Our garden

When we arrived back on Sunday from Cape Town we discovered that our garden was still flourishing and had provided us with a few new surprises.

This was the first one.... Keith received this Strelizia bush as a birthday present for his 40th and I think in all the time we've had it it's maybe flowered once! So here's the bloom that opened in the last few days:

And this is our other bush that also flowers now and then

The Sunday before we left for Cape Town we received a cactus plant at church... one each, with instructions to "Nuture your gifts".... ie not necessarily green fingers but more that when you tend this plant you remember the gifts that God has given you and put them to use. Well here's our cacti

Now they didn't have the greatest start as they got forgotten in the boot of Keith's car and lived there all in the dark for the week we were in Cape Town. Then they also ended up with a trip to work and back before being put in their rightful place.... on the patio! So let's hope they survive and flourish.

While taking these pics, I also snapped this one of some pretty pink whatsits

And on arriving home this afternoon from work I spied these purple irises popping their pretty heads up

And so now you've had a small glimpse into our garden.... the rest of it... well it's green and it's there but not much to show.