Pink Hollyhocks & Yucca Blooms....

These Beauties were open last weekend at the cottage...

These are all kind of a deep rose...except for one pale one at the end...hopefully there will be more open this weekend...Perhaps I will have to stake them!

I am adding a few shots of my Yucca....
you never know if it will be finished before I get back there again...


Enjoy...  :o)

 Hoping to be back here
real soon...looks like another scorching few days ahead...

Stay cool...

What is blooming in your garden???

Where is your favorite place to sit and daydream???







                                Cheers!   :o)
                                           linda

Smitten.......

I have a confession to make....

I am absolutely smitten with these bright orangey, yellowey zucinni flowerettes....

Absolutely smitten.....:o)

So....that means you get to look at them as well....[tee hee hee]

I am not seeing any fruit....but OODLES of fluffy flowers...

Hope you enjoy them as much as I do...

oh yeah...something else I am smitten with...the cottage...not sure I have shown you this angle...this is the roadside...the large windows are our little TV room, and past that is the basement door...I don't go down THERE very often...that is the Mr.'s responsibility...sweeping etc...the pump and hot water heater are down there....not my favorite place...:o)

And this is the view from behind the sunporch...down to the lake...ahhhhhhhhhh...

  

     


      Hope you all had a good day....heard rumbles of thunder around noon...but not a drop of rain....perhaps this evening...

                   Happy 4th of July to my American blogger buddies...

                                Enjoy!!!!

                                                    Cheers!   :o)
                                                       linda

Saturday Night....Full Moon Over The Lake....

What a great Canada Day weekend this was...the weather couldn't have been better...

And to top off the evenings, the Moon was slowly making his appearance...

I walked down to the beach to get these shots...

Kinda dark....but rather cool...I thought..

        Hope you all enjoyed your time off....

                     Visiting with family....

                             Moon gazing......

                                  Enjoy your evening...

                                       Cheers!         :o)
                                                linda

be back with more photos from the weekend.......:o)

What Are Your Canada Day Weekend Plans??....

We will be staying here...

Hopefully eating all of our meals and spending the warm evenings here...

Checking out the garden...here

Gazing and dreaming while looking at these...

If the wind co-operates...have one of these....or a bonfire...

Lots more of this.....

Oh yes........and this...

And what would be The Canada Day Weekend without plenty of this

.....

And this....

I could do this all day!!!

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend...can't believe that it is almost July....where does the time go?





In honour of the Big weekend...

I got my ten little piggies done for the celebration....

Enjoy...[I certainly will ]tee hee hee...:o)

               Cheers!     :o)
                     linda

Workin' The Front Yard....

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Yesterday afternoon, was spent working on my gardens here at home.

I started at the front...seems logical enough...first sweeping, re-arranging, watering and generally tidying up.

Lots of Pine needles from the big old Pine tree, as it had been pretty windy the last couple of days.. 

Took a few shots of the front walk..with the big hostas...I also planted a pot..right by the first step...with succulents...and they are loving it there...

My big planter has a Perennial Grass, which I will plant in the fall...I added some different things to the planter...including some variegated Nasturtiums...which should look great when they start to flower..and trail down...


 

 As I made my way to the back yard....to a MUCH bigger garden....this scene struck me as rather beautiful...when I opened the back gate, the Ivy was actually growing along the pathway...and everything looked rather lush and inviting...so I paused...and took a picture of course!!! :o)
 

Kind of an odd day weather-wise....cloudy...humid...and even a shower around noon...hope you all enjoyed your day...what ever the weather....long weekend coming up.....supposed to be fantastic weather....:o)

                  These succulents are in the backyard.....

These 4 little guys are at the cottage...with sedums in them...aren't they hilarious!!! We got them at a thrift store about 5 years ago...and they have been blooming ever since...they are...from left to right..
   Shakespeare
   Captain Ahab
   Lawrence of Arabia
   Henry the Eighth



                    They are part of the landscape at the cottage...and we love them!!


                       Enjoy the rest of your day..

                                        Cheers!    :o)
                                                         linda