It turned out that the gorgeous wafting fragrance was indeed from the orange tree. Most of the blossoms are on the verge side so cannot be seen from within the garden but the baby orange tree out the back is now also covered in them.
As they say - if it quacks like a duck and smells like a duck then it likely is a duck. I just assumed it was not possible being the wrong time of year. With the wacky weather these days anything is possible. I got the bedroom window open to let in the breeze and can smell the pretty critters right now.
Is Murraya the same plant as the curry tree that has black berries? You have to fry the leaves to get the curry fragrance. Otherwise they smell sort of like a car engine.
Last night we got the sky show - rain, lightning, thunder and the works. it was so disgustingly muggy and still is so today. A couple of weeks ago I did have reason to think that your claim is totally correct. we were getting rain and wacky coolish weather and you poor folks in Sydney got to sizzle. I heard a story on RN about the shortage of fans. I have often heard about how icky sticky muggy Sydney can be. Is that all year round or just in summer?
But the folks I really felt sorry for were in SA. Not only did they get the heat waves but yet again lost the electricity so aircon and fans were no use at any price. Then there was the worry about the contents of fridges and freezers. How safe before having to toss the food out and of course no possibility of nice cold drinks with lots of ice for cooling down.
Oz politics is getting decidedly nasty lately especially the drama concerning Centrelink and their sneaky Phishing expeditions basically punishing the people who actually managed to find paid work and then making them jump through hoops. But it all seems so terribly tame in comparison to what is going on over the pond. In fact I'm beginning to think that Trumble got bitten by that mad dog and now has rabies. He has never been so belligerent since that famous phone call.
That damned Trump dog whistle has unleashed a legion of demons and creepy crawlies from every corner of the earth. Even sad, pathetic and failing ;} Colin Barnett has been bitten by the bug and is brown nosing to One Nation. I so hope that turns out to be the last nail in his coffin.
Totally Troppo
As they say - if it quacks like a duck and smells like a duck then it likely is a duck. I just assumed it was not possible being the wrong time of year. With the wacky weather these days anything is possible. I got the bedroom window open to let in the breeze and can smell the pretty critters right now.
Is Murraya the same plant as the curry tree that has black berries? You have to fry the leaves to get the curry fragrance. Otherwise they smell sort of like a car engine.
Last night we got the sky show - rain, lightning, thunder and the works. it was so disgustingly muggy and still is so today.
A couple of weeks ago I did have reason to think that your claim is totally correct. we were getting rain and wacky coolish weather and you poor folks in Sydney got to sizzle. I heard a story on RN about the shortage of fans.
I have often heard about how icky sticky muggy Sydney can be. Is that all year round or just in summer?
But the folks I really felt sorry for were in SA. Not only did they get the heat waves but yet again lost the electricity so aircon and fans were no use at any price. Then there was the worry about the contents of fridges and freezers. How safe before having to toss the food out and of course no possibility of nice cold drinks with lots of ice for cooling down.
Oz politics is getting decidedly nasty lately especially the drama concerning Centrelink and their sneaky Phishing expeditions basically punishing the people who actually managed to find paid work and then making them jump through hoops.
But it all seems so terribly tame in comparison to what is going on over the pond. In fact I'm beginning to think that Trumble got bitten by that mad dog and now has rabies. He has never been so belligerent since that famous phone call.
That damned Trump dog whistle has unleashed a legion of demons and creepy crawlies from every corner of the earth. Even sad, pathetic and failing ;} Colin Barnett has been bitten by the bug and is brown nosing to One Nation. I so hope that turns out to be the last nail in his coffin.
One week from now we will know.