Home Again, Home Again, Jiggety Jig

We returned home on Wednesday morning to a cold and frosty day, 43 hours after we hopped out of bed.  Our plane arrived in Sydney early, so we fluked seats on the XPT train to Bathurst with 4 minutes to spare. Otherwise we would have had to hang around Sydney until mid afternoon.  

We went from nearly the longest day in the year to nearly the shortest, from sunrise a bit before 5am and sunset a bit before 10pm to sunrise a bit after 7am and sunset a bit after 5pm.

It has taken us a few days to get over the jet lag and I’m gradually working my way though the mountain of laundry.  Short, cold days don’t help.

It was a lovely surprise to see this pop of colour in our bathroom.  It had just started to bud up before we left a month ago.

Outside there was more unexpected colour.  In the potting shed the cyclamen was putting on quite a show.  We had bought this for Mum a few years ago for Mother’s Day and when it finally stopped flowering brought it home and popped it in a pot.  This is the best show it has put on.

Our said little lemon tree has lemons ready to use.  We only had two lemons last year, so this is a big improvement.  I can see lemon butter and lemon delicious pudding on the menu.

The daphne is going to put on quite a show soon as well.

Other little pops of colour are the delicate little violets.

And one polyanthus.  We did see one pretty little yellow primrose while on the Isle of Man.  We used to have one in our garden at our first home, but have not had one since.  Not a plant you see very often.  We may have to see if we can find another one to pop in the garden.

I’ll gradually add some posts about our trip over the next little while.

Meanwhile, I need to work out where I am up to with my stitching and get back in the groove.