Tasma House and Gardens - Spring 2012-Summer 2013
The Gardens are a delight through spring and summer. It all begins with the purple blossoms of the paulownia tree in the front garden and continues with the wisteria walk flowering its dainty white and purple droplets, followed by the abundant double blossoms in Crab Apple Lane.
Hedges continue to border the vibrant colour and continue the green theme, long after the blossoms have dropped, leaving a carpet of white, like a snowfall.
Weddings, friends, family gatherings, and a meditation workshop that brought participants from as far away as Broome, have made our springtime-list of visitors. Duck families have made their home again on the garden ponds, alongside the pobblebonk frogs that can be heard calling each other in the warm evenings. Daddy Duck has been working hard to protect his ten charges as they learn the ropes of life., Wood ducks are a delight, staying strong as a family until the young ones are strong enough to fly off on their own.
Summer has brought more family groups to Tasma House, to celebrate and share pre-Christmas get-togethers, Christmas/Boxing Day gatherings, and slow-time together, just having fun and relaxing in an easy going environment.New Year's Eve was enjoyed by a bunch of old school friends who like to get away together each year. This gathering of old school friends seems to be popular here, with many groups in their 50's who have known each other and kept in contact 35-40 years after their final school year, is such a treat to be able to host. These guests all know and like each other very well. Some do not see each other except for during these gatherings and make the most of their time together, without needing much else, apart from each other's company and time to spend with each other.
After enjoying the late spring working furiously in the gardens, Carla and I have passed the reigns of onsite property management over to Gerry Managh, a capable and amiable individual who is doing a great job keeping the wheels turning and guests provided for, in our absence.
Carla and I are in Clarksdale, Mississippi, birthplace of the Blues, the centre of the Delta, and the land of cotton. We have undertaken a project here that will have us coming and going for a while, revitalising an old Masonic Temple and some shops in the historic downtown blues precinct. There was snow here over Christmas, with some days not getting above zero.We will be back in Daylesford in late February to prepare for a busy March season of garden weddings and Easter family get-together extravaganzas. Can't wait for the beauty of the fading summer heat, with the cockatoos and galahs swooping by while the croaking frogs sing songs of approaching Autumn.
Wishing all of our guests a happy, safe, summer in the Central Highlands on Table Hill.
See ya,
Adrian
