Time flies so fast...

Yes, time flies so fast.... from summer to autumn. From autumn to winter....
Even that I'm not quite complete restablished ( from my incredible, awful one week lower back pain ) today I took my camera and get out. It was sunny but quite cold...
With the corner of my eye ( right one ) I see something scarry ...

Yes, these ! Lots of fresh mole-heaps. Lots ! again !! pfff......

And from the new spot, with my right eye - this time - I see something cheerful coloured. A feast for my eyes ... and birds LOL. 

Red, frozen apples... ice-cream for birds. ;)

She is always following me ... a few steps behind, faithfully.... Goldie, I mean. A little upset, a little tired. Age-fatigue.....

 Naked of leaves, the trees seems whiter and taller... another beautiful aspect of birches.

She's coming slowly .. head down, smelling here and there , tail wagging slowly ... my crooked shadow because of my crooked back .

The reason of today walk was finding this. Seabuckthorn .Hippophae rhamnoides . A lot of goodies in my garden... 

Quite a lot of it ....but ....

But it is all frozen..... it's smashing between the fingers.... pity ! next year will know to harvest at the right time. And with right methods. ;) Thank you , Catrinel .

I have a soft spot ( inclusiv in my garden :P ) for bamboo.... well, this is not a proper bamboo , but something quite closer as a species. Bringed home from France via Spain with funny stories to remember... 

I love the sky seen trough it ....

I love the sun filtered trough it ... 

I love to cut and clean all those dried stalks... and store them with this and that ideeas in my mind. Lots of pretty ideas. Someday ... you know. ;) 

Last views over the empty, naked, chilled garden....

And in the last moment I found something good to take back in to house : some green onions, a little between growth phases but so sweet and good. Frost passes over and make it sweet , otherwise I always get hot , spicy onion from my garden . Perhaps due to the soil....

A thought from this moment : if frost makes onion sweet, does illness make bad people good ? 

You can answer. Don't ponder too much over the answer, just say it . 

by Teodora Podina © 2006
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Again....and wow !

Again summer... again grass, cutting grass. I must tell you that I'm over my head full of it. Beside the beauty of having a fresh cut lawn, it's a deeply hard job. I get out like a zombie after 4 hours of driving and hoping and checking and smelling  ....you know. I presume.

Morning view :

and the work-partner -old by faithful - 

this is the view that I left behind me once finished the 4 hours of driving and hoping and smelling fresh-cut grass :

Now please look at my blog-header, it is the same picture like the above one but taken 5 years ago . Well ? I must change my header  with the new view one ;)

and of course , Goldie-oldie spoiled by walking in a fresh cut lawn :

In the evening, after a rewarding nap ( read : sleep :D ) I felt the need to take a walk.  

Where ? in the garden , of course, checking the missed spots  :D . 

you can see the clouds are gathering on the horizon , announcing a new thunderstorm for tonight ...as accuweather indicates will follow two days of rain and thunderstorms. It's summer, by the way . 

The shadows are growing day by day... longer and longer....

Goldie in all her 10 years-old glory : slow and almost lazy ( to be delicate with her :P )  

in my so-called ''garden'' are appearing the first signs : like the one that the raised-beds are falling apart very soon LOL 

and the first yellow-tomatoes... small and tasty. And will be quite a lot on this plant. 

in the same colour ;) but not edible :

back to home... the walk was enough after such a day.

Well, in the other side nothing new to show... so I'll let you here my last cards , for those who doesn't follow me on Facebook . 

http://s49.photobucket.com/user/tiktakro/slideshow/cards%20June%20July%202014

by Teodora Podina © 2006
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and still....

In ultimele zile nu m-am simtit prea bine...cu sanatatea, ma refer . Totul a pornit de aici : (de la pere, nu de la flori )

Last days I wasn't feeling too well... in health, meaning. Everything started from here : (from the pears, not from the flowers ) 

fructe import care pot sa ascunda tot felul de minunatii  ....si uite asa , dupa citeva zile de suferinta si leacuri babesti - total nefolositoare - am ajuns inevitabil aici  :

imported fruits that can hide inside all kind of stuff....this is how after some days of suffering I ended here : 

Nu sunt genul care sa stea in pat de drag....asa ca intr-un moment de vitejie sperind ca ma pot controla ( :)) ) , mi-am luat inima in dinti si am pornit intr-o mica plimbare in gradina....

I don't like to stay in bed, not even by sickness...so, very brave and hopefully that I can manage myself ( :)) ) I take a walk through the garden ...

totul este verde si plin de seva...aproape simti cum natura freamata, cu bucurie, sub razele soarelui....

everything is green and beautiful ...one can almost feel the nature thrilling under the sun....

Incet m-am apropiat de mica mea gradina....citeva straturi inaltate in care, an dupa an, gasesc bucurie si tristete deopotriva. Bucurie pentru rezultatele gustoase, aromate si tristete pentru esecurile inevitabile ale oricarui gradinar. 

Slowly I aproached my little garden....a few raised garden beds where, year after year I found both happiness and sadness . Happiness for those tasty flavoured results and sadness for those inevitable failures that each gardener is faced by. 

Ei bine, se pare ca natura merge frumusel  inainte chiar si fara bagheta mea magica ;)....

Well, it seems that nature is pretty going on even without my magic wand ;)...

M-am simtit brusc obosita si am simtit acut lipsa comfortabila a ....patului ...haha ! inapoi spre casa...

I suddenly feel tired and need desperately the comfort of my...bed. haha!....Going back...

O ultima privire inapoi, : liniste, cite un ciripit tirziu de pasare, M. care tunde iarba in continuare, umbrele care devin din ce in ce mai lungi , mai reci ....

A last look : silence, a single and late bird chirp, M. who is still mowing the lawn, the trees shadows becoming longer and cooler....

Si totusi : ADOR PERELE . Moi, dulci, zemoase, aurii....Trebuie sa-mi amintesc ca pe viitor sa decojesc orice fruct import ce il maninc. Obligatoriu ! prea multe chimicale...

And still : I LOVE PEARS. Soft, sweet, juicy golden pears....I must remember for the future to skin off all the imported fruits that I eat. It's a must ! too many chemicals....

Cum este primavara voastra ? 

How's your spring ? 

cherries, sweet cherries !

Ciresul nostru ...plin de fructe mari, dulci-zemoase, negre-visinii...Un pom ca din poveste...

Our cherry tree...full of big, sweet , burgundy-black cherries....A tree from a tale...

Cineva s-a ascuns in pom...il puteti vedea ??

Somebody's hidding in the cherry tree...can you see him ? 

 

Dar acum ? :) 

And now ?  :)

E o munca grea si riscanta sa culegi cirese dintr-un pom atit de inalt...dar el se simte bine...ca in copilarie, tzopaie de pe o creanga pe alta...iar mie imi sta inima-n loc la fiecare tzopaiala de-a lui. Uite cit de fericit poate fi : 

It's a hard and risky work to pick cherries from such a tall tree....but he'a all ok...as in his childhood, he's jumping happy from a branch to another...and I feel that my heart is stopping at each of his jumps...look how happy he can be : 

Si uite ce munca ma asteapta pe mine, apoi....ciresele se pun la congelator. Nu pregatim gemuri si dulceturi pentru iarna, preferam sa punem fructele la congelator. Apoi, iarna, cind vine pofta de ceva "dulce", e atit de usor sa le scot din congelator si sa le pun in prajitura, sau sa le fac sos fierbinte pe inghetata...e mult mai natural..

And look how much work is waiting for me ...I put the cherries in the freezer. I dont't make gems for the winter, I prefer to put the fruits straight in the freezer. And then , in the winter, when I crave for something sweet and natural, too, is it so easy to take a portion out and put them into a cake or make a hot sirup over the ice-cream...more natural feeding in our lives...

Si brosa de azi :  ;)

And today's brooch : ;)