Despite The Heat...

Despite the heat draining every ounce of moisture from the plants, the garden is beginning to show signs of autumns approach. 

Currently by days end all the water bowls are empty, the trees look forlorn as their leaves lay limp on their branches. Many of the smaller more delicate plants lay withered, zapped of all moisture. 

The snail vine has one flower now mostly unravelled; the pink hue gives an added softness to the blooms. One lone calendula still blooms whilst the others have since dried and blown away. It is interesting to see how such tiny plants survive the harsh heat of summer.

A few clouds have drifted into view, how refreshing it is to see a cloudy sky, after months of a clear blue sky. The sighting of clouds gives the horizon a bit of character. After a few months of nothing but blue the sky becomes somewhat monotonous. 

The mulberry tree has begun to shed her leaves, a sure sign the fall is on its way. The other indicator that autumn truly is around the corner is the budding and flowering of the grevilleas. I have many varieties of grevillea in the garden, some though have really struggled to stay alive this year. Yet despite their fight for survival, they are still going into bud. 

Miraculous Gaia never ceases to amaze.

Keeping the garden hydrated is a fulltime mission in the summer, the lawn though I let to die back until the cooler weather ushers it to wake once again from dormancy of the long hot dry summer...