DILEMMA RE WHAT TO PLANT/SHOW ON MY BALCONY??

WELL MY BIRTHDAY HAS BEEN DONE & DUSTED..SO TO SPEAK...

SO WE SHALL MOVE ON FROM THAT DAY...ALTHOUGH I AM GLAD DAD HAD A GREAT DAY...LOVED HIS COOKING..AND HE TOLD ME THIS MORNING THAT HIS "SWIMMING MATES"..WHO I MAY ADD ARE ALL ABOUT HALF HIS AGE..GAVE HIM A SURPRISE BBQ LAST NIGHT.COMPLETE WITH A CAKE WITH 85 YO ON IT..AND A $350.00 MYER GIFT VOUCHER!!!
HE IS LOVED BY EVERYONE..AND HE WAS TOTALLY STOKED THIS MORNING WHEN HE TOLD ME...PUT MY COOKING EFFORT INTO 2ND PLACE!! just joking..

ANYWAY..AS USUAL I AM STILL TACKLING LITTLE BITS OF MY HOUSE THAT ARE REALLY REALLY ANNOYING ME..
AND MOST OF THIS IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT LITERALLY NEVER RAINS ANYMORE IN MELBOURNE...

THE AREA OF CONCERN IS MY BALCONY...OUTSIDE OUR MASTER BEDROOM...WITH A GLORIOUS VIEW LOOKING OVER MELBOURNE...BUT I HAVE HAD NO PLANTS/GREENERY FOR AGES..AS ONE CAN ONLY WATER AT HIDEOUS HOURS..2 DAYS A WEEK..

BUT HAVING CLEANED MY BEDROOM ETC TODAY...,.THIS BALCONY IS NOW MAKING ME FEEL QUITE ILL!!

I COULD RE PAINT THE FURNITURE (LAST OPTION)...BUT I FIGURED I WOULD JUST BUY A POT OF LAVENDER...FLOWERS AND PLACE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TABLE...AND JUST PLANT SOME COLOURFUL ANNUALS..(PETUNIAS OR THE LIKE IN THE BASKET AFFIXED TO THE WALL)...OR MAYBE SHABBY PINK OR RED BEGONIAS?? (I THINK THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE CALLED)??

IDEALLY I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE POTS FILLED WITH LAVENDER AND ANNUALS...(LIKE IT USED TO BE)...BUT WITH THE DROUGHT/WATER RESTRICTIONS...THAT IS KIND OF WISHFUL THINKING.!!

ANYWAY...THAT IS MY PROJECT FOR TOMORROW (SUNDAY)..SO SHALL POST SOME NEW PHOTOS WHEN IT IS DONE.....

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST...ALWAYS HAVE TO GIVE A SOOTY UPDATE...HAVE JUST GIVEN HIM A BATH...A BRUSH...AND HIS FLEA TREATMENT STUFF...AND HE SEEMS TO BE A VERY HAPPY POOCH!!

xx andrea