An Iceberg

Iceberg roses are found all around Australia, often in their standard form, gracing front gardens. I have inherited two in my front garden on each side of the door, standing sentinel like Hans Christian Andersen’s Steadfast Tin Soldier. And constant they are, flowering for many months of the year, and requiring not much more than…

Thanks for the Memories

Hibiscus Syriacus Some years ago,  when  we lived on our olive farm beside the  Cudgegong River, we spent many pleasant evenings with neighbours further along the river, often sitting around a campfire, talking well into the night, solving the world’s problems, or not, as the case may be.  It was a particularly agreeable place to…