….the blooms don’t last long but they are quickly replaced by succulent sweet pea pods
New Flower of the Day – July 13, 2014 – Sweet Pea
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Share Your World – Week 27
….thanks Cee for more great questions this week for Share Your World
If you were the architect of one existing building, which building would you select?
What an impossible question! There are so many wonderful buildings out there in the world that I’m sure my choice will probably offend a variety of people for a variety of reasons. I’ve decided to limit my choice to buildings in the city I know best and that would be Toronto. I am a huge fan of the AGO (Art Gallery of Ontario). It was recently renovated and the architect is Frank Gehry. I love that Gehry built the addition around the old building and preserved the best features of the original gallery. My favourite features of the new addition are the Galleria Italia and the Baroque Stairs.
http://www.ago.net/frank-gehry-redesigned-ago
What is one of your favorite quotes?
My favourite quote is ‘Live, love, laugh, learn’. There are many variations of these four words and I love them all.
What color do you feel most comfortable wearing?
I am most comfortable in reds and royal blues. The OA at our school says that I can wear all colours well but that is not true. I just know what colours suit me and I tend to stick to those colours.
What is something you learned in the last week?
In the last week I learned about the mystery plants that were gifted to me and how to play the chord Dm on the ukulele.
Bonus question: What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?
I’m grateful to the temporary caretaker who helped me with my dilemma in the library. He made a few phone calls and saved me a lot of work. Hopefully when I return at the end of the summer I’ll have a new floor in the library a new caretaker who’ll be as considerate as this one was.
In the coming week I’m looking forward to returning to the cottage and hopefully seeing Germany in the finals of the World Cup on Sunday.
Mystery Box
…..this year a parent from my school gifted me a box of plants
The problem is I don’t know what I’ve planted in my garden. The only plant that I’m familiar with is the succulent. I’m hoping if I post some photos of my newly acquired treasures some of my followers will be able to enlighten me as to what I have.
This is the box that the plants came in.
The plant on top is the one I’m most curious about. I’ve planted it an area with partial in the morning and full sunlight in the afternoon.
Any ideas as to what I have? I’ll post photos of the others when they become a little more established in my garden.
Flower of the Day 2014 – July 1 – Pink Geranium
…..a flower I plant year after year
New Flower (June 29, 2014) – Iris
…..this is from my neighbours garden
New Plant (June 28, 2014) – Hosta
….for some reason I wasn’t able to grow Hostas but in the last two years they’ve taken off
New Flower of the Day (June 27, 2014) – Hydrangea bud
…..all my plants are later than most because of our proximity to the lake
In recent years I’ve become a big fan of the hydrangea.
Flower of the Day – June 24 – Peony
….still not from my garden but maybe in a day or so
Flower of the Day – June 22 – Rose
….I wish I could say that this beautiful rose is from my garden but alas it’s not
On our walk this morning I came across numerous beautiful flowers to share with you this week. My neighbourhood is a haven of gorgeous gardens. My poor peony plant still hasn’t opened completely. In fact at the moment it is looking rather sad. Hopefully in a day or two the blooms will erupt to their full potential.
Three block over the house on the corner lot is awash in pink roses.
Sunday Trees – 135
….for more Sunday Trees check out Becca Givens site http://beccagivens.wordpress.com/2014/06/15/sunday-trees-135/
On Wednesday of this week this grand old tree in my backyard is coming down. In the grand scheme of things this Ontario White Pine is not that old. When we moved into our house over 35 years ago this tree was barely as tall as me. It should have outlived me but some kind of boring insect infected the tree and it is beyond saving. When the arborist from the city came to check that we weren’t cutting down a healthy tree he said very matter of fact that the tree was dead.
Mama Cormier 