This weeked, I did something that I've been wanting to do for over a decade. Do you see the above picture? That's the view from our home: we live along the riverside of the Oise. Every day we see transport ships, rowing boats and swans go by but we had never made a boat trip Read article…
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My jungle
Finally I moved my beloved plant collection from their winter storage to the greenhouse! It's my private jungle with palm trees, cactus plants, succulents and agaves. Most of them were cuttings or seeds that I brought home from travels to Portugal, Corsica, Spain and the South of France. Nothing serious but I just really love Read article…
Buttercups & Pillows
After a tsunami of dandelions, we currently have a garden full of glossy buttercups. I picked a few flowers for our living room… in the domoor they look pretty good! The petals didn't drop by themselves… Ehmmm… who's fond of buttercups? (for the record: Wally also loves pillows and cardboard boxes)
2 Popcorn Girls
Maybe I'm starting this tradition of bending the rules: last month for the first #2flowergirls tag I used daffodils in stead of ranunculus. And today I'm showing you the requested flowers, hydrangeas, but I didn't photograph them at home. Actually I didn't find fresh cut hortensias near my place and even in Paris they only Read article…
Melons in the making
For the first time ever I'm growing melons this year! My sister sent me watermelon and honeydew seeds with her latest sistermail and now I can't wait to make these frozen honeydews again with my own homegrown melons… My vegetable garden is really tiny, so I'm not sure how I'll manage. But so far, the Read article…
The sweet cure
Eleven years ago, when working in fashion with lots of fabrics, I started sneezing. And I never stopped: I became "allergic". Allergic to dust, to synthetic perfumes, to dark chocolate, to alcohol, to eucalyptus… After a few years I started taking antihistamines, which keep me from sneezing all day long. Last week I realized that Read article…
Weekend inspiration #2
Weekend inspiration #1
Red Blossom branches
While I'm impatiently waiting for warmer nights to get my succulents and palm trees out of their winter storage, I can't help but picking flowers. I know… again! I may turn into a real flowergirl… After the yellow daffodils and blue hyacinth grapes I found these red blossom branches in another neighbor's garden. I'm so Read article…
Spring grapes
In our house a few grape hyacinths in a blue rimmed shotglass means spring has officially started. Back in the 80s my Dutch neighbor used to drink his gin from one of these pottery shot glasses. But in the early spring his wife dressed his favorite glass with some grape flowers. Many years later I Read article…
