Bits & Bobs......

The cottage flowers are coming along nicely...

Even after all that rain...they still needed a drink when I arrived last Wednesday... 

These spectacular Tulips had their grand finale...

And...I must say...they did it in style...how beautiful is that???

 

We were fortunate enough to be able to have our dinners on the sunporch...

One night we had BBQ'D chicken thighs...corn...baked potato...
 

That is where we sit...see the 3 large screens on the left???

There are 4 other screens surrounding the sunporch...and a glass door to the inside...a screen door to the outside...and a huge window that opens wide up to the kitchen...it faces the water, but the west is to the left, so the sun pours in just before sunset...

Love it out there...I mean LOVE it out there...♥️ 

 





 This is our view to the right....

I always try to have something fresh from the gardens...

These are from my Snowball Bush...

And I do believe there was a lovely scent as well...

I bought a few houseplants for the sunporch...

They do very well in there.... 



This meal started with a few sauteed veggies...lamb chops on the BBQ...a few grilled potatoes and a greek salad...I always add avacado to mine...

One chop is enough for me...boyfriend is the real meat eater!!!
 

We finally got the beach deck painted last Thursday...

And...when I say "we"...I use that term very loosely...hahaha!!

I am the main painter....boyfriend is like my "assistant"... 

I need to paint the edges first...and work my way carefully to not get trapped...

As you can see by the  "before" photo below...it was in pretty bad shape...
 

Pay no attention to the guy painting in this picture.....hahaha!!!

He is merely painting the edge of the deck, that butts up against the concrete wall...

Just joking of course....but...I AM THE PAINTER!!! hahaha!!

Looks pretty darn good,eh?????

No applause necessary....{taking a bow here}
 

Lots of Native Milkweed on the beach...

The Monarchs love it...it makes me happy!! 

Yes...those are my happy feet!
 

On a sadder note...

Miss V was here Monday and 1/2 day today...

She has strep throat...and was running a fever..:o(

In between, she was the sweet happy little girl she always is...

We even got in the pool, that Papa was nice enough to heat up...she only lasted about 1/2 hour, but she was happy!!! 

No pics of her in the pool, as I was in with her...

I took these later in the afternoon, after she rested for a while...

I sure hope she feels better really soon...she was not as feverish today...

Fingers crossed for a speedy recovery...♥️♥️♥️...isn't she just a doll??? 

 

Okay...that's it for me...up to the minute...

We are heading down to the cottage in the morning...

Weather has been crazy...temps in the high 30's c...feeling like over 40c!!!!

It has cooled out a bit this afternoon, and we had 6 drops of rain!!!!

Now the gardens NEED some rain...with all the flowering Perennials blooming...

My Peonies are spectacular...will show you those next week... 

Looking forward to getting back to the cottage...

Wondering how my veggies are doing...not sure if there was any rain down there...but I know it was HOT!!!

           Hope you are all well...and enjoying yourselves...

                 Enjoy the rest of your week... 

                       Cheers!  :o)

                            linda ♥️