Raindrops on Roses
Raindrops
but no whiskers on kittens. 
Today is raining. I took a day of annual leave to do something with the kids, but the day is so wet the powers that be almost cancelled the Grand Final Parade!
News in Australia has been rather sad during September: I’ve been tempted to write about two of the events but have decided not too. Instead, I looked in our garden today to find beauty in the rain. For me, the rain symbolised the news reports this month, while the growth and beauty is a reminder that despite the bad, there is also good.
Remember the buds I followed for a time? This is how that part of the tree looks now.
Plum Protection
I have found out it is a plum tree. Hiding behind the leaves are baby plums!
Baby Plums
When we moved in, I took shots of some of the plants in the vegetable garden. At that time I had no idea what some of them were.
One now looks rather like peas, what do you think?
Peas
Another plant has yellow flowers and a visitor said it had gone to seed and I was about to pull the plants out when I noticed pods of some sort. Snow peas, perhaps?
Not sure what these are, but assume they are edible?
In the front yard we have a beautiful Australian native.
Tree in bloom
Up close, the flowers look so pretty.
Close up
Then I turned my attention to the flowers. In the rain the colours seem more vivid than in the heat of a spring day.
Beauty in the rain
Hiding from the rain
Softness
Pink
Fragility
Yes, what terrible outcome, I was hoping for a miracle! Lovely flowers you have in your garden Robyn.
Thank you Sami! The garden is lovely.
Yes, I think we all hoped for a better outcome, but I was doubtful.
Oh, I see what you mean by sad news.
Glad you have a nice garden with beautiful plants to retreat to when things get bad. We know what rain is like in England for sure, it hardly ever stops… Loved the pics too.
That was this weeks. The week before it was some violence re a movie – I think you’ll know which one I am referring to. Don’t want to mention is as it will come up in searches.
Now THAT is why I do not live in England! Cold and wet!
You’ve made something lovely out of a rainy day!
I tried! I hope all the people impacted so sadly by our news reports also find something good in time.
We had an abduction, rape and murder last weekend and they found the poor woman’s body this morning at around 2AM. The husband and family are devastated.
Oh no, those poor people have had their lives shattered forever by some wicked violent b****** terrible news, just terrible.
Very, very sad, Gilly. She was an Irish National. Here is one article about the case so far. http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/shocked-public-shows-its-grief-20120928-26oyb.html