summer flowers

Summer flowers from the Villa Augustus garden.

Eversince I started working here 13 years ago, I have been picking so many flowers in this gorgeous garden, to arrange flower bouquets for the restaurant, hotel and limonaia.

Look at this flower field! Whenever I have a 'flowerday', i still get my jollies from picking abundant, colorful garden flowers.

kingsday 2020

For the first time in history the Dutchies celebrated King's Day mainly in and around the house.

Due to the corona crisis, no traditional 'Orange' parties, no free-markets, no festivals. Most of us stayed at home and in our backyards.

The 27th of April was like a summer day in spring, probably the most beautiful weather in decades.

We raised the flag and took a short walk nearby. The roadsides are full of flowers nowadays and I picked some wild flowers.

It's the little things these days...

forget-me-nots

Flower day with forget-me-nots today.

my flower girl

My flower girl Pippa made a beautiful bouquet with wild flowers for me. She has flower love in her genes.

In the mini movie below you can see Pippa at work, how fast and easy she does it...
I'm proud of my flower girl ♥

mini movie

thank you flowers

thank you flowers, a photo by wood & wool stool on Flickr.

wild flowers spotted in july

wild flowers spotted in july, a photo by wood & wool stool on Flickr.

weekend highlights;
•beautiful wild flowers on the table, picked and tied by my friend Lysbeth.
•stool making in the sunny front garden.
•Snow Patrol at Rockin' Park.
•lunch at osteria Vicini.

so in short, a wonderful weekend!
wish for July?
let it be a sunny summer month.

poppy field

poppy field, a photo by wood & wool stool on Flickr.

On our way to the traditional weekly market in Tire we were treated to poppy fields.

jamie & cow parsley

jamie & cow parsley, a photo by wood & wool stool on Flickr.

On the kitchen table; Cow Parsley (spotted while running and picked on the way back) and the latest issue of Jamie magazine, with delicious recipes from Marrakech!

souvenirs from barcelona

souvenirs from barcelona, originally uploaded by wood & wool stool.

Brought a bit of Barcelona home;
Pretty postcards.
A handmade spanish spots vase (from '1748 Artesania I Coses' in El Born)
Barceloneta beach (in an empty tomato juice bottle)
Number 10 (from the Macba store, everyone wants him)