Well, just LOOK what Mr SE unearthed this morning whilst doing a little gardening....
Yes, I know they do look a little like fungi or some kind of underground mushroom (they were buried just under the mulching) but we have looked them up on the internet they are..... SNAKE eggs! Their texture is quite leathery though I am pleased to report that their inhabitants have gone...
Look at the photograph above - there is the little hole that the baby snake makes in order to get out of the egg... Now I am a little worried in case they have decided that they would prefer to be INSIDE the SE's house. Fingers crossed they haven't and instead have slithered off to somewhere far more exciting.Meanwhile talking of exciting things (or far less frightening!) this was how I spent the afternoon at my parents before I left to come back to Australia.... We took back my hire car and on the way back stopped here :
This watercress farm is near their home and they often go and buy a few bunches. My father makes a very good watercress soup.
Look how lovingly it is packed on ice. You leave the money in the box and take what you want - all done on trust.
The vital ingredient for growing watercress is, of course, water – mineral rich flowing water from which the peppery salad leaf takes its many nutrients
Above photograph shows the stream where the watercress is harvested...
My parents standing near the water's edge. The brighter green leaves in the stream are the watercress leaves.
As I said at the beginning of the post it has been a beautiful and sunny weekend - Melbourne has done me proud to welcome me back again after the sad round of saying my goodbyes yet again in England. And the lovely people at Qantas were very nice and with the help of Mr SE's kindly donated Qantas points I was upgraded to Business class....! A real treat over such a long journey.
This watercress farm is near their home and they often go and buy a few bunches. My father makes a very good watercress soup.
Look how lovingly it is packed on ice. You leave the money in the box and take what you want - all done on trust.
The vital ingredient for growing watercress is, of course, water – mineral rich flowing water from which the peppery salad leaf takes its many nutrients
Above photograph shows the stream where the watercress is harvested...
My parents standing near the water's edge. The brighter green leaves in the stream are the watercress leaves.As I said at the beginning of the post it has been a beautiful and sunny weekend - Melbourne has done me proud to welcome me back again after the sad round of saying my goodbyes yet again in England. And the lovely people at Qantas were very nice and with the help of Mr SE's kindly donated Qantas points I was upgraded to Business class....! A real treat over such a long journey.
