patio – GWENNIESGARDENWORLD

Recently I went a weekend away with my sister, we both needed a bit of peace and quiet but as it was just for 3 days we wouldn’t go too far away. We decided to go to The Netherlands to a place called Vlissingen, it is a small city at the North sea. We had hoped the weather would be rather nice but a few days before we went to Vlissingen the weather forcast changed a lot. Instead of sun and between 18C° and 20C°, we got heavy wind (wind force 7) , a lot of rain and 15C°, but we enjoyed it anyway, we did a lot of reading, talking and enjoying going out for a drinks, lunches and dinners, luckily they were all close by. Nothing spectacular but it was fun. We stayed in a small hotel at the seaside, pretty and comfortable.

The following pictures were taken the last day when the sun was out for a bit, it rained most of the time so I didn’t take a lot of pictures as I don’t like my camera to get wet.

In the middle of this picture you see a tower that used to be a prison, now it is a restaurant.

This guy was the only one in the sea.

I loved this little front garden facing the sea

Here’s another view of the terrace with the cacti

This picture was taken when the storm was gone.

I hope you are all well and happy. Take care !

Today we remember our relatives and friends who died, it is a day people over here are free of work. We bring flowers to their graves. Not that we don’t remember them during the rest of the year but it is a custom here. My mother-in-law died a few weeks ago and she loved bold and colorful things so I bought her a plant with big bright yellow flowers to put on her grave. I know she’d love that.

It is a member of the chrysanthemum family.

And they finally started working on my new patio. Cos of all the rainy weather we had this year the work couldn’t get started but now we are getting two whole weeks without a drop (at least that’s what they promised us). Today the workers came and removed the top layer, my husband and son removed the tiles last week. This is how my patio looked this morning after the workers started.

The workers did a good job, they removed all the rubble and next week the groundlayer will be layed and that needs to dry for at least a week before they can start with the tiles.

I am already looking forward to Spring !!!!

Have a great weekend .