Warming the soul

Today, the sun was warm, the grass is turning green and we worked in the garden... that is heaven in my books. Our woodpecker appeared to be back and cleaning it's home after a winter away. It was nice to be able to look around the yard and envision colour coming back again. I could feel the sunshine and almost felt warm again. Welcome spring! 

Surprise mix

Over the past few years, we had an infestation of some kind of plant that just spread like wildfire in our garden. Andreas and I tried to get rid of it, over and over, and- finally- it seemed like we managed to clear it. This summer, we decided not to plant a lot of fancy flowers because we weren't sure if pain-in-the-bum-plant would come back so I threw on a pack of surprise mix wildflowers ($7.99 at Walmart). While we were in PEI, they started to bloom and I couldn't be happier! Awesome colours, no care required and butterfly-magnets.... <3 Maybe I will do this every year!

Happy Friday to you all! xox

Apple picking in the garden

We have an apple tree in our back yard. Normally, we don't get very many (decent) apples but, this year, Andreas and I decided to pick them before the worms get to them. We ended up with a pretty good first harvest and I will be making a BIG batch of apple sauce this weekend. There is something extremely satisfying about growing your own food... :)

Last rose

We're in the process of "closing" up our garden for the winter. What a lovely surprise to find this single rose! I am guessing that it is the last one of the season.... wow- last rose and I made the appointment with our mechanic to put our winter tires on our car.... Now I am getting depressed! Time for another season of complaining about the weather! Hope you can take it ;)

Have a cosy evening!

Turnip time

Andreas planted some turnips (amongst other vegetables) in our garden this spring. I love when we get to harvest-and use- them! The latest bounty (?) is our turnips. Actually, there was also a green pepper but Oliver started to eat it before I could take a picture of it ;) I am excited to make a soup, with the turnips. Wow- something the kids actually like!

Yesterday was a busy day.. yes, that is my sort of apology for not blogging yesterday :(  I am trying to get my work-work done before heading off on a mini camping holiday. That will be a totally different blog entry: my honest thoughts on camping with kids ;) I am also trying to stick to my summer resolution of cleaning out every room in our house... urgh! Not my favourite thing to do!

Have a great day!