We celebrated the New Year with a lovely dinner on the first. This was the best roast dinner yet that I've cooked. I'm sorry that there are no close-ups only we were too busy eating!
The new year started with heavy rain but luckily I got these shots from my Folks' garden a few days earlier. We start with a frangipani (thanks Diane - now I know how to spell it) in flower. The flower looks waxy but is actually quite delicate.
Bromeliads growing at the front of their home. The colours are glorious and these
require very little maintenance.
require very little maintenance.
Gladioli is bloom. Their true colour is bolder than shown in the photo.
Massive amounts of fresh mint.
And a very determined carpet rose that has defied all attempts to remove it!
I'm back home in Wellington where the weather could be better. Yesterday it was only 13C (55F) with gale force wind and horizontal rain - so much for Summer!
We hunkered down and spent the day cosily inside. So you know where Zebby Cat was .......
