Sunday, February 15, 2009

Victorian Bushfire Appeal

These are gum trees in Australia, beautiful but deadly when they burn. Please donate to the Victorian Bushfire Appeal 2009 @www.redcross.org.au/default.asp

Kangaroos, people and rural communities in Victoria, Australia need our help.
Phoenix sunset overlooking Camelback Mountain and the Praying Monk taken one street over from my house. I use the Praying Monk as a reminder to pray in my busy days.
This is the beginning of rearranging our family room into Julian's office. This is one end of the room, my office and it will stay pretty much the same. We now have a flat screen TV and have moved the couch to the empty wall you see on the right side of the picture. When we moved the couch we scratched the wood floor which upset me greatly! Now we have a long scratch about 6 feet long in the middle of the room. However, we are now watching our new High Def TV from this end of the room. The TV sits next to my computer. It is really quite cosy. Next is to move the drawing tables etc into the other end of the room.
It's harvest time for the oranges. They are really sweet this year as usual.
African Violets are blooming they like the winter and love it when it rains. They are part of my friendship garden. Given to me by Mom. I'm not sure who gave them to her. My paperwhites just finished blooming they come from my Grandma Cooley's downtown apartments.
These are Snow Peas, great for eating raw with dip or in stir fry. They came from the Sing's through my Mom.
These are my brocolli. Brocolli and cauliflower do well here in the winter. After you harvest the initial big head, they continue producing little baby floweretts that are very tender.
These are my tomatoes. Notice the Christmas tree lights. On frosty nights I plug the lights in and cover them with a sheet to keep them from freezing.
This is our new handle on our redwood gate. Julian made it. I love it.
Hanging flower basket, like they have on Victoria Island.
I put these purple flowers together. I like all the shades of purple and the different heights and shapes.

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