What a beautiful sunny and clear morning. After the bread machine got going and there was time enough before the wash was ready to be hung I headed over to the "volkstuin"garden allotments to take photo's of all things orange.

What's this? Lettuce. Lots of lettuce! What and why?

Who can eat all this? Looks pretty enough for a picture!

Water enough in the area after the dry months we have been having! Maybe the ground doesn't dry out as fast. Have to ask Ruud about those sorts of things.

What a nice place to spend a sunny Sunday morning. Some of the plots look just as big or even larger than that of our house and front and back yard combined. Quite a roomy feeling.

Maybe if I can sign up now for an allotment

there will be one available in a few years!

Thanks to Gardeners World we know that:

A well designed garden should be inviting.

Have focal points, attention to detail.

Great gardens have great planting.

Scale and proportion. Seating.

Textile and colour.

The warm weather has brought these crittere to life!
Hello!

Ít's all in the details!

Lovely start to the day!

Raindrops on Hosta's and a

Crisp mountain air kind of day feeling!

This banana tree is really real here in Baarn!
Had some Weeding fun at Buitenzorg!

What a nice surprise addition to the garden.

Just follow the path and you will find it!

Fall is really in the air!

The Geraniums are doing great with this warm

dry summer weather that we are having!

Another few nice days are on the way!

Seems like even the frogs are looking for a cool place to hide!

He first jumped out of this huge flower pot

when I was watering the potted plants!

I left him alone and he found his way back.

Try taking photo's of something that springs without giving notice!

I had enough battery power left to take a few photos....

..... and then he jumped away!

I love August for its warm summer evenings,

when the sun sets earlier than in July.

It is a warm summers evening tonight! Earlier on there was a kids party around the corner. They played "Hey Macarena" more than a few times! What a way to enjoy puttering around the garden, mowing the lawn and washing the windows! No, I didn't go that far as to dance" The Macarena"! But you know what happens when they play a song with a catchy tune a few times!!

Ah, 9 pm. Twilight. Time to enjoy the garden at its best!

Gather the candles, the water feature is already alight,

pour a glass, sit back and enjoy the evening sounds of nature..

...good night, sleep well.

Sunflowers on the dinner table!

A "Thank You" for taking care of Bikkel!
With the great weather that we are having the growing season continues!
Hosta "Popcorn"

The other Hosta's are also growing with gusto!

Ten days of looking after Bikkel have just flown by!

The family should be coming home today.

It was fun while it lasted. Next summer?

Look! Another Delfts Blue inspired wc/toilet!
Modern tile patterns!

One original, very old, tile!

This is wall paper. Ideas?!

Started out by feeding Bikkel, the pig. This job falls under Feeding.nl , extra hands in the kitchen. Then headed to the second address of the day to be active as Cleaning.nl, extra hands in the house keeping. Then off to a garden for Weeding.nl !! After two hours and a container full I had time to pick up keys as part of the "Weeding Away" service. This is for regular clients who go on vacation and would like their garden looked after while they are away! Then one more Weeding.nl address.

After a pizza and a whole lot of Trifle at home in front of the tv it was time to cycle over to Bikkel for the evening Feeding.nl course! I enjoy the early morning and summer evening bike rides to and from the "farm". Back home for the evening. Time to Blog and enjoy an Iced Coffee, home made!

In the garden, back in May if you remember, I planted Cosmos seeds. They are now growing and flowering! I'll have to save a few seed heads and give it a go next year as well! Nice!

A great animated film/DVD to watch is Bee Movie.

What's that I see in the garden at Buitenzorg?

What's happening?

A huge water pit has been found! Found? It has probably been there since the beginning when the building was built. I was curious as to why a large piece of plywood lay on the ground under the shop window and what would be under it. How long has that wood been there? I don't know. Could it be moved and the "gound" used for the garden?

Water. Lots and lots of water. How does it get in? What was the main reason for this being constructed right next to the wall of the building? Who else knows about this? So an idea was suggested to pump out the water, which would be better for the building, and fill it with sand and dirt. So a pump was brought over. After a few hours of pumping out the water with an electric pump there seems to be a bottom to this "well".

Looks in good condition. Could there be anything stored there for safe keeping during the war? Was there a hand pump used to get water for the horses? Is ther another opening?

The water that was pumped out didn't go to waste. It was sprayed over the garden and let to flow towards the new hedge and big old trees.