Wattle flowers, warmer weather.

Summer is on the way. The evenings are getting longer and there is a warmth in the air. Another thing is the wattle trees in flower.

Australia has many different varieties of wattle tree, it is the Australian emblem. At the moment there are lots of this variety in bloom. I have tried to find the name of this particular wattle and it may be the Earpod wattle, but I am not sure about that.

Its not so easy to see the yellow flowers here, they are shaped like a short cylindrical spike. This tree has thousands of them. These trees are a bit spindly, but there is a whole line of them not far from where we are house sitting.

From a distance these wattle trees look pale yellow. You can see the very clear blue sky behind them, we have had a wonderful spell of fine dry weather. Yes, I think summer is on the way.

Oh, and the number 8 wire has been out again, fixing things around the pool, the leak is all fixed the water is fabulously clean and clear, the pump is working well and Peter has even got the old creepy crawly working again. Its quite a big job keeping the pool clean when you have to work with a manual brush/sucker thing on the hose. The creepy crawler is much easier.

And as I write this, just on dark, the kookaburras are up in the tree outside laughing their heads off, telling the neighbouring birds to keep their distance.