The finished paved herb garden

The following pictures give a better overall depiction of the finished herb garden with the retaining walls and paved walkways. Mums pictures showed mostly the flowers and herbs


The herb garden with the retaining walls and paved patio from the south.


The herb garden with the retaining walls and paved patio from the south - slightly shifted view.


The lower end of the garden from the south


The lower end from the east looking toward the patio at the top


The garden fom the north


The garden from the North - shifted to show the patio and retaining wall


The garden from the West looking East


The garden and patio from the Weat looking East - slightly shifted

More Pepper

Have you guys met Pepper yet?

Our Summer so far...

Kyle's graduation..."stepping up to Greene" was the theme.  That was his shoe.

Olivia and Alexander (the neighbor boy she is going to marry) jumping in the puddles before swimming lessons.  She jumped off the diving board today.  She is quite the swimmer!!!!

swimming lessons

Nikki as a pioneer ready to go to Trek.

Nikki and her friends on their way to Trek.  What do you think--should I put this on facebook?

June 2010 garden pics

Flowers from the garden - oriental poppies, woolly lambs ear, Siberian Irises
Perky the Pukeko all the way from NZ checking out the succulents
Snow on the Mountain - gorgeous in the front garden this year
Yellow Coreopsis, Rose Campion in the foreground
foreground - Polemonium, foxglove, red and white Astilbe in background
Astilbe and center Maiden Hair Fern and Ladies Mantle
Yellow Potentilla
Foxgloves and dappled Willow in the background - growing like crazy
Chives, yellow coreopsis and a couple of thymes foreground
love this view of the backyard in the spring!
And this one - too bad it doesn't last more than a couple of weeks!
The robins love the birdbath and I see them splashing quite often
Ladies Mantle foreground, purple Johny Jump ups


Alliums, Sage, Egyptian Onions, Thyme, Cat mint

Spring blooms: catmint, snow in summer, daffodils, wild geraniums
Overview of the magnificent herb garden - kudos to dad for all that paving.

Some New Zealand Trip Shots - Dad's selection

A small waterfall [not the actual McClaren Falls] in McClaren Falls State Park out of Tauranga


Carino, NZ - the catameran we went sailing on in the Bay of Islands - at lunchtime we moored in a sheltered bay of an uninhabited island and we went ashore to climb to the top - then had a barbeque lunch


Previous Americas Cup boats are retired from competition and tourists can go sailing on them - very popular


Louis Viton Americas Cup Challenge series: Azzura [Italy] vs Synergy [Russia]


Surf on the Rocks at Mount Maunganui - this shot took split second timing


Looking out on the beach at Mt Maunganui, from the path around the mount


Sunrise over the water in the Bay of Islands




A series of Sunrise shots from Scott Road Hobsonville


Heron on a rock in an inlet off Long Bay Beach


Muriwai gannet colony - Gannet in flight over the surf looking down from the cliffs


Should this be titled "Fishing" or "being mooned by a duck"


What the heck?