We have snow!

It has been snowing in London.

That does not happen that often.

My evidence:

It is beautiful to walk on the snowy pavements.

Closer look at snow, wow!

Sparkling snow!

look at the gallery ,

while we enjoy together a warm hot cup of cocoa!

 

Keep warm!

 

Frost and Rain Flowers

During my visit in Germany now in February

it was cold and frosty.

I took pictures of the frosty flowers in the morning.

I love the frost on the leaves, looked like little crystals.

Then the rained…

It creates a different effect on flowers, rather beautiful

when you look closely.

How those raindrops stick to the plant,

before they get to heavy and drop.

My mum’s garden is full with the yellow ‘Winterlinge’.

So lovely to see yellow in Winter,

they brighten up the season.

Keep warm and enjoy the beauty!

 

Welcome January 2018

And now let us welcome the New Year.

Full of things that have never been.

Rainer Maria Rilke

 ***

January,

the month of new beginnings.

All nature is at peace.

We should be too.

This is the month to dream,

to look forward to the year ahead and the journey within.

My first bloom in my garden.

Weekly inspiration No 35 – Feast for the eyes

 An amazing Thistle

  

With love

from me

❤ ❤ ❤

Fun with Squirrels

I love squirrels.

I do have some around my garden too.

 

Advice from a Squirrel 

Look both ways when you cross the road
Plan ahead
Stay active
Eat plenty of fibre
Spend time in the woods
Go out on a limb
It’s ok to be a little nuts.

 

found on facebook.

Weekly Inspiration No 27 – Take care

” Life is like a flower

If you don’t take care of it,

it will fade.”

 

I bought some reduced, dry and almost dying plants at the local DIY shop.

I wanted to nurture them and give them life again.

First they got greener with water,

then they started blooming.

 

 

Now they show me how thankful they are with many colouful blooms,

I am grateful too!

 

I enjoy them every day and take care of them.

They give me smiles every day!

 

Take care of things to enjoy!

Also take care of yourself !

******

Much love

from me!

❤ ❤ ❤

 

Strawberry Alley

As you know I have strawberry plants in my garden

and harvested some last year.

This year however my harvest was even better.

This year I had rather big strawberries

 

and lots of them.

My harvest filled big plates like this:

and this;

 

and this:

 

all from my Strawberry Alley

you can see on the left of my garden!

They tasted wonderful! Yum Yum

 

My garden changed again

My small garden needed some more care.

After the new fence was done,

I decided to have some decking down to hide a grey concrete floor.

We worked hard to get it all done.

We made it very quick really.

but now it needed rearranging….

so I moved pots, potted new plants, and changed things around.

I am happy with this now!

You can see the left side is my “Strawberry Field”

Through an inspiration from Sartenata’s Blog,

I used some old shoes to pot plants in.

Also I made a planter from an old pallet and painted it.

Now there is parsley and mint on one side and petunias on the other.

I do love my tea cups in the garden too!

 

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Now I can invite you in my garden

for a peaceful and happy time!

A day in Oxford

Oxford is a beautiful University city in England.

It has been a town since 9th century and has an ancient university.

My friends and I recently visited Oxford for a day out.

Here are my impressions:

 

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We finished a wonderful day out in Oxford

with a traditional English Cream Tea.

 

Cream tea – refreshments

Hello September – Make it simple

 

After the holiday season of August I am back to working routine.

Yet I am very relaxed and take it easy.

So I will….

Make life simple,

Don’t multi task,

Do one thing at a time,

Take my time,

Enjoy what I am doing.

 

 

“Fear less, hope more;

Eat less, chew more;

Whine less, breathe more;

Talk less, say more;

And all good things will be yours!”

–          Swedish Proverb