Buddleja davidii is bursting out. Commonly known as the Butterfly Bush — but no butterflies, yet. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddleja for more info. The purple and the pink yet to flower.
Back from the Vet…
Before the deluge Thursday
On my way to Terminal 3 Wednesday night — the old G9 still has it’s magic (and fits in a pocket).
As for Thursday, got wet through twice, spent a lot of time in the car looking at abandoned cars but did manage to park in a one hour zone for four hours and no ticket.
Have added to the header photos — now have seven appearing randomly.
Strolling across my desk …
this morning. Slow of movement so assuming close to the end of it’s life cycle. Moved it and container to kitchen window ledge and still there two hours later.
Raining still but managed to dig out much of the new garden bed yesterday, A square metre of concrete left to break-up then pine log borders (an old children’s swing set recycled), replace and add soil then replant the Lillium longiflorium and the new lemon tree.
Garden bed update: Following the downpour at 8:00 am, on clearing the drains, discovered an old broken ag pipe in the garden bed, very efficiently coping with the run-off from the shed. Probably not a good position for the lemon tree as the roots will cause a problem. Have to get the pipe sealed and possibly a new opening to relieve the instant creek which runs down the side of the house. No other rain problems but still vividly remember two years ago, water running out of the downstairs toilet light and the light refusing to turn off. A new roof fixed that problem.
Excitement at Xanadu
Someone (who shall remain anonymous) went out for the evening and on returning, found their bathroom full of acrid smoke. They, sensibly, called the fire brigade who promptly arrived and promptly found the problem — the hair dryer had been left running and was now a hot, smoking, smelly glob of black plastic.The circuit breaker had turned off so there was no danger, just smoke.
Other excitement this weekend was coming to grips with string theory, the Higgs Boson, the Large Hedron Collider, why that pesky neutron didn’t travel faster than light, and other components of this extraordinarily expensive attempt to explain the first billionth of a second after the Big Bang. I might have a crack at gravity waves next.
A new web resident
… what symmetry. And they build these regularly. I have a tiny spider in my desk lamp and it works away every day rebuilding it’s insect capturing web (although not so successful with mozzies).
Looking forward to seeing if any improvement with the the Leica designed 45mm f/2.8 macro lens, which appears to be resting in a New Jersey freight forwarders (3 days now). Amazon should get rid of the tracking facility — it shows just how slow their dispatch is.
Am hankering for a greyhound. See http://www.petrescue.com.au/view/136630
We don’t know what this is…
but it’s blooming by the clothes line. A vine and lots of blooms and (despite the strong colour) quite subtle.
We breakfasted at Little Treasures on Sunday. OK food, OK service but the real pleasure is:
- Opening on to Maundrell Park
- Heaps of books to browse while waiting.
Recommended http://www.truelocal.com.au/business/little-treasures-cafe/petersham
Native rose
Our Native Rose (Boronia serrulata) burst into bloom this week, just as I was thinking of trimming the front hedge. It flowers twice a year so that the hedge gets pretty shaggy while this and the Wisteria leave the hedge-trimmer charging its battery. How it got to Xanadu is lost in the mists of time.
More details on http://www.anbg.gov.au/gnp/gnp11/boronia-serrulata.html and http://natives.wikidot.com/boronia-serrulata
Autumn is nigh!
Fewer Striped-Marsh frogs tokking away at night now that it’s stopped raining. But plenty of eggs left and the taddy nursery is chockers. This old lion continues to splash into one of their favourite ponds.
Have begun digging out the Easter Lilly bed and discovered that it is sitting on concrete. Will eventually dig this out and build a new bed — currently favouring the new lemon tree and replant the lilies. What to do with the concrete rubble? Previously we have hired a bin but this amount doesn’t warrant the $400 or so.
