* Rain does wonders for the garden. In the four Springs that we've lived here, the garden has never looked so good. It's also never look so weed-infested and overgrown, but we take the good with the bad around this place.
* Broad beans, when you give them a good talking to, can really pick themselves up. They get harvested in one week but still have a little way to go.
* People who make incorrect assumptions can often come off looking like a horses' posterior.
* Wollmeise, even when bought on behalf of friends, can be especially difficult to let go of when the colours are all so pretty. I never thought I wanted a pair of fuschia, teal, or even purple socks. Until today.
* Having a job outside the home both rocks and sucks. I love the company and the feeling of doing something good for the country. And the pay is a lot better than the alternative. But I miss my sewing room, my fabric, listening to the local ABC radio during the day, and watching Ellen during my lunch break.
And because it's Monday and because I still have a Brown Owls post to write tonight, here are some more garden photos.
Your garden is looking fab! That last photo looks so peaceful - I can just imagine a cuppa, sunshine, mag - bliss!
ReplyDeleteYour photos are so beautiful - look at all that green grass! Now that's something that you don't see down in these parts (unless its astroturf).
ReplyDeleteI'd like a pair of lovely socks in all of those colours.... if only I could be bothered learning how... sigh
Lovely pics! My garden is looking great too - almost completely recoved from being crisped last summer during the balck saturday heat wave. Great post - really enjoyed it!
ReplyDeleteOh I hear you on the Wollmeise!!
ReplyDeleteYour garden looks great - that last picture is superb!
Oh so beautiful flowers. Oh such glorious wool. Oh who made incorrect assumptions???
ReplyDeleteall those wool colours are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteOh, how pretty! The garden and the wool of course!
ReplyDeleteYour garden is so gorgeous, as are those wools. Are homemade socks really comfy? I am always a bit uncertain about them to be honest. Must have an email conversation with you about it sometime.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous wool and I hear you with the weeds. We have a rose of very similar if not the same colouring, does it have an exquisite scent? I picked some for our table yesterday.
ReplyDeleteIts so green !!! The outside the home jobs usually require a little more attention to dress as well....
ReplyDeleteI would have such a tough time giving away that yarn!
ReplyDeleteI so want to come and park myself under that gorgeous blossoming tree and maybe knit myself a pair of teal socks!
ReplyDeleteDat ist gut wollen... ya. Und flowers. ya.
ReplyDeleteYour garden is beautiful - and all that Wollmisery? For Me? Oh you shouldn't have- pass it over!
ReplyDeleteI know it's not mine - but I can dream......
I am jealous of your broad beans! The grass has been growing like crazy down here. Not 2 weeks after being mowed, it needs another going over. Unprecedented!
ReplyDeleteI had to make a big effort to close my mouth, but the thought of the drool destroying the keyboard helped me to do it. Yum! Talk about pretty colours!
ReplyDeleteThat rose is my absolute favourite
ReplyDeletewowwww - look at that wollmeise.
ReplyDeleteand aren't the weeds astounding? It is like being back in Queensland!