First blossom; kowhai tree in our garden. Image: Su Leslie, 2017

The kowhai tree in our garden has begun to blossom this week. As more and more flowers emerge, hopefully the tui and kereru will return to feed on them.

Plum blossom. Image: Su Leslie, 2017

Plum blossom, take 2. Image: Su Leslie, 2017

The plum blossom has survived the rain and wind we’ve had all week, and this morning I noticed the neighbour’s clematis has sent a tendril over the fence with these two flowers attached.

The first clematis. Image: Su Leslie, 2017

Raindrop on manuka flower. Image: Su Leslie 2019

The first six months of 2019 were the driest on record in Auckland, and now August is looking like being the wettest — with rain on 19 of 23 days, and more to come.

I’ve stopped worrying about parched soil and the water level in our tank, but I think I might need some taller gumboots (wellies, rain boots, Regenstiefel, botas de lluvia; whatever they’re called in your part of the world).

And of course raindrops on flower petals are rather pretty.

Manuka flower. Image: Su Leslie 2019

Manuka flower. Image: Su Leslie 2019

Friday Flowers

Your DAILY MESSAGE from Angels

Just ONE BREATH will MAKE the DIFFERENCE!

We love you                                                       

Thank you, Angels!!!

Your DAILY MESSAGE from Angels

NATURE is DESIGNED to EXIST in HARMONYWITH YOU!

We love you

Awesome, Angels!!!

Part 1: Domestic Bliss
“Buck . . . buck . . .”

Part 2: Disturbance Behind the Screen
“Kuh . . . kuh . . . KACK . . .”

Part 3: Runaway
“Cluck . . . cluck . . .”

Another 3 Weeks Experimenting & It Seems Barely a Few Days!

It’s said when you’re having fun or completely immersed, time stands still –

Which means you’ve lost track and who knows what you might’ve forgotten to do, lol!

Well, that’s obviously happened to me in two areas: 1) approaching date for my hiatal hernia, and 2) amount of time for fitness & learning to apply Amazon’s Affiliate marketing to my posts.

While the first (as per my Dr) is something I’ll be glad to get over-with & start experiencing all the possible improvements from things I’ve evidently lived with so long I don’t even know better (yay!) — the second is something I’ll be glad to get back to once the anesthesia fog lifts and I can swallow and walk more again & play with my blog more (yay again!).

Our little convoy left the ancient site playing follow-the-leader on the narrow roads. The car in front of me had instructions, in case we lost the lead car, on how to get to the car park for a quick comfort break before the next stop of the weekend. What could possibly go wrong? Well, for a start there was the traffic that separated the party. Then a sign for a car park saved the day. Except, when we nearly got there, it didn’t seem to match the instructions. Off we all went looking for the right car park… to no avail. So we went back to the first one. Which was nice and had the necessary facilities, besides being right on the beach…

We tried calling, but there was no answer. We decided that the best course of action would be to stay put and wait for rescue. A decision…