Too Late for Camellias

 As sit, work and ponder in my study I am privileged to have a view of our large front garden.

It's not too often that I take a walk around that garden. On returning from an outing on Saturday I made the time to take a stroll around and admire the work Mr GeniAus does to maintain this space.

Down on of our side boundaries we have an avenue of mature Camellias that are magnificent when in bloom. I'm sorry that I didn't do this walk a month ago when they were at their best. The few roses we have haven't woken up yet either and the gardenias are also sleeping. There was still plenty to see. 

Please take a virtual walk with me and view some upclose shots. I'll leave wider views for another day.

Upclose in the Garden

Although I appreciate our lovely, large front garden I don't often walk around and look at the various plants. Between the spring showers today I wandered down from our street frontage to the house with my phone in hand. As I did I took a few Upclose photos.

The camellias, gardenias and magnolia have lost their blooms but the azaleas and wisteria are bursting into bloom.

Looking down from the letterbox

The first row of azaleas

 A corner of cliveas

These azaleas match my hot pink glasses

Dainty groundcover is taking over

An orchis lives on a tree

An old slow coach has a sunny spot

The last of the camellias

Another clump of azaleas

Dainty and white ??

Yellow cliveas

These pretty blue things are coming up all over

The lavender is scraggly but the perfume perfect

No need to buy lettuce this week

Silver beet is doing well

The very first lemon on our tree ever

I think we'll be getting more lemons

Waiting to be planted out

I think this is a pest

Another old duck

Hedge in desperate need of a trim

Looking back up the drive to the letterbox

A-Z Blogging Challenge 2024: F is for Fonts and Flowers

 Looking back through my travel photos I see that in many places we visited there was, on our agendas, an Abbey, Cathedral, Chapel, Church, Convent, Monastery, Mosque, Pagoda, Synagogue, Temple or other place of worship. As we travel along the road I often take snaps of God's houses we pass by. These buildings range from ordinary to ostentatious. 

For the Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Blogging Challenge my theme is Gods' Houses. During April I invite you to join me for an online tour of Gods' Houses from my digital albums. 

Flowers can be found inside and outside Gods' Houses. Baptismal Fonts are found in many Christian Churches although some religions baptise adherents in pools or outside in rivers.

Spotland, Rochdale, England

Church ready for a Wedding - Jersey, Channel Islands

St Suzanne, France

St Barnabas Chapel - Norfolk Island, Australia

A very large font? - Yardenit Baptism Site, River Jordan, Israel.

Qaqortoq, Greenland

Church Garden - Trondheim, Norway

Orchids - Chang Mai, Thailand

Old St Pauls - Wellington, New Zealand

Broome, Western Australia

Kuranda, Australia

Font and Flowers, Christ Church - Port Sunlight, England

Kirkwall, Orkney Islands

Kirkwall, Orkney Islands

Tokyo, Japan

Eguisheim, France

Mumbai, India

A small church - Jersey, Channel Islands

Winchester Cathedral - Winchester, England

Phuket, Thailand

Phuket, Thailand