May 27th what's poppin':)

 

It's been pouring rain the last two days..should help seeds etc..if they don't drown..

It's feast or famine here..things pop up suddenly and abundantly and early ..this year...more than most.That heat at the start..

Lilacs  are lasting longer..and how stinkin' cute as my friend Susan would say are the dwarf irises?

So stinkin' cute:)

The gardens are filling up..On a sunny day..grass mowed..it's cute.

Cute..nothing pro..nothing manicured..or well planned..

I just grow what I love to see..sometimes it works ..sometimes not.

I realize I am fortunate to be able to garden..to walk and wheelbarrow and plant and care for these things.I never take that for granted and if you could hear my thoughts while gardening you would know that gratitude is first.

Anything and any minute can change that ability.

So while I can..I am.

I took my last class of JHaines watercolor for now..Once the weather changes..I will go back.

Rufus was my last class.

I've made Le Gâteau Rhubarbe de Monette from Ricardo..numerous times..but this time I added a crumble..the cake was good before w/a crumble ..the best rhubarb cake.Really..No kidding.

How sweet are Jack in the pulpits..little fairy tale characters.

They are in the fairy garden.

Can you believe Lucas has started driving..some of us have known each other since before he was born..time does in effect fly by.

I look back at pics of all of them and yearn to hold and kiss them again over and over and over again.

The best yrs..the best yrs of my life..when my girls were little and when the Alphabet boys were little.

They are still so much fun and entertaining and delicious each in their own way..But I can't kiss their necks and examine every little finger and toe.To every thing there is a season.

Like my gardens.

Take care and bon weekend.

Hot and humid...then chilly and rainy..

 

Love my gloves:)♥

 

Am I ever happy garden wise..Seriously..am I lol.

Who nows..

Either too hot..in the last few days we had high 90's..too hot for May ..fried my tomato seedlings.This might be my last yr having started them indoors..

Too disappointing to have sorrowful demises.

Or too chilly now with a boatload of rain.

But this is my time of year to move about  flitting like a bee from plant to plant several times a day seeing what has happened..

Fastest sprouting seeds..dill.

Waiting on precious Cream Nasturtiums and French Marigolds....garlic chives.With bunnies eating my lettuce last yr..I did not sow.I would love a tall raised bed.

A very generous amount of rhubarb from my daughter led to Ricardo's Strawberry rhubarb pie and David Leibovitz's strawberry rhubarb jam.

That's a magnolia from her tree..

She has almost two acres of land..first owner was a master gardener.they built that home for themselves..subsequent owner ..not so much a gardener..so they are just discovering so many treasures on their land..some gardens will be put to rest..

others will be re-beautified.

You can't be a full time gardener with a very active family life and careers.

It's so private and lovely there.

I found a lovely account on IG and she makes Turmeric onions..I do too now:)Cafehailee..@cafehailee.

SO good..

On a personal note I had a lovely sleepover in the USA with my daughters..for mother's day..We had skipped the last two years because of..you know what.One of my all time fave outings.It's so much fun.They make me laugh so much.

Mask mandates..schools..stores..etc ..lifted..still wearing ours..

Govt offices..hospitals..elder care residences ..still obligatory masks.

Watching or watched..

The Staircase great acting

A Very British Scandal..Season 1 and 2

This Is Us .. so sad..

Stanley Tucci..Searching For Italy I LOVE this show,

Gaslit (yawn) Yay for Julia and the metamorphosis of Sean Penn..But for me this is not riveting.

Call The Midwife Season 11 was stellar as always.LOVE.

How many ways do I love these? Not tons of them here  but the ones I do have.. I love..

Grown from seed:)♥

Let's not forget the glorious flowering almond~

And..

Until next time:)♥

~May.

 

May ~

Sometimes we get to Thursday and I say.."Already Friday tomorrow?"..And lo and behold..it is.

Randall ..  This Is Us gave such a depressing speech at Kate's wedding lol..

Both Jacques and I didn't like it..

Yes as we age time fast forwards in so many ways.. we know..why remind us.

He's been the good kid in this show..but often quite dark. 

Anyway..  Is it May already?

It's been so chilly here..few sunny days and those have been oh so chilly..however true to form ..the scillas showed up.

And the fairies are thrilled.

Funny story..not really..about these Cicely Mary Barker Fairies..

I have a few and have had them for 20 years.I used mine..they came out to play..and in our climate..they have lost limbs etc.. 

But I have loved playing with them and nestling them into our gardens.

They are so worn..I thought perhaps I could add some fresher ones..

Well in these twenty years they have become collectors items and new in box can range from over $100.US dollars to 400.

Egads .

Mine were never over 20.

I would spoil myself ..after transactions etc..with one or two.

So although mine are on their last legs..and I mean it..I am glad they have lived a life outside of the box:)

I am still loving Jean Haines' tutorials ..painting outside my box.

When mid May comes..I will stop until fall/winter.

I sincerely have too much to do..in the gardens..

Not complaining.

I have some great girls that have send me or post people from the back:)

I'll do those on rainy days..

I made those wonderful choco chip bakery style muffins again..from

here    My faves  and use mini choco chips:)

The tea cups are fun..vintage 1950's Lipton tea cups..

Winkie Eyes..Man and Woman.

A recent Varage Sale find.

I was born in the 50's..

I hope you can't see that:)

Who cares;)

The sugar dispenser was first seen in Provence.

My fave place on earth.Apart from being with my family here.

I keep saying..Had I met Provence when I married 48 yrs ago..

I would have asked for us to relocate.

Then.. now it's too late.

Garden update..not much.

Hyacinths are popping up ..some irises ..daffodils and tulips..just breaking ground though..

Invasive pachysandra and goutweed..so much of it..

some buds on trees..

I did spot some pulmonaria ..but so little so far.

 Les années se suivent mais ne se ressemblent pas.

My mother loved May.

One of Jean Haines tutorials is an atmospheric jockey on a horse..practice practice..

My jockey is..where? Oh lala more practice needed..I get lost in it all..I love being so attentive to something.