This is for Olwen - pinups of her not so"Little" Girl. Zoe is wearing her
winter houndstooth jacket and showing the size of a large crevice in
the lower paddock after a long dry. Now, in May, it has rained and is
gradually filling in.

Jean and Merri at work on the kitchen windows, while Michael
sands and paints the outside windows and doors. We are so
grateful for their help and marvellous company - May 2009

Merri and Michael dance to Eddie's Wall of Sound

From the kitchen window. Can anyone identify these black birds. They
travel in flocks and walk with kind of waddle
(not hopping as Satin Bower Birds do)

Some magic and pretty colours

Hydrangeas, Kosiusko Sasanqua , Showgirl Reticulata
and an old sandstone pot near the house

Red and white roses, Showgirl Camellia Reticulata and the scaffold of Chinese Pistachio

Box elders and Japanese maples make a pretty collage

Chinese Tallow Wood and a dark leafed Bay

The mini oak forest beside the orchard

Daisies ramble over the stone wall we finished with Vernon last year,
and early jonquils poke up their heads. How does it go now, jonquils,
double jonquils, snowdrops, daffodils, bluebells, cyclamens?

Lorraine Lee climber, the hardiest rose for our conditions,
still has a few last blossoms against the autumn sky

Japanese maples make a pretty show beside the new steps