On a day like this....

It´s this  time of the year when a lot of birds are chirping , tweeting and singing. 

You can hear them early morning in our area and sometimes throughout the day.

Ahhhh, this suffering of having bad weather!!!
 Yes, we are confronted with bad weather since days. But, the farmers 

need the rain. Only thing is... too bad that it´s so cold and the  

flowers of fruit trees are being damaged by the unrelenting frost

We must go out rain or shine everyday to walk Lily....yes, on a day like this we must!

But such walk with the dog gets us to move, go out into the fields to have fresh air 

and at the same time collect wildflowers for my vases. 

And it´s on a day like this when the weather is cold and rainy that I´d rather stay home and do a 

bit of cocooning, enjoy hot tea or coffee and read a novel,  do crafts  and many more. 

On a day like this, I arrange wildflowers I collected from the dog walk...

And on a rainy day like this, the flowers tend to shy-away from blooming.

Poor tulips in my garden could not open-up because it´s cold...

The petals were devastated from constant rain...
I feel sad for these tulips because they already started growing nicely when it was 

warmer last March and beginning of April. Well, there is a german saying that goes like this :

"...April, April, er macht was er will  "  

April does whatever it wants.. meaning, the weather in April is unpredictable, 

sunny now, rainy the following day and frosty the next...! 

Have a nice weekend !!!

Simple Joys of Life

Hello friends!

I hope your weather is fine and not as crazy as ours, it´s so cold here 

in Vienna at almost  0°C in the morning.... it was even snowing  yesterday !!! 

In many Aprils ago, as far as I could remember, we were already 

sweating,  wearing shorts and T-shirts at this time of the month and 

enjoying the sun gardening in our backyard.

And because there weren´t much to do with this kind of weather, staying home

is the safer solution except that we have to walk Lily rain or shine.

Walking Lily gives me the chance to pick flowers ...any wildflowers that 

are available in our path..

 The 1st pic above shows wild lilacs I got from one of my walks with her.

I thought of putting them in those three blue bottles and arranged in

a row... do you love this style of arranging flowers?

And oh!.... those are mineral water bottles from our fave chinese restaurant in 

Southern Spain.  I love its pastel blue color so I brought them along to Vienna.
 I think that this is an amazing color contrast to the beautiful shades of the  

lilacs, know what I mean?!

These beautiful inexpensive ceramic eggs were found at the Saturday 

flea market for just a fraction of a cost. Hubby and I collect them.

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The other day, I decorated this dull wall in the kitchen with some vintage plates
I've been keeping for a long time..the one on top right is actually
an oil painting of fruits  from hubby´s grandma.   I temporarily included it 

to complete the structure of the display until I find a ceramic plate 

that matches the whole scheme.

The figurines were made out of salt dough and are souvenir we got in Cyprus.

This week,  I also cooked this super yummy and delicious chinese  

noodles called Pancit Canton. It is always a mainstay of food at home and it 

tastes much better than the ones delivered right at your door. 

You can get my recipe here. 

These blooms were the first wildflowers I picked along a field near the 

golf course in our area.. I´m not even sure what the name is, 

I tried to google its name but I didn´t  find anything. 

Would you know how this is called?

Also this week, I started a new quilt that I ´ll be making into
pillowcases... I´ll keep you posted on the progress...

And lastly, because we didn´t have the sun and it´s still 

raining in our area, this tulip is still not opening since 4 days! 

We´re still waiting, waiting, waiting for the sun!

TGIF is coming up, enjoy your weekend!

Thanks for being here!

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The First Lilacs of Spring 2017

They are just too early to bloom this year. It must have been the mild
weather that we´re  experiencing the last two months.

As far as I can remember, they come around the beginning of May, 

right on time before Mother´s Day.

We are lucky to be living near the borders of  Vienna and the Marchfeld Area in

Lower Austria were so many lilac bushes are available. It´s  where the 

Marchfelder farmers planted some of these lilacs in a row as blockers for 

harsh wind that could destroy their crops.

Lilacs would look lovely in any vases .... in the above photo, I used a 

crystal vase that made the blooms look elegant... whereas, the ceramic vase below

enhances a more rustic garden look...

I think I will have more reasons to gather more of these amazing flowers   
and make more beautiful arrangements. 

More updates will surely come along the way, I´ll cross my fingers. 

I hope you like the lilac arrangement I made for this blog.  

Thanks for dropping by !

xoxo,

Mercy

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The Potted Tulips - Spring 2017

The buds finally opened last weekend after a row of stormy, rainy and cold 

three days that ended last  Friday.

Tulips are my fave Spring flowers because they are very easy to 

maintain and they always come out so beautifully!

The onions or bulbs I got last Fall were supposedly a variety of pink 

shades and  they should be so.... but oh, what a surprise!!!

the pop-up blooms are red and yellow tulips :-)))

I always keep each of the packaging after the bulbs are set in soil ... 

Anticipating what I planted the following Spring. 

Oh well, lessons learned, I will give care the next time I buy new packs.

The potted ones were 20 bulbs in a pack. And  

I planted  them so closed to each other so that the tulips will stand 

side by side as if they are in a huge flower vase. 

I think I achieved my purpose of having a huge bunch of tulips, 

as if they are really in a huge vase!

 They may not  be my fave pink ones.... but reds and yellows 

are just as beautiful !!! 

Thanks for taking the time to be here today!

Have a nice start of the week!

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