There hasn't been any rain for a while - and lots of wind - so the countryside had markedly dried off in the ten days I was away. I drove up to Sydney and parked at the airport, so had a three hour drive at both ends - which was lovely but I definitely got a good look at the scenery. And it was noticeably browner on the drive home than on the way up.
Our garden is also getting very crunchy on the grass and sad on the plants. Today I fed and watered half the roses and I'll do the other half tomorrow ... it gets too hot after about an hour, even just meandering about with a hose and some secateurs.
The day lilies are flowering which is very welcome. Most of the roses have passed their first flush so I'm hoping we get a second. But I have no idea!!! Every day is learning.
There are two enormous pear trees that we didn't know about. They both have cherry slug, so I don't think there'll be any fruit, but we might look into maintaining them a bit better next year. Now we know they exist.
This apple is also covered in fruit but I think the codling moth will get all that. Or possibly the birds.
It was good to go back to quilters yesterday morning, and art class in the afternoon. We spent Monday in at the old house cleaning because WE HAVE SOLD IT TODAY. What a relief. The money has yet to arrive, but in the next couple of days we will be no longer in crippling debt. Phew.
Oh, well done about the house! New Zealand looks beautiful. I've always rather wanted to see it, but are now too aged to be bothered to fly that far, argh. And we've given most of our money to our kids so that they can buy decent houses... Ah well. It's not hot here. It's cool and windy and wet and dark today. If you ever do get to Scotland, don't come in December. But don't leave it too late, like us!
ReplyDeleteIt has dried off here too and the peas and beans are over their main crops. Do you remember Roy in front putting his bunches of grapes into brown paper bags to protect them from the birds? Try them on some pears and apples and see what happens. I thought his grapes came out with a different taste from ours which I had got from him in the first place.
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