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_uz9WSCe2z4cds4dQM5CPiKvO8czcqdKZhOEKkywPqiqVXoRdVUEbZl8byv4jNmO1iajQIYVjGhQsaffmfy2mLrsW9P8JggR1dyA_Ox8J_xottctBNLOKTpzIzR3nZ3=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_ut6dzDB29ovWwdiPz5oraiaFEvwTQ_A6i8mZ_yyekdX-u8DH25MsByeojUdg8MAAODu3aq_4uzcHQNYZQJT9upSjPN1_Xc7xzvatpGULY-egVpiqXjP6OFbpjx2Qd8jw=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_vy4p8_uHbf8MZXgx52-6vhMVjUdcAazMgmX6ncO9LfqulZOlfQS9wY1xNGdg9DosOQ5rgjPY3UwueytKVE9-1FaYadAErOEN8oqz4ZgkzxeVr7qtKdNbFYQH1f28Mp=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_vFIos-JpQ8n5436idwbYbSFQ0KwX47pexDYY_xiubBZtq-UpQFrm9iy8IRFnRlda1arYHkosCT6oZLuTAAgPK0oDqPS939PTQbaopm57y0mOJemRi1OzDW6nDRklgf=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_tRmRDeYH1QgVVxvhwruFDpyhj7qJCBVcfS4hMy-I4J8aEYyesmdXZ2JxLkNZmyc2IY5nJywOYLZB7HHGsukpDKBDbwMOyAPPMSK2csCSS9PCjMisxQaXCVsfl5Cp1W=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_uYVuUHJQzJRXay3axM9XZasjyxs7t46XIR0pWE9W3V-2NGpkqnjooqmnmY2YQP4AbCxZzdK54G39V5JHbgJpRbwVh0c0V0cTvKjgLUWwQIopEF2_rG4z5s7S01o603XA=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.