Whistlers Rest

Apart from the mistletoe the main flower of the moment it this shrub.   I don't know what they are.  They are quite widespread on the block, occupying the same space as the blackthorn which is now setting it's seeds. And twining among them both there is a fresh flush of purple pea flowers.  Perhaps the recent rain has encouraged them.

I noticed this weekend that mistletoe is flowering all over the block. I just love the way the bush flowers without me having to do a single thing.  Mind you, many of the flowers aren't all the noticeable unless I am looking carefully.

Each time I visit the Rest it seems to be a fresh revelation to me how relaxing it is out there.  It's as if the busyness of life blots out the memory.  In no time my creative juices are flowing.  

It looks like the mystery tree is a cypress.  I noticed the big clump of cypress trees are in flower right now and they are similar.  I don't know why the other one flowers months earlier.

The gum trees are shedding their bark. The trunks of the  trees in the forest on the drive to Clandulla are all looking fresh and yellow now their grey bark has gone.  This is something that many types of gum tree do annually.

The blackthorns are in flower at the moment.

And I found this little nest woven in the grass ... I am assuming the work of a spider.