New Life!

What is it about tiny fresh flowers and tiny baby fingers that can grab at your heart strings? The flowers just came up in my back garden patch - and I sure wish I could smell those precious fingers of my beautiful new niece Sabrina who was born last Friday on the other side of the country...

How sweet is your Marshmallow?

I am quite happy with the colours of my first wild rose shrub and marshmallow plants. Yes, you heard right - Marshmallow or Althea officinalis - not the white puffy candy stuff used to roast at your campfire! You can use the leaves and roots for medicinal purposes, especially good for digestive/stomach issues.

Yummy flowers

I was fortunate enough to spend the whole day in the garden yesterday weeding, (if you can call working in 30+degrees celcius with humidity lucky) and saw plenty of beauty with butterflies enjoying the milkweed, goldenrod opening up their golden colour, and my first rosebush giving a hint of ballerina pink. My absolute favourite flower at the moment has to be the hollyhocks with colours ranging from black/maroon to salmon and pink. I don't think they will last much longer, however, as their huge stalks are starting to fall over...

Feeling blue....

Feeling blue about this 'spring' we are experiencing - nothing but rain and mosquitos! Luckily, mom and I came across these gorgous blue lilacs in a farmer's field and we helped ourselves to a couple of arrangements. The fragrant blooms remind us that after a long cold winter, warm and bright days should arrive ...