Winter garden

It's July already.

Our green apples make

lovely treat for the birds.

Silver eyes are busy munching

juicy apples.

Yum, yum.

We are fortunate to have 

four apple trees in our garden

so there's enough for all of us to enjoy

during the winter.

End of Autumn

Dahlia is one of my favorite  care free flowers.

You just plant its tuberous root once and it multiples year after year.

Most of the dahlias in our garden have finished their season already.

This tree dahlia is the last dahlia to bloom in Autumn and

finishes with the first frost.

We had a hail and sleety Winter-like weather today.

May is nearly over now. 

Wish has come true

Several years ago, I found a lovely house with lots of

pretty toadstools in its garden while I was walking

around our neighborhood.

And before the following autumn, that house was sold

and its garden was fully re-landscaped.

There is no pretty toadstools in that garden any more.

But they are here in my driveway.

How they came about is mystery yet their pollen could

travel with cats and dogs.

Cup week

It's Cup week in Canterbury.

Although our city is not fully recovered from

earthquake yet, some normal life are coming back.

Not everyone can enjoy horse race and bubblies

but I'm sure anyone can smell the roses and

so many other blooming flowers now.

The scent of flowers lift our spirits.

Ladies day

When I went to Japan a couple of years ago,

I saw this rose poster at the train station.

Instantly, I thought I had to see this exhibition.

But I was with my elderly mother who had

a knee problem at the time.

There was no way she can walk to the museum.

So I asked her to wait at the station

 and ran to the museum all by myself.

The show was so wonderful!

Many master pieces done by

Redoute and Parsons were breath taking.

And the rooms of this show was  actually

filled with rose scent infusing through

air conditioners.

Such a great idea by curators.

I still don't know what was the special occasion though

the day I visited the museum was " Ladies day " and

every female visitors got a free pass.

http://www.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp/artmuse/

Daffodil

Daffodils bring gorgeous scent of 

spring.

Quietly but surely.

Gold fish would be dazzled

if they could swim amongst

these spring beauties.

Dahlia

I like bulb and tuber flowers.

Once they were planted into the soil,

come out to say " hello "

year after year.

The second teapot aquarium captured

sweet dahlias.

Flower show

We went Ellerslie International Flower Show a while ago.

Last year's event was cancelled because of earthquake

so we were looking forward to this year's show.

Fishing guy fishing New Zealand?

One of award winning displays.

Rose garden filled with so many different kind of roses.

Sweet vege garden complete with scarecrows.

Although we don't see crows in Christchurch.

Outdoor lounge.