Little things that made my day!!!

Finally we got the much needed rain. I guess my rain dance helped:) It feels nice to be able to breath again and sleep at night. All my plants are happy too except for those that have already died from heat.

The last lily from my collection started to bloom. Sorry forgot the name, it is an orienpet. Each flower is larger than my hand. Can't wait for the next year, I've already purchased more of the orienpet's that are scheduled to ship in October. They are the most amazing from the lily family. Dzieki tato za porade:) Jestes najlepszym ogrodnikiem!!! Mam nadzieje, ze kiedys Cie przescigne...

And the last but not least. Baby A. stood by herself for the first time with just a little support:). Time flays like crazy. It feels like she was just born. The best advice to the new mothers is to enjoy every single moment with your baby because they grow up too fast.

How to survive hot weather with kids!

Heat plus kids equals to time spend in the pool or something that can be filled with water.

How to get started?! It is easy, ask your daddy to clean the pool and fill it with water:)

Place all your toys in the water...
It's essential to watch what big sister does and copy her:)

Now you can enjoy hours of undisturbed fun!!!

Garden Update!

Almost all the flowers died while we were gone over the weekend. The temperatures have been in the mid 30's Celsius(over 90 degrees Fahrenheit). The only plant that still produces beautiful flowers and doesn't mind this unbelievable heat is Mount Zion daylily. Every day it opens up one of its gorgeous flowers. The unfortunate thing is that each one of them lasts only one day. I think I should get more of these plants. There is a great daylily nursesry very colose to our house. I think, I'll be shopping next week:)

Little vacation!

We've just come back form the first vacation as a family of four. Our friends invited us over to their house on Long Island for the long weekend. We had a unbelievable time. We were served a superb food and wine and visited beautiful beaches. Thank you Stasia and Darek!!!

Tomatos are here! Pomidorki!

The weather has been spoiling us for some time now. We are going to have the first tomato crop pretty soon. Surprisingly enough the Early Girl isn't the first to ripe this season. The Russian Black Prince has the largest fruits so far. The Better Boy is the second one to follow. Can't wait to taste them. I planted them in the same spot the third year in the row. We'll see if we get any diseases. So far they are very vigorous and healthy.

The Yellow Pear
The Better Boy
The Russian Black Prince

The beach season has officaly started!

Yes, we made it to the beach last weekend! It was the first time this season.

Zosia had so much fun splashing in the ice cold Atlantic. I don't know how kids survive in a cold water like this. I wouldn't take a dip without a wetsuits:)
We went to our favorite Crane Beach.

Garden Update!

I haven't been able to get any shots of my veggie garden yet. It looks like it's going to be a great tomato season. My heirlooms have bigger fruits than the hybrids. The reason for it is that the weather has been spoiling us for some time now. Tomato pictures will be posted next time and here are some of my gorgeous flowers.

Please enjoy!

My recent addition very fragrant Abraham Darby rose.

And Asiatic lilies that are 6 feet tall!