Unusual Flowers in Spring at Willunga

 It was  lovely day today and to see the flowers now, after such a long and drawn out,wet spring
gave the urge to get out the camera and shoot away....
I think the water lilies have escaped their pots and consequently they are thriving with big leaves and stunning flowers. The goldfish are in droves too even though I found one of the big parent fish floating dead in the pond.I fished it out and buried it near a plant....

The bearded iris on the right is a tanny brown colour with a golden throat. It was given to me 30 years ago when I moved into my cottage at Watervale  by a friend from Tasmania. I have never seen another one of that colour. It is also inclined to flower in March as well as in October.I nearly lost it when the water restrictions came in but I managed to save it and will propagate it from now on.

The long wet spell we have had has encouraged a host of insects to breed up in large numbers.
Especially the earwigs which are such sneaky creatures as they eat voraciously at night when no one is watching and you find your plants full of holes and the roses damaged with the little buggers right inside the base of the bloom.
The next thing will be the caterpillars hatching after the lovely butterflies have laid their eggs on just about everything as well.....

Can you spot Mrs Tawney in our pepper tree?
She has been sitting on the same branch each morning for the past three weeks, so I greet her with "Good Morning Mrs Tawney" as I open the gate to go in and feed the chooks which is right there alongside the pepper tree. Mr Tawney is sitting on the nest in the Ash tree a few yards away and I noticed today his little chick is starting to poke its head out from under his Dad's chest.It is written in the bird books that the male sits on the nest, you wonder how someone found out that little fact......