[MomwithHope]

I would love o see pics from anywhere warm where people are gardening. Bob of Babble - would love to see some of your beautiful flowers.

[shaggy eel]

,,, G'day Mom. I rarely link images so now's the time to get good at it. I'll ping you when I've got some shots - most likely from sites rather than my own shots, as I don't stash them on cloud sites, just on my phone. I'll ask my daughter what's doable. Here's a link that generally shows places around New Zealand; some are summer shots -

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ExploreNewZealand/posts/2324516837925231/

[Bon of Babble]

We had about five inches of rain the past two months, my roses have exploded like never before, we usually get some roses in late fall before we cut them back, but this is unusual. A few irises are coming up too - I hope they're double bloomers and this isn't their flowering for the year:

The yellow roses are Henry Fords - don't know the name of the Irises b/c they are so old.

This vase is full of Perfume Delight - there were so many one of the branches bent and the roses spilled across the yard:

Not a great photo - I took it late in the day two days ago as the sun was going down. I've never seen that rose bush so full of roses. We're about to get five more inches of rain over Christmas Eve and Christmas Day - what a great gift!

Thanks for asking - what a great topic! This entire forum (except for here) has gotten very contentious lately.