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Wednesday, 28 December 2011

Mary, Mary quite contrary, how does your garden grow?

Today I thought I'd treat you to a horticultural tour of my garden. After a walk around the garden, I've counted 25 different flowering plants, uploaded here for your sensory pleasure. The passion fruit vine I have isn't captured but the berry-ish thing of the tree it grows on, in case you're counting and thinking "Hey wait, that's 24 flowers and a berry!"

























This is only the plants that are currently blossoming. There is a good handful of other shrubs, trees, palms that are busy doing their thing in my garden. 


Other great things in garden include this gigantic spider web that actually stretched from one of my palms, across the hedge and into the tree of my neighbour's yard. I've never seen a web so massive! These photos don't do it justice.


And then there's my gardening project... I planted wild strawberries from seed in these two pots yesterday. Here's hoping they don't notice that it's not February and they germinate and bear fruit for when Steph and Erik visit in April!

The plan was to hang them from these nifty-tacky macrame plant hangers made from rope but it turns out the pots are way too heavy and I was afraid the hooks I screwed in wouldn't hold, so these plants which have been outside got a new home outside.

And these two planters are the site for my herb garden. I'm planting in planters so the dogaroos (who followed me around on my little photo safari) don't dig them up. They usually scratch the top surface of dirt up and lay down in it to keep cool... not great prospects for the survival of all the seeds I'm planning on sowing.

And then there's my outside home base with the branches I've suspended with kitchen twine and hung things from. I totally love these! I've been collecting stuff to hang here since I dreamt up the idea. I made it happen on Christmas Eve.

There a few of these huge moths hanging around my door. This guy has found a great place to camouflage himself. Herself? Gender neutral moth? There are also loads of butterflies fluttering around these days. But I haven't captured any on pixels yet.

Friday, 17 December 2010

Settling in

This was a big week for me. Wednesday I got the keys to my house. Thursday I got the keys to my car.
Exciting stuff! And just in time to settle in for Christmas. My shipment has arrived in Tanzania and is waiting for my diplomatic clearance papers from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Hopefully these come sooner than later. I can't wait to unpack all my things. Especially my kitchen things!

There's my driveway with my little RAV4. 
Stepping into the livingroom/dining room
Looking back at the entrance
 Into the kitchen
 Kitchen from the doorway in
 Hallway
 Guest bathroom
 Small guestroom
 Small guestroom from another vantage point
Storage/electrical panel/water heater room
 Bigger guestroom
 My bedroom
Closets in my bedroom
Ensuite bathroom
View of the double porch - the front door is beside the sofa outside
Jacuzzi/pool thingy in the front yard
Looking back at the house

There is a big backyard too - the perfect place for Peanut to run around. And there's a swing set in the backyard, so I might get some swings for it. That could be fun for the young and young at heart.

More pictures to follow when my things arrive and I start to unpack