flower and flight, festive and a little late

My usual flower and flight on fridays is a little late, lets blame it on the weather will we?As you can see, we're in the storms season, there's a double rainbow here and a very eery light.

Finally i succumbed and bought a poinsettia for the festive season. They are a tropical tree so they don't last long in the pot in Bathurst but they are beautiful and do remind me of childhood christmasses.
In the rain i went hunting for red plants this afternoon and found this new red dahlia which obliged by shining wetly at me as i photographed it.

And new photinia tips, very festively red and green.

Charlie is doing what dogs do best, introducing himself to the new chooky in the garden, even tho she was stone cold unaware of it.

And lastly a very welcome resident in my garden, the Australian paper wasp, who build such a lot of papery nests here in small bushes and under the eaves. I leave them alone to help clean up the garden of grubs and they leave me alone as i don't disturb their nests. You can find out more about them here. They are different to the European wasp which is an introduced species and a lot more aggressive, even tho they look similar. I have linked to the European wasp here.

Thankyou all for your lovely comments on my last blog post about the littlest angel pods, i appreciated your interest and it was good to find out that there are others who are making similar wraps and garments for the littlest ones.