Inside my garden house

Let me take you inside my garden house. It's a bit messy, but I hope you don't mind too much. It's where I sit on a cold winters day to warm my hands and feet and where I store my collection of garden tools, vintage porcelain and tableware for my tea parties in the garden. It even has a chandelier, to add to the romance of it all. I guess it's a Wendy house for grown ups, a girls dream come true :-)

As it's tiny, only two by two square metres, there is no room inside for a kitchen. That's why it was built outside under the veranda. It has all one needs: cold streaming water, a camping stove and lots of space to work on. And most important a roof over one's head when doing the dishes on a rainy day.

At the back of the garden house we have a lavatory, but I am not going to show you. It's private :-)

Before I wish you all a happy new week I would like to thank Nina and Rosemary for sending me the links on how to improve the quality of the photo's published on my blog (they are less sharp on my blog than in reality). The funny thing is that when you click on the photo and enlarge it, you have the right quality. I haven't had time to solve my problem yet, but hopefully soon.

Thank you too for your always sweet and thoughtful comments!

Wishing you lots of sunshine and fun!

Love,

Madelief x

Wildflower meadows

About two weeks ago Fleur, who I know through her blog In de Polder, sent me a text saying that the fields near her house looked absolutely magnificent and that I was very much welcome to come and see. Because of an extra day off work, I was able to say yes straight away. Lucky me!  It's always a joy to spend time with Fleur and she lives in one of the prettiest places  I know.

We cycled along the tow path to a nature reserve nearby called Vlietlanden, where we parked our bicycle at a marina and set off on foot through the fields. I have never seen anything like it. It looked truly spectacular. There were Gillyflowers, wild orchids, nettles, rhinantus, cottongrass and lots of cow parsley and rapeseed. I wish my photo's would do the fields and it's abudant display of wild flowers more justice.

Fleur, thank you once again for a fabulous day!

If you would like to see more photo's of Fleur's home and the surrounding countryside. Please have a look at her Instagram account. It's called indepolder. I did a post on Fleur's home last year as well. If you haven't seen it yet, you may enjoy having a look.


Wishing you a lovely week ahead!

Madelief x

* Does anyone perhaps know how to get your photo's sharp on your blog? Somehow the quality has deteriorated a lot recently.

Jugs of loveliness

Where shall I start?! When I entered my garden after a short holiday in the UK, I was lost for words....
The sheer beauty of it all. I sat down on the grass and gazed in wonder. I could not remember the garden being this far when I left. The lilacs, lupins, daisies, alliums and colombines all in bloom.......and the colours...breathtakingly beautiful. Perhaps someone with a magic wand did it overnight? I guess not ;-)

Having a garden like this is all about dreaming, planning, planting and maintaining. After six years of hard work the garden looks the way my late husband and I hoped it would look one day. It's wild, there are lots of weeds, but there are masses of flowers .....When I look around me I realise this is only the beginning. The first roses are ready to open and so are the peonies. I believe it's going to be the best spring in my garden so far. Hope it will be a good spring for your garden too!

Have a colourful week!

Love,

Madelief x