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Just love it when my orchids flower. Especially since I'm really bad at caring for them, they mostly have to make do on their own. Occasionally I remember to water the poor things, and about once a year I might remember to liquid feed them. Still they are very loyal and continue to flower. This year my favorite is "Tetleys Little Fireball". A lovely red which had 6 flower spikes on it with 18 to 21 flowers per spike. I was really impressed with this effort. I wonder how many spikes and how many flowers per spike it would have if I gave it some attention? Perhaps it prefers to be ignored. Anyway, it looking good, so I've cut the spikes and brought them inside to enjoy them. Orchids make great cut flowers as they last for ages. My other orchid to flower this year was "Chocolate Brown". It's the first pic. My yellow hasn't any flower spikes this year and my green one has one flower spike, but hasn't opened as yet. It always seems to be the last one ...

Paul and Hazel chose the beautiful Hidden Valley Golf and Country Club for the setting for their wedding on 4.4.11. The Mittagong room was set out ready for the festivities after the ceremony, which was very private and personal. The bride and groom both looked stunning and very happy. We followed the ceremony with a quick dash outside into the lovely Hidden Valley gardens for some pics before returning to celebrate with their waiting guests. Whilst the sun didn't make much of an appearance, that did not dampen the spirits of everyone on the day. A delicious 3 course meal followed with the groom giving the only speeches for the day. Formalities done everyone settled down to enjoy each others company and catch up on life. Some family members had travelled from as far away as England, so there was plenty to talk about. A lovely day, a special ceremony and a very happy bride and groom, a very relaxed and pretty setting. A day to remember.