Winter turns to Spring! Oh how I love thee.......

A long time over due, I know! Now that winter has gone, we can come out of hibernation. Just for the sheer love of it, I shall split this post with some of the glorious plants we have in our garden. I find peace in my garden and thoroughly enjoy coming home. 

The last few months have been ridiculous in so many ways. Why you may ask?

Using Facebook I found a dear teaching friend of mine from my first school placement. Assunta Mancini, a true lady, a beautiful woman and a teacher who teaches from her heart. It was so much fun sharing life with Assunta and reminiscing over the children we taught. I was deeply moved when she shared that, her husband Glenn, had passed away. This news was a total shock considering a beautiful man is no longer able to love his wife and children and enjoy the joyous thing we call LIVING. Assunta floored me with that news, as like many of the good ones, Glenn was taken way too early. I am glad she is back in my life and look forward to sharing the future with her. I cannot tell you how often Assunta comes to mind during my every day but I the fact that she is in my thoughts.

Canterbury College lost one truly amazing teacher recently. Susan Gouchee was a talent teacher too who again, taught from the heart. Susan had an impact on so many children and did so through the forum of her music program and talents. From all accounts her send off was moving, memorable and embraced with a rainbow at the right moment. Her passing really made me reflect upon how precious and fragile life can be. Rest in Peace Susan.

For the duration of this term I have been plagued with stupid sickness, but after what others are encountering, I have nothing to complain about. Gastro, middle ear infection, 8 weeks of deafness in my left ear and influenza – I am thrilled that winter is no longer here. It is hard to feel miserable when the sun is shining, the birds are singing and the garden embraces the seasonal change.

 

We have been working flat out every weekend to get our garden in shape. I cannot tell you how much pride I get when I see our once plain block taking shape. Our recent efforts have seen the creation of a small deck and seating area behind our pool and the planting of many bromeliads.

 

 

 

We have placed a fence around the outside of the pool area creating a dog run as well. Time was spent staining this so as to preserve the fence and to provide our lovely neighbours with a better vista.

 

Once we stain the inside of the fence we will be able to complete the planting in the pool yard and we can plant an agapanthus row along the front fence line.

 

We have decided to move the vegetables gardens as we realised we had planted them in the incorrect spot. Wasn’t that fun moving raised beds????? Never again! Now that they have a new home we were able to stone around them. Hopefully the next post will see the inclusion of another agapanthus row in front of the beds to create a nicer edge between the lawn and the stones. 

 

As I end this post I promise that coming soon will be many posts that you will enjoy. I have convinced my mother to part with her sacred recipes…….I shall be posting them in order to have them forever.