Marvellous Moon & Tantalizing Tulips....

 Had my dear friend Devon and her lovely husband over for dinner on Saturday night....


I captured these photos of the nearly 3/4 Moon...


Aren't they awesome???


I have never gotten such great pictures of the Moon before...

Must be...

My new...

Fabulous...

Camera!!!  

We had a lovely evening and meal...

And no bad reactions from Mark...who is Celiac...I love the challenge of cooking for him...

Very satisfying when you can accomodate someones challenging food "do's and don'ts"... 


Devon brought me a bunch of gorgeous ruffled parrot Tulips...

Pink and lime green....BEAUTIFUL!!!!

They found a home in my "Boot" planter...also lime green... 

They are still pretty tightly closed...

I moved them to my hall table...out of the Sun...

That way...

They will last a looooong time...

Thanks Devon....again...I love them....  

 

Made a centerpiece with cool peachy mini-carnations and bright yellow roses...

All in my vintage green bowl...

Hope you all had a great day...

Nice and Sunny...but still a nipply wind...




     On the menu tonight...

            BBQ'D Salmon Filet...marinated in Jamaican spices...

                    Bok Choy...Brussell Sprouts...Home Fries...








Enjoy the rest of your evening...

                                    Cheers! :o)
                                       linda

 

A Perfect Day At The Cottage....

 What a perfectly lovely day, we had at the cottage today...


The weather was perfect...

Not windy....

Lovely sunshine...


Plenty of feathered friends to keep us amused!!!


This handsome Robin, caught my attention...

I could hear a "tap tap tap'...

At first I thought it was a woodpecker...

But then I zeroed in on this!!!!

A very Red Breasted Robin...

Defending his territory...

Against another very Red Breasted Robin...  

Who looked just like the other very Red Breasted Robin...

                           OMG!!!

It is THE SAME very Red Breasted Robin....

Attacking his own reflection in one of my many garden mirrors!!!

How hilarious is that!!

We had a sweet Chickadee a few years ago, who did the very same thing!!!

    

"Are you lookin' at me?"

 We had a very large branch come down on the weekend....

Our neighbour let us know...

Thankfully it was closer to the beach, 

and actually the top piece...

Fell right thru the evergreens, 

and onto my neighbours lawn!!!

He has already chopped it up,

 but this rather large, heavy piece...

Still sits between the 2 properties...

He says he will get a BIGGER saw, and take care of it!!!

My boyfriend brought him a case of Beer, for his trouble!!

 Found 3 feathers today.....very lucky!!! :o)

 We ate lunch on the new deck...

I have been working very hard at "shovelling" all the dirt and pieces of sod...

I am a wee bit "P-OD" at my handyman...

He left me a lot of hard work...getting rid of all the piles of dirt...

I am going to give him a wee piece of my mind when I see him!!!

But....I do like the new part of the beach deck!!!

 

Got the winter shutters down...

And the Summer screens up, on the Sun Porch..

Hip-Hip-Hooray!!!!

Summer is ON!!!!  

Took this from inside the kitchen...

Just before we left...around 6pm...look at that Sunshine!!!

  

We also got the Martin House up...you can see it on the upper right...We have a few pairs of cute Swallows giving the place the once over!!!

What a perfect day at the cottage....

Hope you all had a perfect day as well....


What kind of trouble did you get into today???


                                      Cheers!  :o)
                                        linda

Birds.....Cottage.....Wednesday

When we visited the Cottage on Wednesday...


The Birds were quite happy to see us!!!


From the Shiny Grackle...

To the darling Purple Finches...

To the Cardinals... 

To Robin Red Breast...

Got 2 of the Bird Baths out...

Hopefully the rain filled them up!!! 


That was a glorious warm day at the cottage...

Not so good out there yesterday...

My neighbour sent me some photos of a very large branch of ours that came down yesterday...

Luckily it did not hit the cottage...

It  actually landed on their lawn!!!

We will go out on Monday...and see what's up...

I am sure Gus will have it all cleaned up by then...:o)

  

Hope you are enjoying your Saturday...

Having guests for dinner this evening...

Don't want to give the menu away...just yet!!!

The husband...has Celiac...so I am always careful about what I serve...


Enjoy the rest of your day....

Very cold...snowy...and windy here....:o(



                       Cheers!  :o)
                           linda

    

In Bloom....Wednesday At The Cottage...

Not much in bloom....


But...

Whatever was...

I...

Captured... 



Crocus...

A few Scillia...

Lilac buds...

Chives...

Chestnut Tree....

Daffodils ready to burst...

Bergenia...  

Courtesy of my daughter...:o)

Hope you are all having a great day...

Still warm here...on and off showers...

Made a few flowers arangements...

Watching wee Vivian for a few hours....


On the menu this freaky Friday...

BBQ'D Dijon crusted Loin Lamb Chops...

          Wild Rice....Fresh Asparagus....Tomatoes, avacado and goat cheese...



Enjoy your Friday night!!!


                           Cheers!  :o)
                                  linda