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

My Home Garden Missed Me..........

Arrived home late afternoon yesterday...

Spent 2 days at the cottage with my SIL...

We had rain, thunder,high winds...

But...

Also some sunshine..:o)

Many scrabble games...not sure I won any!

But..one thing I know for sure...

My home garden missed me...

And showed me how much...but welcoming me home with a lot of lovely blooms...

Will share a few with you today...

Enjoy!

Glad to be home...♥️

My Daisies were the happiest to see me...

Wanted to make a small bouquet...but resisted...will enjoy them today as well...

And...a lot more buds to open...

 

I had purchased this Fuschia planter for a steal...$5...and it is perfect! It is flowering profusely, and attracting the Hummers...just as I had wanted♥️...I have yet to capture a shot of one...but I will keep trying!!

White Yarrow just starting to bloom....so exquisite up close...and I like the feathery foliage..

The beginnings of the Purple Coneflowers...love this perennial...I believe I have white in the front garden...will take some pics out there this afternoon...lots happening there....

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              Hope you are all having a great week...

                 Weather is very pleasant...humidity and rain gone!!

                             Back to the business of enjoying Summer.....

                                   Boyfriend back tonight...YAY!!!

                           Gonna make him one of his favorites...

                                 Roasted skinless panko crusted chicken thighs...

                                       I think some roast Yam slices and a Ceasar Salad...

                                 Sound good???


                     Enjoy the rest of your day...

                              I plan to!!

                                 Cleaning...laundry...grocery shopping...you know, the usual!

                                   Cheers!  :o)
                                       linda

What A Weekend.......

Mock Orange in bloom....

 We arrived on Thursday afternoon...

As soon as we pulled in...it started to rain...so...we went to town!

When we came back....the rain had stopped...and the show began...

The waves were dying down...as the sky started it's performance...

And...what a show it was!!

As the sun was setting...

We retired to the sunporch...

For Burgers and Greek Salad... 

  
Friday was bright and sunny...with light winds...

Picked up this gorgeous swan planter for $5!!!

Found a small Hosta that was just perfect!

While waiting for the ribs to finish cooking...

We found this "sun spot" outside the kitchen...

To enjoy some more sunset...

After dinner...

We went back down to the beach deck... 

TO have our first fire pit of the season...

The sunset was beautiful...

And there was a half moon...

 We had a visitor at the platform bird feeder...

Ate everything in sight!!!

Saw him the next morning in the tree...

Looks like he has a bad eye....felt sorry for him or her...

 Hope you all had a great weekend...

Busy around here...

Boyfriend on a business trip...

Off to the cottage tomorrow with SIL Sharron...SCRABBLE!!!

Hope it doesn't rain the WHOLE time!

Enjoy your evening...

               Cheers! :o)
                 linda

Bits & Bobs From last Weekend....

This past weekend....leading up to Canada Day...was the most perfect weather...

Hot....sunny....lots of action on the Lake....

Hope you enjoy the pics from last weekend...

We certainly enjoyed ourselves...!

The Perennial Sweet Peas are just opening up...

I can't wait to make a small nosegay with them for the sunporch this weekend...

They smell so beautiful....do you grow Sweet Peas??? Do you have Perennials??

At the beginning of the season...

I scored 2 Ferns at Walmart...for $9.99 each...

I just knew they would be perfect for the Kitchen porch...

And for the Sunporch...and gee...look at that...they are perfect!

I take them down when leaving...and pamper them in a shaded spot...

Give them a good drink before I hang them back up for the weekend...

We had a wee bit more work done on the sunporch in June...

It was still wood, so we had the few walls sided in a board & batten design...

I had picked a lovely blue...{what else is new?}...but was unavailable...

So...we went with the Linen colour....same as the cottage...looks pretty good ,eh??

The floor is still under discussion...not worried right now...

We just love our screened sunporch!♥️

The sky and clouds were awesome...

Must have been some pretty heavy rainstorms somewhere...

But not in our wee piece of heaven...

Sunshine from sunrise to sunset...

Gorgeous....

The sunset was reflecting off the clouds...

Onto the lake...

Just beautiful evenings...

Tree basket doing well....Cleomes should be blooming soon...

Deep blue Salvia is a hummingbird magnet down on the beach deck...

Blue Lobelia is flourishing in the planter on my garden shed...

Sharing space with some white Impatience and Nasturtiums...

Hostas starting to send up some Flower Spikes....

I love adding these to my weekend arrangements as well....

So....

These were just a few of the pics I took this weekend...

Oh...the one of me???

Not a selfie this time...

Boyfriend caught me!

Enjoying the late afternoon sun...

On the beach deck ♥️



         Hope you all had a great day...

                     And to my Canadian friends...a great Canada day...

                          The rain held off for us....but very hot...

                   We all had fun with Miss V...she just loves her aunts and uncles ♥️



         Found a pork tenderloin in the freezer...

                 Sliced in rounds...marinating in worcheshire and ground black pepper...

                           Quick grill...serve with mushrooms,potatoes and fresh asparagus...


          Enjoy the rest of your day and evening...

                          Cheers!  :o)
                           linda

Happy Canada Day, Eh?

Here is what is happening right now!

Would much rather be here!

Here we are celebrating another Canada Day...

Weather is kooky....rain...sun...wind....geesh!

Wish Mother Nature would make up her mind!

Hope you will all enjoy a great day with family or friends...

Don't eat too much! hahaha! 

                                        Cheers!  :o)
                                           linda