Melanie is my friend who lives in Australia and she loves photography. Every month Melanie has taken part in this monthly neme and we managed to find a way round her not having a blog by posting here. I love that we have found a way for her to take part so once again Melanie, over to you:
"Having left my garden unattended for
18 days while on a holiday to join the celebrations of my mother-in-laws 90th
birthday I returned to find my one tromboncino zucchini (courgette) plant had
gone berserk. I picked ten huge specimens. Since it was February 5th
and I should be taking some 5 in 5 photos I decided these had to part of the 5
in 5 photos. My head was still in a state of confusion as we had only
returned home on February 3rd after a 20+ hour flight from the
UK. I knew my photos would have to be taken nearby so decided with the
zucchinis now sitting on my kitchen bench I would start with them and walk into
my garden which was a wilderness, for the rest of the photos. So top RHS
those zucchini with the electrical socket to give you an idea of their
size. Bottom RHS the plant which I picked the zucchini from. Top middle
the couch grass which has completely over taken the artichoke section of my
herb garden. I need to do some serious weeding there but with
temperatures in the thirties these past few days and the same expected for the
next few days this will not happen immediately. Bottom middle this is my
leek patch which has come on great since I left. Finally the photo on the
LHS is some of the tomato plants which have also gone berserk. We had few
tomatoes before we left while away our friends looking after our home said they
have been giving tomatoes away and there are still heaps to come".
Unfortunately I didn't get to see Melanie on this brief visit to the UK but there are plans for her to return this summer so hopefully we will catch up then. As always, a big thank you to Melanie for sending these photos, especially so soon after her long flight home. If this has inspired you to pick up your camera and take part in this challenge you have until 25th before this months link closes.
It's great fun and this post should answer any questions or give other information that you need.
Links for this months post are here and hopefully I'll be back with more photos from Melanie and myself next month. I hope you will join us and thanks for popping by!
