Friday, 12 June 2015

How I am spending my summer holidays :)

      I am still on my annual holidays now. Yesterday, one of my friends asked me why there are no new posts in my blog? 'Have you become too lazy?' he asked.
     That question made me think for a while and I came to conclusion that yes, I have :) On the other hand, why can't I be a little lazy for a while? :) In any case, here is my brief report about the past two weeks.
      What do I usually do during the day while I am on holiday? Actually, almost the same that I do any other day :) I cook, do the laundry, do the dishes, do the ironing, go shopping, water the houseplants and garden plants. Besides these things, I am able to pay more attention to my English studies. I also watch TV in the evening. Do you know what I watch? You will never guess! "Agatha Christie's Poirot" and "Midsomer Murders" :) I like them so much! It's a strange thing, once before I tried to read one of Agatha Christie's books (I don't remember which one) and found it so boring that I gave up after two or three first pages. Nevertheless, when I watched a part of the series about Poirot the first time, I immediately fell in love both with the film and with it's characters :)
      To be honest, I expected to have more time for my other hobbies, such as embroidering, crocheting and needle felting, but unfortunately I haven't done much of them. 
      Now let's move on to the photos. I think that everybody knows how a pile of laundry or dirty dishes looks, so I did not take photos of them :) I brought only my favourite - flowers and plants to your attention in the pictures I posted.
There is a jasmine bush near our block of flats. Bumblebees like its flowers, and so do I :)


The poppies in my flower bed. The photo was taken last week, so the flowers have withered by now.


Some dill plants in my tiny kitchen garden. Don't worry, I watered them after taking the photo :)

There are some strawberries in my kitchen garden, too. I haven't managed to find how to say in English that these ones are not garden strawberries :) So, I hope that you understand that this is a type of strawberries which usually grow in the forest :) Oh, it's not at all easy to try and describe or explain something when you feel lack the vocabulary :) Although it is funny :) I suspect that it is even funnier for  native English speakers to read what I wrote :) Well, enjoy it! :)

Our first harvest this year :)



I have posted this photo just to tease a little bit my friend, who regards me to become too lazy :) These are some gingerbread biscuits I baked before my journey in order to share them with my mother and friends.

Tuesday, 2 June 2015

My little journey

     This post is not connected with my flowerbed nor with my kitchen garden. Actually, I suspect that there will be many other "random" posts in this blog. This is because I don't think that it would be wise to start new blogs which could contain only one or two posts. However, don't worry, there will be many photos of plants in those posts, too :)
      What am I on about? Oh yes, my little journey. A while ago my husband and I visited the place where I grew up. It's the most beautiful place in the world! Well, you are right, almost everyone can say the same about where they come from. I'm not going to argue :) Here are just some photos taken there and during our return journey. I hope you will like them.
Some of the places where I spent a lot of time as a child


Acacia trees are starting to bloom

Some thyme plants. The smell of thyme always reminds me of my childhood. For some reason these plants don't grow where I live now.

One of the views of Poltava, the town where I lived as a student.

Our way back home

The day was cloudy. Please, don't say that this looks very Irish :) Although, I suspect that you were not even going to :)

The return is a part of a journey, isn't it? :)