Aroma diffuser

 Bought one from KMart.

This is Amy Greens, which I really like.

Catty plates

 

Stick visitor and driveway from the road

 A very pale little visitor - I'd never seen a white preying mantis before.

I thought it all looked rather nice, but the photos does not quite capture it as I saw it.

Virginia Creeper Spring 2020

3 Sept 2020 - Leaves much bigger already!

 29 August 2020 - After months of just bare sticks, finally, with the warmer temps, there are new leaves budding on the vine!

Blakeana growth: updates Aug - end Oct 2020

 August 30, 2020 - 

 7 Sept 2020 - she's so beautiful.

8 September - I just love this tree - taken at 6.45 am.

19 October - it's looking very stringy, with just the seed pods hanging down, but there are clumps of leaves newly sprouted, which give me hope for a leafy future!

29 Oct 2020 - pic of the seeds I have collected from fallen pods so far.

31 Oct - Happily, as the seed pods drop, new leaves appear in bunches along the branches. 

This makes it look young and fresh.

And I am thrilled that eventually, this tree will help block out the sight of that ghastly power pole.

31 Oct - Seed haul so far -

4 Nov - greening up with new leaves:

Native hibiscus 2020

 Blooms after Winter - 

4 Nov 2020 - buds

29 Nov - it died down to a stick and is slowly coming back.

Brunfelsia 2020

 New Spring blooms after Winter - I've been giving it a bit of water lately too.

5 Sept 2020 -

7 Sept - 

10 Sept 2020 - more and more flowers!

11 Sept 2020 - Even more flowers! So pretty - the photos are not showing it as well as in reality.

20 Sept - 

Mulberry tree fruiting!

 It is so exciting to see these little red promises!

5 Sept 2020 - The tree is fully in leaf and fruit!

19 Sept - It's a berry fest! These will never make it to a pie!

Made myself a driveway ramp!

 I raked and sorted and slaved. Got stones and made a ramp, put the old sides of the bedroom chest of drawers on the top, and lo! managed to drive the car in without incident. It worked!

I have tried to position grass divets and rocks so that they help the slippery ramp to stay put.

For the first time here, my car is parked on a proper carport slab! The carport and shed probably won't go up for about another two weeks, but still, I am grateful that I am able to do this. Eventually, the raking and shovelling will be over, and I can start gardening again on the top part of the garden. I will make it all pretty with creepers and so on.

Espalier the fig on the back of the shed, I think, or maybe the carport, as I want the back of the shed to be useful for a potting area, hopefully.

Car on slab from the side - 

Later in the afternoon, after my nap, the girls came outside with me to enjoy the twilight. I had trimming, raking and things to do as well. I think they will like sitting in a carport.