Social distancing and Isolation II

 Would you like to join me in the room where I spend a lot of my time resting in between chores or just sitting early in the morning watching the sun rise through the trees and over the vines? I also do a lot of reading and contemplating there....
the book case is jampacked with ,well, books of all types and genres, science fiction and murder mysteries (mostly Brian's) classics and gardening in which we are both interested... The hanging in the corner was done as a mourning piece at Springfield after we had to leave our beloved Hughes park. It was done in cross stitch with my handspun Merino wool in natural colours on a rug canvas. The pattern was meant for a table cloth

 and represents a snowflake in the Hungarian tradition. So it was wonderful to see it expand to this size.
On the right , behind the settee is the wine cabinet with a delicately fashioned Celtic cross and to the right of that a tree both done in fine scroll work by my artistic friend Meredyth. They are wonderful to gaze upon and admire.
The glass crab on the serving platter on the wall was created by our local glass artist Glenn who has a studio in the Willunga main street. It was a present for Brian whose zodiac sign is the Crab.

 To the left of the door into the study is my rendition in cross stitch of the Fisherman's prayer. I found this prayer in the hut on Currango in the Snowy mountains where we used to go trout fishing late March early April, between crutching and lambing...it is a lovely prayer and I stitched that when we lived at Inman Valley for Harry's 75th birthday....I had good eyesight in those days.... The pear wood frame I saved up for back in the 60ies and cost 10 shillings.....from a second hand store in Clare. I could become quite sentimental here...

 Well, now, here is the pond Kym constructed for me out of the kerbside timber he found and the bath which has been sitting here which we inherited from the previous owners 30 years ago.
I have put in the native lobelia which apparently came from Warrawong  in the Adelaide hills. It loves water and has the most delicate blue flowers. The fringe lily is there also and the strawberry plants may or may not thrive along the long side. I have caught  five little goldfish and they love the cave I have made for them out of bricks and a slate tile.

The Bougainvillaea has exploded into a riot of colour and I had to cut some of it back quite severely as the thorns on it are intensely sharp and were preventing me from getting to the rainwater tap.
I use that water to irrigate the rhubarb which, I am slowly coming to the conclusion, isn't worth bothering with as it just won't thrive and looks wilted a lot of the time....could be the quince tree is sneaking its roots under it of course, so perhaps I may give it another chance by shifting it to somewhere else......
Do click on the photos to get a closer look...