January 8

I have two flower boxes outside my front door. In the centre of each is a flower carpet rose, one is red and the other white (surprise surprise). I try to have red annuals with the white rose and white annuals with the red rose. This year my mixed-coloured pansies are doing so well I haven't planted my usual red and white annuals.

This photo is of the red rose although it looks a little pink in the photo due to the light. I love this photo. The flowers look quite big but they are small. I have this as my screen save on my work computer and a lot of people have commented on it.

January 4

Mum, Dad and I went to the Australian Gardens at the Cranbourne Botanical Gardens. The gardens have featured on travel and gardening shows for a few years and we've always wanted to go.

These are natural botanical gardens featuring a lot of desert plants. It reminded me of Alice Springs because it was a beautiful, warm day. There is a big focus on water-saving and low water usage plants.


You can also do some nice bushwalks around the gardens.

Cupcake Flower Arrangement

Since I made all those cupcakes last year for the Pink Ribbon Breakfast organised by my sister-in-law, (which I've yet to post about) she and I have had a bit of a running joke about cupcakes. I just found this gorgeous cupcake flower arrangement on this blog www.inspiredideasmag.blogspot.com and just had to post it. I'm going to make one for my SIL too. She'll love it and will cheer her up a bit.

I'll post a pic when I do it. I need to buy some oasis but why not have a go yourself and post the result on your blog. Let me know if you do. I'd love to have a look.

http://inspiredideasmag.blogspot.com/2008/12/cupcake-flower-arrangement-this-tiny.html

more flower photos

These pansies were taken in my garden, and I just had to share them with you. As you can tell I love flowers. Now that the warmer weather is here gardens are blooming.

Just had to share these photos with you

I took these photos at my house and my Mum & Dad's house a few weeks ago and they have stayed on my camera since. They looked nice on the camera screen but today I got them printed. My first thought on seeing them when printed was "WOW". I was playing with the macro function on the camera as it's something I've not done much in the past.

The third photo is my favourite. It's one of Mum's camelias