Monday, February 1, 2010

back yard in January

Last week my sister sent me photos of the beauty of her backyard in Nova Scotia.  This started the boys on a quest to tell all their best remembered stories of snow.  We laughed about Max losing his first tooth in the snow (he really LOST it).  We winced about Simon and Tim hitting a bump at the Rec Park and flying off their crazy carpet.  We marveled at the large snowmen we built in the back yard on Saywood Drive.   We really do miss the snow!
So I took a few pictures of our yard in Nairobi in January.  It is lovely but it can not compare to the beauty of the snow.....  Those of you living in the white stuff may beg to differ!
 This rubber tree was barely as tall as me when we moved in 18 months ago.  It now provides ample shade for our hammock. 

This hedge gets trimmed every 2 weeks or else it becomes a wild thing!  It is one of my favourites because of the variegated leaves.

This tree gets cut back to a stump every couple of months.  Then it grows and Timothy, our gardener, gives it a new look --never the same as the last time.  It has parge blooms on it that look lice Queen Anne's lace.

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