>…taught by the known specialist *cough* Mielahis…
Yesterday I started to learn elements of Neigong along with the so called „softening excersises“.
It may be that Mielahis misunderstood something right from the start:
What is Neigong? See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neigong
>These colourful plants replace the horned violets, I am not quite sure if they are mini-petunias or million bells, too.
The two-coloured petunia „carneval“ has grown considerably:
And the hydrangea keeps exploding, LOL!!
>I just found this old picture of my little potted fir tree, so I thought I do a before/after post:
And three years later:
>The „up-floofing“ of my hydrangea (subspecies is named „Snowball“) begins:
>Today I finally found a set of table and chairs for my balcony that is not grossly oversized… Balcony is very narrow (90 cm), so big tables won’t fit. But this cute little set did. Here you see it just before the biggest thunderstorm of the last years hit full force (no worries, nothing was harmed, here at least):
Now the summer can really come, it doesn’t get nicer than this, on that table, I will be able to paint outdoors, even.
>..of all the flowers!
Full bloom:
Blooming soon:
Such velvety colours:
>See my balcony – I am all set for summer now. *happy grin*
>…for the hydrangea, LOL!!
Remember how I worried if that:
would thrive?
Um well:
It has now outgrown the windowsill and requires to stand alone again, will find it a more stable stand.
Now I am terribly curious which colour it will have this year. ^-^
>..today the proof that they can be quite the damage to the environment.*g*
First we have a pot with normal horned violets:
And this is the one that is preferred by the local population of sparrows:
(I’ll do my best to get a „caught in the act“ piccie of proof, too, but the little buggers just *know* if I have a camera or not… Without I can approach to 30cm distance – with camera they fly when I come out.)
>- „The Seagull takes aim“:
I found several priceless postcards today, but the one shown above was best.
(Text reads:“What do you mean – weird pose for a seagull? It’s Tai Chi!“
>Dear Europe,
when you vote for this years ESC, please use your *ears* and do not let our entry win again. Lena could not sing last time and she still has not learned to sing on key all the time, this song just conceals it better.
The hype around her is already unbearable and I dare not imagine what happens when you make her win again.
So, Europe, please do your part and vote for someone with a good show AND a good voice!
Thank you.
And the plants! You did not think you would escape from my flower posts this year, now, did you? Hehehe…Here we go again.
One indoor: Monster got her new big pot so that she will stand more stable, too. *waits for explosive growth now*
And outdoors:
I potted the willow tree. In a real pot with venting it will be way more manageable when the weather gets hot.
Then I recycled the basket in which the willowtree came:
My kitchen window always makes me feel spring-y:
Aren’t the little things awesome? I suppose the fertilizer did a lot to achieve this:
Oh, and my bike is on the way to become a local celebrity, LOL!!
People turn to look when I drive by (and no, I was not wearing polkadots or anything) and when I came out of the homeworker store today I found five (!) people around it in a half-circle, admiring it. (Of all ages, too)
>I have a new bike! Kinda spontaneously my „I need a better saddle“ could be transformed into „I go and buy a new bike“. And what a great one it is! Not the practial thing I was prepared to buy but beautiful AND practical…
Here it is ❤❤❤
It has a lot of beautiful nostalgic details not really showing here.
Already on the way home with it, I had a huge grin all across my face, because it was easy to drive and it did cause me no pains of any kind. I had apparently almost forgotten that cycling is fun.
Since the weather was so awesome still, I decided to give the new bike a test run and rode it down to the river Bille, where it is still all most healthily green. I managed to loose my way down there (a myriad of ways is there to follow and that with my bad orientation sense…) but the scenery is lovely. Here are a few quick impressions from the many bridges.
All green:
One of the huge ponds:
>Here’s proof that I successfully wrestled that pile of wood into submission:
One of my Amerias has started to flower! :o)
Exploded little flufftree:
Can you find the little eggs? *siiiigh* I am happy it thrives so much, but honest, just one egg still visible? 
>Tomorrow I am going to try to turn this:
into a chest of drawers called „Mark“. Finished it looks like this:
http://www.daenischesbettenlager.de/dbl/GlobalImages/productimages/500/32585005%5F500.jpg
Wish me luck, this looks more complicated like an Ikea item, that is for sure…
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I think I spotted the beginnings of blossoms between the top leaves of the tallest branches. *very excited*
Being on time this year:
Also blooming:
Spring-in-the-box:
Seasonal little tree:
>- um, or just unfold my new leaf? Says „Monster“ the jungle-plant.
No problems with unfolding at all here:
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The fields are snowbound no longer;
There are little blue lakes and flags of tenderest green.
The snow has been caught up into the sky–
So many white clouds–and the blue of the sky is cold.
Now the sun walks in the forest,
He touches the bows and stems with his golden fingers;
They shiver, and wake from slumber.
Over the barren branches he shakes his yellow curls.
Yet is the forest full of the sound of tears….
A wind dances over the fields.
Shrill and clear the sound of her waking laughter,
Yet the little blue lakes tremble
And the flags of tenderest green bend and quiver.
This is now the last plant for my room, as I am all out of properly lighted places now.*g*
Monstera (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monstera)
(German Wikipage: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fensterbl%C3%A4tter )
I hope it grows slow… *tweet*
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Today I unwrapped my plants when I came home- I have decided that now they have to get along without their warm covers.
The lavender did not make it, but it was pretty worn down already anyway. And if I didn’t know better, I would say that the Stone Heather has been growing in winter, LOL!! Really, was that bush so large before already? o.O
And well…I blame it on my distress about the situation in Japan, so I wanted to save *something*, too, I guess, and when I found a tree in a discounter supermarket, in a dark corner below the salad…well…
One does not see all that much on this quick picture, but it is a small willow tree. I am going to try and cultivate it in a pot when the spring plants around it give up. If it looks very upset, I plan to give it to one of my colleagues with a garden. But actually I do not see why it should not like living in a pot on my balcony…
