First day of daylight saving

 

 

Scenes from Opawa Market - waratahs and proteas for sale.

 

And it was WARM! All day, a lovely, mild, tepid-bath sort of day, ideal for wandering down to the market, mowing the lawn, talking to neighbours, planting dahlias and enjoying a glass of wine in the evening garden, listening to a blackbird singing. All of which I did. Mr Machinery is away at the moment so it was blissfully quiet.

                        Proteas against the Solitaire wall and proteas against the Raspberry wall

Parrot tulip 'Red Parrot'

 

Apple blossom - this is the little Golden Delicious that has been liberated from the overbearing cabbage trees. And now the neighbour has taken down some overhanging branches of a tree on his side so that it gets even more light. It is the yummiest apple for cooking that I know, fluffs up beautifully. There's an old grape vine behind it that will get more light now too. Hope springs eternal in the gardener's breast.

 

 

 

Here are the new dahlias. The two at the top are 'Worton Blue' and 'Myjama', a Fubuki type dahlia with fimbriated petals. And that's my foot, bare, outside, for the first time in months.

 

 

Thom's quite worn out.