September at Home

September seemed to be a busy month, being out and about, now that the weather is starting to warm up and the days get a little longer.  However, there has been some happenings at home as well.

Firstly, it was time to decorate the little shelf in the kitchen with a spring theme.

After the tidy up in one garden bed, I potted up some small plants for the church fete next month.  I have since potted up some more, so there will be quite a collection of small cottage plants to add to their stall. They have been settling in nicely in the potting shed.

The garden is waking up nicely, with our wattle starting to flower.  It is now well past its prime and due for a hair cut.

The flowering cherry looked lovely.  However, our daffodils have not performed well at all this year.

I’m in awe of how large our street trees are.  I forget that we have been here for nearly ten years, so they are expected to grow somewhat during that time.  

Anyway, they are getting their first tinge of green and will be in full leaf before we know it.

The crab apple is putting on its usual show.

It is currently being visited by lots of bees.

Our cow in the vege garden is looking nice and colourful.

The ranunculus are just starting to put on their colourful show. 

This was our wisteria a few days ago.  Look at all those buds.  They are just starting to lengthen and colour up now, so in a week or so it should be looking spectacular.

Meanwhile, over the road in the horse paddock, the kangaroo population continues to grow.  Mick counted 45 the other day and yesterday we counted five joeys that we could see.  I’m sure there are more.  It is all well and good while the season is good, but once things dry out it will be interesting to see what happens.  Currently, they very rarely venture onto the road, but they may then start looking for green pick on people’s lawns.  I hope they don’t become a problem.  As it is, it is the equivalent of running a small mob of sheep, so not the best for the landholder once things dry out.

Back inside, I managed to read one book.  I really enjoyed it.

There were a couple of other things that happened out and about.

Firstly, I assisted with the set up of the fund raiser morning tea for the Radiation Bus.  This a service run by our local community transport group that takes cancer patients to Orange for their treatment.  They receive no government funding, and thanks to fund raisers like this they are able to offer the service free of charge.  They capped the numbers at 100 this year and tickets sold out very quickly.  There was also a giant raffle, with one of the prizes being a quilt made by our patchwork group.  It was a very successful event.

Secondly, I enjoyed a delicious lunch in the relatively new cafe located by the river.  It has just reopened after their winter break, as most of it is outdoors.  The weather was glorious, the food good and our table had a nice outlook over the river.

So, a good month, and one that went by very quickly.