Chickadee Manor

{p, h, f, r} - Summer Miscellany Edition

 

{pretty}

Some of my favourites growing in our little garden.

 

 

{happy}

Celebrating the end of the school year with facepaint!  

The sun was SO bright.  This is the least squinty of the bunch!

 

 

{funny}

Funny face!  I have yet to see this look repeated.  

I'm not sure what prompted it, but we were watching our town's Canada Day parade at the time.

 

 

{real}

 

A story in progress.  I have to ask Abby, but I'm pretty sure she was telling me about a dream she had.

 

 

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{pretty, happy, funny, real} - Riley and the Prickly Roses Edition

We have a bit of an ugly propane regulator valve type thing on the outside of our house.  A few years ago I noticed a wild rose bush pushing its way up right in front of it.  I toyed with ripping the prickly plant out but thought twice when I thought of how quickly those bushes grow and how pretty they can be.  An added bonus of that is that they are weeds and need no water or care to flourish.  This week the "prickly roses", as Riley has dubbed them, are in bloom.  They are beautiful to look at and heavenly to smell.  I have sweet rose perfume drifing in to my kitchen window.  Lovely!  (Even more so once this pesky cold goes away!)  Abby has been bringing blossoms inside for me everyday.  I have the sweetest little girls a mama could ask for!  Here are some photos of the roses, Riley, and just how big that bush has grown in the last three years.  Next year I might have to actually do a little bit of work and prune it!

 

A real weed, but a pretty one!

 

 

A pretty girl who is growing like a weed!

 

Riley makes me happy!  (Odds are, if you've met her you'd say the same.)

 

The sight and scent of these blossoms make me happy

 

 

Riley doing a funny dance

 

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Favourite Things - English Gardens

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Visit to the Greenhouse

 

Our local greenhouse opened for the season last Thursday.  We had a great first trip that afternoon.  All that colour and fragrance after a long winter is great therapy!

 

Aunty Hilary, Hendrik, Abby, and Riley

Emma the Teething (!!) Baby wasn't so sure of the experience.  There was napping, scowling, and a wee bit of smiling.