Pink Salvia
Pink Camellia
Can you spot the tiny red orchid?
Perennial Basil
Camellia, ‘Donation’
Nemesia
Tarragon
Out of focus fuchsia with the Bragmansia, behind, still flowering before the first frost.
Tomorrow is the shortest day in the Southern Hemisphere; this day was celebrated in years gone by. Now, day by day, the days will lengthen. We haven’t had our first frost yet, being close to the coast. This will happen and cold days will continue, even with the surprise cold days into October. Spring bulbs are beginning to shoot already.
21 June is a day of friend’s birthdays. So Happy Birthday to Janet, Sandy, Des and Leonie!
Barbara Pyett 
Barbara, I know no poetry by heart any longer–not since my teens–but your garden posts always make me think of that opening line of Byron’s: “She walks in beauty…”
Who cares if he didn’t mean bare-roots and bulbs? You DO walk in beauty, and you share with us, and so we do, too. Thank you for that.
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What a lovely response O.Babe. I’m glad you feel you can walk with me through the garden. ❤
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You are surrounded by beauty…
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❤ ❤
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So much beautiful colour 🙂
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It is surprising how much, H. Often I think there’s nothing to pick, and yet there is always something.
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Thanks Barbara. When I was a child I loved that my birthday was on the shortest day of the year, and six months after one Christmas and six months before the next. And I still love that.
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Janet, you deserve to have your birthday in the perfect spot, and I hope it is a very happy one!! ❤
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The days getting longer again is definitely cause for celebration, Barbara. Here in the coastal area of NSW we never get any frost. But at nighttime the outside temperature can drop a bit below 10 C. We need a lot of heating to keep the inside temperature not too much below 20 C. In summer I like to get up early in the morning and go out to enjoy the morning sun. The winter sun, even at around midday, doesn’t warm much at all. We’ve had a lot of rain the last few weeks but at least not much wind. So it is not too bad.
It is amazing how much colour you could still find in your garden. You took some beautiful winter pictures, Barbara. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
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Great to hear from you auntyuta, I think you are in the subtropics, and the seasons are not quite as diverse. When I lived in the tropics 16 degrees felt cold!! It’s amazing how the body adapts to different regions. ❤
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You are right there, Barbara, it often feels like we live in the subtropics now. And 16 degrees feels definitely quite cold to me. Also, I think, with advancing old age I do feel the cold more than I used to! 🙂
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We’ve started wearing woollen long johns underneath, plus a couple of woollen jumpers. I now find I wake in bed with cold knees, even though the rest of me is warm! Maybe a sign of getting older…..?
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The shortes day but. The longest night. From now on daffodils and rising tulips , more sun.
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A few bulbs are flowering already!! Very early.
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