Saturday, June 18, 2011

Pictures of our house part 1

So we live in a 3 bedroom apartment with 2 full baths and a kitchen and study. I took some pictures of our living room and dining area. The rest of the house is still in a state of disarray, although they did come and build some shelves so that I can put some things away. We are getting closer to having a home. I have a feeling by the time we get finished though it will be time to move on.




We are completely spoiled with 3 huge balconies and a sea view. Not a particularly spectacular sea view, but we can still see the Indian Ocean, which is nice.

I will take some pictures of the rest of the house after it gets cleaned up this week.


PS. This is not our furniture. It is USGov issued.

Trying


I have decided to give this gardening thing a try. I have never been very successful with plants but we live in such a concrete jungle that I had to do something! Plants here cost about $1-3 a piece. The most I have spent on a plant is $4. I spent about $45 on seeds prior to coming here.

I have been afraid to start them though.

Jason went to the wood market and bought these boxes. We are trying to start some container gardens for vegetables.

Below is a banana tree that I bought Jason.

These flowers are pretty but all I know about them is that they need full sun (or at least that is what I think the person I bought the plant from explained to me).


I have become very interested in succulents. They have nice symmetry and their leaves look cool and refreshing.

Here is my "Bird Spa". I have tried to create a little oasis for our feathered friends.

Here is our makeshift trellis for my sweet peas. I have never started seeds from water and a papertowel before. A friend/neighbor shared some of his sweet pea seeds with me since I need some plants that will be vertical. They grew very fast and so I have attached them to little wooden skewers in hopes of training them to climb the trellis.

More vertical plants and a really cool plant that has a lovely deep purple side of a leaf.

Ok, here is one of my fails... or fixer-upper. I bought these flowering vine plants but they had been sitting on the ground so long that when the person I bought them from pulled them up, they sustained some root damage. They look sad. I repotted them and am hoping that they are just focusing on drinking lots of water in the root system and then will return. They are a lovely flowering plant and many people have them around their homes because they also have thorns (natural protection).
What would a garden be without little whimsical creatures?? Balcony bunny!!