Wordless Wednesday
Seriously. Have you ever seen a more truthful sign?
There are thousands and thousands of seagulls here in Toronto – especially in the beach area and if you happen to have food they flock around you. Dare to feed them and well just read the sign to know what happens. Same for Canadian Geese – I’ve heard that they poop on average every two minutes or something to that effect. That’s a lot of Sh**!
I love this time of year.
Summer is here and it’s warm and sunny outside – well most of the time, it’s been story here the last week or so, and of course the flowers are pretty much all in bloom. Just about perfect if you ask me.
It’s at this time of year that I really try to enjoy my garden. I still have a bit of work to do in the garden (add mulch to back flower beds), but for the most part the hard work is done. Now it’s the plants turn to pay me back for all the care of given them, and oh how they are paying it back this year!
Look at these lovely Heuchera flowers …
Isn’t that a gorgeous color?
On my two other Green Thumb Sunday blogs (Tricia’s Musings and As the Garden Grows) I showed my visitors rose and peony blooms, but there are so many other lovely flowers that are blooming in my garden right now.
Take the Lavender for example – it’s at it’s prime and it’s lovely.
Then there are my many clematis plants, most of which have blooms right now. This one is Arctic … something:
Last but definitely not least is the Malva. It produces such pretty flowers.
I could go on, but I’m sure you get the picture – my garden is alive with blooms and their lovely scent and I’m just loving it.
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Chris and I still need to plan some kind of vacation this summer. He hasn’t even booked any time off yet but at this point it looks like he’ll be off for either the first two weeks or August or the second and third week. He’s still waiting for a co-worker to decide on her vacation time … geesh!
I have a feeling that with the price of gas this year we won’t be taking a long driving trip, but you never know, maybe we’ll end up driving to Chicago again this summer. We did that two years ago when we went to visit Chris’ brother and we had a great time. I loved Chicago. Of course if we go out of the country I’ll get travel insurance at least for me since I have a chronic illness. I can’t take a risk that my Crohn’s won’t flare up while I’m away and I’d hate to end up paying huge hospital bills in the US.
Hmmm the other idea I had for a vacation was to perhaps rent a cabin somewhere near a lake. Yes I know all the good ones are probably booked by now, but I might be able to find something.
What are you doing for your summer vacation?
My yard is so full of roses! I don’t think we’ve ever had this many roses blooming at once. It’s unbelievable.
The rose above is Jacques Cartier I believe … if not it’s the rose that’s right beside it which is Barrone Prevost. Both are lovely antique style roses with heavy rose perfume scent. In fact those two rose bushes are the largest in my yard right now standing close to 12 feet tall each and as I said just jam packed with roses.
I love it. I wish my roses would bloom like this all season, but of course the first roses of spring or early summer are always the most prolific.
Chris and I just got back in from walking the dog. I’m wiped out. She’s just so full of energy and she tugs and tugs and lunges at things. You certainly have to pay attention all the time or you’ll be pulled off your feet if you’re the one holding her leash!
It’s like a major workout. I’m all hot and sweaty right now. Nice huh.
Last weekend the new neighbors who haven’t moved into the house next door yet were over doing some reno work. They were tearing down their living room dining room ceiling. It was that awful popcorn stuff. Well .. they kept taking breaks outside the front of their house and Chris and I happened to be trying to get some gardening done … the next thing I know the new neighbor and his friends were partying in our backyard.
We had Midnight outside with us and we hooked her leash to the foot of the chiminea. The Chiminea weighs 150 to 200 lb … well she managed to tug so hard that she lifted the chiminea and the leash slipped out from under the leg or foot of it. Maybe we should use some of those industrial CAT5e cables as a leash?
She’s just so strong!
She only weighs about 60 pounds but she’s obvious all muscle.