2015 brought a lot of change into our lives, but these lilies have been with us a number of years and they consistently bear flowers as the plants continue to thrive in spite of being repotted and relocated a number of times.
One of the big changes in our lives this year was welcoming WWOOFERS (wwoofinternational.org) into our lives. Our property is what we call a double section and requires a fair amount of maintenance. By hosting volunteer workers from different parts of the world and getting them to help maintain our property in exchange for accommodation and meals a whole new world of interest and friendship has opened up for us.
So far we have hosted young people from Switzerland, England, France, Sweden, USA, Japan, Germany and Austria. It has been a truly delightful cultural exchange for us as we have shared our lives with people from all these different nationalities. You could say this is a permanent change in our lives as we continue to receive requests to come and help.
2015 was they year of our big trip overseas, still much talked about with so many happy memories for us to reflect on, the people we saw and the places we visited. We would like to think we could do it all over again but that remains to be seen.
Another unexpected and very welcome change in our lives in 2015 was that our sister and her husband have come to live as close neighbors.
The things that stay the same and anchor us are all good but we welcome the changes that make our lives more interesting and different as well.
