About the Garden Teacups and Other Flowers

 

 

Good Morning!! It was a frosty 2C when I first looked out at 6 o'clock. The sun was shining and the birds were singing. Lovely 💗.

Thank you for all the comments on my garden teacups. For those who are interested I've taken a couple of pictures that hopefully explain how they're made. 

The dowel that's glued to the bottom fits into a half inch hollow pipe which easily pushes into the ground and supports it.

 I glued one cup to its saucer but found that dirt gathered around the base of the cup and was hard to keep clean.   Now the cups sit loosely on the saucers and I just go around and tip the water out after it rains. There's usually a fly or bug floating in it and I can easily wipe it out.

What's blooming in my garden right now?

Leopards Bane

Rock Cress

I know my son looked this beautiful blooming shrub up and told me what it was but I've forgotten. Maybe it's an ornamental plum?  Technically its not in "my" garden. It's growing in my DIL's part of the garden but I walk by it and stop to admire it often.

One last plant to show you and that's the Calla Lily that Eldest Daughter brought me. I've read that Calla Lilies mustn't dry out so I'm trying to check it every day ( which isn't easy because the leaves are very full right to the bottom.)

Thanks for coming by today. I hope your day is a pleasant one.

Garden Teacups

 We've had some days of mixed sun and showers. In between the showers I've been puttering outside, checking what is coming up and what isn't. Sadly there seems to be quite a few empty spots.

I put out the garden teacups. That always means Spring to me. I see I'm going to have to go out there and adjust the height of some of them. Strange that I didn't notice that right away.

We heard so many birds on our morning walk but now that the trees and shrubs are leafed out ( is leafed even a word?) it's hard to see the birds. I'm fairly sure I spotted a pair of Golden-Crowned Kinglets though.

That's it for today. Thanks for coming by.

 

 

Woodland Walk

 

Yesterday's walk was so foggy that we saw very little of interest. The sun did eventually break through the fog and we had a lovely sunny day. Today was clear and sunny right from the start. We went farther afield and walked with our DIL and Grandson M in a wooded area with many trails all of which seemed to be up  one ridge and down another. Although we only walked a little over 3 km it took us an hour and a half.

 Lots of Skunk Cabbage

 A tiny Trillium maybe?

 Needless to say the two of us old folks came home quite ready to sit down and have a cup of coffee and a scone.    What does your day hold?

Thanks for visiting

Downsizing and some Muffins

 

Another ordinary day. Started with doing the grocery shopping and a trip to get rid of garbage and some recycling.  Later I continued my downsizing efforts and went through my collection of tiny ceramic purses and shoes as well as pretty pins ( brooches). It wasn't easy deciding which ones I'd keep.

before

after

One more thing I needed to do was to bake Oldest Grandson's favourite peach muffins.

That's done and it's time to sit down with a cuppa. 

Thanks for taking the time to visit 💗

An Ordinary Day

 

We had a pleasant walk around Mill Lake.  Saw the Eagle on the nest (just a white head barely to be seen). Came home and took my second cup of coffee out onto the porch, watched an excavator filling dirt around the building that is being built behind us. The part that will be underground parking is mostly done now and all the earth that was hauled away now has to be brought back. Well, obviously not ALL the earth, but many dump trucks keep coming and unloading.

I brought in a few tulips to set on the able.  I try to have something pretty there at all times. I find it's very cheery.

The day lies ahead of me and I plan on doing a bit of scrapbooking, a small load of laundry that didn't get done yesterday, small chores that need doing. So it goes.

Thanks for coming by

This and That

 My Pasqueflowers (Pulsatilla) are not doing well at all.  They grow and try to bloom but they never really spread. I have 3 colours...white, light purple and dark. I wonder if I should give them a dose of fertilizer.

Other Spring flowers are beginning to bloom.

The area in front of my garden shed is sinking.  Before we bought our lot this was a farm yard and there was a well right there ( my shed was the pumphouse). We filled the old well with sods  and such years ago but of course it all sinks as it compacts necessitating some shoring up which is what my Youngest Son is doing.

 Hard-working helpers need to be fed and I am baking today. Cheese buns are rising in the warm oven and I made an Impossible Coconut Pie.

 

That's all for today,

Thanks for coming by,  GM 

APRIL

 

 Happy April and happy new week. I like it when the week and the month start on the same day, No special reason, it just pleases me.  The weekend went by quickly with a lovely Easter service and lovely new people to meet. Sheila hosted the family Easter lunch and that was delicious. Most of the family managed to make it.  Here's me and my DH ready to leave the house. I cross stitched that Home Sweet Home sampler many years ago and still love it.

 

 Kate, oldest granddaughter, and Callum, oldest grandson.

Usual Monday laundry this morning. We were out of jam so I made cherry jam and also strawberry. By making them one after the other I managed to avoid having to wash the saucepan in between.  I'm all for getting maximum done with minimum dishes. 

Now it's time to sit back and read for a while, maybe even have a nap.