It has been full for weeks now, and if you look closely you can see water running down the side from the rain that fell just before I took this photo.
Friday, December 10, 2010
Saving for a (non) rainy day
We installed a tank last year (ok, Dad did all the work!) and it was quite a while after installing it before there was finally enough rain to fill it. It was great to be able to water our plants during the water restrictions with our own harvested water, but for the past few months there has been so much rain we haven't needed the tank.
It has been full for weeks now, and if you look closely you can see water running down the side from the rain that fell just before I took this photo.
It has been full for weeks now, and if you look closely you can see water running down the side from the rain that fell just before I took this photo.
Monday, December 6, 2010
A desert dessert
Part of the high tea at the Abu Dhabi Emirates Palace Hotel. (We didn't stay at that hotel, but we did pop in for delightful sweets and a delicious drink).
A desert sunset
We spent a few days in Abu Dhabi a couple of months ago. We loved it. Here is a photo we took during a desert safari.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Comparing Harvests
The first day of summer was another rainy day but I pulled on my raincoat and was trailed around the garden by a wet, and rather miserable, puppy. Under a cover of wet leaves and on a bed of soggy soil we found this... Remember the pink strawberry flower? Here it is all grown up. And it is a perfect size to help show the scale of our entire pumpkin harvest from last summer.
Vintage Crystal
We had our wedding anniversary recently and my husband gave me these beautiful 1930s glasses as a gift.
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