Garden rain

Recent rain has been timely for my late planting of the Summer garden. I spent Boxing Day putting in Snake and Winged Beans, Sunflowers, Rockmelon and Cucumbers. All seeds but now they are sprouting. Back now to daily watering as clouds dissipate into humidity.

We lost some plants while away so I went out this morning and bought a blueberry bush, rosella, tumeric, parsley, red papaya (thinking of fresh papaya juice with a dash of lime), chillis and ornamentals for front door basket.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year everyone. I hope the year brings you joy and the fullfillment of all your wishes. For ourselves we are hoping for a year free of sickness. Focus word for this year is health.

Coming back to a daily ordinary life after travelling is never easy. While we were away we had an unexpected guest who decided that a vacant yard with plenty to eat and covered comfortable accommodation would be ideal. Here he is - Son of Slither.

On the first day, he decided that the barbecue would make a good home but with dogs barking and circling he moved.

On day 2 he decided to move into the empty China pot next to our back door but with a day of me taking photographs he decided to move on. Even he is trying to evade the camera! I suspect he has moved to our garden shed but I will wait a while to check this out.

And if you are wondering about the name, he is called Son of Slither as we had another Carpet Python a couple of years back in our yard but that one was nearly 3 metres long and she was nicknamed slither. The son (maybe??) is only a baby and probably not much more than a metre.

And if anyone is wondering these snakes are not poisonous although can give a bite but do eat small animals and birds etc. This is the reason our little Aussie Terrier sleeps inside at night.

Have a wonderful year everyone.

We are home

And after a few days at home with Christmas it seems as if we have never been away...

I have just finished downloading photos onto my computer. I shot raw photos this time but took far less photos than planned. I was wondering why until on one of the last days of our trip when sitting in the back of an open jeep on dirt roads ravaged by monsoons (so holding on with both arms locked onto seat and railing) I realised that for a large part of this trip I had not actually been able to hold a camera with even one hand. It was the experience and memory. And there are so many memories.

Here is one photo to complement my previous post and photo from 2004.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas with family and friends.