This and that…

The flowers left place to the leaves, first tree to have leaves with the weeping willow.

My husband puzzle 

Baby items

A ray of sun in the downstair  bedroom.

I Hope your day and weather will be fine . Thank you for coming.

Hello Friends !

Already 9 hours colouring the castle ! In the evening 

As the tv programs are not being very interesting we decided to do something else, my husband is doing his puzzle and I am painting. Last night I did half of the door, I will continue today and would like it to be finished soon to do something else.

Today, the electricity company is coming and we decided which company will change the awning on our outdoor terrace. That’s a good job done.

Yesterday in between colouring I baked a pear and apple crumble and cooked stuffed potatoes in the oven.

I am working hard because I want This stay with us be a good one for Maxime as we only see him a few times in the year because of the 7 hours flight which separates us. One bedroom is full of the second hand toys we found and here and there baby items all around the house! This is a big organisation for two babies, I that’s must have all that’s necessary for their stay.

This morning the weather is cold but nice, we should have rain this afternoon.

 

Shopping morning and relaxed afternoon!

The trees in the garden have all their leaves

This morning I just popped in the garden center, I had a  10 euros voucher and  15 per cent off on my favourite item, so I choose this one. This is a plant that needs trimming.

This is not « Room with a view, but shed with a view!)

 Hello Friends,

Today, we are very tired after working hard yesterday!

My husband is going to work today and tomorrow morning and then we will continue our work tomorrow.

Today, I must go shopping for our barbecues. The weather being fine but not very hot, but to work it is better than high temperatures.

Then I must get a rug for the shed and paint the vintage ladder which I have put inside it.

We decided to make a little terrace in front of it , I have kept some ground where the robot does not go and will plant some flowers. On each side there are already two white rose bushes.

( Linda asked me what I am going to do inside?

Well, I will do some drawing, painting and reading . The shed Bering at the back of the house in the middle of the fields, this will be a quiet place to relax!)

But before we have a lot to work hard  on the outside!

The story of the shed. This was for my children and in Summer I used to sleep in it with them and their friends, when they wanted. I think it was not safe to leave them alone, ( I could not sleep at all, but they slept well )

Then in December 1999 just the day after Xmas we had a big tornado ( the first time we had one here)and I was awakened by the terrible noise of the wind , look by the window and saw the shed lifted in the air and violently coming down! After that it was all twisted! We had to repair it , insulated it and re roofed it. But we don’t want a new one, too much souvenirs in it!

I May paint the floor, we will see!

No dead baby birds this morning. We give plenty of food to the parents and plenty of water, but there are less and less insects and maybe not enough food for the babies. I noticed this phenomenon since about three years. We have bird flue in France, but not here  in our department  and the parents would die too…but we have Asian hornets 🐝 

I had  already one three times in the house! There must be a nest somewhere.

We will have to equip our windows with mosquito nets before Maxime’s comes here!

I found a cover for our garden table, but it is too big , I phoned the shop and will change it tomorrow for a smaller one. I also found a rug for the shed.

This afternoon is rest afternoon, before we  continue our work tomorrow. Relax in my new recliner outside with Bandit.

The perfume of basswood 🌳 tree.

Our basswood is in bloom and this morning during my garden tour I could smell it’s lovely perfume and I could hear the buzzing of hundreds of 🐝 bees.

We try to protect the wildlife insects bees 🦅 birds and hedgehogs. We had one baby hedgehog on the grass in front of the house last night I had to protect him from our dog Bandit.

This is a small rose bush I found at Lidl while doing some shopping.

This is our basswood tree

Some nasturtium I planted in a vintage watering can.
 

Put some water for the birds

An old child 🛀 tube with aquatic plants

Roses from the little rose bush

This big rose bush is starting to bloom

Blue hydrangeas soon blooming

Back door flowers

Ferns on the side of the house

These are the roses of the rose bush.

Avian influenza is coming back on our coast and strikes the seagulls. This afternoon the temperature will rise to 37C but Sunday must be worse!

I did a little ironing and now I will stay inside and rest

Opened windows in the morning before it’s too hot

and then 23 during the day. We use the air conditioner only during the night as it is hotter upstairs.

We won’t do much this week end , stay cool and read!