Beautiful White Begonia....& Magnificent Mini-Roses...

 Happy Sunday Everyone...

It has stopped raining...

Time to celebrate!!!

This lovely White Begonia plant...

In a lovely white pot...

With a few Pussy Willows thrown in...

Was...

A gift...

From my dear friend Devon...

She left it at my front door...

Last week...

When I was poorly...  

Love the hint of Pink...

behind...

a few of the petals..

And the soft pale green...

Of the "Flowers-to-be"... 

Love the bright red of a new leaf...

Hopefully...

I can keep her alive..

And blooming...

For a long time... 

My daughter brought me...

3 Miniature roses...

Yellow...

Coral...

Pink...

Aren't they sweet?

I swear...

Nothing...

But nothing...brightens your day...

Like Fresh Flowers... 

 My Stephanotis is still...

Putting out...

Dainty Yellow flowers...


And...

One of my Kalanchoes from last Summer...

Is sending up flower stalks!!


How exciting!!!

Will keep you posted on the Color...

Looks...kinda....peachy!
 

No editing on these photos...

What you see....is what you get!

Too darn lazy to go to Picasa and add my watermark...

It becomes a pretty tedious job...after a while! 

My boyfriend and I went out for Lunch...

       To Milestones...

           Had a delicious Burger...

               California style...

                         avacado and smokey bacon...DELISH!!!!

Relaxing now...

      Watching The Masters...such lush beautiful gardens...

           Some more crochet...almost finished Vivian's afghan...


On the menu tonight...

             Leftover chicken......YAY!!!!!!

Hope you are all having a great day...

          Still kinda chilly here....

             But no rain....GEESH!!!


                Cheers!  :o)
                 linda     


 

Today.....At the Cottage...

 





The pictures say it all...

Cold...

Windy...

Wet...

YUCK!!!!!

Where the heck is Spring???


         Got a bit of thrift shopping in!!!  YAY!!!

On the menu tonight....

Still in the oven...

        Roasted chicken thighs and drums...

             Roasted Potatoes....Asparagus...

                 Tomatoes...
                     avacadoes....
                        red onion...
                          black olives....
                            fresh basil...
                               goats cheese....YUMMO!!!!
 

       Hope you all had a great day...

           We just had HAIL....and now SNOW!!!

                                GEESH!!!!!!

                   Cheers!      :o)
                       linda

Wild...Wicked...Windy Weather...

Does this look like Spring to you???

 

I took these pictures yesterday..

how gloomy and dreary is this???

Allright...let's get on with Spring!

 Now...

This looks better...

 Longing for this...

Poolside....

Tall cool one...

Or this...

At the cottage...


Greeted...with..

Lovely..

Lush...

Lavender...


Lilacs...

Or a succulent...

Yellow...

Zuchinni...

Fresh from the garden...

Glorious...

Golden Glow...

With...

The sweet..

Cottage...

Looking on.. 




















Hope you are all surviving this dark gloomy weather...

     And...it is darn cold today, too!

On the menu for this flat Friday...

          Grilled Beef Filets...Baked Yam...Fresh asparagus...Greek salad..

      At least we can try and brighten things up with a yummy meal!!


         Try and stay warm...dry...and happy!

                          Cheers!  :o)
                              linda

    

What I've Been Up To......

 As I put in yet another day here....

With this miserable weather...


Thought I would share...

What I've been up to... 

Kinda feeling "sorry" for myself...

I got to thinking...

I had forgotten all the pics that I had downloaded before i got sick...

So....

I am going to share some of them with you now... 


You must remember this sweet sweater that I made Vivian...


Well...


I changed up the buttons...

I had originally put several different kinds of tortoise shell coloured buttons...


I thought....


I didn't love it...

So...

Off to Fabricland...

And they had a special on...

But one...Get two free...

Really???

OK...

I'm in...


SO....

I bought one and got two free...

Each package came with 3 different sizes...

So I picked...

Lime Green...

Mauve...

Turqouise...

Pretty good deal, eh???  


I figured I would use those colors a lot...


As the wool I have been using for a few things for Vivian....kinda fits into that category... 


I made Vivian a hat one night before Easter....

Isn't that adorable...

Didn't call for a flower...

But...

I think it really adds a lot... 

Frames her sweet face!!! 

I hadn't sewn the button on yet...

But...

I think the Lime green is absolutely perfect!!!! 

The pink one came out so cute...



I made another one...

All from wool that I had left over...


And the buttons...

Just...

Perfect!!! 

The day that we babysat her...

While her Mom was at the BLue Jay opener...

I was lucky enough...

To get these few shots...

Of her...

In her cute hat!!!

As you can see...

Vivian is also a Toronto Maple Leafs fan!!  


Just like her Mom and Grampa!! 

For the past while...

I have been working on an afghan for her...


Using all the colors of the things I have made for her...


I chose a big Granny Square pattern...

You just keep going around...

Pretty easy...

Should be finished soon...  

Hope you are all having a great day...

I am feeling wayyyy better again today...

I got busy in the kitchen first thing...

Made a pot of spaghetti sauce...

And baked up a delicious Coffee Cake...

Let's hope the forecasters are wrong, and we don't get an Ice Storm!!!

I also need to give you all the recipe for the Banana Cream Pie...

Will do shortly.....Promise!!


On the menu tonight...guess what???

            Spaghetti of course...and some salad...



Enjoy the rest of your day!!  

I am headed to the couch...for a coffee ...some cake..

And some more crocheting!!!



                            Cheers!   :o)
                              linda