LOOKING AHEAD...

Yes, indeed...today, I bought "a few" bulbs for Spring colour and perfume. I did search on-line for some old favourites, but I think I was a little tardy and all the nurseries I checked were "out of stock."

Ah, well, maybe I'll be lucky next year. What's that?  You want to know what I couldn't find? Freesia "Burtonii." Not so easy to find (although I'd bet the house-keeping budget that canny gardeners  have been growing these treasures for generations!) 

I shan't whinge, but it's a great loss to many that they are so hard to find, having been pushed out by newer colours with longer, straighter stems.

But today I bought (for starters) Hyacinths, 2 of each in white, yellow and blue. And bag of mixed double daffodils. And, because I still had a few shekels and my eye had said "buy!" I also got an Angelonia in a glorious dark purple.

Angelonia

Mixed daffs

Hyacinths

These pictures are from the Web, obviously! But I do hope I'll have some stunning images to show you in a few months!

We drove across the highway to do some other shopping this morning and I made a mental note to take a camera next time, as most trees are beginning to show the season's colour change.. The oaks across the lane from our house are yellowing and I think I saw a liquidamber this morning. And the giant magnolias still have big cream flowers, but I notice a lot are seeding.Might need to wear a pith helmet...

                       

                                          Again, from the web.

                                               Liquiamber

And one day last week we took a ferry ride across the Waitemata Harbour to Hobsonville to visit The Man's cousin. What a fabulous catch-up! We swapped old stories and laughed a lot and agreed that we must keep in touch. So, lunch at ours next time.

And that's about all I have time for.