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_uB5TkVxM79jbcGvnjMOICul9K_NSkcBZFz09ibp1DlCsoJMsoWs2XX6cKkq3UtIe-KqALZv12tXp23Uvj5UbHycJ-Kf1HfQpJaOBAHieZ3TEY39Doc0PN1I79eN7Ig=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_uw0IgOOkarUEjJrpzL3VFDCdDbn3_VtgOcGb1hOM2a-4juryVlSeSXc095WHbyB3odo2JesVep-8uaJE6IyPAhFPtO1btUq6bXrxtnlA7148_-6LvQCv2-C0mJ2GjeKg=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_tAG_WuJFBUubwE6qdeJbY1YuEx8n4_VcvkoS0xqjIoO1Xx_pWMMYpZiBnRl24dLM1IE_er3W-AuyzxP_KVV8ohd6A-uRaECFxVDEN9265mE8l_XIDC8KTNefDMhpSL=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_vMQBYjT6mTuWuuJbswgJ3IUHh6-XB67RERCGvI6pnFyAEif9TzNq1sGd23SvjRrLHKTWJSLbVW5Q5L-ciHETRQJfkx2PR-iEae2VgwfEC9Djnc7vEy36507-8BDXFe=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_sdYJXKBeLkxShBF23Q241DXU-OLxVu_xvFRhZxACQQ9BChjxcH3Sc3O7BDjQB_ymgYMJefVUIqatKvWjuDhOj5jPXA9ZfjobtqO_bVFBY8Y4KjL152M8SRen8l1zcK=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_t3EwW6L8hgz9bLidN3QqTwjV5bsJ43oZkKgQ8BxnyK_rZLca0Ok8v9fdL_RcbnbcqDkvg2O3g25Vi13p0fXu9vFK5a2UWDvNeMhUgVZDeMrLFsMjadtTCI4BOjGrp29A=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.