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Today I had cause to drive to Warrnambool, about two hours away, and nearly the home of my misspent youth.

With a bit of time to spare I ventured down the Breakwater and Thunder Point

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While I was expecting to take seascapes there were many other subjects including this plant which appeared quite happy in the exposed setting and trailing down the stone wall.

flower_0545Opposite the first photo was this shot which appeared a bit bland out of the camera…

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Likewise this shot did not appear as colourless at the time.  Maybe, temperatures below twenty and fairly brisk southerly ripping in from Bass Strait effected my powers of observation.

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I also gave this shot a slight Picasa ‘boost’.

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Some random photos from our garden this week.

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Although taken last in September, this photo could have been taken this morning prior a day of thirty-three degree temperatures.

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To the right of the first photo stand several grevillias,

which still have some flowers on them as autumn approaches.

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Mt Sheba colour this week.

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This is an old-fashioned fuchsia which we had many of at our  previous home.

Unfortunately, focus was not quite right.

So, I used Picasa’s Heat Map effect to convert it into, I think,

an acceptable image.

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Quick and simple this week…its been a long day.

Roses_0523MGW had a birthday yesterday.

A surprise delivery, at work, brightened her day

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I think this is a hibiscus.

flower_0560We tried to grow them in the Western District…alas the climate was too cold and they always succumbed.

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However, in Geelong’s milder climate  they seem to thrive.

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Back in Fremantle this week.

flower_0330These flowers are part of the garden at a small coffee shop near the departure point for our return ferry journey back to Perth.

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We have no idea what they are.

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however, they are eye-catching.

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Last summer was the first time our Lemonade lemon tree produced any quantity of fruit.

Lemon_0337As it turned out we did not eat all of the fruit and some lemons remained on the tree over the winter months.

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Lemon_0340Spring arrived with new blooms and still last seasons fruit remained on the tree.

Every now and again we would use several with a meal and the last of them being picked since Christmas.  They were the sweetest lemons I have ever tasted.

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Lemon_0346 I would like to know if lemons naturally sweeten the longer they are on the tree.

Or is it simply the Lemonade variety we have?

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Lemon_0347 Meanwhile the new season’s fruit appears to be progressing well.

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Our Grass Tree replacement.

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Agave_0339Our Agave looks better after twelve months than our grass tree did at the same time.

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Earlier in the week I posted a shot of where our Grass Tree was planted.

DSC_0336Much has changed since that photo was taken.  This is how it looked today.

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The first time that both the Agapanthus and it’s companion plant (paler green foliage, name eludes me) have flowered together.

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Near the top left hand corner of this shot, through the flax,

is the grass trees replacement.

An Agave…more about this next week.

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