Spring is literally busting out all over here in Bathurst. Each day our garden presents us with new blooms and blossoms ………… each lot a pleasant surprise, and more often than not, quite unexpected. Right now the apple blossoms have taken over from the peaches ………… mulberries ripen every day and we have to pick fast to beat the birds and the monkeys. It is unfortunate that our garden was so badly neglected for so long as I am sure that had it been better looked after we would have so much more than we currently do to marvel at - but I reckon that next year is going to be a totally different story once Pat has finished weaving her magic, particularly if the donations of plants keep coming from friends.
We started out with one (and a half) flowering Clivias in the garden, then a couple of weeks ago Anne McCreath very kindly donated fifteen or so from her stunning Clivia clutches up at the farm, and they have almost instantly transformed the shaded beds adjoining our entrance. Thanks Anne, you’re an absolute star.
A walk through Sandy and Brian Thomas’s garden where the weekly farmers’ market is held each Sunday morning leaves one in a state of utter envy - it is an absolute riot of colour, shrubs, roses, flowers ………….. simply everything one could ever wish to see, and Sandy has only been at for just under two years, turning what I believe was just an overgrown mess of weeds and bush into what it is now………….so there’s definitely hope for us. I am posting some pics of both the market and a few of their garden so as to place on record what I have said here today
Glenn McCreath too very kindly arranged a small painting contract for me which we climbed into and completed earlier this week - thanks Glenn, every little bit helps. Before and after the contract I threw myself at the deck and am happy to say that with the exception of the cable trusses and cable balusters it is essentially complete - and looking quite good - and what a pleasure it is to park out there on these hot summer days and evenings and simply enjoy the birds, the garden, the views and the ambience that is this village that surrounds us.
Jesse is more settled every day and is becoming known by more and more of the residents and business owners as she takes her morning constitutional around the village centre each day -visiting the Bistro in the hope that Liz is around to sneak her a biscuit - and just generally checking out the local scene before wandering home and finding a new molehill to tackle in the hope of doing us a favour and catching one.
This week’s bird is a little female Cape Weaver that Jordan Davidson helped me identify a few weeks ago.
Female Cape Weaver
Some of Anne's Clivias at our entrance
Friday night at the Bistro with the "Office" group
Apple Blossoms at the bottom of the garden
Flowers everywhere
Another flowering tree behind the Strelizia
Hydrangeas popping out next to the resevoir
The new deck with roses in the foreground
Couldn't neglect this week's full moon
Rory and Carol - purveyors of wondrous honey and carrot cake (amongst other things)
A few of Sandy's Poppies
Pat and Sandy - Coffee and Pancakes
Some of Sandy's roses
Jay, Hendrik, Maggie, Lizbet and Ron enjoying the sunshine and the geriatrics bench
Sheralynn - purveyor of home made cheeses
Farm produce of every kind - fresh as it gets
The Troubador ....... Poetry on Demand (and great Moer Coffee)
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