Carnival of Flowers 2

I have been over to water my friends gardens. We both have plants like in the photo but, as yet ours have not grown to this height. Or that color. Maybe. One day. They will. Since I finished watering, clouds have covered the sun. This is a long weekend so is likely to rain. And I'm booked on a trip, which is unlikely to happen, unless more people have booked.

Carnival of Flowers

I went on a bus trip to the Carnival of Flowers in Toowoomba.
A two day trip turned into four days. We were on the go all day. I took over four hundred photos. We passed through many small towns. The highway was cut in places after we passed, because of all the bush fires.
The first of the photos are from our way home. We stopped to visit the German Clock House.

Spring Bluff. You can travel up there by bus, car or train. There isn't much parking space. Our driver asked for permission to drive us up the hill but had to return to the bottom. Some people walked from the car park up the hill. A steam train came through while we were walking around to look at the flowers.

Laurel Bank Park. Dew lay on the grass, when we visited early Sunday morning. I thought we were early. Many people were there strolling around. Or seated listen to the live broadcast of a radio station. These are a few of the flowers. I'll take a short break then finish the trip. The muscles need to be exercised.

All in bloom

This Pelican was in the park where we stopped to board the cruise boat. We went for a two and a half hour trip on the waterways at Noosa over a month ago. Lunch was served as we watched the scenery as we passed. A hedge has been planted since the last time our group went there.

I have never seen so many blooms on the shrub at the top. The good trim I gave it must have done some good.

I went over to water my friends plants. The sun shone with warmth. No jumper needed. The sun has been replaced with overcast sky. The chill is returning. A cup of hot coffee is needed.

Worked it out.

To be able to upload this photo I had to go to my Flickr site to download a smaller size.
This is one of the many rugs I have crocheted over the past eighteen months. This was for family.

The top and bottom flowers are two of my Desert Roses. The other is an orchid. I have a few different shades of red, white and pink. Some are different shapes and sizes. The foliage is different because of what other plants crossed with the Desert Rose.

I'm happy I have sorted out the photo upload. I will be able to put up some snaps of my holiday when I return home. The trip had to be cancelled for last week because the bus driver was sick. At least, the weather should be warmer by the time we leave.

Shane's 50th Birthday trip

These are some of the photos taken at the morning tea stop to help Shane celebrate his 50th Birthday. We had stopped at Mango Paradise. We had a beautiful time before we went to see the fish.

The owner breeds fish for the market. He also grows sugarcane and Mangoes. Has goats.