Bits & Bobs From The Weekend.......

Relaxing with a crossword, between chores...

Still beautiful Susans...from Devon...who is leaving for the other end of Canada tomorrow...4ever!

Beautiful Dragon Wing Begonias...sure fire winner!

Basket of Pink & White waxy begonias, and 4 o'clocks..

Hosta Flowers.....I love the later blooming ones...much larger blooms!

I think they resemble Lilies....

Pink Geraniums...she will join me inside for the Winter...

Another angle of the cottage...screened sunporch to the left...

Basket of Yellow and White Begonias...Fountain Grass behind

Oh...we all know what this is...in one of my thrifty vintage glasses...tee hee hee!

Goldfinch on the beach...drinking? eating? or just looking adorable!

This guy came back again...I know, they all look alike!

My wee Inukshuk family is still standing!!




Hope you all had a great day...

Went to Fitness...

New teacher...

Male...

Need I say more!

Still hot and sticky...

But some rain this afternoon...
















 Gonna put dinner in the oven...

      Golden crispy Pork Chops with sliced onions...

           Roasted Yams and Zuchinni...

            I think I like comfort meals the best...

             Roasting....slow-cooking....you know the type of food...

               And I find it easier than BBQ'ing...less work...more delicious...just sayin'

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         Enjoy the rest of your evening...

                     Cheers!  :o)
                         linda

Front Garden...Small... But Lush...

  Took these photos last week...
  Wednesday, in fact...
  My front garden is all perennials...
          No grass to cut...
  Only perennials to admire...
  After my tour..
           I needed...
                 A...
                    Butter tart...
  To soothe my soul...
  And cover it in sugary goodness...
  The Moon is from Wednesday...
  Weekend was cloudy at night...
  Hope you all saw it!
             Enjoy your week...


                 Cheers!  :o)
                        linda

Bits & Bobs From The Weekend......

Don't you just love this Hosta in the Blue Mountain Pottery bowl that my Son gave me...

I am really liking Orange in the garden this Summer...bought some Marigolds too!!

Love this hot Pink Geranium...almost looks like an Impatience...I also planted some Sunflowers in the planter....can't wait to see them grow tall!

Brussel Sprouts coming along nicely...as are my other veggies...will update on those soon!

My Ducks have settled in nicely♥️...still waiting for the deck to be done...arrrgh!

I am really liking the way this annual Fountain Grass is looking in this basket...should be spectacular by Fall...

Love the Pink Sky against the Blue Water...

Did you think I had forgotten to buy some Begonias???  These are luscious!

A few more of my baskets that I have put together.....just love these!

Got the kitchen porch floor painted...and made a small bouquet with Chives and Goutweed flowers...I prefer to call them "Snow on the Mountain"...much prettier!

My boyfriend sporting one of his Father's Day t-shirts....love playing with Pic-Monkey, and highlighting one of the colours! There is old me...with the beautiful blue skies behind me...and hamming it up inside the cottage...hahaha!

                    Hope you all had a great day...

I certainly had an interesting one...for sure...left 1/2 of my purchases at Target...had to drive ALL the way back to get them...thank goodness the cashier put them to the courtesy desk...One of the bags had 5 new bras in it!!! Sorry Eddie...but all of my peeps are girls...they would understand...when you find one that you like...fits...and feels good....you go for it!!!    

                                                        tee hee hee!
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The weather here is kooky...

Dark and cloudy....windy....humid as heck....not very enjoyable to be outside...

Supposed to clear out by Thursday....YAY!!!!....we have Miss V that day for a sleepover!!!

                 Will be BBQing some pork shish-kabobs with veggies...

                          Serve over left over Fried Rice...

                                  With a ceasar salad on the side.....sounds good??  

                                                         Absolutely!!!!

                               Enjoy your evening.....

                                          Cheers!  :o)
                                              linda

The Week That Was......

Here are a few pictures...
Of my week at home....
So excited...
One of my Pussywillow branches...that I put in my planter....has leaves!!!
that means...
It has roots!!!
YAY!!! 
Success!!
I will leave it for a while...
Transplant into a pot...
Plant in the Fall at the cottage!!
So happy about this!





A few more Tulips opened up at the front...
These were from my front planter last year!
So happy they made it!
GOSH...I am sounding really happy...
But...to tell you the truth...not so happy...
Only because I am still at home...
And not at the cottage..due to crappy weather...
Oh well...
We will go tomorrow...

Ok...back to the week that was!!

 

  Front Ferns and Hostas looking good...

  Lots more Hostas to come....and Lily Of The Valley...

  Perhaps next week.... 

  Ok....back to being happy...I thought my Forget-me-nots forgot to come up!!!
  Found a small patch at the front....seems to have some pink in there as well...
  Happy...happy....happy!

 

  Did a little bit more clean-up...lots of needles from the big old Pine tree...

 

   OK....my boyfriend and I got the pool cover off....water looks pretty scuzzy eh???

  After some sweeping,vacuuming, more sweeping...chlorine...and a day later...

  TA DA!!    Looks a 1000 times better!   {that is just me folding laundry...2 more loads to go}

  Tomatoes and avacadoes sunning themselves...amde them into a Greek salad that night...

                Very juicy! 

   The backyard yielded a small patch of forget-me-nots as well...

   These were a deeper blue than at the front...

   Wonder if there are any at the cottage....{will have to wait to see}

   Kalanchoe out for the summer...tiny Hens and Chicks looking a bit grim...

   Hopefullly they will pick up... 

  

   While digging out a few stray bamboo shoots...

   I discovered this lovely yellow Tulip...completely hidden....lovely!

   And...the ants...are loving the Peonies!!! 

  Earlier in the week...

  I mentioned some sweet   cantaloupe...

         Well...

  Not to disappoint...

  Here are a few pics!

  You can see how juicy it was...

          I bought another one...

       It is cut and ready to go to the   
cottage....
         supposed to be warmer this weekend...
                  .fingers crossed...

 

   Hope you all had a great day...

   Had a real downpour earlier....while I was out...of course!!

   Picked up 2 gigantic ferns at Walmart....$9.88 each!!!    Fantastic....

   They are for the cottage...so I will get a pic this weekend!!

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      On the menu this Friday....

          Home made Pizza...with sliced tomatoes,black olives,sauteed mushrooms,goats cheese...

                  And....of course.....smoked salmon on my boyfriends portion...:o)


                         I think Ceasar Salad with the rest of those juicy grape tomatoes...



                 

         Enjoy your weekend...

                 Cheers!   :o)
                   linda