Spring

All nature in Australia thrills

responsive to the rain,

and sudden verdure clothes the hills,

and glorifies the plain.

Yet all old England's simple tree's

to their old season's cling,

and scatter Autumns fading leaves

upon the lap of spring

Catherine Helen Spence 1905

My chinese tallowood is awakening from it's winter slumber

Early this year my very good friend 's (Sticky) parents unfortunately had to sell up their

property to move to something smaller and more manageable

Stick's mum is a wonderful gardener and had many wonderful orchids

she offered some to me....

very brave , because gardening is not one of my skills

she showed me how to re-pot them , as most were pot bound,

and i returned home to go to work

about a month ago i walked past my Orchid farm 

and noticed that three of the ten 

had flower buds

i check my little babies almost every day, waiting with baited breath to see 

my first ever home grown orchid

hope it is a wonderful first day of spring

wherever you are in Australia 

and  New Zealand

(is it the first day of spring for you New Zealand?)

Patricia