The Sweet Smell of Spring
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For me, the first sign of Spring is the intoxicating scent of those little beauties of nature, Freesias. I've been picking them every year since I was a kid at Newport where they grew in abundance amongst the low scrub behind Bungan Beach and on the headlands.
They live for a few weeks, until the heat of the day gets to much and they wilt and die until they bloom again in a years time.
Out here they grow in the lower Blue Mountains around Glenbrook and this year they are very late blooming. Still, winter is hanging on this year so maybe we are in for a late show of colour and heavy scented evenings.
Anyway, here are the first ones for this season.
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