An Early Winter Wander ... On This Queen's Birthday Long Weekend.

Love your courtyard - what a lovely place to sit! (Nor in the rain though)

Thanks Nariz. Actually that shower of rain we had last weekend was very unexpected as we don't see much rain during our 'dry' season, for obvious reasons. But it was quite refreshing. We've now only had five days of rain since around the end of March which is pretty normal for this time of year.

Hi Bernieh
I love your photos and links
I always think it is so strange that Australia and my family in NZ celebrate the queens birthday with a days holiday while here we don,t lol

Yes that is really rather odd, Helen! Thanks to our first Governor we have this tradition now, but I'm not sure the coming generations will if Oz eventually becomes a republic!!! Maybe then it will become Republic Day ... it's hard for Aussies to give up their long weekends!!

Great walk around your gardens. Bernieh! I love the photo of your courtyard garden! Looks even better glistening with the the rainwater!

All looking good Bernieh :o)

Thanks Balcony. We don't see much rain at this time of the year so it was a welcome thing.

Thank you Neellan. It is a good time of year in the garden here right now.

Bernieh:

I love the garden tours! All your plants look fantastic!

One of these days I'll have to write a blog with an attached video. :>)

Always love looking round your garden, pleased you had a lovely weekend holiday.

Thanks Andy. Things are looking pretty good at the moment. Of course as we get closer to Springtime it all looks a lot better as the annuals flower more profusely.

Yes I agree, you will have to write a blog one day and add a video clip of your garden. It's great to actually get the bigger picture!

Glad you enjoyed the wander, Carol. It was indeed a lovely long weekend. It was hard getting up early yesterday morning though to return to work.

i love your courtyard and all your plants Berneih, there is so much to see and never seems to sleep :o))

Thanks Sanbaz. We're very lucky here in the tropics as you rightly point out, our gardens never go to sleep. There's always something in bloom and of course, fabulous foliage all year round.