Rain or Shine. Or Both.

Don't you love just love the different types of weather?

Yesterday morning I pottered around in the garden, pruning our random tomato plant
and uprooting the zucchini two plants that refused to grow before sitting on 

the porch swing chatting with my best friend who lives overseas.

This morning, after a night of pouring rain,
it had slowed to a steady drizzle so I stood on the back patio
admiring the rain drops that lined the foliage of the jasmine vines. 

I kept watching them drop and decided I needed to grab my camera and take some photos!

The light was amazing! 

Who would have thought?  A rainy day?  Good lighting for photos?! 

I guess that's how we learn, eh?  By doing.

As I was peering through the lens, my eye found a little hidden wonder ...

A gorgeous dragon fly seeking shelter from the wet drops.

And the beautiful white flowers that had opened opened earlier in the week
were tightly shut, protecting their delicate centers from the rain.




Such little beauties.



This little one didn't shut quick enough and was pulled over by the weight of the rain.
I still thought it was beautiful though ...

I do love the rain. 
And the shine.

Do you?

Blue {sky}

Bees! Teeny Weeny Aussie Bees!!

Pink

I

i love snapdragons

Purple

Pomegranate Flower

 

This is a pomegranate flower, just before it blooms .... 

Red

White

Jade

 

It's springtime in my neck of the woods.  My favorite time of year!

The flowers are magnificent.  This afternoon I shot a few that are blooming in our garden.  I plan to show you a few over the next week or two!  They are just lovely.  This photo isn't so much about the flower, as it is about the jade in front of it but I love how you can see the beautiful hippeastrum behind it.

Snowpeas

Our snow peas have flowered!

I'm super excited as they are pretty much the only thing, besides some lettuce,

and some tomatoes that are STUNTED, that I've planted this year.

We are thinking about doing some reno's on the back patio and that means one of the 

garden beds will be re-located.  I see no point planting in the current bed if

it is just going to be pulled out!!  

Citrus

Flowers on the Kaffir Lime

 

Baby Lemons !!

 

Hanging Lantern

 

Oh my ... this is horrible ! {Corner View}

 

I went out to water the garden this morning and noticed that the big flower had fallen off the pomegranate tree ... I thought "oh my ... this is horrible !" 

Luckily, there is another one just about to open !!

Can't wait to get another lovely piece of fruit !

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Corner View was created by Jane at Spain Daily and is now hosted by Francesca.  It is bloggers from all over the world, posting photos of a specific weekly theme.  To join, just post to your own blog and then link up over at Francesca's Corner View for the week.  Then, visit the other Corner Views ... that's my favorite part !  Seeing the interpretations of the themes, visiting different cultures, learning something new !

Blue { ? } berries

 

I'm looking forward to the day that our blueberries turn blue ...

Garden Tour

A little video garden tour for those of you who said you were interested ...

The front garden ...

The back garden ...

{Grow} Corner View

The theme of today's Corner View is 'grow' !  I love this theme !  Over the weekend, I spent every spare moment in our garden !  I dug up one of our raised garden beds, added some yummies for the soil, mixed it all in, and planted some new plants.  I added some more pots to our collection as well.  Maybe one day I should do a post giving you a little tour of our garden.  What do you reckon ?  Would you like to see that ? 

Today for 'grow' I give you a zucchini plant.  I am anxious for it to grow.  I love zucchini.  But more than that, I want to try stuffed zucchini flowers ... but never can find the flowers !!  Now, I should have plenty.

Also, to those who played my guessing game last week ... my countdown is to my BEST FRIEND (my BFF as the young kids say) coming to visit !  I have lived in Australia almost 15 years and this will be her first (of many!?) visits !!  I am OVER THE MOON excited !!  I cannot wait.

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Corner View was created by Jane at Spain Daily and is now hosted by Francesca.  It is bloggers from all over the world, posting photos of a specific weekly theme.  To join, just post to your own blog and then link up over at Francesca's Corner View for the week.  Then, visit the other Corner Views ... that's my favorite part !  Seeing the interpretations of the themes, visiting different cultures, learning something new !

Look what we grew !

 

Homegrown pomegranate !  

Yummy.

 

Eggplant Spikes

 

I've never noticed the little spikes on an eggplant flower before ...

Have you ?

Coriander Rock Path

baby coriander growing in our rock path

it's wonderful ! a constant supply !!

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i'm so excited we have discovered that coriander likes growing in rocks !
we discovered it quite by accident ... i had hung a plant up that had gone to seed, to dry.
some of those seeds scattered onto the rocks and all of a sudden we had coriander everywhere !
now, i make sure to let some plants grow big and tall and go to seed and then i sprinkle
some of that seed into the rocks every month or so.  it just keeps growing.
even during the hot months.  it bolts much quicker but we have so
many baby plants in various stages that we ALWAYS
have fresh coriander on hand. it's
absolutely perfect !

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Sage Flowers

 

Have you ever seen the flowers on a sage plant ?

I had never ...

... until this one bloomed in my garden !

Aren't they gorgeous ?!