Garden Additions

 From Oma

We have been taking, or rescuing, sundry items from Oma‘s pretty garden. She collected huge numbers of rocks and smaller stones she found interesting, or that someone gave her. Many people carried rocks down from mountains over the years. All of them ended up in her garden. Every one has a story, but I don’t know them. Now we have many of them, and I am making little rock gardens with them. 

And we got the little bell tower. That has been a wish of mine for a long time, when Ona said, “Take what you want.” If you come for a grill with us, we will ring the bell when dinner is ready on the circle Platz.

Roses, Roses, Roses

 Open Garden Days

Today we visited a nearby Rose establishment. The proprietor is an internationally known rose breeder and cultivator. His collection is amazing. The day was sunny and warm. Everybody and his brother and mother were there. And the roses were gorgeous.

Blessed Sunday

A Walk

 In the Countryside

Between rains, among the growing crops. First through the woods and across a stream. 

Between grain fields, punctuated in poppies.

Hello to the calves.

Garden decoration 

Peony season

And rose season

And some flowers are tough enough to grow in a bag of gravel.

Happy June

 In Bloom

Balkans 16

 A Walk

The blustery weather had died down a bit, so the ferry was running, but I had no wish to join the others on the sea. They had a good time exploring an island. I did some watercolors, and took a long walk along the coast. 

The next day we left from the Split airport back to Zurich. The airport was almost empty - tourist hadn’t started - then it gets very full. 

The End of that adventure.