I am still here!.....Landscaping Pictures

I don't know why, but since we have no phone line and are on wireless internet connection, everything to do with blog land is so slow since we have moved into our new home. I have almost given up trying to load all my favourite blogs to read. I just wanted to say I hello to everybody and I am so sorry I haven't been able to comment on your blogs for a little while. I am still here, just frustrated that pictures are not downloading properly and often it takes a good 20 minutes to open up some of my favourite Canadian blogs...I have soooooo much catching up to do when we finally get this land line. <br /><br /><br />So....what has been happening at my end. Slowly we are moving possessions into our new home. Mr B has made numerous trips to the Salvation Army and the tip but finally we now have all our household with us...mostly in the boxes in the garage. I have been absolutely appalled by the amount of useless 'crap' I have stored and collected over years and concerned by the wastage of money that has gone into buying stuff that really we do not need. So much of it has gone to charity but even charities are beginning to be very picky as well and will not take large tables, sofas, desks etc. people do not have room in their houses for such items. I could go on about our 'throw away' mentality in our society but this is really not the time and place for it. I will just say however, I could of easily just walk away from all those unnecessary possessions, collect just a few pieces and be happy with that! It has made me even more determined to decorate this house with what I have got. The only things I really need are display cabinets to display all my mothers and grandmothers crockery...later more about this.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Landscaping...as part of our contract, our builder did our garden for us. This has been this biggest blessing as it really has completed our home, instead of looking at builders rubble, we look at beautiful little plants that hopefully will grow into healthy plants that produce flowers for the native birds.<br /><br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFzXxRF2zmrsxiL4qyPk0XZ-0rsPEj3ievs1MqPZHtNK5lQrspkNtimlXjL8Q1JI49av5fG9HJZGn-ih1s9TLS6vG1tVh-HRBIZo1JTHf0kz72OclYPM8C1WUiQT-mDf1mWqN4PfPG0fw/s1600-h/P1010298.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325486396177465522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFzXxRF2zmrsxiL4qyPk0XZ-0rsPEj3ievs1MqPZHtNK5lQrspkNtimlXjL8Q1JI49av5fG9HJZGn-ih1s9TLS6vG1tVh-HRBIZo1JTHf0kz72OclYPM8C1WUiQT-mDf1mWqN4PfPG0fw/s400/P1010298.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#990000;">Back Garden</span></p><p> We added all our 'garden accessories' to the back area. The decking is being stained today which I am very excited about. not much of a back yard but we are on a reserve where the kids are able to play.<br /><br /><br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-NfD6wffmAAEZOCnvhRyeUTj73-A_BmEMs6QIvckg5-leJlqkYp6jmQdJg9JrGDu8BSs_xgub6PaavB1CTgGjF1_-kGopDa-11-Ak7Y_n6J-KAacLZF1vbx-l16RJYK8BiNAhe4AsFqs/s1600-h/P1010296.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325486382854261922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-NfD6wffmAAEZOCnvhRyeUTj73-A_BmEMs6QIvckg5-leJlqkYp6jmQdJg9JrGDu8BSs_xgub6PaavB1CTgGjF1_-kGopDa-11-Ak7Y_n6J-KAacLZF1vbx-l16RJYK8BiNAhe4AsFqs/s400/P1010296.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> A nice area to sit during the day and watch the world go by.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZfmySzvTyrmtPs40ibOqOA1x2BAkKFqp1y4GnEf1XGgL2ZY10nvDl5S79w23sEjUd2Q-_urN-_lG_Zk85M5_-1IsGfLsVcNkQ5ofvUVXE81CkTMkfGD5vs-sJyWiDPUozOMbjhfanFDE/s1600-h/P1010301.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325480366273904386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZfmySzvTyrmtPs40ibOqOA1x2BAkKFqp1y4GnEf1XGgL2ZY10nvDl5S79w23sEjUd2Q-_urN-_lG_Zk85M5_-1IsGfLsVcNkQ5ofvUVXE81CkTMkfGD5vs-sJyWiDPUozOMbjhfanFDE/s400/P1010301.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI2CJbnNDQmNb0vMYzJxb3fP7_YAZj4np5EDpWyY3mftEAfVUiyj6wWabgM95yydnVMR8NDREnYBlEuBLfFFxIba9l1zGUoLma86p8l9tAq8sOzRuGeuFB8zwrGKwhRQvTS_uLfttuH7k/s1600-h/P1010304.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325480359853188786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI2CJbnNDQmNb0vMYzJxb3fP7_YAZj4np5EDpWyY3mftEAfVUiyj6wWabgM95yydnVMR8NDREnYBlEuBLfFFxIba9l1zGUoLma86p8l9tAq8sOzRuGeuFB8zwrGKwhRQvTS_uLfttuH7k/s400/P1010304.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br />The last two pictures show plantings of native grasses and kangaroo paws. This area mostly gets sun during the day so hopefully the plants will do well here.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlrJf-s1F8ulMw2BBayfBasWrr5q-ljxGfKklFcoNrl_TREr0Vz-CWGaLMTfctdK9cEKLDEUipTxwS-HwSbrW_hyphenhyphenv4-eFAa-2rgfD_xX-Fw7AeoQ4pfw-ItUBb4E_WhrCvnQ63EfWSf4/s1600-h/P1010306.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325410025621691890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlrJf-s1F8ulMw2BBayfBasWrr5q-ljxGfKklFcoNrl_TREr0Vz-CWGaLMTfctdK9cEKLDEUipTxwS-HwSbrW_hyphenhyphenv4-eFAa-2rgfD_xX-Fw7AeoQ4pfw-ItUBb4E_WhrCvnQ63EfWSf4/s400/P1010306.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> I have a more updated picture of this area, will post it later on. The small tree at the back is a Silver Princess (Australian Gum) and produces these amazing gum flowers that the birds love.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbknMHypzFzTIvFx6SCGDUiqAOrZAmfD0aVnIBpgXQVfIusZMeX7zx7NTp3nOA6GqYQFsNTDyt2sIAI3tpI9mM7ecoUnQb33DF88wUxq87j8dipiOIIS1yBnuVGfYczzYVnYR6YEuQ6zI/s1600-h/P1010307.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325410017270149074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbknMHypzFzTIvFx6SCGDUiqAOrZAmfD0aVnIBpgXQVfIusZMeX7zx7NTp3nOA6GqYQFsNTDyt2sIAI3tpI9mM7ecoUnQb33DF88wUxq87j8dipiOIIS1yBnuVGfYczzYVnYR6YEuQ6zI/s400/P1010307.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii9yUDVUvc291Lzw8oO-hrCdrbaxEwk5s0LgHHgX4Fq6ioRyhBUrVZv-Uu2kZNvbbnWOJEHERWPtodtLykp9HEF4fEvbvHXkUc7JrkW2lR1ihxxRMmI1mOCdNmgrjVPo0CESdQ7Pdxck4/s1600-h/P1010309.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325410013209061522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii9yUDVUvc291Lzw8oO-hrCdrbaxEwk5s0LgHHgX4Fq6ioRyhBUrVZv-Uu2kZNvbbnWOJEHERWPtodtLykp9HEF4fEvbvHXkUc7JrkW2lR1ihxxRMmI1mOCdNmgrjVPo0CESdQ7Pdxck4/s400/P1010309.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> <span style="color:#990000;">Front Garden</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">A small front garden as most of the space is taken up with our driveway and front decking. The landscaper took about an hour just to place the rocks in those positions...they are all hand picked for our garden as well.</span><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNpYHaE3qCELzfqNpVjEjkUfoBhwCAgYVPDMD-OMHipMiR6845oGv4lAmMPuoQS2ZpWW7cYxpowM_Fdxye-s_Z7kPCVDfCbnCZ_pEPAflWSoKrSpmm2tEJtRpuEv-pGapKdYxPMvQP9nI/s1600-h/P1010311.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325410012110156450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNpYHaE3qCELzfqNpVjEjkUfoBhwCAgYVPDMD-OMHipMiR6845oGv4lAmMPuoQS2ZpWW7cYxpowM_Fdxye-s_Z7kPCVDfCbnCZ_pEPAflWSoKrSpmm2tEJtRpuEv-pGapKdYxPMvQP9nI/s400/P1010311.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br /><span style="color:#990000;">Front Door</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">I still am amazed at how many neighbours and friends have commented about the colour of my front door. Some have said in a certain time of day, it looks like a golden colour. The front door is my pride and joy...thankyou to <span style="color:#009900;">Michelle</span> who picked the colour for this door.</span><br /><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfp4cq3B934tuUNNoRRLvUoPSpHdAz8jWdmeRNgOwu2yb9mRRa-yUZu1YCWo_4Q9HjHFWaMVwTnrocWBSCueWpLRZWuW2qAdTCP9shPK7jdWgLs7dqHG3PuYVy15FVl0dazrDDwUFHCDA/s1600-h/P1010313.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325409996155638338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfp4cq3B934tuUNNoRRLvUoPSpHdAz8jWdmeRNgOwu2yb9mRRa-yUZu1YCWo_4Q9HjHFWaMVwTnrocWBSCueWpLRZWuW2qAdTCP9shPK7jdWgLs7dqHG3PuYVy15FVl0dazrDDwUFHCDA/s400/P1010313.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> The house is now starting to look like a home. the nature strip still really annoys me with all the builders rubble left behind but Mr B will clear it up and make it look as if it belongs to the rest of the garden. My lovely neighbour has looked after our council tree for us during the house build. It may look a bit wonky but it has survived! </div><div align="left">I hope you have enjoyed my landscaping pictures...Day 5 of moving in. hopefully, I can post up to date pictures of the garden as it grows.</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><span style="color:#009900;">Mrs B<br /></span><br /></div><div align="left"> </div></div></div></div></div>

I am still here!.....Landscaping Pictures

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The Garden....

Todays post is about the landscaping for my house. This was included in the contract as all houses in the estate need to at least finish the front graden in order to get back the 5k bond from the developers. Believe me when I say that 5k has already been spent many times over!<br />So, this afternoon I met our young landscaper to once more go over the plans he drew and what he had 'in his head'. Can I just say, never before have I been so clueless, confused and so overwhelmed with all these decisions I needed to make. He had all these different coloured rocks, big ones that are going to be a feature, smaller rocks and 4 different coloured mulches. Which combination did I want???? Haha, how do I know, I think we just stood there for at least 15 mins both scratching our heads. He spoke about all the Australian natives he is going to put in and how the plants are going to be set out. I have no idea of the plant names but I know I am having Kangaroo paws right up to my front door with white pebbles and native grasses framing the driveway. I hour later, both of us still very confused, it all fell into place. I just said to him plant what you like just make sure it looks pretty and the plants attract the native birds. The pictures below are probably the best indication of the type of plantings I am having. I will say that I picked white granite boulders with very dark/black mulch to give the garden that striking colour difference, Plants are mainly silver, dark purple, red and yellow colours. I have no idea whats going to happen but for once I have to just sit back and trust him that it is going to look nice.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfvVP9L686bBI_7uufgq8MeqYIRe-EjM7Kn0BQ0qt1HkdMcyRN7_H-pVAP0Hyi1gWK7DTE6PbUj_V-rzQ7HkZ95e2kwxmR8ge5e2U80NkdJjEgcJyA87jVk5Bi5SSD-qSaG5mIDrIwL3I/s1600-h/Peacefull+landscapes.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317782429555499234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfvVP9L686bBI_7uufgq8MeqYIRe-EjM7Kn0BQ0qt1HkdMcyRN7_H-pVAP0Hyi1gWK7DTE6PbUj_V-rzQ7HkZ95e2kwxmR8ge5e2U80NkdJjEgcJyA87jVk5Bi5SSD-qSaG5mIDrIwL3I/s400/Peacefull+landscapes.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a>Image from <a href="http://www.peacefullandscapes.com.au/">Peaceful Landscapes </a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><span style="color:#006600;"><em>In this picture shows a native grass which is similar to what is going to be planted.</em></span></div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk1hVzrOr-JFqfu7PvqgzpPLcTbxxI7aytPfraWX6GElcbQDvrMcSDWYq-4w-Ol0iY8eBJe8rKMB1ZR2nBG1LM3eQD4bYPSWZj_sXzfjCb7FmafKST0h9WIjJu43Sik6P93_NmKc879ug/s1600-h/purplelea2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317770013385674146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk1hVzrOr-JFqfu7PvqgzpPLcTbxxI7aytPfraWX6GElcbQDvrMcSDWYq-4w-Ol0iY8eBJe8rKMB1ZR2nBG1LM3eQD4bYPSWZj_sXzfjCb7FmafKST0h9WIjJu43Sik6P93_NmKc879ug/s400/purplelea2.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><em><span style="color:#006600;">The following pictures I have no links so my apologies to the landscape companies I took these from. I Love this grass...I think its this one that will frame the driveway...<br /><br /></span></em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS-jmBxlo-DqMQCdK7g3l0nb0o8RR2NabtejVv2pDIxJ51uwmZxHtqIjBaaiwrntqp1UrDeKg8-3IHzj9yWDSMwW5oZUnRXlpquqEOYv-t7YMJHfp3Ovis7uXdWvwTDY3JdkF_zLxvfms/s1600-h/PtEliot3.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317770015055852754" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS-jmBxlo-DqMQCdK7g3l0nb0o8RR2NabtejVv2pDIxJ51uwmZxHtqIjBaaiwrntqp1UrDeKg8-3IHzj9yWDSMwW5oZUnRXlpquqEOYv-t7YMJHfp3Ovis7uXdWvwTDY3JdkF_zLxvfms/s400/PtEliot3.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><span style="color:#006600;"> Rock gardens...<br /><br /></span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqCYu-5815C6-GLtcPYD_fYieEsb-shy_162B7A79BvQMgQt_D527vB5oLl8sDGvhER7GfvRvxp1CIyLuwb_RoPTJ4lrHyggtLctzzsRcWyYdt4Fm0E5u90PubDtPUpTgDwDBOwvwzHU8/s1600-h/NativeGarden.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317770012709061138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqCYu-5815C6-GLtcPYD_fYieEsb-shy_162B7A79BvQMgQt_D527vB5oLl8sDGvhER7GfvRvxp1CIyLuwb_RoPTJ4lrHyggtLctzzsRcWyYdt4Fm0E5u90PubDtPUpTgDwDBOwvwzHU8/s400/NativeGarden.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 230px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Ojy5DV-Fq2B3jp1P6B0KmawJ2zYMLiz5BSberugrWPyAytovfPdg0ujRTijm5L7kdJy5eQbG7UHqWpP6V2RA5xmwkzCJxmtxu-OUwfp8kLfnnjtnuDdqkrIklPsJOjOE5i4ASNNBMkY/s1600-h/granite_grasses.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317770007985739634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Ojy5DV-Fq2B3jp1P6B0KmawJ2zYMLiz5BSberugrWPyAytovfPdg0ujRTijm5L7kdJy5eQbG7UHqWpP6V2RA5xmwkzCJxmtxu-OUwfp8kLfnnjtnuDdqkrIklPsJOjOE5i4ASNNBMkY/s400/granite_grasses.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><span style="color:#006600;"> These are my granite rocks...I really like this look.</span></div><div><span style="color:#006600;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">Update on house progress...The floor sander is trying to sand all our floors today but he was at the end of his patience when we rolled up. The poor guy was trying his best to do his job but made difficult as the tradies kept coming in and making a mess. Hopefully he will have peace and quite tomorrow as the first coat is suppose to go on. I can see the end now and I cant wait to move in and start a difference focus for this blog. The house is looking like a home, all new and sparkling (only because the windows have been cleaned LOL) </span></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><em><span style="color:#000099;">Mrs B</span></em></div><div> </div></div><br /></div>

The Garden....

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Dare I begin to plan the garden?

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-O0Gp_dew8uRtpE3XRd3sT9DUwFav6O48hfWeYM6Oyx284uK1Fd6W1gkT42mQHpH83kPFHSMzR6B0K2Im-DTXFlyPJcFXgt3yvKFlESjt7s7UscQ86BxAuGbKoKbWMC3GF6L60D0DCGE/s1600-h/Secret+Gardens+of+Sydney+2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297256982754918978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-O0Gp_dew8uRtpE3XRd3sT9DUwFav6O48hfWeYM6Oyx284uK1Fd6W1gkT42mQHpH83kPFHSMzR6B0K2Im-DTXFlyPJcFXgt3yvKFlESjt7s7UscQ86BxAuGbKoKbWMC3GF6L60D0DCGE/s400/Secret+Gardens+of+Sydney+2.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 279px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#006600;">All pictures from...<a href="http://www.secretgardens.com.au/randwick3.html">Secret gardens of Sydney</a></span></div><br />Tradesmen are working on our house again today. It really gives me hope that one day our house will be finished and we will be living in our 'dream home' YAY!!!! So.....dare I even think about our landscaping and all the wonderful ideas I have? In our contract, our lovely builder is doing basic landscaping, what this means I am not too sure but we will talk about it together and work out something. What I need is a small front garden, side courtyard and back garden that backs out onto the park (on show to people walking by) My garden will be all Australian Natives except maybe for one or two feature plantings. I love water features and feature sculptures or urns. At least with gardens you can let them evolve and often the climate and soil conditions dictates what grows best.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2BaSJS7_aH4xYxMXXQ-221QgQZJSSfveeaMJEzfbi9Eumf1UskS1S6RUNTGcXUU-4zbwyeyGYwe8uMxc1Ctmv_42SgTaF5p6UqZHJoQAF-TqeLH7dfy6EJaK47eNRRu3Msws2CMdlkQI/s1600-h/Secret+Gardens+of+Sydney+3.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297256198447782146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2BaSJS7_aH4xYxMXXQ-221QgQZJSSfveeaMJEzfbi9Eumf1UskS1S6RUNTGcXUU-4zbwyeyGYwe8uMxc1Ctmv_42SgTaF5p6UqZHJoQAF-TqeLH7dfy6EJaK47eNRRu3Msws2CMdlkQI/s400/Secret+Gardens+of+Sydney+3.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 279px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br />I love the way they have made the bowl a focal point and also the thick plantings on the side of the courtyard.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsNg5zsidX9Aw-nwRkjrkB8C3HHjr491P77p_WacZG0dYsWf4cvngSfZA0h8aBbr0toQf6Ms25UmnoTb_McQHWuy32S8vCZDM9XRrM1FruVvTaslWvSOttKvSMpXycZhAOvfYpZgY0BC8/s1600-h/Secret+Gardens+of+Sydney+4.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297256200177691522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsNg5zsidX9Aw-nwRkjrkB8C3HHjr491P77p_WacZG0dYsWf4cvngSfZA0h8aBbr0toQf6Ms25UmnoTb_McQHWuy32S8vCZDM9XRrM1FruVvTaslWvSOttKvSMpXycZhAOvfYpZgY0BC8/s400/Secret+Gardens+of+Sydney+4.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 279px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> White pebbles and copper tone pots...really nice!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3V6bGI4deNVukOOSW2r1tnSZO1pfYp-HddllFmSnUGzi5S-N0I7H74katrNi3MK6ofEYgpF-pkOi0yUD7_6CAkjOodO71FIr8zUeiIk0HxAF5qZKndr90gi2fszUEgs5-kP5H-UmaTbo/s1600-h/Secret+Gardens+of+Sydney+5.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297256196024485714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3V6bGI4deNVukOOSW2r1tnSZO1pfYp-HddllFmSnUGzi5S-N0I7H74katrNi3MK6ofEYgpF-pkOi0yUD7_6CAkjOodO71FIr8zUeiIk0HxAF5qZKndr90gi2fszUEgs5-kP5H-UmaTbo/s400/Secret+Gardens+of+Sydney+5.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 279px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br />Another feature for a courtyard...something for me to think about!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3AYgxUA9rqirV0hPy-UTvlMuKdjpZPJ0BhAWZ8VfU_DhyphenhyphenwaoLTIPEFBuOVibyU58CJp6QKTGgKnsVVeWDlbKFfzc9LSOoYLHAqq-K5n2mAT0MW4nIh9z18Reh_e-Itdrz16Wyk_MMtjE/s1600-h/Secret+Gardens+of+Sydney+1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297256194205922882" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3AYgxUA9rqirV0hPy-UTvlMuKdjpZPJ0BhAWZ8VfU_DhyphenhyphenwaoLTIPEFBuOVibyU58CJp6QKTGgKnsVVeWDlbKFfzc9LSOoYLHAqq-K5n2mAT0MW4nIh9z18Reh_e-Itdrz16Wyk_MMtjE/s400/Secret+Gardens+of+Sydney+1.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 279px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> I love the lighting at night and the orange walls.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpPxoc25-r3piHifAAy5HoYffvFvh1vH5sKeOkBvkyp_UiufUAqwuUANWYF9dyoC7SwCrV52JzOvM0XR363GWMLKWu5xIaM2ASVUEhZaQ96m_PesjxisMvwLY8fdYjJbIHmkROHJuIxCM/s1600-h/Secret+Gardens+of+Sydney.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297256191726505666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpPxoc25-r3piHifAAy5HoYffvFvh1vH5sKeOkBvkyp_UiufUAqwuUANWYF9dyoC7SwCrV52JzOvM0XR363GWMLKWu5xIaM2ASVUEhZaQ96m_PesjxisMvwLY8fdYjJbIHmkROHJuIxCM/s400/Secret+Gardens+of+Sydney.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 279px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> The long planter box is exactly what I would like for my courtyard. Extra seating for when I have all my friends over!</div><div></div><div><span style="color:#660000;"><strong><em>Mrs B<br /></em></strong></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

Dare I begin to plan the garden?

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