Autumn has to be my favourite time of the year and in Melbourne crowns itself with warm days with a particular golden character to the sunlight, and if we are lucky a cool evening, which is ideal for sleeping, and getting refreshed for the new day ahead. Over the weekend that has just been, the weather was just a tad too warm for my liking, being into the mid thirties, and after a couple of cooler days, we're heading for those temperatures again tomorrow and at the weekend.
Soon enough, the weather will turn cooler, and we're all awaiting the arrival of autumn rains, which we all hope will turn the recent cycle of drought around. In the meantime, I spurn trips to the nursery, because I know that a visit there will only mean I have more watering to do, and a hot few days will burn off the fresh new growth in a matter of hours, if I forget to water at the right time.
In the meantime, it's a season of change, and we've decided that the house needs to be painted. The painters started yesterday, and we hope that it will be all finished in three or four weeks time.. Just stay tuned for a photographic update. And by the time it's finished, maybe I will be able to have a trip to a nursery, but in the meantime I will plan for the seasonal displays for the seasons to come.
I wander'd lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
William Wordsworth
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