Sunday, May 22, 2011

Waiting and Wondering

Today I've been to Ballarat to see my mother, who last night fell and broke her hip. She went into surgery at 3:00pm, and as I write this she is still there, as far as I know.

While in Ballarat I visited a beautiful nursery with a wonderful autumn display.

Rows of ornamental pears for sale:

A section devoted to Japanese maple (Acer palmatum), and carpeted in fallen leaves:

Glowing red Japanese maple:

Delicate Japanese maple "Emerald Lace":

A large Berberis looking stunning, but its thorns are not so inviting.

It is a beautiful nursery, that I will definitely visit again. But right now I'm just wondering when I will hear how Mum is.

PS - I've now heard that she is safely out of surgery and back on the ward.

7 comments:

Chiara Z said...

Oh! that's major--I hope she's ok. Thinking of you while you wait and wonder . . .

kaiteM said...

i'm so sorry to hear about your Mum, i do hope she's not in too much pain.

jacaranda said...

Sorry to hear about your Mum. Please wish her all the best.

CurlyPops said...

Oh gosh, I hope your mum is Ok Vireya.

Dee said...

My very best wishes to you and your Mother. It's not a very nice thing to go through. Hugs.

Vireya said...

Thanks for your kind thoughts, everyone.

Adele - A Lass from Downunder said...

So pleased to hear that your Mum has come through her surgery okay.
The colours of all these leaves are beautiful!