Whimsical...Wondrous...Wonderful White Blooms......

White Phlox.....

White Nicotiana...

White Yarrow...{and friend!}

White Rose of Sharon...

White Waxy Begonias...

 

Hope you all had a great weekend, and are surviving the heat!

No rain yet...everything shrivelling!!

Managed to get a few good pics of these at the cottage...

We were only there for one night, as we had a family thing on Saturday...

It was very nice, and had a nice time!

The sunset on Thursday night at the cottage was unbelievable...

My boyfriend and I went for a swim right while this was happening...

Breathtaking,eh?

How lucky are we........♥️ 

My boyfriend is away on business for a few days...

I have a few projects lined up...bought all new fresh towels and a new carpet for his bathroom...won't that be a nice surprise! A lovely clean bathroom to come home to!  I have started another crochet project...a cardigan for Miss V...purchased the pattern on ETSY from The Velvet Acorn...she has wonderful patterns, and I also follow her on Instagram...check out her patterns!!
And...I bought some butterscotch ice cream and sauce to keep me company tonight! hahaha! Having dinner with my SIL Sharron tomorrow, and a visit from my friend Pat on Wednesday...along with Miss V of course ♥️ We did some fancy painting last week...she is so talented! 

Enjoy your evening...

        Cheers!  :o)

           linda ♥️
  

Begonias In My Baskets....

I do believe...that the Begonia is most likely my very favorite Flower!
I have really good luck with them in my baskets at the cottage...
Even though I leave them for 4-5 days...they NEVER disappoint!
These first few, are a Dragon Wing variety...
Unfortunately, I did not keep the tags...:/...so not really sure of the name...
I love the deep red underneath of the leaves...
A very delicate flower...understated...but, beautiful none the less!
There are 2 varieties in this basket...
They flower non-stop...and for this reason...I love them!! 
 

Do any of you find it difficult to photograph red or deeply coloured flowers???

I find they always look washed out...

This is a peach Begonia, which I paired with a peachy Geranium and a peachy succulent,called Portulaca...it is doing really well, but hard to photograph in bright sunlight!
Will try again this weekend! 

These are 2 shades of Pink...one a wee bit deeper...I paired them with a Polka Dot plant, and an annual grass...they look awesome together!!

The wee waxy Begonia below, is with some Nicotiana, a Pink Geranium and a grass as well...

Love these waxy ones...I usually try and bring them inside for the winter...

And they are so grateful, they reward me with sweet flowers all winter long...♥️

This gal is my prime love!!!

I only bought one of these dreamy creamy pale pinky peachy ones...what was I thinking???

She is paired with a tiny flowering annual...again I forgot the tag...I better remember to do that in the future!!








Well...there you have it...these are my beloved Begonias....here for your viewing pleasure!!
Nothing much else going on in my life right now...
Except for a hideous trip to WalMart today...but I won't bore you with that!!
I am trying to forget it!!!

Hope you are all having a great day...
We had a wonderful rain yesterday...I sure hope the Cottage got its share...
It is so nice to have the windows open...and the breeze blowing thru!! 

It is Fish night here...got a lovely piece of Cod...
Think I want fries with that....and some green and yellow beans...
Sliced tomatoes,cucumbers and goats cheese!

Enjoy the rest of your day...
Tomorrow is Miss V...hope to get outside with her...perhaps the park!!

                       Cheers!  :o)
                         linda

The Flowers Say It All........

We headed for the cottage on Thursday morning, as the weather people, said it would be a great day out on Lake Erie...

We arrived to a soggy, steamy, messy cottage...lots of dirt washed up from the rains and winds...and the KEYS from the Maple trees...don't get me started on that!!

We had some lunch, and got started on our various tasks...

Boyfriend blew,raked and swept keys..

Then he tried to murder them with the lawnmower...but every attempt failed...miserably!!

And....every time the wind picked up...they would come twirling down!!

I chose the sunporch and kitchen porch as my projects...cleaned, wiped, swept, polished from top to bottom...lovely and clean...after we had both finished, we were sweaty and dirty...We decided we should have at least one cold beer before our showers...well...perhaps 2...hahaha!

After all of that...feeling refreshed and clean...we settled back on the beach deck, to watch the goings on...birds, squirrels, chipmunks...you get the idea...

Well...the skies darkened....and the fog started to drift in..and I mean pea soup fog!!! In we went, as a sort of misty rain, accompanied the fog!!

We decided to watch the news, and see if we could get a weather report...

We ate dinner, and then was when I got the bird shots...thru the window!!

Around 8pm...the sky cleared...and the wind died down...too wet to sit outside, so our beloved screened sunporch was clean as a whistle, and whistling our names!!

I enjoyed my flower pots that I had planted out there...my son and Anna gave me those for my birthday!! Nice, eh??

SO.............that was our Thursday...

I wonder what Friday will have in store for us??? hmmmmm....

Hope you all had a great weekend...

Got around to a few of you...not all...will get there...promise!!

We had Miss V today...gosh it was hot at the park!!

She dangled her toe toes in the pool to cool off!!

Enjoy the rest of your day...

Cheers!   :o)
  linda

Thru The Backyard Gate.....

Snapped these in the backyard, last Friday...

Before leaving for the cottage...

It was the first and last sun in as many days...

Cottage was soooo windy and rainy...

No outside time at all...

 Some pictures of the Lake will explain why!

But for now...

My wee backyard is still looking very summery...

The pool will probably go to sleep this week...

No more beautiful aqua water to look at this year...

Oh well...

Not to worry...

time to look forward to other things...

Like Thanksgiving...can't believe it is already this weekend...are you ready??

Must get a few Autumn bits of decorating done... 

             Took this shot of the Moon last night...

               Couldn't even see it Friday night!

                  Hope you are all having a great restful Sunday...

                        I have Leek and Potato soup bubbling on the stove...

                                Expecting Miss V and her Mom shortly...

                     I have a big ham to go in the oven...scallopped potatoes...fresh carrots...

                                 Should do the trick on this cool October day...

                                            Time for some crochet...


                                       Enjoy the rest of your day...

                                            Cheers!  :o)
                                             linda