Dare I say it?

It is too hot! I know it has been colder than ever for the last two weeks but I still don't get it why it has to be almost 30 degrees as soon as the sun starts shining. A few days ago the nature was green and lush as in Ireland and now the lawn (read: moss) is more like Sahara desert.

Laundry day

You gotta love summer, even the drying laundry looks great!

I hear music

It is nice to have an old (portable) record player at the cottage as you can't listen it too loud.

Armageddon awaits

It looks really cute but as it gets older, it will wreak havoc in my garden. What to do as we don't have it in us to kill the hare?

A great summer day

it rained yesterday for the whole day. We still had round forty visitors during the open garden day. The visitors didn't seem to mind the weather but in the end my husband and I were both wet and cold.     

There was a small pause in the rain and my pink poppies immediately started to open. After it started to rain again the poppies closed the petals to wait for sunshine. And they are still waiting as it is raining again...

Decorating the garden

I use cheap tablecloths on our garden tables. The cloths last for about two to three summers as they are outside come rain come sunshine. For the start it felt a bit strange to leave the cloths in the rain but then I thought that they cost less than a pot of summer flowers which are thrown away after one summer and they do make the garden prettier.

Summer is green

It is amazing how green everything is right now. The rainy and cold start of the summer did a world of good to the garden if not to us people!