What's out the window today?

The leaves are starting to change colour outside our kitchen window. Some years, the grapevine is a deep red, but at the moment it's a mix pale red, apricot and pale green. Beyond the vine, the pear trees are still a deep green.

Five years ago, this north-facing garden was a concrete twin-strip driveway, and the only plants were weeds. Now it's the most beautiful part of our garden.

The garden is planted with decidious trees and vines, which provide shade in summer and allow light in winter. It changes by season, and even by week at this time of year.

The understorey is native Australian plants, some indigenous to our area, others from other parts of the country. Maisy buries bones beneath the shrubs, and the Bug scoots up and down the narrow path and makes nests in the mulch.

Miss Brown enjoys the view.

Here's what it looked like last year: http://bellgirl.com.au/2009/09/eye-spyseasons-change.html