This year I have had a pleasure of following my growing garden. No, I am no gardener. In fact I employ a gardening service to maintain the garden I got as a birthday present from my son and son-in-law in Christmas 2010. What I do is to watch it grow and bloom every now and then. I always wanted to have a garden with flowers around the year. In Queensland, Australia, it is a possible thing to do.
Every so often I take pictures and report back to my son on how much the garden has grown. It is to say thank you and to show him how much I have enjoyed the garden and the huge work he and his friends put into designing, building and planting it for me.
Here, for example is my favorite red flower. In my home country in Finland, we call it the Christmas Star. There it only grows inside and rarely lasts long at that.
In Australia, Euphorbia Pulcherrima is a tree, commonly known as Poinsettia and blooms in June-July. Here is how much my tree has grown in one year.
It has been my pleasure to know that here in Queensland we truly can celebrate the current month as 'Christmas in July' as most of the things, including the warming food selection is just right for this time of the year.
It is truly wonderful to be able to enjoy and be inspired by a lovingly built and maintained garden.
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