Mystery definitely solved

In April 2015, I posted this photo and asked for help with identifying these bulbs/pods.

I had some guesses but nobody knew for sure what they were.

I was advised to plant them to see what came up and that seemed quite

reasonable, so I planted several of them and marked them with sticks.

None of them came up. But, when I found another one last spring, I

planted it, too and, this time, there was success.

You can see the little stick I stuck in the ground where I planted it.

Come to find out, it is a gladiola bulb.

Now that I see what came up, I'm not really surprised because each year I

find more and more of these beauties in different parts of the garden. I gather

them in one place as I find them, and this one will join them.

flowers from Hubby

Hubby brought me this awesome bunch of roses for no particular reason.

I thought I'd try some fun edits and really liked the results.

Meeting a fellow blogger at Pukekura Park

I am contacted now and then by Americans wanting to know about New Zealand but I was surprised when a fellow New Zealand blogger let me know she was coming up my way and wanted to meet. Marja from the blog Dutchcorner, along with her hubby and brother, met Hubby and me at Pukekura Park. It was fun to meet in person someone whose blog I have been reading for a long time!

 Of course, we had to take a picture. Marja on the left, me on the right.

When the lights came on, we walked around a little until Hubby's allergies kicked in big time!

I was very impressed with the lights on Poet's Bridge.

Here's to another year of blogging! Cheers!