tuesday

It started with sunshine.



This one is especially for you, Akiyo ;) Right in the
middle is garlic, but the other greens are wheat!



Neighbor's gardens incl. the garden I admire because of
it's simplicity and the big tree.


Suddenly at around 4 pm the rooms were as dark as if
it was already 8 pm.


Hail is so brutal.


The back garden after about an hour. I haven't been in
the garden afterwards. I don't know, how it looks like
on the front garden. I think, I'd cry...


Well, I'm learning...
to be patient,
to accept,
to forgive,
to let go,
to enjoy as long as I can
and a lot more.
All those from gardening.

on the roof

The March and the May look on top of a sport hall. I
love it! See my shadow and my bike's over there? :)

strawberries

We finally had our first strawberries from the windowsill.
I only got a little bite, but it was SO sweet! Yumm.. :)



Hope your weekend is as sweet as strawberry and I'm
wishing you a great new week starting tomorrow :)



P.S. I actually want to write about the concert we've
visited last Thursday, but I don't know how to get the
photos from my HP down to my compi. I don't have
the suitable USB cable and somehow sending via email
is not working too :( So, maybe you can enjoy some of
the songs we've heard at here. Lovely voice, great songs
- all written by herself - and a great band.

P.P.S. I don't watch tv very often, but I don't want to
miss this series every Sunday. His smile there makes
me smile too :)

learning

I never managed to work in the garden less than two
hours. Well, I enjoy it, so I forget the time :) Normally
I work either only on the front or only on the back
garden at a time, but today I worked on both, as there
were less bindweeds to see today :)



My back garden is not a garden to look at - it looks
higgledy-piggledy *lol* But the potatos are growing,
so are the strawberries (although the ones in the pot
grow a lot better than those in the gardensoil. Hmm..).
One marigold is almost eaten up by a snail (I think, it
was a snail). The cornus and blackberries are about to
bloom. There is also another plant with buds (in the
middle photo), but I don't know what it is. Do you know
it maybe? Could it be buddleja? I'm not sure..

On the front garden I cut the ilex down. Now it has only
a few leaves, but they are all okay. I hope, it will grow
better now. I've also cut the lonicera a bit. As I first
thought it was a box tree, I wanted to grow scions for
the back garden, but then I stumbled upon lonicera on
the web. Well, there are still a lot to learn in the garden :)



But there are also a lot to enjoy..



The peonies are blooming, the second rose plant
will be blooming in a day or two and my phuopsis
stylosa has also started to bloom. I hope, the lavenders
will be blooming soon. Oh, I love my garden :)

P.S. I've covered the soil around the strawberries with
straw. But I was a dork - I took straw, which are normally
use to feed pets. So now wheats are starting to grow among
the strawberries *lol* (well, now I can still laugh, maybe
I won't in a couple of weeks ;))

a sign?

There was something strange today (or yesterday,
as it's now past midnight). It started with a dream. My
neighbor wanted to move in to my apartment and I've
somehow said yes, as I got the chance to move to the
apartment on the upper floor without seeing that
apartment before. I could feel the whole house was
in the mood of moving - I saw worker with boxes, the
previous tenant, the landlord.. So I went to the other
apartment. A young boy showed us the rooms. It has
only 2 narrow, deep rooms. One as a living- & bedroom
and the other one (the door was hidden in a green built-
in cupboard, which I found quite ingenious) as a dining
room & kitchen. So, it would be a cutback from now.
From that moment on I was doubting about my decision.
I wanted to say no, but was afraid to disappoint my
neighbor. On the other hand, this upper apartment is
placed next to an old & dusty, but beautiful, romantic
studio with old tools and machines, where I could learn
from a master and come whenever I want to. What to
do? I woke up without any decision.

Later in the morning while I was researching about
something, I stumbled upon this interesting link. And in
the evening I saw the following video from TED.



A few minutes ago I got the Tiny Showcase's newsletter,
in which they've mentioned about dream.

I'm asking myself, either it is a coincidence or a sign..