Wednesday, April 23, 2014

we're back

Back from our sojourn to Cambodia.  You can read more about that here if you're interested We had some decent rain while we were away, about 170mm or so and a few more showers since we have been back.  The rain was great as we had been in a drought, the locals saying they had never seen it this dry... now we have some green in the grass that aside, our guest, Mark, kept the place looking great, the garden is still alive and thriving Kale doing well Toni has been busy in the...

Monday, January 13, 2014

summer

While summer is heralded by the heat, several things remind us of Summer.  Some are great, like being able to enjoy swimming in the river, some that are annoying like the noise from the Cicadas is a constant reminder of Summer. Hatched Cicada Larva Luckily they are only bad about once every five years when the larva come up out of the ground to mate in the trees and the snakes start to move about.  I found this Night Tiger (Brown Tree Snake) on the upstairs windowsill. Southern...