An Afternoon Trip
Thank you to everyone who has left comments or e-mailed me and offered prayers and encouragement regarding my Mother. It means so very much to me and to all my family. My mother continues in a delicate and critical condition at this time, and while we have seen some minor improvements in the past few days, there is still a long way to go.
Today, thanks to the generosity of the Uncle of one of my co-workers in Arizona, who lives near here, I was able to get away for the afternoon into the mountains.
![Beautiful Garden](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tIzbetIBrSmXSc15cm-pkrjvi6I47-o77RZD-Wdc0XC4LEBiGscN8YaMhrkFPXRFzm3O1FoQ2QanLk9puMPxsFd9ufxUmvVuYpFTu51vecSfryywYD3sbim0Qa_7N3=s0-d)
First we stopped for a look at his lovely mountain home and gardens with enormous hedges of hydrangea and fuchsias.
![Garden Arch](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_s7Alcu5usrl8RSih3Hpe8jI0fTUkwFvmkSLhJTsM9kBaKyciaMeDo4UGPmY46Ma1ar9fCjOq_pGWi8tVyzxQCKTbG73rkGHKf_hfIdZZTYXQejSezkuNShlYFo6j2Krw=s0-d)
It is the dry season here, so I understand that it isn't as green and lush as it is during the rainy season, but it is still lovely! And though it is "dry" it was a misty afternoon ~ just not raining as it does in the rainy season!
![Forest path](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vNvi9TiO_RbhvAfkhGj3Lo6HVhPvLXkEo1PqLCKLXbSzCSdHgAWM2A2fBR63EbY-5UWP_l1uwwvtAimsLjLnzrW1XcqQwHQjeN-7nSE2pelbSuy6UOf-MDbK6z2iGC=s0-d)
We took a walk down into the forest ~ everything covered with many varieties of moss and fern. Those steps are steep and the rope handrail a complete necessity!
![Amazing Forest](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sUl_JY-v9TXftS19nWyIGGboBWjpAA0ORXbP6Q789cNQDudcJn43zEvFS9Nax5EcJEUAaPnMQ0w89MwIEkccc71oNiDJKIrmR5vXkJQJEuJY6_fjrGEDCozFNOnmH5=s0-d)
The view into the forest is amazing ~ so green and lush.
![Every Branch a Garden](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sAn6WxgxCFJTW050--bql8rQBWaW2qSZG0zP9s48NxpeWMWQQ99IqxzbAs32sDkSoyDvUQ34bt78m2K8AM-PSvvwPT_bSgLGTw_PHEpF3tg2V6ZfTuW8bM5AbMihdW=s0-d)
Every horizontal surface turns into a garden for a host of other plants, even if it's just a tree limb growing across the path.
![Coffee Plantations](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_shlFH9bkdSWKY6PibKcDNQkfvQx2sEjWwZCWUVGZ3YmCCz0pYw4bMgNFHNS7vB06uAptKP7c9ArGscEIakYlpMYFsDR1UiQDKDCtx8H9w8IAeZigOT2BGZXjo2_dSJig=s0-d)
Lower on the mountainsides, there are fields of coffee, some with a natural bio-diverse shade cover of native trees, some with artificial covers ~ tents that cover entire hillsides and others such as these where the coffee is allowed to enjoy the full sunlight. It was a lovely break.
It has been so heartening to find unexpected new friends in a country far from home during a time of trouble. God has been so good to us.
Today, thanks to the generosity of the Uncle of one of my co-workers in Arizona, who lives near here, I was able to get away for the afternoon into the mountains.
First we stopped for a look at his lovely mountain home and gardens with enormous hedges of hydrangea and fuchsias.
It is the dry season here, so I understand that it isn't as green and lush as it is during the rainy season, but it is still lovely! And though it is "dry" it was a misty afternoon ~ just not raining as it does in the rainy season!
We took a walk down into the forest ~ everything covered with many varieties of moss and fern. Those steps are steep and the rope handrail a complete necessity!
The view into the forest is amazing ~ so green and lush.
Every horizontal surface turns into a garden for a host of other plants, even if it's just a tree limb growing across the path.
Lower on the mountainsides, there are fields of coffee, some with a natural bio-diverse shade cover of native trees, some with artificial covers ~ tents that cover entire hillsides and others such as these where the coffee is allowed to enjoy the full sunlight. It was a lovely break.
It has been so heartening to find unexpected new friends in a country far from home during a time of trouble. God has been so good to us.
Comments
It's odd to see plants we keep in the house most of the year growing out in the open. I had no clue they could get so large.