Random Shots
By dwyllis
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Below are some random photos I took on my weekend away visiting my hometown of Napier, & its twin-city Hastings, in Hawkes Bay.
The 3 photos below show the beautiful home & garden of a relative of mine who lives in Hastings, NZ. Both are immaculate. Like me, she has a passion for roses.
Beautiful cast-iron Victorian water-feature in Central Park in Napier, NZ.
Huge Australian Banyan tree planted over a hundred years ago, in Central Park in Napier.
Pretty planting of Lobelia in the High Street of Napier. These are planted all along the street at various intervals.
I spotted this gorgeous pink bottle-brush tree in a garden in Hastings. I haven’t seen a pink one before.
Closeup shot of the blooms.
This is the High Street of Napier. Looks a lot different to when I was a child & teenager living here.
A pretty Pelargonium growing in the garden on my niece in Hastings, NZ.
Grapevine growing along the veranda of my niece in Hastings, NZ. Lots of tiny bunches of grapes on it.
Below is another closeup shot of the pink bottle-brush blooms.
A pretty rose waiting to be planted in the garden of my niece.
Below is a group of Victorian houses along the marine parade in Napier …. not too many of these survived the big 1931 earthquake which flattened the inner city.
An unknown rose climbing the front fence of a neighbouring property in Hastings, NZ.
Below is a pretty rose climbing into the front garden of my niece, over her neighbour’s fence.
Flowers planted along the front of my niece’s veranda, beneath the grapevine. Not sure what they are.
Man-made waterfall in Centennial Garden in Napier (see former blog for more pics).
23 Nov, 2011
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A lovely place for us all to visit with you,Dwyllis..love that Banyan tree.and the Lobelia look so pretty..thank you for sharing with us :o)
23 Nov, 2011
Another great set of pics Dwyliss, its been a real treat to your part of the world, thankyou for sharing....
24 Nov, 2011
What lovely pictures - especially the roses. Oh my word, how brilliant are those lobelia colours? They just sing. Yes, I know I've only just dug mine out of their tubs, but I can't WAIT for spring again.
24 Nov, 2011
What a beautiful place you live in Dwyllis - and by the way, the purple flower you didn't know is Convulvulus sabatius.
24 Nov, 2011
This is a lovely blog Dwyllis. Although I always enjoy your blogs. Its no wonder you really like your roses after seeing your relatives super house and garden! I especially liked the row of Victorian buildings in Napier. Its nice of you to take us away from our gloomy winter weather. So please keep posting more photos.
24 Nov, 2011
Thankyou all for your lovely comments. I consider myself particularly fortunate to have grown up in the very pretty seaside small city of Napier & I love to revisit it as frequently as I can. Having family there is always a good excuse to do so & the Hawkes Bay region is well-known for its great weather & being on the coast is just the icing on the cake. The Pacific ocean has such beautiful clear turquoise water. Bamboo, thankyou for that. I thought it might have been one of the convulvulus family, but wasn't entirely sure. Poppylover, roses do so well in the North Island, that they seem to be a favourite of almost every gardener & my cousin in Hastings has a wonderful garden, but they are retired now, so can spend all day in it if they choose to do so. I'm looking forward to doing that one day too. Thankfully we just scrape into being able to retire at 65. I we were a year older, we would have to work a little longer ... the govt is adding one month per year towards a retirement age of 67.
24 Nov, 2011
Things have changed here too D. Women used to be able to retire at 60. No longer the case for most people! Its now 65 or more for some. Just think when you do retire, you will have a beautiful garden to spend your time in.
24 Nov, 2011
Some wonderful photos, love the beautiful houses and everything looks so clean........ the peach coloured roses are a dream, the Pelargonium looks very similar to one that we grow......thanks for a lovely blog.
25 Nov, 2011
Lovely blog and an amazing Banyan tree!
26 Nov, 2011
Just started looking on your site and this is the first blog I have looked at, so I'm really looking forward to seeing the others.Really enjoyed this and loved all the garden pics.I bet you can't wait to get started on yours.Its great doing a garden from scratch.
28 Nov, 2011
It is great to be doing our new garden virtually from scratch, Rose. It means we can plan it exactly the way we want it to be. We are working on a five-year plan to get it all set out, which will then bring us up to our retirement, & we'll have plenty of time to work in it with all the heavy & hard work already done (that's the plan anyway). We have now put in a long fenceline garden on one side of the house & it is virtually all planted up now, so we just have to wait for it all to grow (pics of that garden in my album), & we have also put in a small garden at the back & have begun working on a much larger area in the back too. But we are renovating our 1910 villa at the same time, & I'm busy sewing up curtains & painting rooms, so sometimes we work on the garden, & at other times we work on the house ... & off course we both have jobs to do which pay for it all.
28 Nov, 2011
My goodness Dywliss and I thought I had busy days, when do you get time to sleep ! lol
28 Nov, 2011
Well luckily I don't work fulltime, Rose .... thank God .... caring for sick people is quite physically-demanding, so at my age I would hate to do that. I work four days one week & just two the alternate week, & the week that I work four days, I have three days off in-between ... so two days on, three days off, two days on. Unless I am saving for something special & do some extra shifts, I like to have those three days off in a row, as it enables me to have time enough to work in the garden & in the house also. My OH does work fulltime, but he is mainly sitting at a computer all day.
28 Nov, 2011
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Lovely blog Dwyllis
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