Random Bits..

Another beautiful morning here in Gods own country!
When I took the dog for her "wee" walk this morning I was struck by how many tiny flowers and interesting things there are in the grass. Yes a little random I guess but I'm in the habit of watching the grass when I walk .(though the "Joe Blakes" should be slowing down and curling up somewhere for the winter)




These are tiny toadstools. Aren't they the cutest things! I couldn't get any closer to see but I wouldn't mind betting there's a fairy or two hidden under one of them. lol.

I'm told these are magic mushrooms. Wouldn't have a clue, they are pretty though. Sadly we have no edible mushrooms on the property thus far, just lots of odd coloured and shaped things.

                                



      

     These are like tiny orchids.

I'm pretty sure all the photos are of weedy type things that may grow everywhere for all I know but I think they're beautiful. I don't believe in ordinary, not for people, nor for plants or anything really. When I look at these I see something so
beautifully made, so perfectly formed  - how could anyone possibly say they are ordinary!

Mark stacked some wood up on a stand on the back deck this morning. We haven't had the combustion fire on yet -with the back of the house being completely glass it warms the rooms up beautifully so of a night its still quite comfortable.
Its just a case of being ready; the weather is so unpredictable. The sun is shining and its quite warm today. The wind has a little bite to it already though. Might be a cold night.

The rain has made it a pain to get anything dry. I have 2 fold out clothes-lines on the side of the house but I'd prefer a rotary line in the back-yard, so Mark is going to utilise one of the fold-ups and have it on some sort of pulley system under the deck roof so I can lower it down to hang clothes on in the wet weather. We're trying to get organised before the very cold weather comes.
I'm quite looking forward to seeing a winter here  - I have no doubt it will be cold - we're surrounded by mountains!

The garlic has all sprouted well; every one of them came up! I have to learn how to plait them so I can store them when they are ready to pull up. (not until around Christmas) I have visions of the funny little garlic sellers on an old English comedy called 'Allo 'Allo! The fig tree is doing well and has a few on it now. The blueberry is starting to get buds; peas are growing nicely as is everything else at the moment. I've got some ginger and potatoes to go in in the next few days. There's not much happening in the garden at the moment - I left my run a bit late this year. Never mind. We've achieved a lot in the 6 months we have been here.

Soup is on the stove for tonight. Yummy ham hock and vege. A nice damper with it......all's well with the world. :)