Orchids

File this under “yet another awesome flower sprouting up in our backyard.”  This is in a big bunch of orchid plants hanging from a tree branch above our porch, and thank god they’re hanging.  If not, Olie would have eaten each and every one of them.

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Lady of the Night

I was sitting on the couch one afternoon about a week ago when I heard a knock on the door.  “Bon swa (good afternoon),” it was the architect that’s in charge of rebuilding the houses next door that collapsed in the earthquake.  He’s an older white man, with a white beard and a balding head, [...]

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Flower Power

Every time I sit on our porch I see something new.  These orchids grow out of hanging pots in the garden and are practically hidden if you’re not looking for them.  But why not?  God forbid this house got any better…

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