At the beginning of this month, I decided to challenge myself to make a post every day for November. I thought this would be relatively easy in Perth, where the internet is fast and the pace of life is slow ( for those on baby-time, any way). For the day I flew home I scheduled my post ( once Zoe told me how to do that…). Now I’m home, trying to re-adjust to time zone and duties, and sloooow internet – and I’m kind of relieved that this is the last day of my self-set challenge. There’s so much to do in the garden, for starters…
This ethereal beauty is growing beside the back door step. I’ve taken dozens of photos of poppies – more every spring – but they are so lovely, and so variable, that I don’t think I’ll ever tire of them. Plus they self-sow, er, generously, and once you’ve got them, you will always have them somewhere you didn’t especially want them. And that somewhere, will often turn out to be the perfect spot – if only you’d known… I hate having to pull out seedlings, because…What if it’s a really special one – an unusual pink, or double, or white instead of red, or pink and white and double? And I’ll never know.