Sunday, December 25, 2011

Our First Christmas Tree

 Little Rosa.
First the lights.


Then the ornaments and garlands.


Rosa will get into the ornaments?


A Great job done by all.

Merry Christmas 2011

Singing with the elders helped us all have the Christmas Spirit on Christmas Eve.
 Elders: McDonald, Leach, Houston, Critchfield, Zarbock, Khanyile and Pres. Ladle (in back)
Christmas Day dinner at the Ladles: ham, funeral potatoes, carrotts, christmas jello, crescent rolls and
apple pie and ice cream. These are wonderful elders. From the front: Elders Khanyile, Leach, Critchfield, McDonald, Houston and Zarbock and Sister Ladle on the left. We have the BEST Zone. It will be hard to say goodbye in February.

Monday, December 19, 2011

Kirstenbosch-National Botanical Garden

The clouds were so beautiful.

We sat for 1 1/2 hour on a bench just taking in all the beauty.


Bird of paradise.

Protea is the national flower. There are many varieties.

I loved how the brochure said, "Botanical gardens are living museums." Kirstenbosch is the largest of the 9 botanical gardens in South Africa. The forests here were surveyed in 1652 by the Dutch East India Company.  The gardens began as most, a little here and then progressing to the beautiful gardens we saw.