THE DILEMMA OF THE BALCONY!! WHAT TO PLANT??

WELL MY BIRTHDAY HAS GONE & NOW DUSTED AWAY!! JUST GLAD MY DAD ENJOYED ALL HIS COOKING...AND YES!! THAT FRUIT CAKE WAS FULL OF FRUIT...1.5 KILOS IN FACT...BUT THAT IS WHAT THE WOMENS WEEKLY RECIPE STIPULATED...AND DAD DOES LOVE HIS FRUIT!!

HE HAD A SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PRESSIE LAST NIGHT FROM ALL THE MUCH YOUNGER MEN/WOMEN HE SWIMS WITH EACH MORNING...THEY SUPRISED HIM WITH AN 85TH BIRTHDAY CAKE..PARTY...SO THAT MADE HIS NIGHT...AND MUST I ADD..HIS MORNING...THIS MORNING!

ANYWAY..AS USUAL I HAVE BEEN CLEANING TODAY..AND I AM JUST SOOO SICK AND TIRED OF THE WAY MY CUTE LITTLE BALCONY AREA LOOKS OUTSIDE OUR MASTER BEDROOM...
LOVELY LITTLE AREA..WHICH USED TO BE FULL OF PLANTS..BUT AS IT LITERALLY NEVER EVER RAINS IN MELBOURNE..TRYING TO PLANT LOVELY GOODIES IS A REAL CHALLENGE..

I COULD RE PAINT THE TABLE/CHAIRS...(BUT THAT IS THE LAST RESORT AT THIS STAGE)...i AM THINKING OF JUST GETTING A NICE BOWL OF PLANTED LAVENDER/OR OTHER FLOWERS TO PUT ON THE TABLE..AND THEN PLANT SOME GERANIUMS IN THE PLANTER CONTAINER ON THE WALL..SO THEY CAN SPILL OVER ETC..
THIS IS A GORGEOUS LITTLE BALCONY RIGHT OUTSIDE MY BEDROOM..WITH A DOOR ACCESSING IT..AND WITH A GREAT VIEW OVERLOOKING THE CITY SKYLINE...SOOTY LOVES TO GO OUT ON THIS AREA..GIVE A BARK OR TWO..AND THEN RUSH BACK INSIDE..!!

I USED TO HAVE TERRACOTTA POTS ON THIS BALCONY WITH FLOWERS GALORE...BUT WITH THE WATER RESTRICTIONS...NO RAIN..IT IS JUST SOOOOOO HARD TO MAINTAIN ANY SORT OF GARDEN/POTS IN MELBOURNE..

ANY SUGGESTIONS??

AND I ALWAYS JUST HAVE TO GIVE A LITTLE UPDATE ON MY LITTLE POODLE SOOTY...!! GAVE HIM A BATH TODAY...A BRUSH..AND HIS FLEA TREATMENT...AND HE RAN PSYCHO THROUGH THE HOUSE!! HE LOVES IT!! AND I LOVE HIM!!

HAVE A GREAT WEEK EVERYONE...XX ANDREA