An African Garden

The backyard of the baby home is full of beautiful, exotic plants! I love looking at them! Beautiful birds that are considered common here are continually praising God. It is fun to take the kids outside to play and get to listen and see parts of God's creation that look so different from Arkansas and equally as beautiful. I haven't figured out the names of anything yet, but here is a quick tour of the beauty in my South African backyard! I have a strict no touching policy; please keep all hands and legs inside the vehicle at all times.

I love this big flower!It is on a bush and each flower has several vibrant orange petals and one blue petal. They look a little like birds to me :)

Edit (6/20/13): This is called a "Bird of Paradise" Pretty crazy since I thought it looked like a bird! What a good name :)

A poinsettia tree in June! It really is winter here! ;)

These little guys are fuzzy!

This is an avocado tree! I love its twisty trunk. Makes me think of the backroads of Arkansas and my favorite country song.. "Makes me wanna take a backroad. Unwind, unravel.." Sorry just reminiscing here. Don't mind me.

This prickly thing is pretty cool looking!

Edit (6/20/13): Part of the Aloevera family

I love this purple flower!! Look at the cool colors on it!!!

Edit (6/20/13): This is a dying flower.. the live ones are even cooler!

There are many more flowers I haven't taken pictures of yet but these are a few of the pretty things I get to look at everyday! Feel free to comment if you know any of their names! Hope you've enjoyed the tour. Please exit out the back door.