Whilst the hedge and bushy things (I am such a gardener) are still alive, all the grass is totally dead. In fact this was about as close as I got to the outside world yesterday - it has been stinking hot, and I was on the edge of cranky old witch all day.I read today that local trees are already dropping their leaves, not for the onset of Autumn but because they are under stress from the drought.
Also outside my front door you may find Jemma (protecting her identity from "crazy crafty people"). She is enjoying the oppressive heat, strange creature that she is. Only 8 sleeps till she leaves for France. She has been getting organised and wrote a list of gift ideas for her friends and family in the journal.
Her cousins are up for berets, Her nan, a french scrap booking magazine , I have buttons next to my name. Her singing teacher and orthodontist are both down for chocolate and next to her brothers name .........she wrote ................ junk!
How crazy is this world - I've just been looking at Lina's shots of a huge snowfall and now over to you and major drought!!!
ReplyDeleteIf I were you I'd add a little something extra next to your name on Jemma's list. You deserve it, right?
xxx
Jodie
ReplyDeleteI have told our rain to shoo away and I am sending it your way! we have had ten WHOLE days of sunshine this year and torrential rain storms on Friday, no power, 000's of lightning strikes.. isn't australia weird?
I'd be putting a few more things on thast list too, but then again, I guess you have to give her the $'s to spend????
Lissa
Wow - this looks remarkably like the landscape I grew up in. I haven't been back to country Vic for so long (that's where you are isn't it?). I feel surprisingly nostalgic looking at your pics. Although it does make me sad to hear about the trees dropping their leaves. That started happening here last year, and it was quite depressing. Thankfully we have had our first proper wet season in years, and it's amazing how quickly everything bounces back. All the best for Jemma and her trip. How amazingly exciting!!!
ReplyDeleteI can totally relate to the cranky old witch bit!!!Your garden still looks leafy green and I love your litle gate. We have got an old beach shelter over our veges as some have been burned to a crisp. We are all SO over this heat!!! I am so excited for Jemma-what a wonderful adventure. Hmmm! Buttons from France sounds super special:)
ReplyDeleteGreat to get another glimpse inside your little world.... At least you have a lovely evergreen hedge to look at when the lawn dies off. Is jemma getting nervous about the big trip yet??? Or is the excitment of the whole thing out weighing the nerves??
ReplyDeleteJodie
I love that old iron gate, it reminds me of lots of places that I lived when I was younger. PS I would love a beret from France too!
ReplyDeleteWow! It certainly is dry isn't it?! Those poor trees... and the grass, ouch. I wish I could pass some of the snow from my yard to yours. :)
ReplyDeleteIt is crazy. I can't even imagine seeing my flipping grass ever again. I'll fedex some snow.
ReplyDeleteI love your view. Our grass is dying off as well. I hope you get some good rain very soon, its awful to see the trees dropping their leaves before they are supposed too.
ReplyDeleteOh you poor girl. It's hard to believe how everyone else is fairing from the drought. We have lush green grass and I haven't watered much at all. We must just have had that little bit more rain.
ReplyDeleteI don't kill plants 'cause I just don't plant any. Trees are doing ok.
Love the journal idea. I'm sure she will have fun shopping for it all. Will she have time?
Jodie - remind me to send you a photo of our gate.
ReplyDeleteYou will laugh at the similarities!
Oh well at least you have sun, it's just stopped raining here and bits of England are under threat of flood (again!)The weather has just gone mad everywhere!!
ReplyDeleteHope the cool change has reached you by now and you are managing to relax a little. More heat on the way later in the week I'm afraid! Leaves are dropping in Melbourne too and like Ballarat the grass is all but gone.
ReplyDeleteLove the old wrought iron gate.
Just buttons???? Tell that daughter of yours to get some fab fabric too. Whilst she's in Paris head down to Montmatre (she's on a school trip - they'll be going there fo sure!), and there are fabric shops a plenty.
ReplyDeleteI don't blame her for hiding from the crazy crafty types, I would (if I weren't one).
And and and...I forgot! For a totally hip shop (not for Mums - just for fashion types!!) go to Collette. It's tres cool. Nowt like it in Aus.
No Rain is sooo depressing my back garden is similar to your front gate. I hope Jemma has a wonderful time in France she is very luck it is a beautiful place.
ReplyDeletewow...it all looks so, so, so ...spacious...to a lass stuck in London with terraces of houses and train tracks every where I look...
ReplyDeletetell her to get you a copy of Marie Claire Idees, it's a nice visual fest even if you don't read French...
Could you not hop in her suitcase and come too???
yep, I am with Ginger Monkey - I'd be hiding from the crazy crafties too, if only i weren't one...
Hehehee the trees and bushy things, too funny! Hmmm I've forgotten what grass looks like???? Our front yard is patches of bits of yellow crunch but mostly brown dry dirt.... sad huh? Even our friends in the US have snow covering their grass, so I'm itching to see signs of GREEN!!!
ReplyDeleteHope Jemma has a great time in France!
Your grass looks like mine LOL. Unfortunately I am hopeless in the garden so my plants are looking rather sad too as you saw in my photo. Yours looks really great!
ReplyDeleteJUNK!!! Ha ha ha...I bet that is exactly what they would want! That lucky girl! She knows she is a lucky girl right!?!?
ReplyDeleteOh your poor grass! We are the exact opposite right now with nasty cold and snow and just hoping for Spring!
I am staring hard at the tarmac in fromt of your house hoping it will at least shout its area to me, if not its actual name.
ReplyDeleteHmmm.... it looks an older part (although I suppose the development in the old Wendouree drive-in is an old place now!!!). I shall just keep puzzling.
Love that photo of Miss Jemma - she is wise to be wary of the crazt crafty folk!
ReplyDeleteYou can have our weather from today if you like - completely bonkers. Gale force winds, lashing rain (I got wet several times running various errands), freezing cold and grey. Grey, grey and more grey, as far as the eye can see. It made me really miserable :-(
ReplyDeleteI don't envy you horrible heat though - that's not good either it is?
Oh and I'm with everyone else - you've got to have more than 'buttons' on that list!
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I want rain for Victoria so much. And also I do not want this heatwave for the next 5+ days.
ReplyDeleteOnly eight more days!! I know it's exciting but I feel for you, letting her go.
wouldn't you love some of the rain that the are sick of up north??!!
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what a cute view!! love your gate and its such a lovely outlook onto your street!!
ReplyDeletemust be great to just sit and wave to the people strolling by!
yes our gardens are suffering from the drought...sydney has been lucky - we've had lots of rain lately!
And there is more heat to come...a whole week of scorching temperatures, it makes me want to sprawl on the couch and do nothing!!
ReplyDeleteJemma must be so excited, sounds like she's in for the trip of a lifetime!!
Love the view!Our gardens look a bit a like don't you think?I wish I could send along some of our rain.Jemma is going to have so much fun!!!wow what a grown up thing to do eh?xoxo
ReplyDeleteI really like Nana's way of ironing! It could catch on!!x
ReplyDeleteJemma is reading my favorite book!!! That is great!!!!!
ReplyDeleteIt's pretty sad all of the lawns and gardens at the moment! I feel terrible if I water my lawn. Our water restrictions have eased but things will take a long time to look good again...
ReplyDeleteOoh, I loved seeing the picture of your "out front" .... it reminded me of Kath and Kim!
ReplyDeleteThat's one very generous daughter you have there, if she buys her teacher and orthodontist gifts too.
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ps. Loving your selvedge bag!
Aaaah! TWILIGHT! I have become completely obsessed and often get abused by my family for ignoring them to read more about my Vampire friends. I've just finished NEW MOON and can't wait to get stuck into number three. Tell Jemma to keep her eye on Jake..
ReplyDeletewhat a lovely entrance. it is so inviting. I would love to just invite myself in.
ReplyDeletethankyou for sharing
I love the view out your front door! Wish we could swap :P
ReplyDeleteI feel terrible if I water my lawn. Our water restrictions have eased
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