A respite

Feel like baking

This pistachio loaf is fabulous-thanks to Madelief on her April post.

I always end my day with a cup of tea

From Today, this will be my favourite cake to accompany my afternoon tea

Would you like a slice?

Love the sweet scented sweetpeas

Once a year, I rekindle my love affair with these colourful beauty

A basket of roses to fill my senses

Even the fairies would agree

How cute is Woolly behind these Calla Lily

Weekend's harvest-last of the cauliflowers, a red cabbage and some chard. A perfect smorgasboard.

Wishing you all a wonderful week. Thank you for Visiting.

I am joining Bernideen for Friends Sharing Tea

Jann for Have a Daily Cup , Sandi for Teatime Tuesday

Spring into blogging

Spring has arrived here down under. We have been busy in the garden, planting summer vegies and warm-loving annuals. The transition between winter and spring wasn't that dramatic. Though we had some frosty nights and really cold days, we only lost few plants like papayas and habanero chillies. Not feeling hard done by, as we were happy with our winter crop this year. In saying this, I have taken many photos of our vegetable garden and of my she-shed (for tea time). I feel a little slack because I haven't shared as much in my blog as in my Instagram. Now that I have my own desk in the spare room aka vintage room, I will be able to sit down and post as much as I can, phew (thanks to my DH). I am joining Bernideen for Tea in the garden

Found this vase/jug at an antique store in Milthorpe and this Colclough tea cup at Vinnies (Charity shop) in Orange.

Year after year these self-seeding sweet peas are producing in abundance.

Fear of getting upstaged by other flowers, this Clivia is showing off in style

What would we do without these hardworking bees

Apple blossoms are small but attract lots of attention

The versatile Calendula is so prolific, it spreads its seeds in every corner of the garden

Well, almost tea time

This $1.00 garage sale find cactus is covered with flowers

These red cabbage are too slow-growing, winter left them to spring

These Bokchoy are so impatient, must think we are so slow in picking that they have gone to seed

We still have a row of cauliflower, I hope the white cabbage butterflies won't discover them

Fruit-laden dwarf black mulberry is begging for anyone who can empty its bounty



And the star of the day: Mr Lincoln

Escape to the country

My husband and I celebrated our wedding anniversary two weeks ago. We don't normally go anywhere on our wedding anniversary but this year I thought we would escape the rat race and get out of Sydney and spend a weekend away.  I booked ourselves in a cabin in the middle of the bushland outside the city of Orange 3 hours mid-west of Sydney. 

                 Tea with a view.

         Love the colour of this Helebore

 One morning i was surprised to find company, nestled comfortably in my jacket.

     Breakfast at a local cafe was scrumptious.

      Obligatory photograph in Botanical Gardens.

     We drove to the summit and walked down to the camping site of Mt Canobolas.

     Our visit isn't complete without a visit to Lake Canobolas.

Thank you dear friends for visiting. Wishing you all a wonderful week.

Winter Garden

This year's winter is quite colder than last year's. Not that I am complaining, I don't mind the cold, thinking solely of the benefit it could do to our winter veggies and the yield of apples at the end of the season.

Hello dear friends, life has been busy in our neck of the woods. I'm posting some snapshots of our winter harvest and tea in my she-shed. 

Wishing you all a wonderful week.

I am joining Sandi for Tea Time, Bernideen for Tea in the Garden

I am still in the process of decorating my garden shed. My dear hubby peeking in. 

I always look forward to coming home, and take advantage of the remaining daylight. 

I bought this tea pot at T2 when it was on sale at $15. 

A good harvest of cumquat, I made two jars of marmalade. 

Our first broccoli this year.

Some snow peas, nasturtium flowers, rocket, parsley and Chinese spinach.

Snow peas are showing no sign of slowing down, it keeps on flowering.

Peeking inside a cauliflower. 

Broccolini is abundant.

Jonquils wafting through the garden.

Daffodils brighten up my window.

Time for shelfie

Another broccoli head. 

Lots of greens to pick from the garden.

And finally I was able to paint the door of my garden shed.