Spring has sprung
The bees do humm
The bird's songs sung
The daffs have come
The first official day of Spring in Tasmania is the first day of September. The daffodils know that, the birds are wise to it too, the early Camellias and Rhododendrons shriek it but the weather is quite oblivious. At the moment we are having Winter conditions, there is snow on our large mountain that looks over Hobart, the capital city. The weather folk tell us that we have had a very mild winter, every town and little village has had 2 to 3 degrees average above normal Winter temperature both high and minimum readings.
Is it due to the greenhouse effect and the hole in the ozone? Reports by many scientists tell us that these are the cause for changing weather patterns world wide. Many dramatic scenarios are written informing us that the ocean waters are rapidly rising. If the scientific calculations are realistic, poor little Tasmania with so much water surrounding our fore shores, will vanish in time, with the only thing left to show that here was a beautiful island will be our mountains sticking out of the ocean! Not much hope for the country where Kees was born, the Netherlands will again sink under water, no more to be resurrected by man's amazing endeavour. Yet Australia and the United States still refuse to sign the Kyoto agreement
Well, away with such gloomy thoughts. Let us thoroughly swoon with pleasure in the dramatic change in our gardens at Spring time. Let us watch the native birds gathering the honey and suitable material to make their sturdy nests, they think [know?] their world will be here for some time. Let us give thanks that there is so much beauty still left in the world. Let us forget the stupidity of mankind, for a while, and find tranquillity and happiness in our gardens. Let us eat the fresh, home grown, clean vegetables from our veggie patch. And let us be content and grateful that there is still so much for us lucky ones to enjoy and how privileged we are when there are so many people, in this cockeyed world, that have so very little.
This month I am showing photos from the town garden. One of the reasons that I rarely do this is because the garden is old, with large trees and much shade which means that it is at its height of beauty for a very much shorter time that in the country garden.
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