Wunderbar! We won the Worldcup!

:) :)   :)

SORRY....

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Although I feel sorry for Argentinia

and certainly for Brazil....

I'm happy for our German team, a team full of team-spirit!

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 Mario Götze, 22 years old,....

 

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 ...he scored the game-winning goal in extra time against Argentinia,
giving Germany a 1-0 victory in the final match.

 

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Well done Boys!



 

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A Review of May/June - La Pouyette - Part 2...

...in early June

all Geraniums are potted...
finally!

brighten up "pink-fully" our porch

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 Hydrangeas... 

...started flowering

as well as...

...Lavenders...

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Lots of garden work....

 
weeding...weeding...weeding,
getting writ of thistles, nettles and others....
most of the time in company with "unhelpful"/"helpful" Oskar,
"unhelpful" in the sense of that he's not able to pull the weeds out
or using tools...etc...
"helpful" because he LOVES being outside, next to me when working in the garden, the......COUNTRYSIDE!
He's rural - like me.

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However - with the help of my brother, together with one of my nephews, 
who came for a 2-week-holiday -
we've managed to get the whole garden in order and shape 
- at least to some extend!

Nephew Philip - waiting for another "Hollywood-Sunset"..


And then - when almost everything looked good, 
good and promising in the sense of "it will stay like this for a while",
 I went back with my brother for a short trip to Germany
to have a little bit of a "wallpaper-change"
(Review of it in next post)
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 Returned to La Pouyette in  
late June...

...I was greeted by the beautiful Hollyhocks from our neighbour,
Monsieur Renard,
who planted them for me some years ago...

 ...just to please me!

Such a simple "Country Happiness"

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I will not bore you about the "greetings" and "hellos" from all the new weeds!!!!

 Looking at the bright side:

All Hydrangeas now in full flower:

"Mophead"" ones  and  "Lacecap" ones....

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Oakleaf - quercifolia

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also Lavenders...

 ...already in their full beauty

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Oleander:

Acanthus:

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the small olive trees in progress of developing  fruits...

...and with some more sun (we had enough of rain so far!!!) 
and a bit of luck
we might have a wonderful great olive harvesting this year...

 ....my antique, late 19th century (ca. 1880) Italian storage jars 
are ready!

 Ready for the necessary treatment and preservation.
Uncured, olives are extremely bitter and sour tasting, not pleasant at all.
The whole process will take some time before the olives are eatable
(more about it in Autumn)

Two more Italian storage jars from around 1900

Another idea:
I would also like to bring the olives to a mill nearby us
to have my own olive oil,
filled in one or two of old wine bottles.

might you - for 1 liter of oil we need 5 to 10 Kilogram of olives!!!

  I'm probably too optimistic....

However..we'll see !

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Late June....

Sunny days...

 

...and clouded ones...

Stormy weather....

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...however the weather...

...these Hollyhocks stand tall!

 And the sunsets are dramatic and beautiful as ever....

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 Goodby Spring.....

 Summer is in sight...

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 Preview of next post:
 "My short trip to Germany"

 My brothers garden, 
a kind of an oldfashion Bauerngarten (Farmers garden)

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Oh - by the way....
If you would like to enjoy a "flâneuring" through a wonderful  English "Spring garden",
please visit the blog Jaqueline@Home 



A garden created with care, passion and love for the nature
and - without any doubts - well maintained!
click   here

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 Like to close this post with Debussy's


"Clair de Lune"  

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Until then....