I'm spending a lot of time just standing in my backyard as it's the first one I've owned & it's nice to just wander around in circles knowing it's mine. Yeah, that sounds pretty naff, but it's also one of the many hinderences to blogging in recent times. To compensate, I thought I'd combine the garden & blogging & give a little guided tour via a few random photos.



Everything grows exceptionally well due to the soil which spent many decades being part of a nearby winery, hence, covered in vines. As such, the lawns requiring cutting nearly every weekend, but nothing really needs watering other than some palms in half barrells.



The main feature by far is the pond, of which there is actually two, the main one above & a second fibreglass one which.... well, I'm not sure why it exists. My sister has given some interest in it, so it may well be moved to new lodgings & I'll reclaim the area for an extra few feet of lawn.

The previous owner had a couple of tiny fish, but I could never find them after I moved in, so I put in five comet goldfish which are thriving & having a swimming good time!

One creature still remains unidentified in the pond at this point. It's roughly three inches long with a fat head & long tail & from all indications it's a tadpole which is developing, but it hasn't really changed dimensions over the last month or so. We'll wait & see...

I'd have taken some shots of the various aquaria pets, but they're either too shy or too quick, so you're just going to have to settle for some macro plant life!











Ah, it's a clothespeg! I liked the photo, so it made the cut, as did the pergola below.

I'm trying to find an outdoor table with bench seats rather than a setting with individual seats. So far, they're not easy to come by & the few I have found aren't too sturdy. All I'll need then is the barbeque & a few friends for the odd lazy Summer Sunday afternoon.

 

From the rest of the World, I'd like to pass on my congratulations to the American populous for voting in Obama as your new President. We've been waiting for such a long time & now the planet can start to get back into some sort of normality.

Of course, there's still 48% of those who voted who still haven't worked out that the current guy got America into a complete pickle & dragged many countries into situations which will be plaguing them until well after the next few American Presidents have come & gone.

 

Okay America, in a few hours you get to stand in a queue & then decide who you want to take over as your representative to the world.

It's not that hard. One is very old & will be lucky to last the three year term, therefore, you want to pick the other one.

Please don't fuck it up like last time!!