Jack Holloway
Passionate Gardener
SEQUOIA FARM Haenertsburg South Africa
Southern Spring
2 Sep '07 2:44 am 1st of September - and the day dawned bright and even the early sun on the terracotta pots seemed warmer than before...
Soon I will show you my first spring pics. Meanwhile I've updated my avatar - to the opposite season, having had summer all winter so to speak.
Faith S
Perpetually learning gardener
Alabama, USA
Spring, how exciting!
2 Sep '07 3:56 am While it is quickly turning to fall here, I will be able to enjoy the wonders of spring through your posts. We will all be waiting for those first posts Jack.
Liza
gardening consultant
Waterloo, Belgium
Welcome to...Southern Spring!!
2 Sep '07 9:41 pm Dear Jack, I am waiting for your new "Spring pics"!! Your Spring avatar looks great!!
Jack Holloway
Passionate Gardener
SEQUOIA FARM Haenertsburg South Africa
Spring fever
5 Sep '07 12:53 am I wrote this onj Saturday 1st, but only get around to posting today...
Spring fever!
Moments captured early this morning before going to rehearsals, and then again in the fading light, aware all the time of warmth and scents and a sense that Spring Day was FULL OF SPRING. (Usually by now we’ve had our first warmth and more often than not First of September brings a late cold snap – but this year is by the book.)
The ladder to the sleeping lof is visible on the right. The carpet used to be a good persian in red and green - but regular washing in situ has not done it much good. The joys of a house full of dogs...
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Jack Holloway
Passionate Gardener
SEQUOIA FARM Haenertsburg South Africa
There it would be in full glorious bloom by 25 Aug and drop smelly rotten fruit the birds wouldn't touch to attract millions of slugs between Xmas and NY ;-((
5 Sep '07 7:21 am Just wonderful Spring taste, Jack!! Those white beauties are so lovely! But I loved your interior's photos as well, from your previous post! Beautiful captures!! Lovely lighting! And....lucky doggies!!
moosey
head gardener
blossom dearie
6 Sep '07 5:47 pm Jack! Your SA almond tree blosson has beaten my NZ one. Hope this isn't a forerunner of our two respective rugby teams at the world cup....
I love the blossom time - hope your lovely flowers won't get blown off by any unwelcome winds! cheers.
Jack Holloway
Passionate Gardener
SEQUOIA FARM Haenertsburg South Africa
Aging pics
10 Sep '07 8:29 pm I still haven't posted all the pics from 1 Sept. - and I have a few newer ones. But here are 1 Sept. anyway...
10 Sep '07 8:43 pm Some wonderful pictures ,Jack-you are ahead of us with several lots of Spring things.The frog is amazing -I would not really like to go through life looking like that.Isn't he camouflaged well.
Dixie.
Jack Holloway
Passionate Gardener
SEQUOIA FARM Haenertsburg South Africa
Chameleons
10 Sep '07 9:59 pm All winter 3 to 5 chameleons have sheltered near my front door at night. These pics I took on 2 Sept., knowing that soon they would depart. Dramatic changes have brought night temperatures of over 10 degrees, and only the smallest is now still regularly there.
