Saturday, December 23, 2017

Norwegian Wood

The area of Santa Cruz where KBT live (remember Katie, Brandon & Tuna) is kind of an enclave of folks from Norway. While hiking South and Central America they discovered the area, fell in love with the beauty of the lake, bought property and built second homes in the mid / late nineties.

 Wednesday late afternoon, before dinner, we went for a walk around (well up and down) the neighborhood.  Along the way we popped through the gate of a large property and to explore. The "estate" is owned by a member of Norwegian Royalty, known here as Lord Eric. I lost count of the buildings on the property.  Didn't take any images I was taken by the gardens.  So, hope you enjoy the images of our walk through the Eric's gardens.



The laundry building







Charlie on the run


Katie loves Oso - beautiful chocolate lab mix


Toon found Kim


DADDY!  DADDY!  DADDY!


Katie loves Kim too

This is an example of how everyone landscapes their gardens. Lawns with well spaced tropical trees / bushes 



I WANNA SWIM!




Back home, this is the entry garden - outside my bedroom window






The image below is the view from my window


That wall at the back is the garden wall separating the property from the town footpath that runs up from the dock below us.  Most properties have these stonewalls.  Making the footpaths that run between give the impression of being in a maze. Very "Through the Looking Glass" kind of feel.  I keep looking up expecting to see a Cheshire Cat perched on a branch.  I'll remember to get some images and hope to evoke the feel of the paths for you.

After our walk - into the kitchen to make pizza for dinner!


Sometimes Charlie can be a real help ;-}


Katie's from scratch pizza!


Pizza with Ranch dressing. Nirvana!



Jackson - always at the ready with editorial support



Until next time...

ONWARD!



 

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