I thought it was time to do another flower post. 😃 Despite the heat, I've got the garden shade cloths up, and my plants are doing just fine. 😃
Photo 1: My cherry-ice-cream begonia flowers are open.
Photo 2: Got some Double Delight pink-and-yellow roses open too. 😃
Photos 3, 4 & 5: Pansies and pink begonia flowers are doing just fine too. 😃
Photo 6: I've also got some white Nigella flowers open, and some blue ones yet to open. 😃
Photo 7: I've also discovered a white hollyhock flower open on one bush while doing this photo shoot!
Photo 8: Red begonias flowering.
Photo 9: A pink hollyhock flower - I saw the first one open on Sunday, today I see more open.
Photos 10 & 11: Dark pink and white carnations - the first few opened on Sunday, there are more open today.
Photos 12 & 13: Yellow Calendulas. I've got quite a few of these flowering.
Photo 14: Blackberry flowers & immature fruit.
Photos 15 & 16: My yellow miniature rose with a couple of buds - no flowers on that bush open yet, but soon will be!
Photo 17: One of my two surviving strawberry plants, with its flowers and fruit. I've been eating a few berries off it already - will buy some more strawberry plants to add to my two when Bunnings opens, in order to get more fruit. 😃
Photo 18: My blue daisies - they are a sky blue azure colour. 😃
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Aucklanders, our weekly rubbish collections are staying after councillors voted to scrap a proposed trial of fortnightly pick-ups.
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Stand-Out Festive Decor: Build a Big DIY Nutcracker
Whip up a larger-than-life nutcracker and have it standing guard to greet guests this Christmas. This is an ideal opportunity to repurpose last year’s baubles, leftover Resene paint testpots and leftover materials from previous projects. You could use an old cardboard box for the body and cover it in fabric scraps. Find out how to make your own nutcracker with these easy step by step instructions.
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