2014 IN PICTURES

As there is not much gardening to do at the moment I want to look back to the good times when we could garden and be outside enjoying the flowers and the sun.

Have a great  Sunday all and thanks for stopping by !

SINGAPORE PART 2

I promised you more pictures from Singpore who were taken by my husband when he went there for a short visit.

Here we go !

I LOVE THIS ONE !!!!

ADENIUM

MEAT EATING PLANTS

THIS WAS TAKEN IN A BIRDPARK

A BIRD CALLED VAN GOGH ?

BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS !!!!

BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS EVERYWHERE

AND WORKS OF ART AMONG THE FLOWERS

IGUANA

THE WHOLE OF SINGAPORE IS COVERED IN ORCHIDS !!!!

AND PALM TREE’S

The following pictures were taken at the zoo in Singapore

THIS IS HOW THEY MAKE BABY TORTOISES

I think Singapore is amazing and I hope to be able to visit some day soon !

 Despite being a small island with lots of people they still have a lot of space for parks, nature and wildlife, the food is good and it is very clean everywhere.

At the moment I have A LOT of work in the garden and in the greenhouse so I had little time for my blog but I am working on it.

Enjoy your own garden ! And thanks for visiting !

 

 

 

 

LA DOUCE FRANCE : PEROUGES 2

Today I’ll show you the beauty of Pérouges, a medieval town in France, all the buildings are made between the 12 th and 15 th century, the buildings were restaured several times over the centuries of course but it is protected by the government. It really is a little gem !

THE ENTRANCE OF THE TOWN, ALL THE STREETS STILL HAVE COBBLESTONES

THE 12TH CENTURY CHURCH

BEHIND THE GERANIUMS IS A PUB, WE HAD COFFEE AND HOT CHOCOLATE THERE

THE STREETS WERE VERY NARROW

THIS WAS PART OF AN OLD WINE PRESS

THIS IS A VERY OLD WOODEN STATUE

A BEAUTIFUL OLD DOOR, PEOPLE WERE A LOT SMALLER IN THE OLD DAYS

THESE ARE SPECIAL PIES FROM PEROUGE

 

THIS HOLE WAS USED TO SHOOT THE ENEMY

THIS IS THE MAYORS HOUSE

I hope you all enjoyed your visit to Pérouges, I did !

Enjoy your garden !

ONE YEAR OLD

My blog is one year old thanks to my readers who encouraged me so a big thank you to all my followers, and to those of  you who looked at my posts, gave me a like or a comment.

The following blog was my first blog post it was titled : BIRDPARK WALSRODE

Here we go, as promised, I’ll tell you about a beautiful birdpark called Walsrode situated in a village called Walsrode in Germany.  Perhaps you think what is a birdpark doing in a gardening blog, well it is a birdpark in a beautiful garden. We have been there several times in the past and we will go there again and again and again because it is so beautiful. We always go in Spring so there are loads of bulbflowers and rhododendrons to see, if you go later you have the roses and other flowers and shrubs in bloom of course. The park is huge so we go there for two days otherwise you can’t see everything. There are loads of pubs and restaurants all over the place so you won’t go hungry or thirsty, for the kids there are several play area’s.

Here are some pictures. If you click on the pictures you get a bigger picture.

TULIPA QUEEN OF THE NIGHT

Well this is it, I hope you enjoyed our tour through Walsrode.

HAVE A GREAT DAY !!!

BEAUTIFUL KENYA 1

It is Winter in my part of the world so there is not much to do in the garden, I read garden books, garden magasines and I watch other people’s blogs in order to quench my garden thirst.

Today I want to share the experiences I had while on holiday in Kenya, East-Africa. It is a beautiful country with beautiful nature and beautiful people.

SOMETHING YOU SEE A LOT IN KENIA ARE ELEPHANTS, LOTS AND LOTS OF ELEPHANTS, EATING TREE’S AND SHRUBS, PUSHING TREE’S TO THE GROUND AS IF IT WERE JUST DRY STICKS

VIEW OVER A VALLEY

MR LEO, KING OF THE VALLEY, HE CAME SO CLOSE WE COULD HAVE TOUCHED HIM BUT WE WERE TOLD TO KEEP OUR ARMS AND HANDS INSIDE THE CAR….

LION CUBS PLAYING ON A DEATH TREE, THEY BELONGED TO SEVERAL MUM’S

ONE OF THE MUMS

WILDERBEASTS WERE EVERYWHERE, WE SAW HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS

ZEBRA’S PEACEFULLY EATING AMONG THE WILDERBEASTS

SOME SORT OF GAZELLE, THERE WERE SO MANY DIFFERENT SPECIES

THIS ONE IS CALLED A DIK DIK, VERY CUTE BUT SHY

TWO MALE’S FIGHTING

LOVELY LONELY TREE AND VULTURES

VULTURES EATING FROM A CARCAS

A SHOP IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE !!! THIS WAS IN MASSA MARA, THEY WERE WAITING FOR THE MINI BUSSSES WITH THE TOURISTS AS THEY ALSO HAD THE ONE AND ONLY TOILET IN THE AREA, THE TOILET BEING A HOLE IN THE GROUND AND A BROKEN DOOR BUT IT WAS EITHER THAT OR BEHIND A BUSH SO…..

A FEW OLD WISE MEN FROM A MASSA MARA VILLAGE WE VISITED

CUTE KIDS

MASSA MARA MEN DANCING FOR US, THEY ARE ALWAYS WEARING A PIECE OF FABRIC WITH A LOT OF BRIGHT RED IN IT SO YOU CAN SEE THEM FROM FAR AWAY

THE LADIES

CUTE PUPPY’S

ALL THE KIDS HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL UNTIL THE AGE OF 15 BUT CLASSES ARE REALLY OVERCROWDED AND THEY HAVE NO BOOKS OR PAPER TO WRITE ON, NO PENS NO NOTHING, SO IF YOU EVER GO ON A HOLIDAY THERE PLEASE TAKE AS MUCH PEN’S AS YOU CAN, THEY’LL LOVE YOU FOR IT ! tHESE ARE THE LUCKY ONE AS THEY HAVE A CLASSROOM BUT MOST OF THE KIDS IN KENIA JUST HAVE A TREE TO SIT UNDER WHEN THEY GET LESSONS

MY FAVORITE MAMAL

BABOON

IT’ A BOY !!!

AND ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL LONELY TREE

To be continued.