RECYCLING

via

TULIPS

INDOOR TULIPS

Tulips on my table

NICE WALL ART

PLANTS

 Aloe Vera stolen in front of the hotel in Italy.

This picture stolen from a nice blog.

Nice pots for my Aloe V.  Mud Studio.

Plants

This plant, called Coral, is the one I like the best. It doesn't need much care, watering or any kind of commitment, but  it flourishes like mad. The red berries are fake decoration.

I don't like dead, dry flowers anymore, except these orange bubbles.
Well, they are orange just in autumn.

It seems my hall is trendy

according to 

THIS ARTICLE

Švedski balkoni

Danas ćemo kavu popiti na ovom balkonu u Goteburgu u Švedskoj. 

Stan je na prodaju, i možeš ga pogledati ovdje, sve dok ponuda traje. 

Prodaje ga makelarska agencija Alvhem, kojoj prodaja stanova ide kao alva. 

Ali, što pametni Šveđani naprave kako bi nekretnina privukla kupce? 

Stanove, koji su neveliki, a baš i nisu bogznašta (pogledaj tlocrte stanova i bit će ti sve jasno), 

tako dobro urede, da, kad ih vidiš, poželiš se preseliti istog trenutka. 

Pogledaj npr ovaj simpatični stančić (samo 61 m2 !) u potklrovlju...

Flora Art

Lijep izlet u Zagreb na sajam cvijeća. Vrijeme nikakvo, većinu dana presjecali su pljuskovi. Nisam kupila niti jedan cvijetić, jer kod nas na tržnici je puno bolji izbor i jeftinije. Ipak, cvijeće je bilo lijepo aranžirano na Bundeku, koji je, koliko se sjećam iz svojih studentskih dana, bio rupčaga sa šipražjem i komarcima, a sada to isto mjesto izgleda ovako

Beograd

Kalemegdan, Beograd

Creative gardening

Creative gardening.

MY PLANTS, MY FLOWERS

My Host Family

Here at last! In Canterbury.

My host family is very friendly. Danas kavicu možemo popiti sa njima.

Andrew i Kate su simpatični domaćini, oboje su znanstvenici, 

ona je vrsna kuharica, a on zaljubljenik u vrtlarstvo. 

Sin Harry (9) i kćerka Rosie (11) i mačak Cornflake nisu na slici. 

U pozadini, iza Andrewa, je mapa Velike Britanije na kojoj su označili mjesta 

kroz koja su prošli na ljetovanju prošle godine. 

Četiri tjedna su kružili Engleskom i Walesom i spavali u šatoru.

Andrew je upravo dobio otkaz i veliku otpremninu u firmi kao višak radne snage.
I kod njih je kriza. Ali, on već zna čime bi se volio baviti u budućnosti i time zarađivati za život. 

GARDENING!

 Pa da bacimo pogled u njihov vrt i vidmo što je do sada uspio napraviti u vlastitom gardenu.

IVY

I brought an ivy twig from my recent trip to Cote D'Azzure. There was this wonderful, old house in the village near Monte Carlo, covered in redish-brownish-yellowish-greenish ivy. Unfortunatelly, my camera batteries ran out so I didn't take the photograph. But it looked somehow like this ...

 

 

 

  

  

The colors were just amazing.

So, I picked up a few branches with some leaves.

I brought them home.

In some water, of course.

But, they were not very promising.

Very soon the leaves fell off the branches

and there was just a bare, dry twig left.

I left it on the window sill in a pot of water.

Today, I had a look and there was a surprise.

Three little leaves coming out!

  

  

I have never had green fingers and this is probably the first time I have grown out any greenery. Usually, plants just die out in my presence, no matter how nicely I treat them. Maybe this ivy has flourished just because I have forgotten about it (as you can see in the photo, the water hasn't been changed for weeks).

I have this idea of covering some walls in my garden with ivy but I also have no idea how long it will take the ivy to grow. In the meantime, I have also sort of stolen a few branches of green ivy from a garden I was passing by from my way to work. No problem with this sort. It's been flourishing in water, so very soon I will be planting it in the garden.