26 September 2017
Last night Erin came running in to me, "Come and look at this amazing moth". And sure enough, on the bathroom wall, was a moth with colourings I have not seen before. We took photos and showed them to Nanna and Poppy (we are staying here at the moment) - it was lovely to hear her sharing it all with them.
And staying here - all the flowers are out in this jungly garden. I am sitting here on the deck, before the sun comes over and makes it too hot, listening to many busy bees hard at work on the lemon tree flowers. In the last couple of hot evenings the scent from the lemon tree has been wonderful.
It is prolific this lemon tree. Even having to battle with possums and cockatoos, mum and dad still have more than enough lemons for themselves and everyone! And it acts as nursery maid to some of dad's orchids, and the pot plants - all benefiting from the shelter and protection it gives.
This morning Dad was very excited about his oak tree - it is growing tassels for the first time, does this mean it will produce acorns?
After a quick google I have discovered that these "tassels" are catkins, the male flowers that produce the pollen which then disperses to hopefully fertilise the female flower allowing acorns to grow.
He grew this oak from an acorn he collected on a visit to Edinburgh years ago, walking in an area he used to go when he lived there as a youth.
And now for reason for the original idea for this post - flower photos from Dad's jungly and overgrown but happy garden.
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