We finish the series with an unusual grevillea – unusual because it is a ground cover, crawling grevillea.
Lovely shade of burgundy, though.
Spring Time Flourish – Part 6
Watching a grevillea blossom is fascinating. This one is half way there. See how the stamens emerge from beneath the petals?
Spring Time Flourish – Part 5
This one is a varigated species. It starts off a soft shade of pink which shifts to gold.
Spring Time Flourish – Part 4
These firey grevilleas are growing by the front fence.
They glow even in the shade.
Spring Time Flourish – Part 3
The roses were just beginning to bloom.
But it is our grevillea collection that I really want to show you.
Spring Time Flourish – Part 2
The banksias were in bloom.
But last year’s remains were not far away either.
Spring Time Flourish – Part 1
We are in the depths of autumn now (even if it still feels like summer), but being 6 months behind in photo posts I have a wealth of spring time flowers to show you from our Umina Beach garden.
To start with are some wonderful orchids from the front garden.
They certainly brightened up our spring.
The Hawkesbury – Part 2
I had never been in that part of the Hawkesbury before. I was impressed with how wide the river was at that point (compared with the river around Richmond way) and how wild the landscape was on the side opposite to Wisemans Ferry.
Not really surprising since the north side of the river in that area is a national park.
The Hawkesbury – Part 1
The Hawkesbury has been in the press this month because of the heavy rain in Sydney. Go back a few months, in mid-summer, and the Hawkesbury was rather peaceful. We went for a long drive from the Central Coast, to the top of the plateau at Central Mangrove, and then down the mountain to the Hawkesbury. It’s quite a lovely drive along the mangroves, creeks and the river at Spencer and Wisemans Ferry. We even got on the car ferry to the other side.
A jar of cookies…
… Never lasts long. Not when there are hungry people about. It was quite a feat to make this batch of choc chip and nut cookies last more than a day.
Static and Silence 