davidcook

So, back to work tomorrow. Today was a lazy day at home ... so I've helped rwrylsin take down the Christmas decorations, done a bunch of pruning in the front yard (a pittosporum was starting to take over - more pruning required, but at least we can see the eucalypt next to it now), installed an archway for a rose bush to climb over (see photos below), hung a birdhouse up in one of the cypress trees out the back, lifted 150 pavers from the patio (about 80 more to move, that can be tomorrow's task), done dishes, and taken out the rubbish and recycling.
Suddenly it doesn't seem like such a lazy day after all ...

( The tale of the rose bush and the archway, with photos )

ETA: rwrylsin has also posted about the roses and the state of the garden.

Another good thing about having a garden, is that I get lots of opportunities to take photos of insects. Here are three from our garden (dragonfly, mystery bug, and another dragonfly), but first, a caterpillar (of the Emperor Gum Moth - ironically, not from our garden, this one was taken on a property near Bairnsdale) :



( Three more photos ... )