Step up!

I played a shop-keeper yesterday, we had a flea market at our shop (and will have one today, too). While I slaved away at the shop (=read magazines), my husband built us new steps.

Things are not black and white

If it was good enough for the Germans in the 70´s, it is good enough for us! I bought this vase to use in the garden but in the end both I and my husband thought it is too precious for outside use and now it has a home in the kitchen.

Let there be light

My husband has worked hard with his two new radios. This one got lights and it is cleaner than when it was new. And it works just fine!

Take it easy

I don't get people who don't like bergenias (vuorenkilpi in Finnish). They are easy, look good and green in both summer and winter. The only thing you need to do is to take off any damaged leaves in the spring and the plant looks great for the rest of the year. It spreads easly but is not invasive, its flowers are a delight in spring and it might flower again if the conditions are right. If something is easy, it is not bad - get over it and start using bergenias in your garden immediately!

Greener pasture

It was incredibly green in the beginning of the summer. Something good came with the continuous rain and cold weather.

Yours for the taking

My husband demands that I gather all the apples that drop down as he is afraid there will be rodents coming to eat them - never mind the cat that lurkes around. I wanted to save some for the birds and here they are, ready for birds to pick up. There are apples on the tree, too, so it might be that my construction doesn´t interest birds much but the apples look good so I´ll let them be. One pedestrian walked his dog by our garden and he almost wrung his neck trying to figure out how the apples stay in the air - you can't see the pole when looking from afar!

Movers and shakers

As we don´t stay for night at the cottage anymore I take flowers with me everytime we go there. This time I made a bouqet with a couple of very fragrant lilies. The pelargoniums are from the cottage, too. They moved to Vårkulla a week ago. As I knew it would rain during the week I put them under the garden table and they seem to have liked their stay under a roof.