Alvaro and Enea's little family

Alvaro, Louise and Stephan. 
It's hard to get all four of them together, but Alvi is often in Mummy's arms.

Enea says "Hi"

Alvaro 10 months

Yes, he has been eating the grass.

Standing with something to hold on to. 
He's preparing for walking. Life will look quite different then.

Enea Rose the Pirate at her Pink & Purple 4th Birthday Party

'Down the back'

Looking up at the house from down the driveway

Reverse view, down across 'gardens'...semi-wild nasturtiums, mostly.

Stairs down from house to lower gardens. The upper section I rebuilt (with help from a local bloke). The property is level at the top where the house is, then descends steeply 'down the back'.

Some more house interior

The kitchen was temporarily clean, so here is a bit of it. We love the new cabinet doors and spiffy new handles, mounted horizontally. How chic. Sorry about the focus...

A few of our abundant lemon crop, and just beyond them the green ones....those are 'chocolate sapotes' which, when ripe, taste like chocolate pudding. Beyond you see part of the sitting room, on the right, the dining room on the left. Oh yeah...the flowers in the vase are volunteers we find in the garden...pretty things, randomly appearing.

Looking toward the kitchen from dining/entry. Like we told you, it is a tiny house...

Our new Hobby: cat companions

Ok, we admit it. We have a full time hobby now. Cat watching, cat caring, plus cat rubbing, feeding, brushing, and cleaning up after....we love it...them...

 Cleo hunts flowers. She will bring them home, one after another, all afternoon long. She favours camellias...

Funny girl, that Ziva

Ziva, up close

Ziva, even closer

Computer cat...Cleo. See the white whiskers?

Scenes from the student's life

Scott/Dad/Poppy in office 17/9/10

Wildlife on campus

Kangaroos on campus

There is a healthy population of kangaroos on our campus. I believe there are 16 of them living as a group. They wander the entire property, but like to spend afternoons on the mown grass, amid the students. They will not really tolerate being touched, but they do come close, and often can be found lying in the shade, resting on an elbow, munching away.

Veranda and Water Tanks

Whoo hoo... the rest and relaxation zone, plus our wonderful rainwater tanks.

Aren't you jealous?

Out the back door, off the living room

Looking away, with Kumquat tree just off the railing

House rainwater tank, about 8 feet diameter

Looking back up past large tank to small tank at house

Main tank, 3 metres tall, and about 16 feet diameter

 

So you can tell how big the large tank really is

 More to come, soon....

Beginning a tour of our place

Here is a view of our front path, looking from the end of our front path nearest the office toward the driveway.

Looking from the driveway back toward the front door and the office door....

More to follow...

S and A