My life with books

I noticed a meme for today by Our Beautiful World - Books. In our house the bookshelves stay never organized - I blame my husband. A few photos anyway. In my book blog Kirja vieköön! I write rewievs of the books I have read...

I read all kinds of literature, not poems though.

And a lot in Spanish too...

Delightful moments with your books!

Linking with Our Beautiful World / Books

Vesi puutarhassa - Water in the garden

Makrotex-haasteena on tällä viikolla vesi.  Kuvasin talven jäljiltä olevaa pihalammikkoa - vesikin vielä vaihtamatta ja pinnalla leijailee jotain pölyä. Lammikko talvehtii vesineen ja keväällä putsataan kesää varten. Hommia siis tiedossa!

Kiinanlaikkuköynnös - Actinidia kolomicta

The Makrotex Challenge of this week is water. This is how our dirty pond looks like at the moment. I keep the water in the pond during the winter and change it in the spring. So some work to do this week!

Mitäs tälle tehdään? - What to do with this?

Keltakurjenmiekkaa koreissa vedessä - Iris pseudacorus in baskets in the water
Toukokuu / May 2015

Heinäkuu / July 2015
♥ Tätä odotettavissa! - This to expect! ♥

Linkit / Links

Makrotex-haaste by Pieni Lintu & Mosaic Monday by  Judith

Tässä vielä pari linkkiä aiheesta / A couple of links to this topic:

The project & Ready!

Kivaa viikkoa kaikille! Have a lovely week you all!

With Janneke to Keukenhof!

Juuri nyt me täällä koti-Suomessa etsimme suurennuslaseilla ja mikroskoopeilla puutarhoistamme kevätkukkijoita :) Annettaisiinko silmien - ja hermojenkin - levähtää hetki värikylläisen Hollannin Keukenhofin kevätloistossa!

Right now we here in Finland - and in some other countries too - are searching with magnifying glasses and microscopes spring flowers in bloom :) How about, let's let our eyes - and nerves - rest for a while in the splendid & colorful Dutch Keukenhof!

Janneke, blogiystäväni Hollannista antoi ystävällisesti minulle luvan linkittää hänen upeaan Keukenhof-postaukseensa. Hän kirjoittaa hollanniksi, mutta eiköhän me googlen käännöksestä jyvälle päästä. Klikataanpa linkkiä ja nautitaan kaikin aistein!

Janneke, my dear blog friend from Holland was so very kind in letting me link to her fantastic Keukenhof post. She writes in Dutch but there is google translator in her blog. Please, make a klick and enjoy with all senses!

Kiitos Janneke! 

Thank you Janneke so much for letting us enjoy 
of these wonderful photos and sights!

Tästä se Keukenhof-postaus avautuu... Klick!
Jos käyt kurkkaamassa, Janneke varmasti ilahtuisi pienestä kommentista!
To say thanks, please leave a comment to Janneke!

This April week...

1 Monte Carlo Rolex Masters

I'm a keen watcher of ATP tennis. This week the tournament of Monte Carlo is on. And what a lovely setting they have there! Lately I've been a bit annoyed because Novac Djokovic (ranking nr 1) wins it all. But now he has lost and so has Tomas Berdych (ranking nr 7). Therefore there will be much more interest. It is impossible to guess the winner - wether it is Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal or Stan Wawrinka...

2 Puss in Boots

When I was a child one of my favourite fairy tales was Puss in Boots. It is a very old story, you can read more in the link. Our cat Sissi reminds me of him because Sissi has awaken into spring and wants to go out all the time to frighten the spring birds! So I have to walk her in the leash many times a day in the garden. It is fun though :)

Cape Horn

3 Stefan Moster - a German writer
Die Unmöglichkeit des vierhändigen Spiels (klick)

Unfortunately this book is available only in Finnish (Moster lives in Finland and translates Finnish literature) and German, as a tip for you German readers. Translated into English it might be The impossibility of playing the piano by two / double. The book tells about a mother and son who work on a luxury cruiser. The cruiser visited at first all the Mediterranean harbours and then sailed to South America. It would be a Dream!!! to see that route! Need to win a lottery at first :)

Viola cornuta 'Sorbet'

Viola cornuta 'Black delight'

4 Growing out of seeds 
Viola cornuta, Verbena bonariensis & Nicotiana x sanderae

This spring I don't grow a lot out of seeds. My Viola cornutas look pretty good! Then of course herbs...

5 Garden plants progress slowly

Practically no blooming yet in the garden. But this funny hairy Meconopsis grandis is growing so nicely! Just have to wait appr 2,5 months to see this fantastic blue flower!

Linking with Amy's Five on Friday and Cath's Fun Friday Favourites

Wishing you all a lovely spring weekend!

As you may realize many photos were borrowed online...