September 2014 in the Southern Hemisphere

[David Nicholson]

Great to hear from you Paul.

[Paul T]

Thanks David.   

[Susan]

Perhaps the Shoe Pixie should be renamed the Pudding Pixie ? Beyond me how a Pixie can remain pixie sized alongside a love of puddings - must be pixie magic.

Maggi. Maggi, Maggi  -  I didn't eat ALL those puddings.  In fact I was just there to give them some scale.  It was a lovely day and a wonderful meal, and I actually had to be forced to eat one of those.  It was delicious, but one belonged to my daughter and the other to Fermi..........

Shoe Pixie forever.

[Maggi Young]

I'll believe you, Susan - the presence of fermi any where near a pudding give your words a ring of truth!


Paul, you look very well, that's  a good start, I reckon 

[fermi de Sousa]

I'll believe you, Susan - the presence of fermi any where near a pudding give your words a ring of truth!

Lies! I didn't have any of those puddings! None of them was chocolate!
But this one was

and it was delicious!
cheers
fermi

[Paul T]

Maggi, I was referring to my looks being far from good form, not my mental state ..... which we all know has been dodgy for as long as I have ever been on these forums, as evidenced by my sense of humour! 

[Maggi Young]

Maggi, I was referring to my looks being far from good form, not my mental state ..... which we all know has been dodgy for as long as I have ever been on these forums, as evidenced by my sense of humour! 

I was speaking about your dodgy t-shirt..........

[fermi de Sousa]

The only orchid I seem to be able to grow and flower is Serapias lingua,
cheers
fermi

[Susan]

Talking about dodgy  -  look what I found at the Ferny Creek Show.  I had not realised what huge distances one has to travel in Melbourne.  Fermi and Will very kindly picked up my daughter, Helen and myself and took us to the Show.  Then we went for a lovely lunch and on to Otto's wonderful garden.  What a treat.

The following Sunday we hired a car and visited Fermi and Will's wonderful garden, and once again were treated to a great lunch.  (You may see a theme beginning to emerge here  - in 8 days, Helen and I managed to get to  - 17 restaurants and bars)

It was so exciting to see different things flowering in their gardens.  As another treat, on Fermi's advice, we also visited the Melbourne Botanic Gardens garden at Cranbourne - what a fantastic place, and for anyone visiting Melbourne it is a must see, although difficult to get to without a car.

Susan

[vivienne Condon]

My first post on the forum, all I have been game to do is the Archibald post, tried to post pictures last night it was a wonder I did not bring down the whole system. Lovely to see you Susan, I'm sorry I missed you when you were in Australia may be next time or when we go to NZ next.

[Susan]

Hi Viv,  sorry to have missed you.  Will let you know in advance next time I visit my daughter.

I have some Trillium rivale seedlings that I inherited from Stewart Preston, that have lovely dark leaves.  He told me they were from you. The first flowers are about to come out. Shall keep you posted.

Susan.

[vivienne Condon]

I should have said I posted my first post by myself, with out help from someone else.

[Lesley Cox]

Things getting in my way recently so haven't even looked at the Forum for a few days. Going back to the Frit I have from Marcus as sibthorpiana, this is it. NOT sibthorpiana but what? About 10 cms in height. I suppose my thumb gives some scale. A bit battered and bruised, having shut it in the car door a week or so ago. (and swear)

[Otto Fauser]

A warm ,sunny spring day today , perfect to photograph some bulbs in my garden ,I wished the quality of my photos was as perfect as the weather .anyway here they come .

[Otto Fauser]

and a few more ,including our native Epacris reclinata .