We are all done with summer, at least emotionally, but summer is keeping on keeping on. Just when I was all inspired to get into autumn planting, the hot weather came back for one more go. It was all I could do to keep up with the watering and keeping things alive!
Mind you,there have been a few showers, and the temperatures have slowly started to go back into temperate temperatures.
While I am waiting I got this lovely book by Huw Richards called The Permaculture Garden, with lots of lovely ideas for me to be thinking through.
He has a very clear and concise way of explaining things, and the diagrams are beautiful. His Welsh garden is so lush! I thought I might find it too Northern Hemisphere to be of much use, but really there is so much that is relevant here.
The hoya was moved to a slightly sunnier spot and immediately celebrated with lots of buds.
We took a little trip to Bunbury to see the wonderful Gregorian Brothers in concert, which was sooo, sooo beautiful.
On the way there and back we had a chance for a some sightseeing in Mandurah and Pinjarra.
Having had a lovely lunch with a friend in Pinjarra, we visited a favourite op shop there and found a treasure: an original oil painting for $15. The frame was in need of some repairs, but DH was able to fix it in about 10 minutes or so. We really like it.
