20.04.07

baxter is sooooo diggin' the backyard (and i don't mean diggin' as in holes in the ground) and so am i. it's so amazing to walk around and know that all this space is mine (and i pretty much mean mine as shane's not much of a gardener), all these plants, all these trees, and all, all this grass. i think someone forgot to tell out yard that we're in the middle of a huge drought. everything is growing like crazy and we're devoting this weekend to yard clean-up. shane's got the chainsaw and trailer from bendigo to get rid of a few dead trees, including one that takes up a HUGE amount of our backyard. i can't wait until it's gone to see how much room we really have and to free the gorgeous hibiscus tree/bush that is trapped beneath one of the fat, gnarled branches. check out the blooms:



i've got to get some pics of a tree in our front yard that started blooming this week, too. it's amazing - and i really can't tell you how much i love that plants bloom all year round here instead of the limited 4 month growing period i grew up with in canada. i still find it hard to believe that flowers are just popping up now, in the middle of autumn.

and, mom, look! i pruned back the LEMON tree (not limes like we thought) last weekend. did you know lemons have big, very sharp thorns?


that creepy awning stuff is coming down this weekend!