounds a bit daft but I'm sure it's warmer in Victoria than in Canberra, and with so much flooding in northern NSW, there's no point in heading north.

We'll be in Victoria for a week, staying on the Mornington Peninsula, and taking in a concert by the Victoria Welsh Choir on Saturday night.

We'll have the opportunity to catch up with most of the family and help my sister celebrate her 60th Birthday before returning home and welcoming Tanya, Geoff and Arlo home from China. We'll be able to enjoy their company for a week before they, and then we, travel to Brisbane for a grand reunion of all the Cornish family. Hopefully the cameras will be working overtime and we can share some photos with you on our return around mid-July.

They were here for a while .....

.... before the wind blew them into every nook and cranny and they were eventually consigned to the compost heap.

Japanese Maple.

Smoke Bush and Silver Elm

Pear

Mountain Ash (Rowan Tree).

Sage.

Silver Elm

Liquidamber.

Japanese Maple.

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Cornus (Dogwood)

Rowan Trees.

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Plectranthus (yours, Shannon)