Rain, Rain, Rain…

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It’s raining again. It’s been all day, and it probably will be again tomorrow. So I’ll just focus on last weekend – wanna take a look?

Finally warm enough...

The girls had a pool in the garden – they started out like this, and then they ended up soaked, jumping around in the water with absolutely no inhibitions.

The girls at dinner

Nelle, Frida, and Ronja at dinner in the garden. Nelle’s parents and her younger brother were there as well, and we had a real summery evening, barbecueing in the garden in the warm weather.

That’s just not possible this weekend. It’s been raining pretty much since this morning, and the guests we had over for dinner this evening just had to stay inside and imagine a summery dinner at the garden table. We had a cosy evening all the same, and Mads made some yummy lamb shanks for dinner.

Next weekend we’re going to Skåne in Sweden – my family and I have been invited by Tourism in Skåne to try out some of their offers for tourists, and of course we had to happily accept. Mads and I have taken a number of canoe trips in Sweden years ago, and we generally love the Swedish countryside, so it was an easy call to make. We will be going to Pappersbruket, and Denningarums Gård (sorry, no English version for that last one, but I hope it’s as beautiful as in the pictures – see “Bilder” in the menu on their website). I’m really looking forward to it!

Pappersbruket

Denningarums Gård Surroundings

Tomorrow, however – we will just be relaxing at home. Which is needed after a lot of running around lately – let’s hope for a bit of sunshine.

Lickety Spring

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Lemonade on the garden table

I made a Lickety Split bag for spring a while ago as a gift for a special blog-friend. I didn’t show you then, but it’s more than appropriate now, because I think I can say with confidence, that spring is finally here!

These are pictures from yesterday afternoon, when the girls and I enjoyed the sun in the garden. Mads was out with his friend Martin and thousands of other motorcyclists celebrating the annual opening of Bakken Amusement Park – the oldest amusement park in the world. (If you’re curious, the first to paragraphs here explain the event rather well.) I do believe they enjoyed themselves as well!

Snowdrops and a blue sky

What a great day

Winter aconites

So now that I’ve proved to you that spring is really here – this is the Lickety Split in my dotted spring-version.

Lickety Spring

Lickety Spring

I made it just the same way as usual (previous versions here and here) – followed Rae‘s pattern, and added sew-in interfacing to give it a touch more body and a magnetic snap. I’m really fond of it, and I think the recipient was as well.

And speaking of Rae – don’t forget that her awesome Spring Top Week is about to begin. Tops can be entered from March 30th, and all the details on how to participate are on her blog. Even if you don’t participate, the amount of inspiration found in the many contributions is amazing – and that will be revealed over on Rae’s blog in the beginning of May.

Abundance of Colours

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Tomorrow it’ll be June. Today however, summer arrived!

Purple Cornflower

Gorgeous, right?

Lilac

The garden is an amazing place at the moment – we have flowers in all colours.

Little Blue Flowers

Today the temperatures went up to around 23 degrees Celsius.

Globe-flower

Tomorrow is supposed to be even better…

Poppies

And my first peony is in bloom!

First peony in bloom

Days like this are definitely meant to be spent in the garden!

In the swing

Ronja

Hot day in the garden

Enjoy your extra day off tomorrow (Whit Monday) – we will! :)

Arrival of Spring

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The Easter break brought beautiful weather. My winter coat has had it’s three winters and I’m not going to use it anymore now, so I dropped it off at a second-hand store the other day. The buds are coming out in the garden – the yellow flowers of spring are all over our garden at the moment.

Forsythia

We had a wonderful holiday. Really down to earth, with only a few things planned. Mads has been pruning the trees in the garden and building a fence out back, Ronja has been playing our little garden aid, and Frida has had time to totally find herself again, and she soooo enjoys the garden. Only problem is to get her back inside when it’s time for dinner.

On the ladder

Frida’s palate is healing up really well, and it looks quite nice now – much better than it did a week ago. Mads has started to visit the nursery with her on a daily basis, because next Thursday he is going back to work, and she will be spending her days there. It’s such a nice place, though, the same one Ronja went to, we know the teachers, and we are at total ease with leaving her in their custody! Besides, it’s right next to Ronja’s kindergarten, and they will be able to have a daily chat through the playground fence. Frida still goes “Ooonja, Ooonja” whenever Ronja is out of sight, which is so sweet! Or whenever Ronja comes into sight, actually. :)

I made the fabric covered buttons for the tunic yesterday evening, so I just might be able to show you later.

Daffodil

Glimpses of the garden

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Winter aconites 

Yesterday, I had been at the doctors because of a sore throat – again – and Frida was with me. When we came home, I just lifted her out of the car seat, and instead of walking to the front door, she set off at a high pace (for her anyway) towards the garden. So we took a little walk in the garden, and look what we found.

Snowdrops 

Crocus 

Ooohhhh – spring is coming – can you feel it?

I also want to share some finds with you. Now Ulla’s blog is always great for ribbon and trim inspiration, and she guided me to these amazing ribbons from Aspegren Denmark.

Ribbon from Aspegren 

I have been using a lot of ribbon for all the bibs I have been making lately, and I just love these! As are the ones below from Farbenmix – I couldn’t help myself. Found here and are not all that easy to find, so I’ll leave it up to you to do the googling. Gorgeous right?

Farbenmix ribbon

Hibernation

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Our garden is white at the moment.

Winter in the garden 

Ronja gave me this little bird feeder Christmas before last, and it has been hanging there in the Japanese Cherry Tree ever since. I love the colours on it, and when the rest of the world is white it really comes into its own! I think I’ll go put a new fat ball on there a bit later - now that there’s snow all over the place.

Ronja’s swing set has hibernated for the day.

Winter in the garden 

And I wonder if this will ever start again?

Winter in the garden 

Maybe we will have time for a sled ride with the girls this afternoon, when I’m off from work? Let’s see…

Winter in the garden