Indian Summer in Autumn & thrifty find & peak at house repairs

I think someone would have made this lovely little wall planter

Maybe at a pottery class

I think it is so nice.

I put a little bottle inside filled with water and a rose.

I think it could be used for planting something nice too.

It cost me $3 at Vinnies

We moved the Chinese Lantern tree from here as it suddenly 

started to die off.

We have given it a good prune and moved it to a more sheltered spot

We replaced it with another Hibiscus.

which is very different from our other 5

I think it's going to look amazing,withe the 2 new Salvias

behind the birdbath

Can you believe it's Autumn here in South Australia

and the temps are up in the high 20's and today 31 degrees

An Indian Summer means a very cold Winter ahead.

The Spring bulbs are coming up already. The garden

doesn't know what time of year it is. They think it's Spring.

like the Hibiscus and holly hocks still blooming

This Hibiscus starts off cream,then turns to apricot,then pink

It's very pretty

This one looks quite tropical

It was given to us by my cousin who was visiting from England

a few years ago. She has since passed from this life,so I call it Thelma's 

Hibiscus,as it reminds me of her,my dear cus. Happy and colourful

This one blooms profusely most of the year and is getting quite big.

Bali Sunset

a reminder of exotic holidays

This one is a very good flowerer too,covered in blooms most of the year

I love the pink Hollyhocks

We had a salt damp treatment on our house last year

After drying out we are now about to get the replastering done

It's a messy business inside and out.

The skirting boards had to come off. Hubby spent all day

getting just 2 walls of them removed

They were the original one's and our home is over 100yrs old

The nails were nearly a foot long.

I would like to have kept the nails,but they got all bent.

Hubby sanded down all the skirtings and is going to paint them

before putting them back

The plasterers will be here tomorrow and we have to wait

6 weeks before painting.

Lucky we are going on holidays for 2 of those weeks

The kitchen/dining room is a bit of a mess.

I don't mind living with it for a while, just to get it all finished

before we get too old to be bothered,or capable.

I hope you all are having a lovely pleasure filled week

I will be visiting my lovely friends at their linky parties

Links on my side bar.

xx jeanetteann