Getting in the Christmas spirit

Getting in the Christmas spirit - down under

This is my idea of Christmas decorations! Big bunches of holly, with ivy trailing through, and holly sprigs over picture frames.

In the southern hemisphere it's all a bit different. Here are a few snaps of Christmas decs, Melbourne-style.

Someone's front door,

Victorian arcades in downtown Melbourne,

Christmas lights on Bourke Street,

a municpal building, all wrapped up

Father Christmas, as you have never seen him before,

white bulbs, like bubbles, strung overhead at Queen Victoria Market,

and a message plastered across Flinders Street Station.

I thinking I am being a bit churlish, and I am sure it all looks a bit more thrilling at night time, but, for me, the colours don't exactly zing or sparkle.

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Early morning light

There have been some cracking early morning skies this week. The sunrise has generated a strong rose gold light which has been picked up not only in the clouds but also through the silver-white grasses around the edge of the golf course. I always marvel at the clouds. Constantly changing, formations that have never been seen before, never to be seen again.

In a vase on Monday - colour

The intense colours in my vase this week come from nasturtiums, sweetpeas and a single glorious zinnia! Their beauty and love of life speak for themselves and need no further words from me! Enjoy!

(Not) in a vase on Monday!

The challenge this week, set by Cathy at https://ramblinginthegarden.wordpress.com to celebrate five years of In a Vase on Monday, was to offer (Not) in a vase on Monday! So here is my interpretation of that idea with one of my Plant Belles, which I tend to use for things I find and enjoy. I weave bits and pieces through the metal ribs and keep them until they fall apart, or something even better turns up! Lichen covered twigs, branches of larch with tiny cones, seed heads, twisted heather stems, anything and everything that has form and beauty.

the running wave

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