Wednesday, April 4, 2012

A rainbow from the block

Here I am again, blogging a rainbow on a Wednesday!  We have been picking a fair bit of produce this week and it struck me as we did so that we had almost a rainbow of colour around the block in fruits and flowers.  I struggled with indigo - we have nothing that deep dark blue at the moment, but the rest are all here right now!

Red - cherry guavas that we made into jelly yesterday. Yum.


Orange - it was a toss up between the inside of beautiful pumpkin, or this stunning nasturtium flower - and this won.


Yellow - the first lemon ripening on the tree, almost moody.


Green - part of the lime pile we have picked. I kept thinking "G&T anybody?" We are experimenting with options from freezing, to jelly (we got the bug!) to preserved limes...


Blue - I thought the sky, but Barry thought this lingering hydrangea (which was swaying in the breeze hence a bit blurry).


Indigo - we missed

Purple - well the Tibouchina trees are a riot of colour all over town and here is ours.


12 comments:

  1. A wonderful rainbow - nature's colours are breathtaking.

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  2. totally delicious Fiona - the colours and the fruit. Will have to plant some cherry guavas. We had some at Clovelly but I have not yet planted here ..... we had large guavas too as my parents adored them stewed. Do you grow the normal guava? Anyway, a lovely bold blog.

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  3. Exquisite! Rainbows are always welcome, in any form.

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  4. Thanks for stopping by Carol Lee - I agree totally that nature's colours can be so rich.

    It's fun isn't it Susan - we only have the cherry guavas; but their colour and jelly is divine!

    So true Jennifer - you've gotta love a rainbow...

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  5. Well done!! I have garden envy!! xoxox

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  6. What a delight! I'll bet there was some indigo in the shadows somewhere.

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  7. you've made me wonder if i could find a rainbow outside here...probably, if i had some daylight, i could!

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  8. I was watching a tv programme about Sicily the other day and envying their ability to grow wonderful lemons.I never knew you could grow them in Australia too... but then it's a hot country so how silly of me not to realise this. I am in awe of your beautiful rainbow of colours Fiona. All of these on your doorstep. Nature's bounty. Now I'm envying the Australian gardening weather too!

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  9. Hi N - it was funny how as I saw the bundle of red guavas and the cut pumpkin I started to realise how much colour was in the garden; and off I went with my phone!

    Jo - you're probably right, we thought maybe the shed in shadow could be indigo; but it didn't feel right. I'll keep looking ho.

    Hi Annie -it's moments like these I realise I live in Australia where our colours are bright and strong, not so soft and muted (altho the mist is).

    Go forth in search in rainbows I say Velma! I loved that I almost found one - I'll be keeping an eye out now.

    Thanks Lesley - yes, we can grow pretty much anything here - its a vast country with lots of climates. Ours is sub-tropical; so we grow bananas, coffee, lemons, limes, nectarines, oranges, grapefruit, mulberries, apples, raspberries and the usual veggies, just here on the block. Life is good.

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  10. What an amazing rainbow! I've been enjoying searching for Roy with Jennifer

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  11. Hi Julie - yes you really started something there! I have enjoyed your colour searching - those orange ones were amazing. I blog on rainbows quite a lot - hair elastics, books in stacks, fruit,flowers and veggies, refracted light - just love 'em

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