Rose-y Monday - Ashram

Here's another one of our roses, called Ashram

not growing very bit but with very beautiful big blossoms that sometimes look so unreal, like made from wax...

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Rose-y Monday - Nostalgie

Let's start this one with the lovely Nostalgie. It attracted us in catalogues because of the stunning colours, white at the base and a warm cherry red at the top of the petals. Were very disappointed last year becaus there was a lot of pink inbetween white and red. Not what we had expected nor wanted and even the scent isn't stunning, very subtle but nice. BUT this year we got what we want, see:

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Garden house

This is our view to the end of the garden with the our little garden house. Neighbours have bigger ones, made from wood, some really beautiful, but I just like our little one the best because with it's dark green colour it hides perfectly behind the plant combo we have put there just for that purpose:

Clematis with little yellow bell-like flowers, fruits so gorgeous.

Together with Clematis Warszaw Nike, great contrast of complemantary colours.
And the yellow rambler rose

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July 1.

Wow, how come that the year is half over already? Seems like it was last month when we welcomed the new year and like it was last week when we had all that snow.

But good thing is, summer has just started, with heat over here, more than I need, and half the year is still in front of us. The garden is doing fine, I love it!

The dogs are fine, Dingo suffers a bit from the heat , Flavie has learned to get out toys from the little pool even if they are completely in the water, and Myrtille is just doing great , has grown a lot and weighing 7 kgs now, at 7 months, she is such a beautiful dog, so fits perfectly in our little pack - and has put her little face right from the beginning under the water to get the toys out.

Not much news on the knitting front, just trying to get some more progress done now and then. Must finish that Aberlady sweater as soon as possible, am about an inch into the second sleeve. Not good to knit in the heat with a nearly completed sweater in the heat. Am dreaming of some granny square corchet planket made with cotton, that would be perfect.

Got some great yarns and fiber to spin from Shetland and Island . But more about that in a seperate post.

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Garden and doggies

The last tulips, apricot in the back yard and changing from yellow to pink in the front yard:

Princess Flavie watching her land from the back door:

The Whities watching a dog passing by/ the neighbours's cat/ the other neighbours' rabbits - they were all there, I just don't know who it was when I took this picture :-) And you dee the little one is still distracted so easily.
The boy in his own world:

Tomato-babies and herbs and herb seedlings on the patio:

The cold frame full with radish, salad, peas and dill:

The cold tent, also full with salad and radish:And my herb pots:

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Knitting progress

A little Baktus scarf, a mindless knitting in garter stitch for sitting and watching birds and gerbils.

My lavender socks, they are called that because of the pattern not the colour :-)

And the ribbed socks for Sweetheart, who had to try them on at that stage and was very surprised that the foot was knit rather fast - but that's a sock yarn that is a bit thicker than usual.

Aberlady progressed, too, last weekend, as I was really exhausted from the week and allowed myself some time on the couch. First sleeve nearly done!

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Spring German-French farmers' market

After the warm and sunny end of April, May has started cold, windy and wet. Well, I do see that the water is good for the plants - as long as it is not too cold.

Last Sunday morning I was at a farmers' market in Neustadt, a town with a nice old city center half an hour's drive from here - a very special market as there are farmers from Palatine as well as from Alsace and Lorraine. Have been there a few times, also in fall, during the last years and knew and got what I wanted - herb and tomato plants (vintage varieties), and goat cheese of course. And a lavender soap. And I always take the chance to talk a bit of French. And this time I didn't even forget to take my camera!

When I got home I had a quick lunch and then took the dogs for a walk as the sky was so dark that I knew when it would start raining we would be soaked in minutes. Not funny with the temperatures and the wind we had... But we were lucky enough to get home dry and only then it started pouring :-)

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Sunday morning

What a beautiful morning again! Cloudless sky, sun shining, I was out at half past six for a short walk, no wind at all, warmer than yesterday, grass wet, with sparkling water drops on the tips. I saw some hares across the field, several different birds including one of the parakeets living near by.
When I came home I had my first cup of tea in the warm morning sun in front of the house, where we have our own private "Bistro Kerbihan" and watched the bees visiting the geraniums and the birds fly over the fields:

This is the socks I have started knitting, for myself, lace-y, right for summer:

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