38 weken - Vermaak me prima!

Het is heerlijk rustig thuis en ik vermaak me prima!

Het voorjaar begint te komen. Buiten beginnen de krokussen te bloeien, binnen staan de tulpen op tafel en op zolder staat onze Azoreaanse plant te overwinteren. Deze laatste hebben we als zaadje meegenomen van onze vakantie op de Azoren in 2009. Afgelopen zomer hebben we de zaadjes geplant in de tuin en er kwam een plant uit die inmiddels zo'n 30 cm hoog is en nu zowaar begint te bloeien!!! (foto rechtsonder, klik er op om hem te vergroten)

Verder heb ik ook eindelijk eens tijd om bijvoorbeeld kaartjes te knutselen zoals de volgende (van vilt):

Wat de kleine betreft: Die begint beurse plekken te veroorzaken doordat hij/zij steeds in dezelfde houding ligt en op dezelfde plekken schopt/drukt. Af en toe is dat wat pijnlijk, maar ja. Blijf nog maar lekker even zitten hoor, want ik wil nog best twee weekjes genieten van de rust! ;)

Spring is on its way

Today it felt and smelt like spring outside! And we discovered the first signs of spring in our garden:

New pet?

It looks like we have a new pet, living in our garden....

Zonnebloemen

Nooit gedacht dat die paar kleine zaadjes het zo goed zouden doen!

McDulls lawn

Our garden is beautiful (thanks to the previous owners of our house), but slowly we're changing small things to make it more a garden of our own. We had to cut back a lot of bushes and trees in the past few months and planted some new bushes, because some died last winter. On one side of the garden we have a lot of roses. First, I loved them, but not anymore. There's always the problem with when and how to prune the rose bushes and fighting the plant lice. It's been said (and probably true) that roses put a lot of energy into flower production. So it's important that they get proper food care, which of course, I never give them. Our roses are blooming now, but I'm sure they could be ten times prettier if cared for better. Oh, and I haven't mentioned the enormous thorns that make it almost impossible to weed between the bushes and that during winter it's an ugly sight just to see the leafless, prickly bushes.
No, I'm not so fond of roses anymore.
But what has this got to do with McDulls lawn? Well, last week I've removed a part of the rose bushes to make a two square meter big grass-land. Our guinea-pig loves grass and now he has a nice place to browse! :) And I think there might be a good chance that we'll get rid of the other rose bushes as well....

Only one question remains.... will the grass grow under this tree? We'll see....
McDull loves his lawn, he started eating grass as soon as he saw it!

Garden part 2

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April

It's the 12th of April and I haven't blogged anything in April yet! It must be the beautiful weather, I'm outside in our garden most of the time right now. I've removed old leaves and lots of weeds and I've been staining the banisters (finally got that job done). In the meantime I'm working on my new website every now and then, with help from Martin. The website will be published in the first week of May! Promised!
Martin has been searching for the right cables and speakers to make our home cinema ready. A friend is coming over tonight and then we'll watch the first movie together! It's really cool :)
I've also become an aunt again yesterday! My second nephew is born and we'll go and see him tomorrow :) So we're busy and happy!

Garden

It's still too cold and wet to sit in our garden, but already there are beautiful flowers. And considering the concert free weekend I had to find something else to photograph...

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