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I finished my beetle watercolor painting last weekend. I had to buy another brush for all those tiny details. I am finding out what I need and like (and dislike) as I go. I still didn't purchase any set of more expensive watercolors. I am quite content what I have right now, which is the student grade. Oh well, the time will come ;)

Minuly vikend jsem dokoncila akvarel brouka. Musela jsem si koupit dalsi stetec na ty malinke detaily. Postupne zjistuji co potrebuji a co me vyhovuje (a nevyhovuje). Jeste stale jsem se neodhodlala koupit drahe akvarelove barvy, zatim jsem spokojena s tim co mam, coz je studentska kvalita.  No coz, ten cas prijde ;)

Nature is waking up.
My peach tree is still in the pot and I put it in the greenhouse for the winter. Its already flowering ♥

Priroda se probouzi.
Broskvicku ve vekem kvetinaci mam zazimovanou ve skleniku a uz krasne kvete ♥

 Plum tree outside.
Svestka venku.

Heather
 Vřes

 I am very happy that I found black elderberry shrub plant at our nursery. There is red berry variety growing everywhere here, but it is not edible.  I came across one black elderberry once, but I was not able to propagated it.

 Mam silenou radost, sehnala jsem v zahradnictvi bezinku. Tady je rozsireny druh z cervenymi bobulemi, ktere nejsou jedle. Na jeden ker cerne bezinky jsem narazila ale nepodarilo se mi ji rozmnozit. A to se rika, ze bezinka je plevel!

 Lots of greens are growing all winter as we have such a mild year. Kale, parsley, arugula, swiss chard and of course the winter staple leeks.

Letosni zima byla opravdu mirna a tak mimo porku, ktery vydrzi celou zimu roste kaderabek, rukola, swiss chard, petrzelka.

 I've got some new pictures of the boys from my daughter. They grow way to fast!

A jeste par fotek nasich kluku, ktere jsem dostala od dcery. Rostou jako z vody! 

 all images ©Monika Opatril

Na vode

Minuly tyden jsme koupili kanoi a toto je nas prvni vylet,ktery jsme podnikli pred tremi dny.Odpoledne bylo jako stvorene pro prvni vypravu.More bylo jako zrcadlo,zadne vedro a tak jsme vyrazili.Muj vykon znacne popohnala vyhlidka zmrzliny v nedalekem pristavu,kam jsme namirili:)))Ja byla na kanoi podruhe v zivote ale vzhledem k tomu,ze moje prvni "otukani" bylo na zavode,kam jsem se suverene prihlasila bez predchozich zkusenosti,mne nejaka odpoledni vyjizdka nemohla rozhazet. Vse probehlo bez nehod,na Neila,ktery vyrostl okolo vody a lodi je naproste spolehnuti.Uz se tesim az si to zopakujeme.


We bought a canoe last week and this was our first trip at Hornby Island.. The water was like glass  and our destination little harbor  where they sell ice cream. Good motivations for me, since this was  the second time in my life I was in a canoe. Crazy enough the first time a enrolled in a race, lol.

Dnes jsme se pro zmenu vydali z nasi motorovou lodi na jezero Comox (Comox lake) ,ktere lezi nedaleko od nas.Dodava vodu mestecku Cortenay a Comox a lezi na upati hor asi 10 km od more.Zname ho vlastne jen ze brehu,z vyletu na kole a ruznych vyslapu ale z lodi jsme tam byli dnes poprve.Ja jsem fotila a fotila,barvy byly nadherne,protoze se schylovalo k veceru a to je podle meho nazoru to nejlepsi svetlo.

For a change we took our boat to the Comox Lake today. It is a water reservoir for Comox Valley, man made  and it is beautiful there. 

 

Preji vam vsem krasnou nedeli :D
Hope you have a nice Sunday....

Prochazka po plazi

Tess miluje plaz.Muze se tam vybehat na pisku bez prekazek.Obcas se pokousi chytat racky,nekdy se snazi vyhrabat skeble ale vetsinou jen beha a beha.Fotka kde je ve vode je z maleho jezirka ktere zbylo po odlivu na plazi a kde "lovila" male kraby.

Tess loves the sandy beach where she can run, chase seagulls, dig clams. This picture is from a little tide pool where she was playing with little crabs.

Jaro

Dnes jsem zavesila krmitko pro kolibriky.Jeden kolem mne proletel jako blesk kdyz jsem kontrolovala a cistila kvetiny ktere jsem vynesla dneska na terasu.Prezimovaly v nasi letni kuchyni.

I filled the hummingbird  feeder today. I saw one flying by, when I was putting my plants outdoor.

Ve stinu bylo 16 stupnu ale kdyz jsem dala teplomer na slunicko vysplhal na 24 stupnu.Nadhera,po tak dlouhe zime konecne teplo a slunecno.

It was 16 C in the shade but when I placed the thermometer on the sun spot it read 24 C. It's so beautiful to experience this nice weather after the long winter we had.

Nektrere rostliny maji uz kvety,miniaturni serik i dalsi.

Some of the plants are blooming already. 

Nase Tess se take slunila.
Bohuzel jsem toho v posledni dobe moc nestihala co se tyka pleteni a jak to tak vypada ma slunicko nejakou dobu vydrzet a tak se asi k rucnim pracim par dnu nedostanu.

Tess loved the sun too. I am not knitting  much lately, and looks like I will be spending more time outdoors, since the weather is suppose to be really nice for at least next few days.