It's no State Rose Garden, but the garden bed along the driveway is finally filling out and the roses are all starting to bloom:
And the echium is still standing! The lambs ears flowers are full of bees, and the daylilies are starting to open, too.
Just Joey in the rain:
Rain is good!
Another of the lucky-dip roses:
I couldn't see its tag clearly - will have to have another look at it, because it doesn't match pictures online of what I thought the tag said.
At least one of the strange caterpillars spotted on our citrus trees
nine months ago has made it to adulthood:
A dainty swallowtail,
Papilio anactus.
And from the front:
The Field Nats final excursion for the year was to the
Gong Gong Reservoir Park and the
Kirks Reservoir Park. We missed the second part, so will have to visit it again on our own. My raincoat got a good work-out when a huge thunderstorm struck, but before that we saw an echidna:
And a wallaby:
And many birds and interesting plants.
Including a completely unexpected grove of
redwoods?
6 comments:
Beautiful roses in the rain! And what a lovely Swallowtail--so dainty..your garden ooks just lovely...
hugs, Julierose
Your garden is looking beautiful.
Hi Vireya,you have a lovely garden that pink rose is stunning love it. What a lovely excursion you went on,my DD1 does officiates weddings at the Gong and Kirks,such lovely places,hope you have a lovely day my friend.
What a great list, it made me smile.
Isn’t nature truly beautiful.
Your garden is beautiful! How exciting to see the animals on your excursion.
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