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June 3, 2016

My Garden…

i thought i just share a few pictures of my little garden… Enjoy!

mygarden20160603b — One of the Dahlia buds finally sprouted! About 4 weeks after planting. Still waiting for the other one to come up.

mygarden20160603c — Top: i was given some mini Pumpkin plants at the end of April. Bottom: that is what they look like today 😉

mygarden20160603d — Finally, some pretty wild flowers growing under our pear tree. i don’t know the names of these flowers. Maybe someone could enlighten me?

syc

May 27, 2016

12th Birthday Celebrations…

That’s right, my little boy; now not so little anymore, turned 12 a week ago!

Usually, i blog about his birthday pretty much on the day itself or a few days after, but this time, the husband was away so i had to wait till he got back before we could do our traditional birthday shot. (See end of blog)

So this year, his birthday fell on a Friday which was when i had to bake his favourite cupcakes (Red Velvet with cream cheese icing) for him to take to school and share with his classmates.

tbday20160527a — He got to open one of his presents before he left for school and the rest after lunch. His friends loved the cupcakes! This has become a sort of tradition since he decided that Red Velvet was his favourite and only cake to have.

He had already decided that he was just going to have a small celebration with 3 friends. One of them could not make our Saturday outing so i took just him and his 2 best friends to the Schwarzsee on Saturday.

Isn't this scenery just to die for? LOVE IT! It was such a gorgeous day! — Isn’t this scenery just to die for? LOVE IT! It was such a gorgeous day!

We arrived in time for a nice lunch by the beautiful lakeside. Then it was off to ride the Monster Trotti (Monster Scooter) down Riggisalp. After a bit of a shaky start, the boys were off. But not for me, i had no confidence on the scooter and the gravelly path didn’t help. After a couple of falls, i decided to walk the steep parts and ride the less “scary” parts. So of course, the boys were already at the bottom quite a while before i managed to get there. Well, as long as they had fun.

Then we went off to ride the Rondelbahn (Toboggan Run). There was no space to have our bags with us, so i sent them off to ride it by themselves while i watch the bags. They made 2 runs and then i went with one of the boys for another 2 runs. This was so much more my thing. Heheee 😉

Before each of their fun thrilling rides!

One of the boys had wanted to ride the Monster Scooter again but it was too expensive to go again. So they settled for ice cream and drinks by the lake.

i love this shot of them, trying to skip stones on the lake.

We came home just a little earlier than planned, opened the presents, had some cupcakes and the boys played a little on the computer before they went home.

It was a good day of celebrations 😀

This is our traditional birthday photo! — Here is our traditional birthday photo!

syc

April 7, 2016

Spring Glorious Spring…

Spring has sprung!

We moved into our new place a little over a year ago but with all the teething issues of an old house with new technology, i didn’t really soak in how wonderful it is to have a little patch of green at the back of the house.

Now the wild flowers have come up and my first tulip has opened, i am sooooo loving my garden! But i must qualify that i have done absolutely nothing to the garden since we moved in so it is all Mother Nature’s doing 😉 (that’s due to change as my boy and i are deciding on what plant / flowers / bulbs to plant in one little corner).

So happy i am (think Cheshire Cat) with these beautiful blossoms, i can’t resist sharing some lovely pictures with you. Enjoy!

springglorious20160407a springglorious20160407b springglorious20160407c

PS: i am so rubbish with plant names so if someone could enlighten me with some names of the above flowers, i would be most grateful. They are all wild flowers. Thanks.

syc