Oh, Mother Dear . . . !

[Rasheta Ardashir]

*ggl snorts* best series of pictures ever!

[Ryrin]

Lol, those are cute!

[Daruya]

We our Momma!

[BridMorgan]

Sorry I'm late Mumzy!! Hope you had a wonderful birthday!!!

[Millon]

Mad luv for ya Ma!

[Elgee]

Thankee kindly!

 

Had a great time - mostly did absolutely NOTHING (meaning lay in bed reading, with the cats draped over me :P) and then Saturday we went up the west coast to look at flowers (it's where I grew up). Will post pictures.

[Elgee]

Photos!

 

Snow!

 

 

 

 

 

No, flowers :P

 

 

 

 

 

 

Out of focus Zebra

 

 

 

 

 

Out of focus Ostrich

 

 

 

 

 

 

River mouth into Atlantic at Port Owen, a few kilometers from our farm where I grew up

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sadly bad photo through windscreen of old Cape Dutch cottage at Langebaan Lagoon

 

 

 

 

 

 

Better photo of Langebaan Lagoon

 

 

 

 

 

 

What it looks like in the area I grew up in, in winter at its most lush

 

 

 

 

 

 

With snow on the trees!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actually no, just bushy trees with white flowers :P ... I became slightly obsesses with these trees on our trip.

 

 

 

 

 

 

And lots of bushy type succulent plants with yellow flowers:

 

 

 

 

 

 

And these succulents with pink flowers

 

 

 

 

 

 

These pink flowers up close

 

 

 

 

 

 

And in this dry, harsh landscape, this tiny, fragile and delicate little flower

 

 

 

 

 

[Ryrin]

Those are gorgeous.       You have Zebras and Ostriches running around!  

 

It's winter.     Now that really messes with my paradigm.  So people celebrate Christmas in the summer?  I think I knew this on an intellectual level.

[Elgee]

Lol ... yeah Christmas in summer is just not right, yet I've only ever had 1 Christmas in winter.

[Sunrise Lord]

Beautiful pictures! Jealous you got to grow up close to water so pretty. No such thing around these parts.

[Ryrin]

Lol ... yeah Christmas in summer is just not right, yet I've only ever had 1 Christmas in winter.

I don't celebrate Christmas but everyone around me does. Christmas with swimming and BBQ's. O.o

 

Just so you know, I've been dying in the heat. Its getting a little better this week. I wanted to step into the snow picture and roll around in it.

[Elgee]

Probably a good thing that the ACTUAL snow picture I took (snow covered mountain peaks in the distance) didn't come out so you can see it ... lol

 

Sunshine, weirdly we almost never went there when I was growing up. As the grow flies it's just a few k's, but that's across 2 other farms' lands and the roads don't lead that way. We'd go a few times a year, though.

[Ryrin]

Snow covered mountains. *Sigh* How long would it take me to get there? Twenty two hours on a plane? Lol.

[Millon]

I can't see the pics at work for some reason. :'( They on your FB Ma?

 

 

Christmas in Summer becomes more enticing with each passing winter in Buffalo. lol

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

it will not snow this winter in buffalo.

 

I won't have it.

[Elgee]

I think they are, Mills, but I'm not sure. Struggled terribly to try and post to FB over the weekend.

[Millon]

Why would you wish such a horrible thing Cindy?! I need snow in the winter! At least for the first few weeks of February. That's Man Weekend!

[Ryrin]

I need snow right now in southern California.

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

Why would you wish such a horrible thing Cindy?! I need snow in the winter! At least for the first few weeks of February. That's Man Weekend!

I'll be driving on those roads.

 

I command the weather to be as in Camelot.

 

srsly, lake effect, I'm lookin at you.

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

I need snow right now in southern California.

and I'll send some your way :)

[Ryrin]

Bless you. I'll roll around in it while wearing shorts, flip flops and a t- shirt.

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

*grins*

 

as long as I don't have to drive in it, walk in it, or shovel it.

[Sunrise Lord]

*grins*

 

as long as I don't have to drive in it, walk in it, or shovel it.

 

Amen.

[Sherper]

Not unless the great lord himself wills it.