The Garden

• This was also the first full year where we could enjoy the massive "alterations" to the garden:
  • a "waterfall" of steps and walkways from our main terrace down to the main lawn.
  • a green house - yet to be fully "exploited" -- 2010 !
• We had a new hedge of Japanese cherry-laurels planted, at then end of the garden, instead of an apple-rose hedge that never evolved.
• Then in the November storm our grandest of trees, the 45 feet (15 meter) fir at the end of the garden succumbed to the storm.
  Dines was in Japan - but Kari saw to it: our landscape gardener brothers cleaned up and extended an already large rhodendendron area where the tree stood. You can see the tree shadow on the photo below left.

August afternoon on the terrace: Italy and Denmark.

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