Some see a weed ...

 

 

The temperatures dropped drastically in our area last week and we received another light snow fall. I think I drank 3 or 4 coffee's that day. I just could not warm up. The snow was all gone by the weekend, but the temperatures are a little on the cool side. I guess they are back to more seasonal temperatures. As the snow fell I couldn't stop worrying about my tulips and peonies shrub as they had been enjoying the warm temperatures from two weeks ago. Keeping my fingers crossed the temperature drop doesn't damage them.

 

This week I thought I would share a photo of my Saint John's Wort (hypeticum) shrub. This shrub blooms in August at our place & the bees love it! In the wild this plant is considered a weed but in our yard it's a flowering shrub.  It's such a bright, happy yellow bloom and it's so pretty!

 

Thanks for stopping by! Have a lovely day!

 

this moment.

THIS MOMENT: a friday ritual. a single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. a simple, special, extraordinary moment. a moment i want to pause, savor, remember, & cherish.

 

Who needs TV when there is so much to EXPLORE outside!

Easter 2015

Things are starting to get busier around our place now that the weather is starting to warm up.  There's so much to do outside to prepare for the warm days of summer. There is no garden post this week as I spent my blog time on this Easter recap.

 

This year Easter was a lot more fun than previous years. The little man was all into searching for all the Easter eggs. He loved it to say the least and we enjoyed watching him searching for all his eggs!  He was so excited! Once he was done opening his Easter Gifts we all (including the dog)  enjoyed playing with his new toys. Friday's post was from Easter morning.
 

We enjoyed two delicious Easter meals.  The first was at Oma & Opa's place. Roxy is always in the kitchen looking for goodies when she's at Oma & Opa's

I was able to use my new toy for the salad we brought.  Oma had some gorgeous hydrangeas that Aunt R gave to her.  They were such a pretty colour.

 

Aunt R surprised the Lil Man with an Easter Kinder egg. 

 

They are  gigantic - the little egg in the picture above is a regular sized Kinder egg.  In case you are not aware,  Kinder eggs are now gender specific ... I believe they have been for awhile now. I remember grabbing a 3 pack of Boy Kinder eggs last Easter for the Lil Man.  You have to look closely at the packaging on these Easter eggs to notice which gender they are for. Aunt R was not aware of this and accidentally grabbed the Lil Man a girl Kinder lol.  It has not stopped the Lil Man from enjoying and playing with his new toy though.  It was actually very fitting because he loves watching the birds and looking for them in the sky.
 

Our other Easter meal was at Avó & Avô's place. If the weather is decent out, they usually make something on the BBQ and it is so enjoyable after a long winter of  little to no BBQ meals! I made some macaroon Easter nests and some brownies.

 

Overall we had a very nice Easter long weekend. We did not have to travel far and we were surrounded by our family.

Hope you had a lovely Easter as well!

 

this moment.

THIS MOMENT: a friday ritual. a single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. a simple, special, extraordinary moment. a moment i want to pause, savor,  remember, & cherish.

Hydrangeas

There is something about fresh cut flowers in a mason jar that just makes them even prettier.

 

 

I simply love these beauties.

 

 

I wish my hydrangeas bloomed all summer and had more blooms.



 

 Last year I found this giant bloom buried down near the bottom of the plant in a shady spot. It sure did love the shade!



 

I was in shock when I found it ... it was almost like finding a lost treasure. Keeping my fingers crossed I find more blooms like this on my hydrangea shrub this year.

 

 

Thanks for visiting! Have a lovely day!

this moment.

THIS MOMENT: a friday ritual. a single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. a simple, special, extraordinary moment. a moment i want to pause, savor, remember & cherish.

If you missed the last two posts you can find them here and here

Hens and Chicks

Do you have succulents in your garden? I have some Hens and Chicks but they struggle near the end of the summer. This year I need to relocate them.

I was introduced to these succulents when I first started gardening at my parents. I really like the different texture it adds to a garden. If they are planted in a desirable location they can get really big and they are relatively low maintenance as they don't require much watering or care.  The "hen" is the main plant (the Mommy), and the "chicks" are the offspring, which start as tiny buds on the main plant and soon sprout their own roots, taking up residence close to the mother plant. These guys even bloom, unfortunately I do not have a photo of the bloom. Will have to add it to my list of photos to snap this year!

Hope you had a wonderful Easter weekend! Have a great day!!