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Just planted one of these earlier this month

My Amaryllis are not growing at the moment. I let them flower when they are good & ready. So they will probably flower in March & April.

Thank you Shirley..sometimes I like the Autumn colours here more than the Summer ones.

Many thanks Shirley x

They are a pain Shirley, I've one resident bully boy, can't get rid of him at all..:(

That must be so annoying Balc! All that lime dropping on your plants, I am really sorry you have that to contend with! It's wood pigeons here that create havoc. I like having the doves around.
How are your amaryllis doing? They must have buds on now ready for Christmas?

Typical Ivy, Shirley. She does seem to elbow out others! Bill should have stood up to her..:))
Korean beauty scrambles through Euonimus Emerald Gaiety all summer.
Now I can see Emerald and she's looking very attractive, green and white..

Lucky you Karen ... Storm Bert deposited far too many leaves in my garden from the trees next door ... :o((

Looks lovely ... :o)

It certainly is ... :o)

I must check mine later, too cold to take a look now though!

At first I read this as Fontwell ... a village East of Chichester! I definitely couldn't see the Heron.

Just lovely.

Julia, there are so many Autumnal shades in your garden, really attractive.

I Googles this as new to me ... isn't is lovely?

I second that.

Very similar to here Lindak...I was a little late in catching it on camera.

No I can't, but I think there must have been fewer trout left in the pond.....

The colours in the sky lasted a long time today Meadowland.

Beautiful scene Lindak.

Far too many pigeons here as well! There are 3 different kinds, Wood Pigeons, Ring Neck Doves & the ordinary, common, everyday pest that dirty so much our streets & buildings & monuments or statues!

The first two I have no quarrel with but the last one sits on the balcony railings of the 4th floor & their dropping constantly fall into our balcony! Apart from being a dirty nuisance they are also dangerous when the balcony is wet after rainfall as they make the floor very slippery.

We get them a lot as our balcony juts out about 6 inches more than those above us. It the same with our 2 neighbours balconies as well, just that they don't have plants on them. In fact they have both been empty for 2 or 3 years now.

I don't really know why the sunrises/sets are of little interest here. We face towards the setting sun & so have good views of the sky, (above the houses in front!), but it's only very rarely the sunsets are notable & then I always try to get a few photos.

In a similar way the sunrises, (again obscured by the houses in front), are of little interest either. It just seems to be like that most of the time. Maybe something to do with being only about a metre, if that, above sea level but on the other hand you can get some magnificent shots from beaches or boats so that not the reason either!

Interesting blog Bb. Thanks for sharing your lovely plants & wild life. Glad the bird was ok

Thank you Janey, I cut it back too late.

Janey, that sounds just like the birds here, far too many Pigeons for my liking.

Janey, my 'Bill' used to clamber through the Ivy on a fence panel that hides the bins. Sadly, Ivy grew so big that she smothered Bill!!

They are indeed lovely Janey. I've had quite a few over the years but not many of them survive a heavy wet season here.

Fantastic colour. I've had one as a houseplant for years, it's silver, green and pink, they are lovely.

Lovely colours BB!

That's a shame Balcony. We are surrounded by fields and the town is really lovely. We try to support the shops too.

Thank you very much BushBernie, Julia and SBG for your kind comments.

Seaburngirl, I'm sure the poor kookaburra felt the impact as it wobbled a bit in flight as it took off. We did see it later in the day eating a grasshopper so I'm sure its beak is okay.

Cottagekaren, we've never had a kookaburra attempt to fly through any of our doorways before so I'm not sure why it was flying about so close to our house. I don't think it will every try that again!

Ah, now I can spot it!

Looks a lovely place, Karen.

Thank you Sheila, that's right Shirley, I do prefer B McKenzie to be honest..

They have looked healthy this year Karen. I'm sure you will..☺️

I remember you saying that Shirley, yes the little garden birds have been flitting onto the bird feeder here all day. Much to the annoyance of bossy wood pigeon!

Thank you Hywel. I cut this back late summer thinking I would have lost all this autumn's flowers, but it's done very well! Try it next year end August time.

It is Sheila, yellow is such a happy colour..☺️

Lovely to see that colour at this time of year 🙂.

What an interesting blog. I'm so happy that the bird was able to fly away. It must have wondered what had happened to it..like hitting an invisible pillow! I love that pretty Calibroacha..lovely colours. And I always love to see a beautiful butterfly :)

Thanks Josee, they were great while they lasted.

Thanks Josee and David!

So pretty. I do love red flowers! So exotic.

Thank you SBG ;)

He is pretty small in this photo bernie, but in reality he was huge! Standing with his head bowed on the left hand side under the trees.

Thank you both. :)

Very impressive, Lindak! It's very rare to get a sunrise/set here that's worth bothering to take a picture of! Over the years I might have managed to get a few shots a year but most times we see little that's worth remarking on.

Like other palm pictures you have posted this one looks familiar, I may have seen it in the shops here. But there are so many that it's hard to tell & many look quite similar! Plus, as I'm not about to buy one, I rarely look at the name of the plant on the label - but then who does? Unless you are an enthusiast of some plant the rest all look more or less alike.

I thought they didn't look too good!

Aw thank you so much BB.

This nice plant was killed off by the recent frosts, so not a perennial then :-(