Photos

Sunrise at work

The nest under the roof, just outside, next to the table

Mewthos getting ready to use my garden as his toilet!

I've cleared a lot around the bench

Ziva hiding in the tall grass!
All mippies loved the tall grass - they're not to pleased
that I'm pulling it out

Progress! If you look at Mewthos' toilet picture, you'll see
the scrawny tall spekboom behind the tall grass.

Something I discovered, when I cleared the grass

My landlord had planted this stuff throughout the entire garden,
to discourage the grass ... it's everywhere!

I wondered what these were ...

Flowers! Very different, but beautiful nonetheless!

I've planted the first lot of Rose's succulents

The cabbage plant is doing well,
as are the desert roses!

Miss Mip investigating ... that looks familiar? Wasn't one of those
right by one of our favourite pottie spots back in PE?

Two of the tall Spekboom!

Sunset

Sunrise! The same type of colouring I
photographed so often in the east at sunset in PE!
This is the west at sunrise in Pretoria.
You don't see it every day, though

Which kitty can this be?

Who else, but Lady Jane!

It's a bit blurry, but it's such a perfectly typical
Mewthos, I just had to post it

And a perfectly typical Lady Jane

These are the Melamine bowls I got for my kitties,
although they are a type of plastic, they don't feel quite like plastic.
Bit of a mix between plastic and porcelain, I'd say

And here they are again ... in use

Mister Twirly in full twirl

Do you see what I mean about the
plants overflowing?

These are the pots I used for the Dianthum, getting them
 out of the ground. I'm not yet sure whether they survived the ordeal

I planted geraniums and more succulents - I needed the space
for my seeds

It looks quite nice with the tecoma log border!
The rainbow in the bottom right is because the sprinkler is on,
spraying a fine mist

I'm afraid this Vieruurtjie didn't survive

This one, however, is still doing well

Progress

Taken from the gate, in front of the car

Only one of the Lavender looks alive ... the other two .. not.

Sjoe! Where can I find space for all of these?

Outside my kitchen

To the right of the kitchen, outside my lounge

All clean and looking
beautiful!

This is where the Nasturtiums now live

I've placed some heavy books in the bottom shelf, and the few you can see in the second shelf
Mewthos and Ziva absolutely love to sleep there!

Evicting succulents from the pots

I couldn't think of anywhere else to plant the little spekboom!

The trunk you see, is also a spekboom.
Can you spot the succulents I planted?
Hint: I've put black compost around each!

My car is covered in mippie prints!

Miss Curious Mip!

In front of the Strelizia is the Linaria, I think. And, of course,
the last Dianthum 'rescued' from the garden.
More Linaria showing up white in the back.

Nicely organised, eh?

I've made some room ...

Oh, and it's not just the car which gets covered in
mippie prints! They just walk right across me!

Sunrise

I frequently have to 'rescue' whatever is on my table,
since Mewthos loves to roly-poly on it!

Ziva mipping at me from behind the chair I'm sitting on

Chubby Chops Mewthos 

Lady Jane just inside the lounge, behind the window,
right by the open door

Organised, eh?

I also gave this plant fresh soil - I hope it recovers!

I can finally keep my bedroom windows
open again! Lady Jane is not impressed,
though!

These were so happy to finally get into the garden,
they immediately started blooming!

The Crime Scene ...
this is where my Oregano died

Sherlock Holmes is on the case ...

I'm not 100% sure, but I think this is the Butternut

Radishes

Cucumbers!

Zucchini!

Bush Beans!

Mustard!

As you can see, only two sections are showing any green.
On the left, you can see some Sage making an appearance and on the right Chamomile

In case you've been wondering whether Mewthos
has changed his colouring: No, THIS is how he adds the shades of brown!

I saw this last night, next to the bench!

Do you see what I mean about his colouring?
He's been sporting the 'brown chops' look for a while, now!

And here he is, investigating my landlords vegetable garden!

Ziva also lies quite cheekily right outside their front door 

This came out quite nicely - sunrise this morning.
To the eye, the sun is a red ball, I can't capture that with the camera, I'm afraid.

This is Ziva, teasing the dogs ... she crouches there, hoping to lure a doggie near her,
then out come the claws and doggie gets a smack ...
and Ziva comes running to me, all bushy tailed!

Carrots!