Friday, August 31, 2012

Zephyr & Blackwood

On my forty-second birthday my second son Blackwood came into our world. One of the many pleasures this week has been watching Zeph and Woody get to know each other.


 Zephyr is a geographical/gardening term for a gentle warm breeze or fructifying wind. In Greek mythology Zephyrus is the god of the west wind.

Blackwood is a wattle (Acacia melanoxylon) local to cool mountainous climates in Victoria and Tasmania, and thus a tree local to where we live. Blackwoods are soil builders and companion plants to eucalypts and native cherry (Exocarpos cupressiformis), named because of their intensely dark wood.
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3 comments:

  1. ronnieSeptember 1, 2012 at 6:22 AM

    the gentle breeze of your news blew hard through the (still) flowering acacias here to the north yesterday --- much congratulations --- oooo I can imagine all the fun ahead for you all!

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  2. PermapoesisSeptember 2, 2012 at 10:03 PM

    thanks ronnie, happy days indeed. now i must go and get some sleep.

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  3. PermapoesisSeptember 2, 2012 at 10:05 PM

    hi belinda,

    thanks for your comment too, although i don't know where it has disappeared to. this seems to happen frequently with comments???

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