Clover Meadow Memories

Most of us don't think about what those patches of clover that pop up in the lawn really mean?

If you have clover popping up dont rip it up. It's good for your lawn and healthier than other grass plants.

It's also a memory of the time when your back or front yard or grass strip by the kerb was part of a meadow or pasture for cows or horses. Think about those pioneering farmers?

Oh and any local bee keepers will be happy since honey bees like clover!

Even though Hornsby is no longer orchards and cow pastures with farmers using the morning trains to send milk closer to the city echoes of their meadows still remain!

Carrots have a Wild Cousin

QUEEN ANNE'S LACE

Queen Anne's Lace is often a feral weed in Australia and you can see it growing near the railways tracks near Hornsby station and Pretoria Parade. It's a relative of the carrot and is as much a herb as a weed. I suspect since its not a native plant some early colonist brought seeds over from the UK for a herb garden and like so many other plants it went wild.

Morning Glory

Morning glory. Many people think of it as a weed and it cna be a pest but its still lovely.
This photo was taken in the afternoon not the morning. If you do like morning glory especially if its not in your own yard where you have to prune it check  out the roadway behind the Meriton Units that runs from Pretoria Parade and at the end walk back up to the main bridge and enjoy the patch next to the bridge.

Actually its also growing up over the bridge railing again so its over due to to pruned back?

Ten Summer Treats in Hornsby

TEN SUMMER TREATS IN HORNSBY

Things to do that are free or cheap.

Sunset views to the west!

Sharing a mango with friends and family.

Walking thru the Park and enjoying the roses!

Gelato hey its cheaper than the movies and the gelato shop is right next to the entrance to the mall!

Our library! Got bored whiny kids? Send them to the library and make them borrow books.
Oh there are dvds too! But please if you're the parents to the kids who hog terminals playing computer games on the excuse its educational do not use the library as free childcare.

Frangipani in early summer. take a walk around your streets and view them!

Visit out our charity shops, the Anglican Op Shop or Vinnies in Jersey St or Wombat or the Salvos!

Zozans in the food court have great pide pizza kebabs and gozleme!

Thunder and lightning and summer storms. If you're safely indoors and have a view enjoy nature's fireworks!

Chinese / Asian New year is coming up next week Jan 23.
While most of the events are in the city watch out for smaller regional events?


Australia Day! Yah another public holiday and more fireworks!

and the sheer relief of knowing if its Australia Day you can send the kids back to school soon!

Why we should value the CWA

Why we should value the CWA ... wherever they end up moving or not moving to.

What can we give back to them?

Seriously folks community organizations need to have meeting space that's near public transport and I don't just mean the library meeting room cos some of them need workspace for projects too!

Peruvian Lily

This is one immmigrant from South America that's certainly adjusted well to Australia.

The species name is Alstroemeria Aurantica and it grows from a bulb according to the Diggers Club Australian Flower Garden book by Clive Blazey

CWA reminder Closure so?

Looks like the closure will go ahead unless something changes drasticly.

Note to Horsnby Advocate most of us remember enuff high school maths to work out that 75% of a poll which only 325 people responded to PROBABLY does not translate to 75% of all of Hornsby?

BAD maths does not help!

Another Ukelele Photo

Here's a closeup . So you can see the instruments in more detail. and the quality of the craftsmanship.

Beautiful aren't they?

Ukeleles Galore in a Hornsby Shop

Which Hornsby shop has the largest rang eof Ukeleles I've ever seen!

Pro Guitar and Sound is right next to the Rock and Roll cafe on the West side of Hornsby!
There's a connecting door thru to the cafe and a street entry too!
It's right next to ht epedetrian crossing over to the Post Office and Coronation Street!

Do I "hear" anyone thinking those cant all be ukeleles!?

Yes they are. The Humble Hawaiian variant of a small Portugese guitar now comes in soprano tenor baritone tonal rnages plus a hybrid with a banjo and some shpaes that look like mandolins but the back curve is flatter. I dont play myself but they do look lovely on the wall!

Want more info?

http://www.proguitar.com.au/

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