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A Touch of Autumn In These Flowers.

18 years ago

It would be lovely if it was Autumn but here the weather seems to get warmer or the humidity more oppressive.

The garden is trying to look good but sadly with the water restrictions its starting to look tired.

Every day they say it will rain and it never does, I think its best they say nothing..

This is about all the garden would give me today so only one vase of Autumn kind of colours.....Cheers..MM.

Tuesday's Flowers:

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hollakes
18 years ago
the colors are great
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goldhills
18 years ago
Looks very pretty.

Is looking for autumn colours wishful thinking, MM? It has gotten hot again in the last week or 2. I don't like extremely hot weather but I'm not looking forward to winter - not much grows in the cold - and then there are the frosts.
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ginnybee
18 years ago
Lovely flowers MM, we get lots of promiced rain too which doesn't come, some of my leaves on desciduos trees are going dull which usually means they have stopped getting goodness from the roots then they generally startcolouring, also our nights & mornings are down to single figures most mornings so here hoping, I love Autumn.
Jan.
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Kiwi_oz
18 years ago
Beautiful display of flowers, lovely colours.
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18 years ago
Thanks Bev, Jan and Heather a long vase life those Dahlias have.

Hi GH....I dont know about Autumn as in weather, I think it bypassed us once again same as Spring do you feel that we are getting two months of Winter and ten months of Summer now , mind you I dont mind the heat its the humidity that is hard to live with.

We got 10.5mm of rain yesterday so now it is more humid that ever.. This morning I was out pruning all the bougainvillea, then started on the hibiscus its not the right time but they are heading for the sky and it rained again not a lot just enough to wet me through but it did not take long for me to dry out again, and actually it was very refreshing, just wish we could get some more..I love the Winters here as I can work better and grow all my veggies even the very frosty mornings dont stop the tomatoes from growing...Cheers..MM.
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18 years ago
I love it! Those colours would suit my decor beautifully.
Cheers,
Dee.
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barbarah_70
18 years ago
Lovely display MM.
For the fisrt time in my life, I am actually almost looking forward to the cooler weather, never thought I would say that. :-)
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18 years ago
Well Hello Barbara..Lovely to hear from you....now seeing you have been missing for so long does that mean that you have been on a long holiday and we will be seeing lots of your wonderful pics..I sure hope so I have missed you and WELCOME BACK.....

Yes it has been a very long hot Summer, but thankfully the nights are getting a little cooler, it was not cool today when I mowed the grass though....Thanks.... Cheers..MM.
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barbarah_70
18 years ago
Thank you MM. Yes I did go away, but not for long. I went to Nhulunbuy (Gove), Northern Territory. I didn't get to take many photos of the flora and fauna, mostly landscapes.
I've been rather busy since returning, am just starting to get a little spare time.
Goodness me, it would have been hot mowing, today. I don't think my garden has ever been so neglected as it has been this summer, I just can't seem to get going in the heat.
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