Whistlers Rest

We visited the rest this afternoon on our way back from our drive out west.  I was surprised to see these little bell-like flowers on the ground.  Looking up I can see they have fallen from one of the tall trees, too high up for me to get a shot of them on the branch so I collect a few from the ground.

The flower of the moment on the block is this pink flower.  It is appearing in quite a few places.  Funny thing is I have not noticed it the previous two years.  It seems there are still many surprises for me to find in the long grass (I just hope I never find a snake).

Here are some of the flowers that are currently out on the block.  I refuse however to photograph the St John's Wort.  I am doing a pretty good job of pulling them out as soon as I see their yellow flowers appear.  There is many times less of than in the previous two years so that is one battle we are winning. I cut out the sweet briars and some more of the blackberry this weekend.

Pretty little thing isn't it.  But soon she will be gone because that is Sweet Briar, one of the plants on the council's I must eradicate list.  Look at those thorns.  I will be pricklier than blackberry to deal with.

How lovely, the bottlebrush was in flower this weekend.  I didn't see if flower last year, perhaps because it was hidden behind a lot of other brush in a corner of the block.  The brush was cleared during the rebuilding of the fence.

We harvested some lettuce leaves from our vege patch today.

I've been meaning to show the new neighbours on the farmland.