Tuesday, 11 November 2014

My comments

As my blog still playing up.
This is the only way to answer questions.
Elephant's child asked if I had a garden in the flat, we had lots of pot plants.
One day if I can find the photos I will do a history of my gardens in house that I lived in.
To everyone else thank you for your comments I do enjoy reading them.
Merle............

Sunday, 9 November 2014

Busy weekend visiting friends and Bo Peep's farm.

 Afternoon tea out the front at Barbara's place.
 Interesting street trees, these are very old and grow in weid and wonderful shapes.
 And this is the block of flats where the beer fairy and I lived when we were first married, the very top one facing the street, all those stairs but we were very young then and it kept us fit and slim.
 Mavis is daydreaming, she looks miles away.
 Close up of the tree.
I spent Friday night at my daughters catching up on "Game of Thrones" and arrived home on Saturday afternoon.
 Bo peep and the beer fairy were off to spent the day at the farm on Sunday to take some more sheep down lets hope the don't lose these ones.
Breakfast was very early, not so good taking animals in the heat of the day, sun's out and lovely and cool still .

 The beer fairy took photos, I think it looks a bit dry but he must have taken the wrong ones as he told me it was green everywhere.
 I't only a couple of hours but looks a bit of a tight fit to me.
 All arrived safely.
 Along with a trailer load of furniture, they would have looked like country hicks moving their furniture and lambs to their new farm.
 This is the farmhouse, its a after retirement project for bo peep, he bought it about 10 years back and is slowly working on it, he has planted trees built dams and now has 17 sheep all together, 3 went missing a while back but he has repaired most of the fences now, plenty of grass to eat here.
 It's miles away from anywhere.

 With a huge shed.




 Everything unloaded.

 Lovely sunny day



 But the sheep are not impressed they head for the shade.
 Off home again now.






It's all pretty flat out here but there is plenty of wind, these things are huge lots needed to turn them.

Sunday, 2 November 2014

Mini heatwave and a victory for the ladies, and the Wanderers.


 Today was normal but the last couple of days have been anything but  hot hot hot and yesterday a big storm well lots of thunder, lightning and wind and a fair bit of rain needed two buckets in the kitchen but the rain didn't last long but it picked the garden up it was looking very thirsty, as were the rest of us.

 Three weeks ago my tree had a small patch of dead leaves now dead as a doornail, I 'm at a loss to understand it but it was a pine and has been in my garden for twenty years so maybe it's come to the end of it's time.
 It's mate was planted round about the same time but still going well.
 Lots of grapes this year for the beer fairy, I can't eat them anymore.




 I found another flower on my broms.
 So many places that are shady, they are needed in the heat.

 Hooie checking out the other side of the gate, she stays home a lot more now the two homes in our block have been built and the owner's have moved in.
 Our neighbour looking very english in his cap, well he is almost English he is from WA.
 Of course Drummy wants to see who we are talking to.
 And Kidney too
 My tiny tiny rose
 and the big bully boy that grows next to it.
 Would you believe this tree is growing out of solid concrete in my driveway.
 It's a fair size.



 This is the main story in our local paper, This young girl is a soccer fan for the Wanderers they are a new club only 2and a bit years old. they are our soccer team from our area in Western Sydney and are playing a match in Saudi Arabia where women are not allowed to attend football matches but she is going it will be a first  and only one with 65,000 men going.
Fourteen Australians surporters are going, this is The Asians Champions Final and we won, We are the Champions........
OH by the way I worked for NRMA  for many years before I gave up work for good.
The twins are waiting for their dinner so I  must go now.

Thursday, 30 October 2014

Crazy computer and relaxing garden pictures.

The computer and I  are having a power struggle at the moment, she or he I never given it a gender has decided that I will not make comments or replays on my own blog so until she changes her mind so be it.  A few weeks ago everything was so small but only on facebook,  twitter and when I was writing the blog but normal size on the finished blog, that is all back to normal now, now it's telling me facebook is spelt wrong no wonder I have spelling problems.
So I will let her sulk for a while and wonder outside to absorb some sunlight in my cool garden, the weather here is heating up but so much cooler under the trees.
Also I now have a Iphone my daughters old one but I had it all set up today but still playing with it not too good at operating it yet.
 


New table and chairs these are so cool to sit on not sure how long they will last, they groan when I sit on them.






Drummy rooftop garden is coming along nicely, keeps her little house cool.

The beer fairy's garden there are pumpkins and tomatoes in there somewhere and lots of fouroclocks, they will be pretty when the flower.
Told you I had a windmill it's a bike wheel, birdcage stand and plastic fanblades, well I like it.\  

My herbs and tomato plants.

No flowers on my jacaranda tree yet, they have not put on much of a display this year, a cold snap put them off I think.

and the poor bay tree looks bad but have noticed a few green nobs maybe still will survive.
World events still being discussed by these two.
These two have returned to their Queensland home, my turn to visit next.


It's going to be 37c here tomorrow, maybe I will spend the day in the bath.

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