Singing the Blues

                     Happy Monday!

                             I hope you had a great weekend. We enjoyed a

                                lovely spring day on Saturday and then woke up

                       Sunday morning the a winter wonderland.

                         So today I am singing the blues!

                      I bought those two little bowls last week to

                            plant blue violas in but alas none as blooming

                     here yet so that will have to wait.

                                                                         I have some campanulas blooming
                                                                          indoors for some spring color.

                                                                      I found some iris reticulata blooming
                                                                      in the garden along with some crocus
                                                                      and snowdrops.....always exciting to
                                                                      see color in the garden again.

                                     I took these shots yesterday but Sunday

                                             was a whole different picture as seen below.

                                           So, somewhere under several cm. of snow,

                                                      these babies are blooming away. The good news

                                                         is milder temperatures are returning so the snow

                                  will quickly melt into the ground.

                                  This was the scene here Sunday morning.

                                The pond has melted and we have had a

                                  pair of Canada geese return to nest again.

                                           I spotted these robins enjoying the seedpods

                                              on our sumac.....good to know they have food

                                  even if the ground is covered in snow.

                                                 Hope you have a happy day!

                                                                           Carolyn

A White Christmas.......Past

   Hello everyone,

     It is a dull  damp November day here

  and I can't take any photos indoors 

     today so I picked out some of my past

favorites of a White Christmas. 

I hope you enjoy them.

                                                          Above, is a shot of the Boathouse
                                                         conservatory a few years ago.I went
                                                         with a Nordic look then but last year
                                                         it was an English Country Christmas
                                                         look.I am still thinking about this years
                                                        look in our tiny conservatory.
                                                       You can check out the English Country
                                                       look here.

The Boathouse Christmas nook. This 

was one of my favorite shots last year

as there was a nice coat of snow but no

ice on the pond yet so there is a nice

reflection in the water.

Another angle in the conservatory showing

my $5 rusty iron chandelier.

                     My oldest daughter wore these little skates

   when she was learning to skate.

Our bedroom decorated for

      Christmas a couple of years ago.

A snowy white Christmas.

I painted the old skates and

  added fur trim with hot glue'

                                                                      I have to confess I love a
                                                                      snowy white Christmas.

A winter white tea in

our sunroom.....get

cozy under a furry white

throw.

As, I look out at the brown and grey

of November I am looking forward

to a nice coat of fluffy white stuff

but I know many don't agree with

me on that one!

Hopefully, in the next day or two I

will have some new shots of my

decorating progress from this year.

Take care,

     Carolyn