Spring has arrived in St Albans

Spring has arrived in St Albans. The air is warm and fragranced with port wine magnolia, jasmine, wild freesia and wattle flowers. Clouds of may bush flower white in gardens. Pink and white, cherry, peach, apple and crabapple blossom is in all the paddocks and very soon the buds of orange trees will open to add their narcotic perfume to the blend. The scented breeze blows the leaves of the gum trees outside my window. It sounds like the waves of a gentle sea. Even the roses are in bud. After the morning mist has lifted, the sky is blue and the sun is warm. It’s a perfect time of year in the Forgotten Valley. So come and join us this weekend and pray that the weather gods keep in check for another week the rain we need to water all this beauty.