Marielundskoven

Today, when I got out of bed, I was so ready for the glass workshop. But the phone rang and they told me that they closed the shop today.... darn !!

Well then I had to use my energy otherwise. So when the fog was hanging heavy and dense, I wondered where to go for a little photoshoot. But I couldn't figure out a great spot. So I ended up on the couch, watching TV ;)

But later on, when the sun was shining bright, I changed my mind.  IF I just went and picked up Nanna after school... I would be very close to the Marilundskoven (a big forest) .... Then we could go for a walk there :) Done deal... and off I went!

It's kind of funny to walk in a new forest. The motives wasn't  that easy to spot.... and since I was walking with Nanna, I didn't spent the same amount of time, just standing there and watching the sourroundings. :)

Especially the pretty mushrooms and leaves :) The forest itself wasn't taht fall'ish yet. But okay, then I just have an excuse to go there again soon!

But also at home, in our own garden, beautiful motives are hiding. At 6 in the morning, I swear, I saw frost on the fences outside... It was white and "meltet" if I places my fingers on it ;)

So later, when I went outside, and the sun was high on the sky... It showed a lot of tiny drops in the little spider webs in the garden....

GOSH

Today, was a day where I should have been relaxing on the couch, with a good movie. But the weather was so great and the lawn needed my attention very bad!! So no more procrastinating .... so I got out the lawnmower and started the hard work.

Goosh what hard work that was. I blame myself each time, I let the grass grow that high. At the same time, I blamed the wet weather we've had this summer. But if I have to be honest, and I do, it's more about procrastinating than the weather.

So today was the day I finally got myself together and did it. And not just the lawn were mowed, I also weeded the garden. You know, those round and square parts of the garden, in wich there are supposed to be visible soil, with no weeds and with pretty flowers. Except, at my place they are all empty, except for a few Hostas and a nice amount of weeds. And the weeds aren't quite tall enough to grab, but high enough to look really bad.

So down on my knees, to grab all that green stuff and remove it. So now you can actually see the soil.... or should I say the sand and stoneish soil we have here.... but NO weeds at all. Actually the garden looks presentable now! :)

And I have to laugh a little about myself, by thinking about what I was told this spring... Do NOT plant new flowers, bushes or similar untill the fall... or you will have to spend all summer outside, with a waterhose.
But what did we get? Rain rain and then some more rain. So actually I could have had a great garden by now ;)

But okay, now I can sit down and smile, because I have done the hard work, for a while. But maybe I'll hate myself tomorrow, bacause I HAD to do both the lawn and the garden at the same day.... But that's the price for beeing stubborn.

Nanna have been inside all day, doing her homework, at the dinner table. Only distracted by a beautifull sunray, that appraently called for a photoshoot of herself. And I am just happy that she didn't forget all about the joy of photography. And I snatched her photo and made the colors as I like it. :)

But now, the blue eyed girl and I, will get us something for dinner. We both deserve it. And a breake for Nanna, in the middle of her math ... I wonder if she have time for it ? :)

Cute idea

I just felt like bragging about my mothers cute idea! On the corner posts of their new terrace, she have hammered in some nails and then placed a few old bottles on them.... and finally decorated them with beautiful flowers from her garden.

My mother rarely brags about her creative skills... but I really think she's great. She really knows how to do magic with flower decorations, boxes for songs or with a garden...  :)

But no doubt about my sudden urge for some old bottles for my own garden fence. The ones on the photo DID belong to me. But I was sure I would never gonna use them again and tossed them... but my mother was pretty fast and snagged them for herself ;)

Rain rain rain

Rain  rain and then some more rain.... I wonder if we ever will get some summer, with warm weather and sunshine, before fall is here? :) I sure hope so, or my inner batteries will run out of energy, before end of this year!

The only good thing I can think of, with all this rain... is the possibility of great shots of the tiny drops. Everything is wet and covered with tiny sparkling "diamonds", making the garden glittery.

Even the plants have had their share of water by now, right? And my tomatoes and my beans really need some sunshine and heat.... so I can harvest great fruits. :) I think I have never seen this small tomato plants, by this time of the year before.

They are still not very tall and they have only about 5 or 6 flowers each. And still no sign of even a tiny green tomato. But hey, they will come, right?

I have been looking so much forward to eating my OWN tomatoes, from my own garden, so it just has to succeed.

 

Look... there are beans on the plant and there are tomato flowers... So now we only need a bit more :) Becuse 10 beans isn't that much for two people ;) And I am drooling, thinking about great tasting bruchettas, so pleeease grow some tomatos now!! So we're hoping for a great late summer. :)