Memorial Day

Hi!

Happy (?) Memorial Day, down in the States!

It's a regular day for us.

We had a nice weekend.  C was busy with her gymnastics show and a birthday party sleepover.  

Here's C (at the end of the line) getting ready to do her routine.

K and N got out for their first sail of the year yesterday (even though it was pretty cold!).  They went in the Summerside Harbour and then stayed in town for dinner with K's parents at the Yacht Club.  After that, it was this month's Astronomy Club.

It's raining today, so everybody wanted to sleep in!

Have a great week! :-)

Front Garden/Shed

Hello!

How's your day?  It's raining here now and cloudy -great for the plants!

Yesterday, I got some mulching done in the courtyard.

 I also got the front garden mulched.

This is the front in June, 2014

Close-up mulch pics.

I put mulch by the shed where the transplanted ferns are growing, too!

I didn't mean to dump a whole bag here, but oh well!

It needs a little something in the back- more concrete bag stones?  Not sure....

(Notice the black trash can? It's there because we missed our trash pick up last week and I didn't feel like moving the whole full can back to the courtyard. When I called to find out why they didn't pick up our bin, I discovered we'd been on the cottage plan and our collection wasn't supposed to start until May 28! I guess there was a new driver or something because they usually pick it up!  Anyway, we got it all straightened out (and now owe another $100/year for the service) and it'll get picked up tomorrow.)

Have a fantastic day! :-)

Courtyard

Hello!

I moved some plants around in the courtyard and wanted to document it here, so I can remember what I did.

I took a hosta from under the Virginia Creeper,

and moved it to both side of the corner of the storage room. 

I took the hosta in front of the hose and split it (this is the half that stayed).

I moved the other half to the corner of the patio stone.

I divided two lilies (?) in the front of the picture, behind the log (again, these are the halves that stayed). 

Then I had to center the hosta that's between the front lillies. 

I moved both halves of lilies to the left of the patio stone. 

Then, a couple days later, I moved half of the new lilies, like so.

so they're on both sides of the patio stone.

Yesterday, I bought 4 bags of mulch (on sale for $2.99/ 40% off). 

Looks much better with mulch, doesn't it?

Here's a bigger view. 

I ran out of mulch, so it didn't go all the way back to that trellis. Soon, it will be all filled in with hostas, though! 

That pile of junk will soon be gone! (Just need to load up the trailer and take a trip to the Waste Watch Facility.)

I also added mulch to the courtyard. 

Bigger view. 

Again, where there's no mulch will soon be filled in with hostas.

We've still got a few lot of things to clean up around the courtyard, but it's looking better!

Have a great day! :-)

Front Porch/ Front Garden

Hi!
How was your weekend? Ours is still going, as today is Victoria Day- a day off for everybody! I had to work in Kensington on Saturday, so it feels like Sunday today.

The trees are starting to green up and the grass is growing.
Can you see the little green leaves on the birch trees?

The Lilac bush is growing

and so is the Juniper! 

I've put away all the winter coats, but still haven't gotten the summer clothes out yet!

The black flies are here now, so I'm glad I got some plant dividing done!

I did some spray painting last week.

See that white metal basket thing on the table?

That's what I painted.

I'd planned on painting it white again, but I got out my white spray paint a couple days ago and couldn't find it when I went looking!

So, I did it hammered silver. 

I'd noticed that the grey porch light (pay no attention to the unfinished porch ceiling) tied in to the grey ribbon on the flower.

So I thought the hammered silver would tie in as well. 

However, now I think the table needs to be white!

Oh, the projects are neverending! :-)

I also got the front flower boxes filled with fake flowers.

I don't mind the fake foliage there too much, since I don't have to keep it watered!

The garden below looks so sad! 

The plans to expand the front garden, have been changed.

Instead, I expanded the front garden on the left.

Here's the garden last June, 2015.

Now, it's expanded in the front and the left side.

I divided these plants on the right side to put there!

(This pic was taken last year.)

Here's the right side now, after dividing the plants.

And here's the left side.

That big plant in the middle is growing so well on this side, which gets light in the morning.

I may have to divide it and move some over to the right side, where it's not doing so well. 

I will get some mulch this week.  I only need to mulch this new part and a bit over by the courtyard.

Have a fantastic day! :-)

Yard Pics

Hi!  How's your week going?  We had such nice weather today, that 

I went around and took pics of the yard.

Courtyard with pile of trash.

Boat Yard- see the rope outlining the future circle drive? 

More future circle drive.... 

Toward the road. 

Shed with brush behind (in front?) of it. 

Left Side Front Yard

Left side of house.

Front. 

Right side garden. 

Progress on filling in, in front of stone garden border. 

Now to the back yard, on the left of house. 

Trailer. 

Left side, back corner. 

Center back yard. 

Right side, back corner. 

Right back side. 

Right Front, Back Yard Corner. 

K's office 

Super tall antennae K put up to capture airline info with a Raspberry Pi. 

Back Patio. 

Back of house. 

Left Front, Back Yard Corner. 

That's how the yard looks now!

Have a great weekend and Happy Victoria Day! :-)