The Dahlia Quilt! Remember this?

If you can't plant them, make one!

Second Flower

Looking a lot like Spring inside!

Ammarylis standing tall...

...and then, as if they heard me think,

they got top heavy and ended up in a vase!

A light dusting of snow or was that hail this morning!

High of 3C! A day to work on a few creative things!

This also caught my eye! Lead flower? No!

Bycicle inner tubes and a styrofoam egg!

So after learning the tricks I gave it a go!

We start by cutting shapes out of bycicle inner tubes and pinning them, overlapping in a roof shingle way, to a styrofoam egg with its bigger side up, pointy side down. The first few rounds have the inside of the tube facing outwards.

Then the leaves get longer and less pointy

pinning them with the inside of the tube

facing towards the styrofoam egg.

A good length of tube is cut into thin strips then

pinned to the bottom to finish off the flower.

Looks great outside...

...or inside!

I'll stop for lunch, giving my thumb a rest,

then get on with making the second one size larger!

17 December, we awoke to snow! Now it's 18 Feb. and I have the feeling that it has been a full two months of winter! There are still signs of snow but today we have a high of 3C! 2C tonight and maybe a high of 4C tomorrow! Ice is melting! Have already been on the bike to Soest today!

The Ammarylis is now blooming indoors.

Planted two bulbs two months ago!

Dry today so filled the garbage containers( klikos to the Dutch and wheely bins as the English call them )with hedge trimmings and bits of old rotten wood. A few more weeks of this activity and I think we're there! The ground might then be thawed out enough to be able to dig the remaining roots out! Time and inspiration also today to check out http://www.kastanjehout.nl/ for sizes and lengths of English Chestnut Fencing. I think 140 cm tall, with a 8 to 10 cm spacing and a few 9.15 meter rolls should be sufficient for the job at hand!

Then we'll have to see if the grasses

we bought last year made it through the winter!

Have to get a few of these plants too!

Great self seeding!

Great for Butterflies!

Will soon be all over the garden!

Easter Chocolates are in the shops!

Spotted these!

Weeding.nl is now indoor gardening!

Tuesday in the Eem Polder

Shrove Tuesday is on the calendar for today. Also known as Pancake Tueday, Pancake Day or Mardi Gras. Shrove Tuesday always falls 47 days before Easter Sunday. So tonight we will be enjoying pancakes! This pancake mix contains wheat, rye, buckwheat, corn and barley. We buy this as well as bread mixes from the Windmill in Soest. Have to go again soon as this is our last mix!

Block two example

Block two pattern is in and on the go!

Lots of embroidery in this one!

Black and Yellow!

(Bee Movie)

What I look forward to when the weather warms up

is opening all the doors and windows!
There is still snow and freezing temps here!

It is a snowy white Valentine's Day here in The Netherlands!

Daffodils in the garden

Great opening ceremony!