Botanic Sunshine

 We woke in good time on Saturday morning and enjoyed a breakfast of cinnamon buns. I need to translate and write out the recipe because I have lost my original translated version; though it's tagged as "American", it's from a long-ago French magazine, let's hazard a guess at 40 years or so. I still have the original file card from the magazine. Plenty of maple syrup along with the butter, sugar and cinnamon. We'll be finishing them off for breakfast or morning coffee tomorrow. 

And since it was a beautiful clear blue sky with sunshine, and we were still early enough to get to the Botanic Gardens before the car park was full, we made the effort and were glad we did. The greenhouses are still all closed, but there was plenty to see and enjoy. 

Loved seeing all the little treasures some boy had found it worthwhile collection in the back of his bicycle.

One particularly fearless squirrel scrambled up C's legs in the hope of finding some food, but unfortunately he considers them to be rodents and shook it off before I could take a photo. 

August Favourites

 ...are very thin on the ground! But I loved how the "watered garden" card came together - I had coloured the umbrella girl a couple of months ago whilst talking on the phone, and she always needs a bigger card. Choosing the verse to use with her prompted me to add the outsize flowers behind her. And I also love how the Paris canvas (it's about 10" x 8") came together. I'd originally started it last year.

The header photo is Chinese Lanterns from the garden - and this year's crop is just about ready to harvest,