We are getting lots of asparagus from the garden as well! Such a treat after a long winter! Also lettuces, spinach, kale, radishes and lots of strawberries already. So much rain lately filling up the nearby lakes and rivers too. And green, green green!
The green is almost shocking after such a long time in winters sepia. I am glad you are getting the rain. An excellent time of year for it! Good morning Di!
I’m afraid you are remembering how it used to be in NZ with houses being on big sections. In my part of the country lovely farms are being chopped up into estates where ‘terraced’ houses are being built with no gardens or bungalows on minuscule pieces of land built very close together. In some cases no garages for cars - parking on the street! Also the big sections are sub-divided and sold off for another house to be built on the back of the section. We are lucky and live on 3 1/2 acres but that, one day in the future, will have about 20 or more dwellings on it!!! Do keep your lovely memories but unfortunately it’s not reality.
Yes - it was how it used to be - and luckily all my friends and family are still in houses on reasonable sections in and around mirimar and lower hutt and blockhouse bay but I have seen some dreadful new subdivisions lately. You are quite right. Hopefully you are also able to hold onto your space for a while yet. Really all I was trying to say is that every country plans their towns differently and every period plans differently too. We have a lot of people to house and that is only going to grow. I hope Mary that the architecture of the future gets a bit more inventive.
I walk my doggos that way too, interested in what is happening in the yards, how the houses are made. I can walk them along the side of the cane fields too, startling birds, or along the creek in the long grass. Not so much in summer because snakes, but all three of us get far more steps in during the cooler winter weather. I rarely wear sunglasses in summer (reactive lenses in my specs), relying on big hats to protect my eyes, even in this harsh northern climate.
I love the light, too. For many years, we never had curtains over our windows. The other day, the hub and I were walking in the afternoon and he commented how many people had their drapes tightly closed. We couldn't imagine living that way!
I don’t have curtains in the country - and here in the city the moment I am dressed up go all the blinds. My daughter works in law enforcement so she is a little more security conscious than I am. She makes me promise to keep the screen door locked when I have the doors open. 😂😆
Oh Celi - have been 'all over the world' this morning and finally, reading your words, reached almost 'hometown' in Melbourne :) ! Love following you thru' the farmy checking each photo and giving 'instructions' and very much admire the Melbourne garden you show . . . lots of stuff ready to harvest it seems. Yes, I do agree with you on our harsh light and am sorry you do not have one of Melbourne's famous cafes closer . . . be well and 'enjoy' all the TV stations showing just 'the same' tonight - think you would vote the way I did . . .
I would love one of those famous cafes nearby! I have found one (down by the supermarket) and it is a 20 minute with hills but will keep looking - the suburbs are not known for local cafes!
We are getting lots of asparagus from the garden as well! Such a treat after a long winter! Also lettuces, spinach, kale, radishes and lots of strawberries already. So much rain lately filling up the nearby lakes and rivers too. And green, green green!
The green is almost shocking after such a long time in winters sepia. I am glad you are getting the rain. An excellent time of year for it! Good morning Di!
I’m afraid you are remembering how it used to be in NZ with houses being on big sections. In my part of the country lovely farms are being chopped up into estates where ‘terraced’ houses are being built with no gardens or bungalows on minuscule pieces of land built very close together. In some cases no garages for cars - parking on the street! Also the big sections are sub-divided and sold off for another house to be built on the back of the section. We are lucky and live on 3 1/2 acres but that, one day in the future, will have about 20 or more dwellings on it!!! Do keep your lovely memories but unfortunately it’s not reality.
Yes - it was how it used to be - and luckily all my friends and family are still in houses on reasonable sections in and around mirimar and lower hutt and blockhouse bay but I have seen some dreadful new subdivisions lately. You are quite right. Hopefully you are also able to hold onto your space for a while yet. Really all I was trying to say is that every country plans their towns differently and every period plans differently too. We have a lot of people to house and that is only going to grow. I hope Mary that the architecture of the future gets a bit more inventive.
I walk my doggos that way too, interested in what is happening in the yards, how the houses are made. I can walk them along the side of the cane fields too, startling birds, or along the creek in the long grass. Not so much in summer because snakes, but all three of us get far more steps in during the cooler winter weather. I rarely wear sunglasses in summer (reactive lenses in my specs), relying on big hats to protect my eyes, even in this harsh northern climate.
Big hats are a must for all manner of reasons. And yes! Now that it is a little cooler we get more steps in. Which is lovely.
ah, life on the up and down parts of the world, goes on, and made better by your being there to help it all along
The up and down parts of the world! Indeed! We all feel those ups and downs. Thank you Beth!
I love the light, too. For many years, we never had curtains over our windows. The other day, the hub and I were walking in the afternoon and he commented how many people had their drapes tightly closed. We couldn't imagine living that way!
I don’t have curtains in the country - and here in the city the moment I am dressed up go all the blinds. My daughter works in law enforcement so she is a little more security conscious than I am. She makes me promise to keep the screen door locked when I have the doors open. 😂😆
I'm afraid I'm rather careless about leaving doors unlocked, too. I guess it goes with the no blinds territory!
Oh Celi - have been 'all over the world' this morning and finally, reading your words, reached almost 'hometown' in Melbourne :) ! Love following you thru' the farmy checking each photo and giving 'instructions' and very much admire the Melbourne garden you show . . . lots of stuff ready to harvest it seems. Yes, I do agree with you on our harsh light and am sorry you do not have one of Melbourne's famous cafes closer . . . be well and 'enjoy' all the TV stations showing just 'the same' tonight - think you would vote the way I did . . .
I would love one of those famous cafes nearby! I have found one (down by the supermarket) and it is a 20 minute with hills but will keep looking - the suburbs are not known for local cafes!
Glad to see Jude and the cows and the little black pigs. And worry bout the ducks too. Would love shots of TonTon, Boo, WaiWai, Tima too.
Yes - I want to see the dogs too. I do miss them! Good morning Pat and thank you so much for all your support through the years.
I love your overarching care in Illinois and Australia. Thank you for sharing your photos and thoughts here, Cecelia!
I am a worrier! And it shows in my writing! Have a good Friday, Hans!
From NZ to Illinois and now Sunbury - we really are just up the road. I taught in Sunbury for ten years. My one acre garden is up the road in Macedon!