THIS WEEK

MORE RAIN!!!  my lawn was a foot high because i asked the lovely young boy next door to mow it whenever he mowed theirs (an airbnb rental) but last time he was too tired after sitting with his prize winning bantams at the Geelong show for three days in a row.   so this week i found a great woman, Som, with her own gardening business.   she waited for a break in the weather and arrived yesterday.  very efficient and professional. so i'll alternate them, she has the advantage of a whippersnipper while i want to give some work to charlie, he's a delight.

The baby birds are teenagers now, they've returned to my back garden after a ten day absence exploring next door

I'VE FOUND THE GREEN i want for my bedroom, hopefully i can do it with sunny when she has time to come and help.  she's done some major painting help with most of my big painting jobs over the years :0)

i'm using this wallpaper on two of the sliding wardrobe

doors - the third is mirror.  i want a lush bedroom :0)

Some lovely flowers growing right outside the full length 

kitchen windows, the garden is revealing itself week by week 

i found this perfect little pardalote on the paving outside the back door, completely unmarked but sadly not alive anymore.  it was still warm, eyes still bright so it must have maybe hit the ground after its virgin flight, the feathers on its back are those of a fledgling.  poor little thing