Showing posts with label garden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label garden. Show all posts

Tuesday, 9 May 2017

A Few Bits & Bobs......


 One of my very favorite blog friends...

Sent me a Guest Book for the cottage...

The pics that I had posted here and on IG, of Miss V signing my book at the cottage, inspired her to send me this book that she had had for many years and not used at her own home.

But the icing on the cake...

Was the adorable wee water colour that she included!!!!

She painted this of my toes...in my backyard here...with my blog title 💕

She is an excellent baker and a water colour artiste extraordinaire!!

Her home and gardens are fabulous...she certainly has the "Golden" touch...

Have you ever seen anything so sweet???

A few of you...who also follow her beautiful blog...will know who she is!!


I got my crochet hook out...and made her 2 cotton dishcloths, to thank her for her kind and beautiful gift!

I also made her a card...because that is what I do!! hahaha!! 






 I kept myself busy during all that rain last week...

Got 3 more dishcloths made up...just in case...😉

I am really enjoying making these...love all the different colours...






Now for a few shots from my garden here at home...

Not much really happening...other than a few Forget-Me-Nots....

But my Peonies are really taking off!! Ants and all!!! 

My Trilliums are up...but no flowers...????












I posted this pretty flowerey vine yesterday on IG...

I do not know what it is!!

Betsy has tried to find it, but to no avail...

I got a shot of the leaves below...

Anybody know what this is???

I actuall think it gets a few berries in the Fall...

So...

Perhaps a bird left it for me! 






 And last...

But...

Certainly not least...

Miss V spent Sunday with us... 

The same lovely gal who sent me the guest book, had given her grandson one of her older cameras to take a few photos with...

I copied her...and handed Miss V one of my smaller older ones..(actually the one I give my boyfriend to use from time to time)...and let me tell you...she had a ball!!!



A chip off the old block for sure!!! I have posted a few of hers on IG, if you want to take a look over there....

She was super...and even got a hilarious selfie...😂

So that is me up to the minute...

Hope you are all well...

Thinking of people in our country who are feeling the wrath of the recent rains...

Lots of flooding up here...luckily not for me...and the cottage is fine...

We are heading back down there in the morning...hoping for a few good days in a row... 

Perhaps even a trip to the nursery....:o)

            Oven Panko Cajun crusted Cod...homemade pasta salad...asparagus...

                  Dinner tonight!!!

                       Enjoy the rest of your week my friends...

                                Cheers!  :o)

                                      linda ♥️

 

Friday, 4 October 2013

Wet Friday......






This morning when I came downstairs....

And it was still dark...

And raining...

I knew we would be staying home....

As I fixed my "Overnite Oatmeal" for breakfast...

I noticed a few beautiful things...

Outside...

In the backyard...

So....

I thought....

Where the heck...

Is...

My camera?!

Took these from inside...

Helped to turn a rather...

Grey....

Dull...

Damp...

Chilly day....

Into...

Something beautiful!  :o) 











But...

Nothing makes a day more beautiful...

Than...

A visit...{yesterday}

With...

This...particular....Munchkin..:o) :o) :o)

After her snack....walk-about...and bath...

She slipped into her Pink Jammies...

With the glow-in-the-dark Skeleton!!!

How seasonable and fashionable is she?!!! 

 
 
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Hope you are all having a great day...

It certainly was a great day to make soup...

And I just happen to have a pot of clam chowder simmering on the stove...

I will share my recipe next week....very easy...and most delicious!!

Hopefully we will be off to the cottage tomorrow...

Have to see if there are any wet spots in our bedroom!!!

HAHAH!!!why am I laughing??? I must be crazy!!!

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On this Friday night menu....

   Roasted Panko-Parmesan skinless chicken thighs...

           Roasted yams...with brussell-sprouts...YUMMO!!!

                   Greek  salad....


Enjoy the rest of your evening...

                                  Cheers!  :o)
                                     linda
  

Monday, 30 September 2013

On This.......The Last Day of September....One More Garden Walk...

On this dark, wet, gloomy last day of September.... 
I decided to grab my camera...and head outside...to see my garden...

My Geraniums are all ready to come inside...all in fresh pots...

To flower gloriously for a few more months...and then take a long nap...

To share their beauty once again next summer...

My basket of Begonias is still going strong...beautiful as ever...

I think that they deserve to come in for the winter as well...

How can I say no to that face???  :o)

This cutie is on it's third season...happy in a pot with a burgundy spike...will spend another winter beside me and the computer...
Second flush of deep pink Phlox in the front garden...
"See you all next season...I am going to be nice and warm inside!"

                              "Gee....isn't that Linda a wonderful gardener? She takes such loving care of us"
                                                                   tee hee hee.....


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Off to see the Dr tomorrow...

Get rid of this sore throat...I sounded like Darth Vader today!!

Hope you all had a great day...

Hope to see the sun tomorrow....

Get back into the garden for some colorful shots...

Looking forward to a warm...sunny October....:o)

What did you all do today????

                                                 Cheers!  :o)
                                      linda






Sunday, 22 September 2013

On This First Day Of Autumn....Let's Celebrate The Last Few Days Of Summer.....



Went to the cottage on Friday...

For...

What turned out to be...

A...

Short visit.....

But first...

Let's visit the gardens....shall we?

The Watermelons keep popping out...

But never get to amount to much...

If I grow them next year, I will do some homework, on how to deter critters!!!






Staying in the beach garden...

A few surprises have sprung up recently...

As this soil was from my upper gardens, {when the deck addition went in} I guess some seeds came along for the ride...

Here are some Hollyhocks...I must transplant these, as this hill of dirt will not survive the waves of winter on the beach...

Also a few more Mullions...I really like this Native plant...so she will get uprooted as well...

AND... the nicest suprise of all...

Was..

This gorgeous Datura..

I had noticed it growing before...but lost track of it under all the vines and such with the melons...

Ain't she a beauty!!

I think I will bring her home, and get her into the ground here...

Let her drop her seeds, and grow happily at home!!





WIth the thinning of the melon and cucumber vines...I spotted this plant tag...

I guess what I had planted was Honeydew Melons...

No wonder the Raccoons...or whoever...

Loved to munch on them!! 

Tiny Sunflower still going strong!!!









Also still flowering on the beach...

Pink Phlox...very hardy...







 


Milkweed getting ready to do it's thing!

It was a strange day weatherwise....
Humid....then cool...then windy...then sunny...then HOT!!!





The White Phlox was giving me it's second flush of dainty white flowers...








The Miscanthus is putting on a good show...

Noticed a few plumes...

Will share that later...

I really like the way this pathway...to the new deck...turned out...

Almost like entering a secret garden at the other side...












One of the Coleus had flowered...Such a dainty flower...And check out the green and black polka-dot bug!!

HAHAHA!!!


















A few more luscious wee tomatoes...

We ate this while sitting on the deck!!!

What a delicious and healthy snack!




The Bees and Flies..{apparently}...were very busy in the Sedums..

I had no idea the Flies were interested in Nectar...Did you??



The day faded into night...

A very cloudy evening...indeed...

And another surprise in the morning...

The roof...ABOVE OUR BED...decided to leak, during that torrential rain...

                                  OH HAPPY DAY!!!!

The mattress and box spring were soaked at the bottom...

And the carpet on my boyfriends side of the bed was soggy...:o(  :o(   :o(

Called our handyman...and he will climb up there tomorrow and have a look!!

We replaced the roof 15 years ago...so...

Not sure what the repair will entail...

                                        TO BE CONTINUED!!!


Hope you all had a great weekend...

Boyfriend has a cold...probably have breakfast for dinner...

               Peameal bacon...scrambled egg whites...homefries...


Enjoy the rest of your day......


                                 Cheers!    :o)
                                      linda