Long For The Flowers

If you live in Melbourne you say 'Melbourne get 4 seasons in an hour. I didn't see it coming from Colorado after all Colorado has all 4 seasons. Melbourne would get cold than hot, it would rain, and get windy. But it was always green, never snowed. The rain at times was heaven and last hours on end. Walking to pick up the kids in the heavy rain was the worst. I would sometime ask a friend for a ride. Today, it's a lite rain. I love it. I started my walk early, stopped by a coffee shop then walking my path to school enjoying the trees and the plants I see every day on my walk.  Cella Lily grow large in the Melbourne climate. They are so beautiful to walk by. I stop for a minute or two to look at them and their large leafs that are 20 plus inches long. I'm always amazed by the size of leafs I see.  I see these bushed everywhere. Their large pink flower grabs my attention. Layden is also attracted to this bush. On the way home in runs up to it and ...

When Chris and I moved into our new place in Australia there was a time when you didn't have TV, so Chris would read Harry Potter to the kids every night. I wasn't sure the boys would understand and follow along but they did. And they loved it. We told Ryleigh that each book he could watch the movie. Today he's watching the second Harry Potter. And he loves it. 

Finding friends in a new country has been a blessing for Chris and I. Eric and Amanda and their two beautiful children Triniti and Jesse, relocated to Melbourne from the US a short month after Chris and I did. Getting to know their family has been amazing. Their is quote that says 'nothing makes the earth so spacious as to have friends." Our journey to Melbourne became warmer when our friendship came a love.   The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discovers that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust him with friendship Our Friends are like our second family    A fun day at the Park... Eric and Amanda moved into their new home and invited us to visit they today. It took us 3 trains to get there. Partly because I kept getting off at the wrong spot and once took the wrong train.  While Chris helpe...