Sparkles and weeds

This weekend was the first time that I thought perhaps home ownership (specially being a gardener) may get the best of me. Yet I will persevere because I don't have another option at this point in time. I still enjoy the dirt and gardening but a couple weeks of rain and no time for the garden is allowing the weeds to win the battle. I spent 4 hours today outside weeding....three garbage bags of weeds!!! Incredible.

But to take my mind off that battle, I am working on small corners of the house...here is some new spaces I have redone or created.

My porch...the chairs will be a bench shortly...I am percolating an idea!

My back sun room with the two chairs I need to recover...some day!

My new (for now) patio table...just need something to eat on outside. Now if I can do anything about the mosquitos, it would be paradise

Necklaces on the back of the bedroom door...perfect location

In other news, an unusual theft happened today between 3 and 6 pm. My blue recycling cart which is always situated by my back gate was stolen. I had dumped a bunch of recyclables in there this afternoon just before 3 pm so I'm not sure what they are going to do with cardboard, papers and plastic containers, etc. The one bright spot is that this morning I decided to fill in my address on the cart. The cart had a spot that says "This cart belongs to this address: " Who knows, my blue cart may find its way back but until then, I will call the city and see if they can deliver another one for me. Oh, the adventurous life I lead!!

Delinquency

I know that my blogging duties have been neglected but the need to focus more important priorities became evident. Surprisingly, blogging is not on the list of my top 10 priorities so it is just a nice-to-do when I have a spare few minutes.

This is just a quick update to state that the garden continues to grow....despite feeling like I may be fighting a losing battle against hollyhocks (gone wild), dandelions and quack grass, I actually harvested the first fruits of my labour - spinach and rhubarb today.

Before I run to enjoy my rhubarb strawberry crumble, I leave you with an inspiring garden belonging to my cousin Jeremy and his wife (and my good friend) Christine in Hamilton, ON. I visited them a few weeks ago. May you be as inspired as I was with their little piece of paradise.