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Showing posts with label gardens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gardens. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Impatiently Waiting

I'm getting a little impatient!
It's been well over a month.
 I have 7 or 8 large camellia bushes in my yard and they are chockers with buds.
 I mean absolutely LOADED!
And they've been like that for over a month!

WHEN are they going to bloom???
I'm dying to know what colours they are.
I'm dying to take thousands of photos of my very own camellias.

C'mon precious, little buds!
Bloom!





If I don't see you before, have a safe and happy Easter and remember the reason for the season...and it's not chocolate.

~ Ky x

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

A Garden Tea Party

Here are photos from the Garden Tea Party for Angel. It's amazing how much effort goes into a simple party. It was mostly fun preparing for it. I woke up VERY early that morning and my mind was racing with all the things I still needed to do to get everything ready by that afternoon. I knew I wasn't going to go back to sleep, so I just got up and started doing things. It's rather nice being the only one up in a quiet house, while it's still dark outside. Very peaceful indeed.
So, shall I give you the tour?

Bubbles and nail polish for the young ladies to enjoy during the festivities.
They all loved having their toenails polished. We didn't do fingernails because they aren't allowed to wear it to school, so it was kind of pointless.

Afternoon tea set out for the girls to choose what they'd like to eat.

I bought this at the op shop. It's a bit yuk on the inside and is not salvagable to use for tea. I started out putting roses in it, but it leaks, so I put a pot plant in it instead and it now lives out in the garden.

We HAD to have roses for the tea party. You simply can't have a garden tea party without roses.

Marshmallow teacups. Yum! And so simple to make. They were a big hit!

I wish I had made more paper flowers, but I ran out of paper and time.

Of course, you can't have a birthday party without Cheezels. One on each finger.

Very special 'tea'.

The trampoline was a big hit with the girls. They jumped and twirled and threw around their feather boas. There were feathers EVERYWHERE!!! So colourful and so fun.

I made some bunting with fabric napkins that I sourced from op shops. It was my first time making it. Who knew it was so easy.
I put out Angels dollhouse for the girls to play with too. Those two playing with it in the picture had so much fun and stayed there for ages.
Oh, I must add that my darling hubby threw together this child height table last week after work. It was perfect for them to all sit around. It's WONDERFUL having such a handy husband. Thank you darling!

This was the only game they played...pass the parcel. There wasn't time to play any others as they were having fun eating, trampolining, doll housing, nail polishing and present opening.

She chose this birthday cake for me to make for her. I know you'll love it, but I'm not happy with how it turned out. I was in a rush and didn't do it properly. She loved it though, and that's all that matters!

Pressie time!

She LOVES opening presents.
Who doesn't???




My Angel, my Princess. All dolled up for a tea party.
She had a great time, which to me makes the party a huge success!

She's 6! Can you believe it? Where has the time gone???

~ Ky x

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

My garden needs some lovin'.

So you know that in the past week and a half we have moved house. It's one of my most unfavourite things to do! All the packing, cleaning, unpacking, purging, cleaning, decision making...it's the decision making that I dislike the most. It actually hurts my brain to have to make decisions about what to keep and what to throw out, give away, where to put everything, which cupboards, which rooms...blah, blah, blah....argh! I'm just sooooo over stuff!!!


Some of the front garden (neighbours house in the background). Notice there are TWO hydrangea in this garden? I've always wanted one of those and now I have two!

I'm completely off track now. What I really wanted to talk about is the garden that comes with living in this house. It's the most garden that I have ever had the pleasure of having to look after. It is, however, in need of some tender loving care. Especially the roses. I've never had roses before. I'm not too sure what to do with them. Maybe you can give me some tried and true advice on how to make them really pretty again.



What do I do?? What do I do?? Help!!!

We are also blessed with some fruit trees.

A giant lemon tree. Very exciting indeed given how expensive they are to buy in the shops.

A cherry tree that needs a bit of a prune.

A crooked apple tree.

One of the not yet ripe apples.

Monkey took it upon himself a couple of days ago to bring over a step ladder and pick some of the lower apples. Lets just say Mummy wasn't too happy about it.


A gigantic gardenia bush.

And some tree ferns next to the big, inground spa which I happened to be sitting in this morning while I had my morning cuppa. Bliss.
Those boards aren't staying either. We just haven't got a cover for it yet, so they are doing the job for now.

So, you can see the garden needs a bit of a prune here and there, but my biggest challenge is the roses. Actually, maybe my biggest challenge is trying to hang the washing on the clothesline.
Kidding! I haven't used it. It's being replaced tomorrow.


I should add that there is a blackberry bush climbing over the top of the fence behind the clothesline too. Yum!

Happy Australia Day to all my fellow Aussies!
Hope you're having a great day!

~ Ky x

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