Our Backyard!

I just finished typing an entire page for all of you to read and then I lost it!  Here it goes again.

 

Here are some pictures of our backyard.  At the moment the plants are quite small, but they are supposed to be large in about 6 months.  They are watered twice a day and the outside is like a huge green house.  These plants will have beautiful flowers on them soon and I will post more pictures.  I left off the picture of our patch of grass.  We are planning on putting a trampoline there.  Please excuse some of the hazy pictures.  It is so humid outside that it is tough to get a clear picture.

 

 Our outside furniture is currently in our garage.  We had a party in our front yard/street.

 Clouds!  Beautiful, fluffy clouds!  This is a rare siting.



I wanted to let all my American friends and family know that we are quite a unique breed of people.  We do so many things and say so many words that are different than anywhere else around the world.  For example: Our measurement system, pronunciation of words that have a lot of vowels, our spelling of words that end in ize (everyone else does ise).  We spell color one way and everyone adds our to the end.  We call nappies diapers, Flip flops have a lot of names and our word for them is not one of them.  A grocery cart is called a trolley and recess is called morning tea or afternoon tea.  You would never realize how strange we are until you live with 80 different cultures!  Many people get a giggle out of us. 

However, the Kiwis (New Zealand) get the most unique award.  They do not often use the short e sound in words, they call sandals jandals and a bathing suit a tog.  An electrical socket is called a powerpoint, which was quite funny when someone called to have their powerpoint serviced.  No one knew at the front desk what they were talking about.  We enjoy our Kiwi friends!  They are a hoot and we get a lot of good laughs.