Trees for the future

This morning l planted two trees for us and for the future! This one here is a beautiful Crepe Myrtle

One day...................

And this one an equally beautiful Persian Silk Tree.They will both be stunning in 20 years time!

One day again!!..........

The garden is all green and pinks at the moment (with the splash of yellow Daffodils and Wattle of course!) The blossom on the fruit trees is in full bloom

The Raspberry Bush (no idea of its real name!) is also gloriously pink.

Whilst taking a photo of the tree l inadvertently snapped this huge Bumblebee as he was heading to land into a flower!!!!

Leaving the colour of the garden behind after mowing the lawn l headed out into the paddock where Geoff had burnt off some of the many blackberries we have out there. l spent several hours cutting out the blackened sticks and barrowing them away to a huge growing pile of them awaiting a further final burn! We can't leave them in the paddocks as the sheep get them caught up in their wool! Geoff reckons Hell would be full of Stringy Bark Gums and Possums. l think it would be full of Huntsman Spiders and Blackberries!!!

The next door goats came over to say hello. They are all very tall and rangy compared to ours. This one was just enormous! He would easily be as tall as the pony. l just hope they don't decide to hop over the fence one day!

This one was particularly amusing as its toggles were up under its ears as opposed to the more usual place of under their chin!!! It looked like it was wearing some large exotic earrings!

End of the day and collecting the eggs l found this! Quite possibly one of the most bizarre egg attempts l have ever seen! It's not even the first attempt from a young hen as we don't have any hens at point of lay. Its just one of those odd little 'egg laying mishaps' they must have every now and again!!!