flowers !

I always LOVE May in the garden,

spring is really full-blown

and moving towards summer.

Flowers don't last very long

but when you have a whole bunch

you can enjoy them for quite a bit longer !

Though a lot of the higher alliums are "over"

the allium roseum are just beginning

They self-seed very easily and are everywhere,

my kitchen chives is flowering too

The roses are starting too.

But I love my irises best in May !

(Irts germanica and iris sibirica)

And near the water
(they love it there !)

A  "japonica" variery)

(when they're done
the Filipendula rubra will be taking over :
the leaves are already there)

This Tallictrum beauty I got from a friend

and is doing well !!!


Last weekend the pavers were raising the sagging carport at the front ...

but ... the terrace in the back yard needs to be raised too !
But I didn't want that done right now :
we'll wait till autumn !!!

But I hate to loose these !!!!!
(they self-seeded and are doing just GREAT !

19 - 5 - 19

On some days you get more lucky

than on other days :

our Art Market day in Buren wasn't what you call a success.

The new organization didn't run smoothly :

we had to pay there, and wait in a long line

till our name and number were found.

There were not many people to assist in other ways.

Parking and unloading was a mess !

(surely you think about that when you get a hundred cars

in an old fortified town ... ?)

The day had started gray, but soon the sun came out

and while building up the stand

it got really warm

(though the forecast wasn't very good)

Well, our neighbours were nice and we talked a lot and had fun,

but there were not as many visitors as we all hoped

(probably not advertised enough !)

The weather was great
there were drinks and music

(lots of compliments from the public)

but hardly any of the artists had sold much.

So ...

a sunny Sunday

but not a very good one in terms of sales

(next time better)

  

(p)reparation

On Sunday next week, May 19

I will be at the art fair in Buren

Buren is a small historic town

just between the two big rivers that run across Holland

east to west (in the "Betuwe")

Buren is called "Oranje-stad" because 

William of Orange (ancestor of our Royal family)

married Anna van Buren in 1551

The art fair is held in the garden of the former orphanage

(now the "Marechausseemuseum")

I finally found a good way to show

my tiny felted birds on small wooden discs

The wren and the long-tailed tit were the first.

And there are more textile necklaces in the making

a blue one and a green / turquoise one.

I still have a hole week !

*

Near the front door we had some serious trouble

with the sewerage, so that had to be taken care of ...

I really feared for this beautiful shrub

(don't remember the name but it is in full bloom just now !)

so I pruned it considerably smaller ! 

Digging a BIG hole was needed

but :

the man came up with a brilliant solution !

(pfffffffft ... shrub saved !)

wordless Wednesday

*

belated Easter eggs

Last weekend the children weren't home

so no Easter party of any kind

...............

(ahhhhhh ,,, does that mean

we're NOT going to search for eggs in the garden ???

said the 17-year old  (!) ...)

So today we had a belated Easter-egg-party !

We had luck :

it was dry

(though the forecast was rain !)

Lots of fun

and after a while they indeed found ALL the eggs !

(and a "gourmet" dinner afterwards)

A GOOD weekend !

19 - 4 - 19 (Easter holiday)

With mum working

we were standby for the youngest

on the first day of the Easter holidays.

The new dip net should be tried !

(with the water next to our garden

that's no problem at all)

But here, at the "deep" end, nothing showed up ...

So why not move to the opposite site of the water ...

or, even better, the little island ...

Not much luck there either

Too soon for frog eggs ?

(the only catch was a dead (stinking) rams horn snail)

He also made a sudoku puzzle,

almost all by himself !

(a new game since he writes numbers)

*

In the garden things are developing quickly now

I  LOVE  SPRING  !

another year ...

A lovely day

with friends and family !

Though it with extreme cold outside for April

inside it was a warm bath with lovely people

A big boy and a small boy

playing together

(checkers)

A lovely (birth)day

Preparing and especially washing dishes was quite a bit of work,
but every bit of effort was worth it!