Is it really Monday already? - the w/end just flew by for me. I hope everyone had a great w/end. In US today is a public holiday - Memorial Day, time to reflect on the fallen who have brought freedom to our countries - Thank you to all the men and women.
Plus it's the official beginning of the summer BBQ season, and time to plant our veggies into the garden, since the frost and cold mornings are on the way out!
On Friday & Sat our sub had a massive garage sale - that I only found out about the day before - grrr, since we have alot of clutter that we need to get rid off! Anyway Friday morning J was home to look after Missy S so I quickly went out around the sub checking out the garage sale. I found some great bargains, mostly for Miss S so I'll will post about that later.
& the rest of the w/end was busy with jobs, getting my "To Do" list finally tackled - J painted the basement bathroom, same color just a tad brighter shade. I started work on cleaning the basement. Believe me this is a massive job and will take more then one w/end to complete. The local scouts collected our ol' sofa and chair. This sofa was from UK, handed down from J's mum, when they collected it they mentioned it was in great condition - not bad for a 20+ year old sofa, hopefully it will find another family that can use it.
Today is the first day of "Colour My World" and its......
Green Monday
Christmas Cactus - flowers like made at Xmas, nearly died in the winter from the cold sitting in the family room, moved it to the kitchen table and it's thriving again.
Various champagne and sparkling white wine bottles that live on the top of our kitchen cabinet
Funny story behind these bottles, no we didn't have a party and forgot to tell anyone! This strange assortment of bottles live on the top of our kitchen cabinet and will never be thrown out. The packing company in UK were very enthusiastic about packing and packed these empty bottles away; they received VIP treatment triple wrapped in bubble wrap and placed in a separate box away from the common beer and wine glasses. After this I don't have the heart to toss them out.
Broccoli ready for freezing
Lizard from New Mexico - clinging to our kitchen wall
Grapevine growing again
Hosta's growing in the backyard
2 comments:
Your Christmas cactus reminds me of our two cactii. Here's the story: We receieved them as homecoming gifts (back when we moved home from FL in '02). I am not very good at keeping indoor plants alive so for several years, they were on their last leg. Each year, they would attempt to bloom but sadly nothing pretty would sprout. Finally, DH took over this past Christmas. He nursed them back to health and they have been blooming ever since! I think they're making up for lost time. LOL.
-Kate
Kate - Thanks for sharing, good story, that is why I believe that plants are like women - need to be treated with respect, care and not ignored. Once they are given all these things they bloom and grow.
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