Appreciation

So the plan was to pull weeds from my garden, instead I wandered around, camera in hand snapping pictures of pretties. I don't know about you but I really need to be in the right frame of mind to deal with weeds and today I just wasn't.
As I fluffed around, a genuine appreciation of the beautiful sunny day and my ability to enjoy my garden hit me. Spring is a wondrous season in Brisbane with bursts of colour everywhere. The rain we enjoyed yesterday has rejuvenated  the foliage.

My fluffing also took me to our storage area. Now I figure if I post about my bike I'll get motivated and dust her off, pump up the tyres, drag out my cycling gear and away we go.
Don't you like her colours..grey, white, silver and black. Very Red Roses and Crystal.
Taking up cycling when my son was a teenager was a case of 'if you can't beat em join em'. The two men in my family are avid cyclists so....I got with the program!

Alas several years ago I suffered a nasty foot injury (the culprit was a humble slippery step) and with months of treatment and healing I lost my strength and confidence and invented excuses to avoid taking the plunge back to a pastime and form of exercise I relished. Fear of another injury can really stop us enjoying life.

Maybe it's spring and how this season makes feel alive and appreciative that I'm still able to push those pedals but I'm ready to jump back on the bike and give it a whirl. Come what may.

Wish me luck cause I'm a little rusty!

Annie xx

Gardening

This rusty garden donkey bell ornament's been hanging around for about 20 years and do you think I can part with it?
That would be a No.

Maybe a spot of gardening will be in order at the redroses hacienda this weekend. Rain has fallen and the weeds they are a growing.

Take care everyone

Annie xx

Pottering about...

Why do hidden rocks and old concrete walls follow us from house to house? A simple transfer of a pot plant

results in brute force to dislodge said offender. No that is not my leg doing the hard slog, I needed to take the photo.

This frangipani is finally placed in the earth after three years in a pot while living in our 'between house' ie. before purchasing and renovating this house (for the last 7 months and counting). Poor thing is bare but rest assured there are shoots appearing and spring is just around the corner.

A few trailer loads of potted plants were transferred, among them some maiden-hair fern. In my experience the best method of raising ferns is to place in a shady spot, water occasionally and generally neglect said plant. Others may disagree but whenever I have nurtured a fern it's little ends curl up and it goes straight to the big fernery in the sky.

All this activity was too much for The Boss.

Hope your Saturday was a good one.
xx