This post is going to be so image-heavy........

Right...here's part 2 of my epic weekend in Warragul and Trafalgar! I just realised that I had heaps of pictures of spring flowers, and even more of Steph's cat, Jessie, so I'd just post the spring flowers in one entry and Jessie's pictures in another.

The rose that Steph's mum gave me: I took this picture about a week ago, and now I'm letting it dry so that I can keep it for as long as I like. Hopefully the dried flower will last. It's not totally dry yet but it's still very beautiful, despite its crunchy leaves (yep, the leaves are pretty much dry now), and I'd probably trim it before putting it into a container along with other precious posessions.

Half my folder was filled with pictures of spring flowers, ranging from cherry blossoms (they were blooming very beautifully in Warragul, and unfortunately the ones in the city are long gone) to daffodils to roses to tulips......spring is a very beautiful season indeed.

The moon - taken around 2pm. I love my telephoto lens! I think this was at maximum zoom already, and yet the moon was so clearly seen. I do like the way the clouds help in the composition of the picture. I was pretty lucky too - a few minutes after this pic was taken, dark clouds came in and the moon was soon hidden from view.

Cherry blossoms. The entire tree was just filled with these gorgeous pink flowers, and all the branches were filled with nothing but flowers. It was so mesmerising.

More cherry blossoms near Steph's place - these trees were rather sparsely filled with blossoms compared to the ones I mentioned earlier, but they still looked good. Once again, thanks so much to my telephoto lens for allowing me to take such shots.

Daffodils growing in Steph's garden.

I don't remember what this pink flower is called, but according to Steph's mum, it is massive. Unfortunately it has not opened yet, and will open in a couple of weeks time. Oh well...

More pink flowers just outside the kitchen. I can't remember what these are called too...but they're definitely not roses. Or maybe they do belong to the rose family?

Later in the day I wandered down the street to have a closer look at the cherry blossoms, and I spotted some more pink flowers growing on a highly unusual tree. The branches were drooping down instead of pointing upwards and outwards, and these were also filled with quite a number of flowers. I don't think these are cherry blossoms though...

Oh yes, and it was already dusk by then, and the moon was much more prominent. It had also rained just before I ventured out, so the sky had cleared up considerably by then.

Spotted some birds perching on the trees...

And white cherry blossoms! This is probably my first time seeing white cherry blossoms...usually I spot pink cherry blossoms. I wonder if there will be more flowers blooming now...

Some other pictures of the surrounding trees - they were still bare, despite the fact that it's mid-September.

Rose bush back in Steph's place....

Tulips in Steph's neighbour's flowerbed. Their flowerbed was really well-kept and there were lots of lovely flowers surrounding the tulips too.

Yet another shot of the gorgeous pink flowers I took earlier. I love the arrangement of the petals!

Rose bush in the foreground and the moon in the background...

And a final shot of some bare branches illuminated by the setting sun.

That's about all the spring flowers I took in Warragul! In the next post, I'll post the rest of the pictures!

Oh, and say hi to Jessie - the beautiful cat on the main page of my blog! :D Will post more pictures of her soon!