cold mornings

Although the mornings are still cold, Tim and I have been tracking some new growth and new colours in the garden.  There's not much winter left for us.  Indeed, it's just a couple of weeks before we leave winter behind nearly forever and resume our life in the tropics.

finalmente

This is kind of the conclusion of our Veggie Box Garden.

It was a warm day, and Tim and I were out in the back yard.  With great ceremony, I led him over to the Veggie Box Garden and demonstrated what happens when we pull a carrot out of the ground.  He was quite awestruck, which was great cos that exactly the reaction I was going for - as in, Wow! This is where our food comes from!

Then we tasted the thing, and it -

it -

it ....

it wasn't nice!  It was small, hard, and bitter!

Not what I was going for at all.

xmas trainset

The photos look sweet, but I tell you, that train set is trouble!  If he wants to play trains, there's no dissuading him - even if it's bathtime, or teatime, or even and especially bedtime.