tiny succulent village // hamilton's world of cacti

I went adventuring with my dear plant pal Georgina {theplanthunter.com.au} to Hamilton's World of Cacti in Llandilo. There were some pretty great cacti planted around the property and some great hoop houses/greenhouses/igloos which had magnificent potted cultivars but we weren't allowed in to touch them and mysteriously weren't allowed to know who owned them {someone renting the igloo, apparently}

It was a fun and slightly weird adventure.

My favourite bit was seeing the beautiful geometric marks on the aloes made by the leaves {no doubt the incorrect term} before they unfurled.

Also, I planted a few handful of tulips and bought a new heuchera {Peach Flambé}, my third-dearly adored companion. I was laughing to myself as I buried the tulips and kept the potted heuchera near me because I was thinking of it as companion planting. Oh. Dear.

Cold air // exquisite blooms

This is my first autumn in the Blue Mountains. It is so beautiful. Chimney smoke is always moving lightly through the streets, the leaves are glorious, we are eating lots of soup and exhaling what my boyfriend calls 'dragon's breath'. The whole bit. But it is ridiculously cold. Even in the day. It's good for the flowers though. These tulips were from the markets 8 days ago and they were kind of open when I bought them.

My muscari are growing in the garden. So are some other bulbs I can't remember the name of. I'm about to plant some tulips. Basically I want to just grow flowers and photograph them. Or just sit near them. Sure, maybe that's a job.