Random Bits

                                                          I hope you had a great weekend.
                                                         It was windy and cool here.....
                                                         hoping it warms up soon.
                                                           I am enjoying some bits
                                                        of spring color in a sunny
                                                        window in our library while
                                                        I wait for some spring beauty
                                                        in our garden below.

                                                             It won't be long before we have
                                                             lots of spring beauty in the garden.

                                                             Some pretty pinks

                                                           My youngest granddaughter and I
                                                           painted the dollhouse and a pretty
                                                           aqua color and had a little tea party.

                           

                                                         This little bedroom got a recent
                                                         makeover as we removed the toile
                                                         wallpaper and painted the walls
                                                         cloud white but more on this later.

                                                           A cheery spring tea

                                                        I love stripes and pastels.

                                               We spent our first night of the season
                                                      at our cottages watching the waves
                                                      roll in with whitecaps. We don't usually
                                                      have the whitecaps on the south shore
                                                      but it was so windy on Saturday.
                                                            I am making some curtains today
                                                      for the little bedroom as it seems too
                                                      cool and windy to enjoy gardening
                                                      today.

                                                                    Thank you for stopping by,

                                                                                      Carolyn

                                                                   

Blue & White Cottage by the Sea

               Hello everyone,

               I hope you all had a lovely Easter. It has

                       been awhile since I last posted here as spring

chores and projects took over.

                We took a day to clean up the cottage for

          the season a week or so ago so I am

           looking forward to being able to stay

       over there and relaxing for awhile.

                 This will be our 3rd summer for

         enjoying our little cottage.

                It was a fixer upper so it wasn't

            all just about relaxing but we

                       enjoyed seeing it all come together.

                                      As you can see we went with a blue 

                                    and white theme which I find so relaxing.

We still have some projects to finish

but in the meantime we can enjoy

the peace and beauty.

The needlepoint sailboat pillow was a thrift

find .....all I had to do was

make it into a pillow.

I enjoyed finding furniture etc. for

the cottage at yardsales etc. and

giving them a coat or two

of white paint.

I love this hedge of hardy roses and am

so glad that someone had the foresight

to plant them years ago.

It is a lovely place to enjoy tea time.

But you will often find me enjoying this view

at the front of the cottage on beautiful summer

days.

Couldn't resist some sailboats inside.

                                            I love watching the sailboats go by.

                                                     I have been busy with garden cleanup,
                                                     furniture painting, a bedroom makeover
                                                     some sewing and Easter so I hope you
                                                     don't mind that I have been absent lately.

                                                       On a different note, our garden is
                                                        popping a little more each day.
                                                        Soon, I will be able to pick my first
                                                        bouquet of daffodils for the season.

                                                                Hope you are enjoying your week
                                                          and thank you for visiting me.

                                                                                   Carolyn


                                                 
                                                           
                                                                           

By the Pond

                   Happy weekend!

                        I hope you are enjoying your weekend.

                         We have lost most of our snow here but

                                   we still have ice in the pond .....we need a few

                            days of warmer weather before it melts.

                                 The photo above was an early morning shot

                                with a mist rising off the pond.....a relaxing

place to sit for awhile.

                                                                 Iris growing around the pond.

                                                         A peaceful evening by the pond.

                                                             A spring shot with a young
                                                             crab apple tree in bloom.

                                                           As soon as the ice starts to melt
                                                           in the pond we have a pair of
                                                           Canada geese and a couple of ducks
                                                            that return to nest by the pond.

                                                            It is fun to watch them grow.

                                                            We planted some lupins around the pond.

                        Our Boathouse reflected in the pond.

       I took this shot  the middle of

       April a year or two ago when

we had a late snowfall.

                                              I love when the pond is ice free but we
                                                       have either a late snow fall or an early
                                                       winter snow fall.

                                                       I enjoy seeing the beauty of the pond in
                                                       all the seasons and watching the wildlife.

                                                                      I hope you enjoyed relaxing
                                                                      by our pond with me today!

                                                                                         Carolyn

Garden Blues

                   Hello everyone,

                     We had some April showers here yesterday,

                     to bring on those May flowers that we look

forward to each year.

                     A tour around the garden yesterday  revealed

                     some spring bulbs poking up in several beds.

                   But moving on with our garden blues theme~

                  Although lupins grow wild here on the Island

            I enjoy having some in the garden as well.

             

                 Not all of my garden blues are plants.

                       The old shed above adds color and interest

all year long.

                                  I love the tall stately spires of these deep

blue delphiniums.

            Each spring I divide my delphiniums and

      move them around the garden.

                                                     The blue forget me nots are so pretty
                                                      in the spring and are a nice filler in
                                                      the beds with spring bulbs.

                                                      I couldn't resist another lupin
                                                      shot with the evening light and
                                                      the peonies in the background.

                                                          I love this french blue color
                                                          in the garden as it gives a nice
                                                          pop of color.

 When I was looking through my

   photos for blues this one jumped

out at me.....sometimes all you

need is a pretty blue tablecloth

and some blue china amid the 

greenery.

Blue six hills giant nepeta in

the background can resemble

lavender from a distance.

I painted the old ladder the same

blue as the arbors above.

                                                         A pretty combo of blue lupins,
                                                         and Thor spirea and a Wine & Roses
                                                           Spirea.

                         I love clematis in the garden and

                          have several varieties. This one is

   Jackmanni superbra.

        Well, I could probably keep you

              here all day singing the garden blues,

             but the sun is shining and it is time to

                 get out in the garden and see what early

    spring clean up chores I can do.

     Thanks for visiting,

                 Carolyn