In what must be the best start to Spring that we have had for many years - maybe a decade or more - Canberra has literally flowered as the deciduous trees burst into blossom and the flower beds go berserk.
In our garden we have several Camellias - three red and two pink.
This one - outside our back door - has exploded into flower, with so many buds that the branches are leaning over so far that negotiating the back steps is an OH&S hazard!
The photo above shows the shrub laden with blossom and this is three weeks after it started to bud. There seems to be no end to the production of flowers and the poor old thing (about 26 years-old now) can't support all the flowers and is dropping them not long after the buds open into full flower-hood.
We have a continual pink snowfall and I am having to sweep the porch and path every morning before going to work and every evening after returning home!
Not that I am complaining, mind you.
With Canberra's water-supply dams at a ten-year high (79.9% today; this time last year they were at 45%), spring rains, green grass and flowering trees and shrubs, it is very, very welcome.
With Canberra's water-supply dams at a ten-year high (79.9% today; this time last year they were at 45%), spring rains, green grass and flowering trees and shrubs, it is very, very welcome.
In our front yard we have a beautiful English Elm that has been a feature for about 20 years.
This afternoon I took this photo (above) because this is the most magnificent display of seed-pods I have ever seen on it.
I expect the summer foliage to be quite dense this year. The birds love it and it provides excellent shade across the front garden.
The next photo was taken two weeks ago when our Prunus Elvin - or "fairy-floss trees" (as the kids referred to them) - were smothered in blossoms.
The next photo was taken two weeks ago when our Prunus Elvin - or "fairy-floss trees" (as the kids referred to them) - were smothered in blossoms.
Even the local school-children and their parents were stopping to look at them as they went past.
Yep, it's a wonderful thing to have our yards, parks and gardens looking so nice after many years of drought conditions.
It will be very interesting to see whether the same sentiment can be expressed at the end of summer! 
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