Friday flowers in the early light

Hi folks, I took these shots the other morning out in the front yard.

The light was beautiful on the Icebergs roses by the front fence.

I love the shadow on the fence. This is my small but very beautiful Van Gogh sunflower.

So frilly, just like the ones in his famous painting. I'm looking forward to planting more of these later in the year. These went in very late but I wanted to see them.

Have a lovely weekend! I hope you have something lovely planned? I'm working but that's ok, I'm really looking forward to a break at Easter.

xx

Friday flowers - sunflower

I'm experiencing one of those "why, why, why?" moments.

Why didn't I plant more of these sunflowers?

I planted them all down the side of the driveway. A few have done well but quite a few were eaten.

This beauty did amazingly well.

Unbelieveably happy flowers, aren't they?

This one is right up near the front path and the road and I like to think that it has brought pleasure to people walking by. It is very tall at 1.6 metres.

Very late in the season I planted some frilly double sunflower seeds but these are still very small. I'm not sure they'll even flower. Luckily I have more seeds to sow towards the end of the year.

Please remind me to plant a heap of these next time!

Well, I cannot believe it is March and therefore autumn already! Cold weather will be upon us before we know it. Lots of tidying to do in the garden and vegie patches to prepare for new crops.

Have a lovely Friday my friends and even better weekend!

xx

Coming and going

While on the other side of the world spring is in full swing, here in Australia we are heading through autumn into winter. I am tidying up the garden and getting ready for spring to come along with hundreds of bulbs I have planted (I've almost got the job done). These are my very rustic looking sunflower heads that flowered over summer. I've mulched their stems and the heads will be heading of to my Dad to feed to his birds (I'll keep a handful to plant again this year). I tried a sunflower seed yesterday and it tasted great.

I just loved the dried up textures and so thought, "they need their photo taken". Lyn thought I was mad, but then he often has that thought...

Have a great week!