On the home front...

 Or perhaps I should say...  On the garden front...  

Summer is a comin' in, and the garden jungle is keeping me busy...

Here are some recent photos (of the least 'jungle like' areas)...

front garden

back garden

my first rose

jasmine blooming

buds and blossoms on my lemon tree

blackberry blossom

a good crop of blueberries coming on 

looks like my honeysuckle is finally going to blossom this year

baby apples

and my rhododendron is flowering

And on the family front... I've also had family visiting, from South Australia for 2 weeks...

daughter in law Hayley, granddaughter Hazel, son Ben

and when your son is here for a visit...you put him to work :)

they also caught up with daughter Marnie and grandson Denver

It was lovely to see them after two years...

but also lovely to have my quiet routine back again :))

I've not had much time for crafts or reading, but I did start the Advent readings in this book yesterday...

From the book...

Lo, in the silent night A child is born

And all is brought again That ere was lost or lorn.

Could but thy soul, O man, Become a silent night!

God would be born in thee And set all things aright.

(15th Century)

And this...

"Light your candles quietly, such candles as you possess, wherever you are."

- Alfred Delp

It's beginning to look a bit like Christmas...

xx