Happy Easter from the countryside

I wish everybody a Happy Easter!

The weather is lovely. I started up working in the garden today. It was actually so warm that bikini was the perfect outfit. In afternoon I pimped myself for Cafe Loca, put an overall on and went to the stable just a kilometre away. But when we were ready with the horses I was too tired and went home again. (Fresh air is dangerous - it proves to be true again and again).

So now I sit here writing this blogpost dressed up for salsa dancing but there will be none. I think I change and go out in the garden once again.

Pictures from this afternoon, from the stable

This rabbit is half wild. No one can bring it indoors. I wonder how long it will survive the fox and wolf (yes there are some wolfs in this area - seen just 300 meters from where I sit now)

The small ponies had been at the hairdresser.

I like that  attitude.

The Arabian princess- nice and calm while taking care of but nervous while riding or when a car happens to come fast and close.

This morning
This morning I gave my Tritfids their usual foot massage and pedicure. I call them Triffids since Angel's trumpets eats just as much as the aliens in that old horror movie. And their flowers has a mixture by beauty and viciousness. The smell however is like the most exclusive perfume.

Three Angels trumpets, one fuchsia, one perennial Impomea and a few small plants had survived the winter. But indoors of course.

To have an Angel's trumpet indoors is almost having a tenant in the house. A creature - very calm and not noisy - but anyhow. A kind of family member. The Impomea however is a bit  more complicated since it escapes, forks and tangles with adjacent plants. Not to talk about how excellent it blends and with Christmas decorations.
 

I remove the old soil with my hands. It is the best way since I can feel what parts of the roots that are dead - those are easily removed. With a stick I remove more soil from inside the mass of tangled root threads.

Thirty minutes later the pedicure is ready and I start to fix their hair. This is what is left.

Not more then 1/3 is left after that. That is about 75 cm high..

A few months and later after carrying lots of fertilizer, cow's shit and water - this is the result. An about three meter high beauty.

These pictures are shoot in September after first frost. That is why they seems a bit "sunburnt"  at the edges. I found them beautiful anyhow.

In the autumn I move these plants indoor while they still are full of flowers. It is just like bringing an exotic jungle indoors. They smell lovely in the evenings when new flowers unfolds.

More perishable beauties
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