One day we had new friends over for dinner, this was the first time they had been to our house. One quick look at the front yard and Pauline said, “Hey John, you have your own private bush-land right here.” I was rather touched how she just noted and stated...
If flowers grow in heaven, Lord, then pick a bunch for me. Then place them in my mother’s arms and tell her they’re from me. Tell her that I love and miss her and when she turns to smile, place a kiss upon her cheek and hold her for awhile....
Me: Do you want to go outside with me? Rubí: Let me get my camera, it just got batteries put in. Where did that come from? Since when does she want to take pictures? Then my proud heart melted. Does she want to take photos like her Nana does? She...
Always fun to add to our garden. This visit to Bunnings, a pimelea flower, similar pimelea of the Castle Rock area where we got married.
John gets excited to see black cockatoos, so when one came very close to me as I was taking out the trash, I figured I should get excited too. I was almost fearful, because it IS a very big bird and it was coming so close to me. I nearly...
Um. No. One of John’s frustrations is how few people in Australia know about their own native plants. The region is rich in amazing and wonderful examples of God’s creation in an abundance of a variety of flowers. So we were at Bunnings (like our Home Depot in the U.S.A,...
I couldn’t help but notice as I was weeding the garden however, that even Australia’s weeds are pretty. And one of the reasons we selected the flowers we did…
Long before John started calling me “Princess” I admired his photos of this flower. All my other times to Australia, these were not in flower in his garden. I was so happy when I noticed this time around it was starting to show its lovely pink flowers. Eucalyptus caesia, commonly...
I guess I’ve blogged about walking at Kinder Farm Park many times by now, but rarely do I mention the community garden they have there. Yesterday, Jenny, Laura, and I decided to go to Kinder Park and take Silas. (Rubi was still taking a nap). We couldn’t do the...
Most of my morning chores done and not quite ready for lunch, I decided since it wasn’t a hot day, I would take a walk. I grabbed my camera of course to document the walk, and hoping to be ready for anything. As I left the driveway, I saw our...
I don’t say “our Banksias” as I have let John know the yard is his domain. He keeps trying to get me to cut the grass and clip the hedge anyway. But I do love the Banksias and glad he has planted them. I can...
Today wasn’t as hot, humid, and wet as some of the past days have been. I would say that it was a good day to take the children out, but in yesterday’s very harsh downpour, it must have been a good day too, as through squeals of laughter, I could...
As Enric tells the story, many times in their courtship and marriage, Miranda would claim any vacant bench as her bench. This became a sort of inside joke between the two of them. As it is soon Miranda’s birthday, Enric wanted to get something thoughtful, her real OWN bench. This...
