Happy Spring!
The calendar claims it’s Spring, but we have had some unseasonably cold weather the past month. For about a week, we had brisk north winds and temperatures down to about 43 degrees – factor in wind speeds of 50 mph and the windchill was below freezing! The above photo is from the port in Biscoitos on our drive home one particularly windy, wavy day. The fury of the sea really is a sight to behold…
Kitty News
Nicodemus and Archimedes are doing well and as sweet as ever! Archie likes to greet Raymond and I at the door when we arrive home, running up from the lower patio while Nicky joins a few moments later with a stretch and a yawn. Our routine is to then have some cuddle time in the basement ‘cat lounge’ – Archie on Raymond’s lap, hugging his neck and Nicky on my lap, nuzzling into my elbow. Afterward, they love our daily walks through the back yard, chasing each other up trees or wrestling in the grass.
Yard Updates
Top row: the evening ‘golden hour’ on the trees above the stream
Middle row: the black fig leafing out and the smaller annona newly trimmed
Bottom row: the dill garden and a massive calla lily along the edge of our yard
On my most recent day off I felt motivated to clean up some more of the stream-facing side of our patio wall. It provided another great place to plant something, this time a transplanted African Boxwood that had blown over in the back yard. A waxy-leafed evergreen, Myrsine africana is native to southern and eastern Africa as well as the Azores. It fits right in between the Japanese Cedar (foreground) and the dracaena (background).
The thunderous waves breaking on the lava, 800 feet from our house.
Azores RLLZ 