a one iris day

Just one new iris open today. A sort of raspberry purple colour, with a nice clear white in the falls.


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let's thrift again...

like we did last weekend.
Was a good weekend. A thrifty weekend!






Found all these wonderful milk glass and hobnail pieces last weekend while thrifting with my mom. A scalloped hobnail bowl; small hobnail cone shaped vase with scalloped vase; medium hobnail cone shaped vase with scalloped top; hobnail candlestick; hobnail vase on stem; large fluted vase with hobnail; button and daisy top hat; and striated urn shaped vase on stem.

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joy stepper

Addie Blue, last summer. My little joy stepper.


Winsor & Newton watercolour on Winsor & Newton watercolur paper. Making Memories letters, velvet ribbon. Heidi Swapp photo corners and rhinestone strips. Labels from somewhere. Die cut strip, by Prima.


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here we go, thrifting again

Some recent local thrifty finds.... a white fluted bowl with embossed harlequin pattern; cute little vase with scalloped top; and a teacup from a Canadian company called Corex, never heard of the company before, but the cup and saucer have nice lines.


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flowers, flowers

Three (different) yellow irises:






Dark purple lilac with white picotee.


Pink forget-me-nots:


Pink lilac.


Short burgandy iris.


Yet another yellow iris.


Purple-blue iris.


Different purple-blue iris.


Purple-blue-but-more-purple-than-blue iris.


Garden.



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long weekend, happy return

Yesterday, Monday, was Victoria Day, so we all had the day off from school and work, and so we spent the whole weekend with my parents at their house. We always have so much fun together, I only wish we could spend the weekend more often (though we do go over for the day every Saturday). The only disappointing part of the weekend was the weather -- cold, rainy, windy. Which meant no working in my mom's garden, and no fireworks outside!

On Sunday morning mom and I got up extra early and went to an outdoor antique fair. I love old stuff. :)

And, today is a happy return to the week, since today Addie Blue turns four! Four years seems very long and too short, all at the same time. Today was a preschool morning for Addie Blue, and she was very excited to take kitty cat cupcakes in to share with her friends, and everyone sang her happy birthday and she had a paper crown to wear. On the walk home, many people we passed wished her a happy birthday, and she thought that was pretty special and almost magical. :)



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bloomin' right along

an't believe May is almost halfway over.
Seemed like a long winter, seemed like we had lots of snow and it was never going to be warm again, but still, the garden season seemed to have got off to an early start this year. Can't believe my lilies are already almost knee-high, and my June daisies already have buds on them.

May 11 garden:



Less than impressive from photos but much prettier in person. :)

Now, for the pretty details.
Blue forget-me-nots. Also have them in pink, but no photos yet.


Daffodil. Pretty standard, but still pretty.


Bright pink tulips, leaning to the fuscia side of pink. Need to plant some apricot, pale pink, white and buttery yellow tulips for next year to counterbalance these bright tones.


Double tulip; reminds me, it will be peony time soon!


This is always the first iris of the year to bloom. It is common, but always exciting and appreciated, just because it's the first.


These tulips are huge. I have a big bouquet on my kitchen table right now, very pretty.


Grape hyacinths, would not be spring without them.


Pink bleeding heart. Love these unusual flowers.


Pink ground phlox. Need some more of this in the garden. Spreads but does not transplant well.


Cute little daffodil.


Purple, purple iris. This is quite striking in person, because the purple falls are so rich, they are almost velvety.


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