Blooming beautiful

We hit 27 degrees today and it was all blue sky and sunshine in Melbourne.

The crabapple in our garden is in blossom.



And the colours are gorgeous.

I love the pink and white combination and the way the sun shines on the leaves.

Daylight saving means it's still light when I get home. Yay.

Time to enjoy the garden with a glass of wine.

Autumn's last gasp

There's a tree in our back garden that's putting on a wonderful display.
The flame coloured leaves from this crepe myrtle are hanging on and hanging on.














Not that I'm complaining.
It's makes for a colourful view from our dining room window, when winter has well and truly arrived elsewhere in the garden.

Our fairy doesn't seem to mind though.

Don't look now ....

I completely forgot until a few minutes ago. It's autumn.
It kinda snuck up on me.

It's been such a hot, difficult summer and the devastating fires which are still going after a month here in Victoria have overshadowed everything else. We are absolutely wrung out.

But I looked at the calendar just now and it's March already.
That brings the promise of cooler nights, crisp mornings, hopefully some soaking rain ... and of course, the glory of autumn colour.