Lilac Tea at Ocean Song Cottage

     Hello everyone,

It is lilac time here on the Island so

  I have picked a big bouquet to enjoy

with my afternoon tea at our little

Ocean Song Cottage.

We are having some very cool nights with below

freezing temperatures even one night last week

and since we are in a low lying area some of my

lilac blooms were destroyed so I will have to

enjoy the ones that survived. I think the last

time that happened was over 20 years ago.

I love the fragrance as well as the beauty

of lilacs. 

I am using blue and white as my tea time

theme.

There are still some late tulips

blooming in our garden.

I can no longer send my photos over to my blog from

Picasa so it is taking me much longer to load them

from photoshop as I can only send one at a time from there.

Probably there is a faster way that I haven't figured out

yet though.

Is anyone else having that problem with picasa?

Wishing you a lovely week!

Carolyn

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Garden Enchantment

      Happy Weekend!

       I hope you are enjoying your weekend.

       Even though it is cold here today I am

   starting to dream about the return of

      our garden. In our Zone 5b climate it

             will be April before we can get out there

          but time passes quickly and before we

           know it there will be signs of life again.

So, I have been enjoying looking back

at some of my favorite shots from

previous years.

Ah, Spring time with lots

of color as the daffodils,

tulips etc. bloom.

             Peonies, lilacs and lupins

                 make a pretty combination

                                                                  Tea time among the roses.....so enchanting!

   
                                                    I enjoy having lots of places to sit and enjoy the garden.

                                                     Arbors add so much charm in
                                                      the garden.

      I love garden rooms so fences and arbors

add a sense of enclosure.

    Early August is so colorful!

      Another garden room

   

Deutizas in bloom as well as lilacs

in the background.

    

When you are tired of gardening it

is good to have a place to relax and

enjoy the view.

                                                                      Lilacs add not only color but
                                                                      an amazing fragrance to the garden.

                                                  It is always fun to dream a little
                                                             of the enchantment of the garden
                                                             even in the middle of winter......
                                                             don't you think?


                                                                          Thank you for visiting!

                                                                                     Carolyn                

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Happy Weekend!

     Happy Weekend!

        On this lovely sunny warm weekend

       I thought I would pop in and share a

few relaxing photos with you.

         Our lilacs are blooming so there are

lots for bouquets.

Our nook at our Ocean Song Cottage

by the sea is still a work in progress

but I took a few pics to share with you

anyway, I will share the finished nook

and cottage

when it is completed.

                      There are lots of places to relax and enjoy

the view.

     Tea on the deck........... by the sea.

               Grab a book and relax.....I

          saved a chair for you!

                      I hope you have a Happy Weekend!

        Carolyn

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