We have written several times about the amazing house that the Bradys built and are renting to us.  It is an incredible blessing to be able to live here.  Especially soul-refreshing are the views and the gardens. The rainy season has brought out a profusion of color.  In the rare sunshine today, I had to document a little of the amazing bounty God has provided.  One day Will said, “This is just the kind of garden I would plant– a jumble of different kinds of plants, all thrown together right next to each other.”

I agree!  It is useful, too.  There are plenty of herbs and someone, I believe it was Denny, sent some seeds with my dad in October and now we have some wonderful veggies growing– our friends are jealous of our zucchini and basil.  Thank you!  There are a lot of pictures here– you need not browse all of them.  If you recognize some flowers that I have not labelled, please comment so that we can identify them all.

begonia

amaryllis

fuchsia

begonia

hibiscus

giant bromeliad

something Cajamarca, which is a city in the north of Peru

lemon verbena– smells good!

huge lavender bush– one of many

mint– lots of mint

basil

lettuce

haricot vert

Sarah’s giant zucchini

butternut squash in the future

hibiscus

gladiola– My dad always brought these to my mom.

(purple) alfalfa, which the kids call “alpha alpha,” in the background– an important plant for feeding small animals here

hollyhocks– make me think of Santa Fe or Gustave Baumann

We’ve been told these are weeds

cool succulent with red flowers

gladiolas

green rose

weeds, but pretty ones

tiny succulent ground covering

figs

peaches

trying to photograph one of our gigantic bees

lavender forest