Lily Of The Valley

One of my favorite scents is

 Lily Of The Valley.

It's also my birth month flower,  in May.
I was happy to find some growing 
in my woodland garden last year.
One of the most fragrant perennial
 blooming plants in Spring and early Summer.

I picked a few to enjoy their lovely scent.

A sweet fragrance

Some Forget-Me-Nots mixed with it.

I brought some inside to enjoy,

mixed with English chinaware.

The miniature Sadler teapot

was a birthday gift from my sister Joyce,

a few years ago.

May

The saucers are pretty also.

I'm always intrigued by the marking beneath china.

Royal Taunton

 The small creamer.

How fortunate am I to be born in the month of May
and have Lily Of The Valley as the flower of the month.
My daughter, Suzanne was born in the month of May also.

The Duchess of Cambridge, 
Kate Middleton, had
Lily Of The Valley 
in her wedding bouquet,
as with most of the Royal wedding brides.

Thanks for your visit.

We're having Summer weather here.

Happy Summer.

Thanks for your visit xo

Painted Buoys

We found these fishing buoys on beach,

over the years.

We find them mostly in the Springtime,
when lobster fishing is in season.

The fishermen use them to mark their territory.

They are light weight, 
mostly made out of styrofoam
and float on the water,
brightly coloured and numbered
to identify their buoys and locate their traps.

My sister Annie is staying with 

me for the Summer

 and she painted most of them.

The nautical stencils

We found at Walmart.

My son lives across Canada in Vancouver, B.C.
I found this one below, at a beach in Stanley Park. 
Made from some sort of plastic.

I painted it the color of their flag,
The British Columbia province flag.

Red, White, Blue, with a rising sun.

Some before photos

This one is very old and had
 been in the water a long time
I filled holes with polly filler.

We left the original numbers on this one

masking tape to paint the stripes

The second is very heavy.

It must have cement in it.
 Used to anchor something.

 We used paint from the Dollarstore.

Mostly, patio paint for exterior.

treasures of the sea....

Thanks to my sister Annie.
for her great painting talent.

Happy Summer everyone.

Thanks for your visit xo

A Spring Garden 2018

I am sharing photos of my Spring flowers.

Spring is late here in the Gaspé.

We are still getting frost warning at night.

We haven't had a lot of rain, probably why

my tulips are smaller than usually. 

Lungwort or Bethlehem Sage

is my first plant to flower.

Makes a great ground cover.

 I don't have a field full of tulips,

 just a few here and there...

Lungwort ~ Bethlehem Sage

After the flower is gone,

The pretty speckled leaves remain all season long.

Daffodils

In the front garden

A deformed daffodil...

tulips

After a rain....

The perfect tulip....

Forget-Me-Nots 

wander through the garden.

The flower lasts about a month.

The flowers will go to seed,

the seeds will fall and reproduce next year.

I remove most of the plants after it's finished.

Blue

I also have small batches of white 

and pink Forget-Me-Nots

Pink.

Peony tulips

I don't remember the name of this plant.
(An age thing.)

A good ground cover. Low maintenance.

Planted at the front edge of my property

Ground Sedum.

I planted beside a stairway

many years ago.

Shieldleaf ~ Rodgersia Tabularis

Huge leaves add charm to any garden.

Pansies

"Pansies make me smile"

Planted in stumps

An annual plant that reseed.

Heirloom Daffodil

or Narcissus

A beautiful fragrance flower

They grow in large batches around my property.

The previous owner must have planted them.
(Or maybe they are wild?)

Pear tree in blossom

Rhubarb Flower

should be 

removed from the plant

for a better production of rhubarb.

I hope you enjoyed my garden tour.

Thanks for your visit xo