Brrr.....Winter Chill

It was really cold this morning - 0.4C, so cold that the windows had misted up inside.

But the sky was the clearest blue you will ever see, and there are new buds on my wisteria

It seems odd that the wisteria has new buds while the liquid amber is still clinging to the last 

of its Autumn leaves!

And this is my favourite camellia in the garden.  It is so delicate, and it is right outside one of our windows so I can see it from inside the house.

Out in the Garden Again

 This time a study in green and white:

Out in the Garden

Last week I posted a photo of the buds just starting to open on my wisteria creeper. Since then we have had a week of sunshine and blue skies and suddenly the wisteria is in full bloom.

Unlike most wisterias in Perth, mine is a white wisteria, although I'm not sure I actually knew that when I first planted it!

I love the totally undisciplined way that wisteria grows, but most of all I love the scent.

You know Spring has arrived...

When the big fat buds on the wisteria creeper are bursting open......

When the mother swan takes her cygnets for an outing on the lake...

and when the grapevine is suddenly green again.