Hello Everyone!
I'm so happy Friday is here. My arms and legs and knees are tired. LOL. I would not give up time with Iris, but I'm always grateful for a little break. Yesterday ended up being a bit of a break anyway. I had an eye doctor appointment in the morning, so wasn't planning to go over to see Iris till after lunch. Since we were planning to have dinner with Colin, Mailing and Iris, we waited until closer to 2:15 to go over to their house. Using their crockpot (no stove replacement yet - they plan to shop this weekend) Colin fixed a delicious lamb tangine with chickpeas, onions, tomatoes, olives and a slew of spices which we had over brown rice. It was nice enough that we ate outside. I had made a batch of the chocolate peanut butter bars that Bonny shared the other week - delicious!
Yesterday was simply gorgeous and before Fletch and I drove over to Colin's, I walked around a bit. Our wisteria suddenly popped open in one day!
In the background you can see our apple tree which is in bloom. The tree is slowly dying, but it still blooms and produces apples each year. The recent winds have brought a lot of the blooms down and at times it almost looks like it is snowing outside!
We are so happy that we have a pair of bluebirds who have decided to set up house in our bluebird house! Yesterday I managed to catch both the male and female sitting on the garden railing.
They are just below the house and to the right on the railing (which is bamboo from the back of our property!). You can see the garlic shoots in the last bed in the garden. Before long we will have scapes and then by early July it will be time to harvest. YAY.
We have no real plans for the weekend. With helping to care for Iris, my domestic chores are now all bundled into the weekend (and that does not always happen). It is looking like Saturday will be a huge washout - rain all day - so I will most likely try to get some cleaning done then. I also have a whole chicken in the freezer and that may be a good day to roast that. I know Fletch is hoping to get some gardening done on Sunday and, as always, I'm hoping for some reading, stitching and knitting time. Fingers crossed!
I hope you all have great weekends - have some fun!!
The few times I've helped care for young children as an older adult, I've been really tired afterwards. It makes me wonder how we did it! I'm excited that you have bluebirds and hope you get to see baby bluebirds in the near future. I hope we get rain here and I hope it knocks down the pollen; our driveway looks like the yellow brick road. Hope you have a good weekend!
ReplyDeleteLove the bluebirds! We have some flowering trees in our backyard that open for like a day before they start losing all their petals and it really does look like snow out there.
ReplyDeleteI hope your chores go quickly so that you can enjoy most of the weekend and relax!
The wisteria is gorgeous! Have a good catch up at home this weekend!
ReplyDeleteWisteria are my favorites! I tried to grow them in Eugene and they bloomed maybe twice in ten years! I'm not sure how they would do out on the coast but I think I'll ask in the FB group about northwest gardening.
ReplyDeleteYour wisteria is beautiful! We had two bluebird families last year, still hoping for them to appear soon, but wrens have taken over the boxes. Do we remove their nest starts? Plenty of other houses but they seem to prefer the bluebird's.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your weekend off! You really deserve it.
ReplyDeleteWhen we were re-doing the kitchen, I didn't have a stove for months, maybe even a year but I did learn that you can cook almost anything in a slow cooker. Cakes were especially good. Lasagna is even better.
As the saying goes, "there is a reason we have our children when we are young." It's so much fun to be with them but now days I wear out much more quickly. Your yard and garden look like Spring. Bluebirds are special. What a treat to have them in your yard.
ReplyDeleteNot sure why I showed up as anonymous. But it was me.
ReplyDeleteYou've certainly earned some rest this weekend! It's rainy here, too, and pretty windy. We're heading home from camping and I'm looking forward to a quiet night at home.
ReplyDeleteLove the wisteria! and I love that you have bluebirds! My best friends parents have a pair on their property. She takes them grubs and other wormy things from her pet store to feed the bluebirds.
ReplyDeletegorgeous wisteria!! I wish I had that in my yard. I get very sore from the grandkids....and I thought I was in tiptop shape!
ReplyDeleteMy friends with grandkids all say the same thing -- they're just exhausted after a visit! (They also love the activity!) Enjoy! Love your bluebirds, Vera! That's so exciting! And your wisteria is inspiring! Mine probably won't "pop" for a few more weeks -- but I can't wait!
ReplyDelete