organic café

visited a new café,  it seemed interesting at first,

however,  i will not be returning soon

window

cake shop window

must remember to order the happy weekend cake

wild columbine etc.

aquilegia canadensis

cypripedium calceolus

linum perenne

red, yellow and blue, primary colours in the garden.

i must get out more.

pond pensées

i go to the pond to enjoy a bit of nature.

somehow, the rising condominium towers diminish

the experience.

one government authority built a bridge for walkers,

another government authority wants the original path 

to remain boggy.  the local citizens have made their own

path.  life in the city...

rust

rust is everywhere,  is it not beautiful?

details

some details of an interesting house  i visited

garden assessment

blue sky,  syringa vulgaris at the end of its flowering, 

the scent is still pleasantly intoxicating,  my favourite

geranium maculatum in bloom,  the matteuccia struthiopteris

is aggresively taking over the garden,   canis familiaris enjoying

the sunny weather,  white petunia hybrida is in desperate need

to be freed from the nursery tray,  time to get to work

shop window arrangement

this window arrangement certainly tells a story

beheaded

two beautiful heads seen on the way to a favourite

café.   one coffee and a sandwich yet to be brought

to the table, a pear tart and an americano.

signs around town

many of my favourite old signs have been taken down.

i thought they would remain forever.  my regret is that

i did not record them.

joyeux anniversaire

joyeux anniversaire maman!

a café, far from paris

two americanos, one brownie puck and one

heaven square

parisian flower shop and more

today,  a postcard from paris.   merci ma chérie

garden guards

two garden guards, the golden eyed toad and 

the marvelous miss magoo.  care to guess which

one is the most effective?

dill and parsley waiting

dill and parsley waiting to be placed in

garden pots, including  all the other herbs

brought home from the garden centre.

more pots will be needed!

urban texture

it appears effortless, but it takes years of patience

to achieve this texture.   i see it as art.

blue sky and forget-me-nots

colour and flowers are an ongoing theme here. 

blue skies are brilliant even in bleak

suburban parking lots.  the robust forget-me-nots

are in my mother's garden.

apple blossom time

apple blossoms on the ancestral apple tree

redbud and jack-in-the-pulpit

redbud

jack-in-the-pulpit

more flowering activity in the garden