these days

last week (yes i am a bit behind)...

returning from our tropical holiday we spent a few days in adelaide... visiting family and friends... exploring other peoples gardens... admiring rusty hued autumn streetscapes... collecting fallen leaves and crunching them underfoot... enjoying a bit of late autumn before returning home...

1&2. visiting an amazing overgrown apple orchard to pick our own fruit.

3. the "clubhouse" that sits beside the private bowling green at nanna and pop's place has seen better days but i thought it looked gorgeous clothed in autumn leaves.

4. the earthy hues of well weathered wood.

5. sisters, off exploring together.

6. rusty iron, just as lovely as weathered wood.

7. nearly bare branches set against a beautiful bright blue sky with fluffy white clouds floating gracefully by...

8. jessica in the wisteria tunnel at the botanical gardens... always wanting to explore but making sure mum isn't far behind.

9. i probably couldn't tell you enough how much i love autumn and autumn leaves.

10. babycino contentment!

11. yes i really do love autumn and autumn leaves.

12. "i want to go to the rose garden mum". this girl doesn't forget much. it has been months since we have been here yet this is what she said when i mentioned we were going to the botanical gardens. we wandered dreamily for ages... smelling the roses... before having to rush off to save the car from a parking ticket!

13. the yellow roses are always my favourites.

our travels part 3

as i have probably mentioned before, i love the botanical gardens.

i was lucky enough to be able to spend a spring morning there recently* while we were on our travels, with my oldest and youngest.

so far this year i have been to the gardens in autumn, winter and now spring!

all the fresh new growth on the trees was stunning, there were lots of plants in flower and ducklings too.

sunshine, gentle breeze and green everywhere... lovely!

*actually it was a few weeks ago now. where does the time go?

the gardens

the rain finally stopped today.

we took the opportunity to walk in the botanical gardens.

i love the bare winter trees, their bark, branches and trunks. their structure and forms. the gingko tree was my favourite of the day, it was just stunning in all its naked glory.

it seems so early but a ornamental plum was just starting to open up a few buds, the promise of the great show to come.

the highlight of the gardens for me is always the trees... for daisy it's the giant water lilies and for jess it is the ducks.

exploring

we spent the afternoon exploring at the adelaide botanical gardens.

i love all the green. i love all the textures, forms and shapes of the plants.

jess loved seeing the birds, ducks and fish in the pond.

she also loved running around looking at the different cypress trees and feeling their needles. we used lots of describing words as we felt each one... soft, draping, spiky, prickly... this was quite a new experience for jess as we pretty much only see rugged, old mallee type gum trees where we live.

jess pretended to be in a forest as we walked through the wisteria tunnel and to be in a cave when we were at the base of a tree whose branches reached the ground enclosing the space. it would seem jess's imagination is beginning to take shape.