Magnificent Magnolias

 Vintage inspired calendar picture for September from House on the Hill

September means miracles. Magnolian miracles.

  Captivating blooms emerge from stark, bare wood 

fragrantly heralding Spring in all her magnificence. 

In the language of flowers magnolias signify nobility &

 perserverence. Pretty apt don't you think.

All this emergent splendour just happened to coincide 

with a visit from our Matthew. Each of us compulsively
 "snapping" magnolia blooms all along the way over
several lovely days...

A trip to our park together for some more pictures

 This is my favourite tree of all

  

then a quick dash down the road because the light
was just right 

these gorgeous trees surround a commercial premises

an excellent choice to complement the Art deco style
of the building

I love the feel of this picture.. you could almost imagine 

that you where actually somewhere else in the world

...reminds me of this image that I found on
"we heart it"..I just adore the colours

Matthew made us some more fabulous sour dough bread

and bought with him a jar of his freshly made, delicious

marmalade

Rob was so thrilled he 

just had to take a photo

of his toast!

  

then Kaitiaki arrived to play

.. didn't take him long to discover

my new vintage find

 "Here's your toys Uncle Matt", he cried
Noddy & Big Ears were very pleased to have an outing
oops! a small accident..

now proceed to sniff & poke newly baked bread

with a little assistance from a sniffy friend

 then single handedly reset the possum trap

lo & behold the following morning

 after months of no luck!

 What's the time?..ask Kaitiaki he knows how to set
this old alarm clock 

brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrng

"Now we just have to be very gentle with this clock Kai

'cos it's very old.. it's as old as... Katie!.... most perplexed,

looked at me quizzically & then said are you old Katie?

..your not old ! as if I was trying to trick him... brrrrrrrrrng!

The blackbirds & thrushes are busy feeding their
young with the cat food off the back porch once again

...not at all fussy, just what ever's going

 a regal line of arrum lilies edge the wee creek
 in the park

and in my garden brighten a dark corner

 the sun sets out the front window just over here

each day right now

you could almost call all this "an endless abundance"
Matt does..pop in & visit sometime he'd love to have
you come by
MUCH

XX