Mittwoch, 5. Juni 2019

Bunter Juni-Strauß

Hallo,
 
passend zum Rosenmonat Juni präsentieren wir heute in unserem Post einen bunten Strauß aus allem Möglichen. Juni... ist das nicht unglaublich? Nun ist schon der Sommer da... und nicht mehr lang und die Tage werden schon wieder kürzer. *lach* Um so wichtiger ist es also, dass wir in vollen Zügen genießen, was die Natur uns im Juni bietet. Im Garten kann man den Pflanzen echt beim Wachsen zuschauen (leider auch dem Gras... was Birgit zu sehr häufigen Dates mit ihrem Rasenmäher zwingt). Die Natur explodiert geradezu - und ihre Majestät bereitet sich auf ihren großen Auftritt vor.
… matching with June being the month of roses we're presenting in this post a colorful bouquet of all sorts of things. June... isn't it incredible? Now summer is here… and soon again days are going to become shorter again. *LOL* So it's even more important to enjoy to the fullest what nature is offering to us in June. In the garden one is able to watch the plants while growing (sadly this is also true for the grass… which makes it necessary for Birgit to date her lawn mower very often). Nature is almost exploding - and her Majesty is preparing for her big showtime.
 
Rosey und ich haben uns erst letzten Sonntag bärsönlich davon überzeugt, dass die Königin der Blumen langsam in unserem Garten ihre Regentschaft beginnt. Und ja... wie sollte es anders sein: Willkommen zu Folge 93907 von "Und schon wieder jede Menge Fotos von BiWuBärchen im Garten"! *grins*
Rosey and I convinced ourselves bearsonally last Sunday that the Queen of flowers is starting to reign in our garden. And yes… what else to expect: Welcome to volume 93907 of our series "And once more many pictures of BiWuBearies in the garden"! *grin*














 
Dazu passt unser Sprüchekalender - gut, das Bild noch nicht so, denn bei uns bildet der Lavendel gerade erst Knospen. Aber der Spruch von Leigh Hunt um so mehr: "Farben sind das Lachen der Natur und Blumen sind ihr Lächeln."
Our wisdom calendar is somehow matching with this - well, the picture not as much because so far around here the lavender is just starting to grow blossoms. But the saying by Leigh Hunt fits very well, he said colors are the smiles of nature and flowers are its laughter.


Das ist ein sehr schöner Gedanke, wie ich finde. Und auch bei der Renovierung vom Bärchenhaus geht es ja um Farbe - inzwischen ist Birgit endlich mit der Fassade fertig geworden. Leider hat sich gezeigt, dass Birgits Methode, "Ziegel" aus Bastelhölzern aufzukleben, auch nicht ohne Tücken ist. *seufz* Birgit musste feststellen, dass die Fassade ebenso wie die Bastelhölzer unregelmäßig sind... ganz zu Schweigen vom erheblichen Aufwand beim Zuschneiden. Das Ergebnis ist demzufolge nicht so schön und gleichmäßig, wie Birgit das gerne gehabt hätte und wie die Testversuche es versprochen haben. Aber auch wenn die "Ziegel" nun ein wenig windschief sind - verglichen mit dem, wie's vorher aussah, ist Birgit mit dem neuen, frischeren Look trotzdem ganz zufrieden. Zur Erinnerung noch mal das Archivfoto - und der Hinweis, dass die Farbe auf dem Bild täuscht... tatsächlich war die Farbe eher vanillegelb:
In my modest opinion this is a very nice thought. And the makeover of the Beary House too is about colors - in the meantime Birgit is done with the facade. Sadly it turned out that Birgit's method to glue "bricks" made of wooden craft sticks on the facade included pitfalls. *sigh* Birgit had to find out that the facade itself as well as the craft sticks were not even… not to speak about the effort of cutting everything in shape. So the result is not as nice and regular as Birgit would have hoped it would be and as the tests promised. But although the "bricks" are a bit askew now - when comparing the result with the look of the house before the makeover Birgit is still quite content with the new fresh look of it. As a little reminder we're showing a photo from the archives first - and we need to point out that the colors on the picture are different from reality… in fact this was a yellowish cream white.


Und hier nun die fertige neue Fassade:
And here's the finished new facade:




Nun kann es an die Deko für die Hausfassade gehen - Birgit sagt, da kann sie nach all der "Stein-"schnippelei endlich wieder etwas Spaß haben. Vorher hat sie sich aber noch um den alten Küchenschrank gekümmert. Der war bereits weiß lackiert und sah so aus:
Now the decoration can start - Birgit says after all this "stone" cutting she can finally have some fun again. But before this she took care of the old kitchen cabinet. This was already painted with a glossy white and looked like this:


Birgit mochte weder das glänzende Weiß noch die Türen und die Griffe besonders leiden - Zeit also für eine kleine Prise Birgit-Touch! Der Schrank bekam als Erstes einen neuen Anstrich in mattem Weiß - was Ihr mir einfach mal glauben müsst, denn das wird man auf den Fotos wohl nicht erkennen können. Und dann ging es noch ein bisschen weiter und am Ende sieht der Schrank nun so aus:
Birgit didn't like either the shiny white nor the doors and the handles - so it was time for a small dose of Birgit-touch! First the cabinet got a new coat of paint in a matte white - just believe me, I suppose you won't spot the difference in the pictures. And after a few additional touches the cabinet looks like this now:



Und weil Birgit danach noch zwei Schubladengriffe übrig hatte, bekam auch der alte Küchenbeistelltisch...
And because Birgit still had two of the drawer handles left the old kitchen side table...


… einen neuen Look:
… got a new look too:


Man kann in der Küche einfach nicht genug Schubladen haben! *lach* Und bevor wir uns für heute verabschieden, möchten wir noch einmal kurz auf unseren letzten Post zurück kommen. Wir hatten Euch ja noch einmal den wunderbaren Bienenstock gezeigt, den Ilona uns vor langer Zeit geschenkt hatte. Und unsere liebe Freundin Betsy hat völlig zu Recht gefragt, ob ich denn auch gut genug ausgerüstet wäre, um den Honig sicher und geschützt ernten zu können. Ich kann Euch beruhigen - es besteht keinerlei Grund zu Sorge. Wie auch - wir sprechen hier von Ilona *schmunzel*... und natürlich hat Ilona uns damals nicht nur einen total realistischen Bienenstock geschenkt, sondern auch ein komplettes Rundum-Sorglos-Zusatzpaket! Angefangen von umfangreicher Literatur zum Thema Honig...

One can never have enough drawers in the kitchen! *LOL* And before we're saying goodbye for today we would like to remind you of our last post still. We had shown to you the fantastic beehive given to us by Ilona as a gift long time ago. And our dear friend Betsy was wondering whether I was having the right equipment to harvest my honey safe and sound. I can reassure you there's no need to worry at all. Well, in the end it's Ilona we're talking about *smile*… and of course Ilona did not only give an amazingly realistic beehive to us back then, no, we also received a complete accessories package! Starting with a big variety of literature about the topic of honey…       
Link zu/to Ilona's blog: https://minimumloon.blogspot.com/
Link zu/to Betsy's blog: http://aboutmydollhouses.blogspot.com/
 

… bis zum notwendigen Equipment! Und natürlich ganz wichtig: Der Smoker!
… up to the needed equipment! And of course very important: The smoker!


Und sollten die Bienen doch mal schlecht gelaunt sein... für den Fall hat Ilona natürlich auch an einen Imkerhut gedacht! *zwinker*
And if the bees should still be in a bad temper some day… for this case Ilona did not forget to add a beekeeper's hat! *wink*


Wir wünschen Euch allen einen tollen Juni - und hoffen, dass Ihr Euch viel Zeit nehmen könnt, um der Natur beim Lächeln zuzuschauen. Und vergesst nicht... es ist auch immer ganz wichtig, an den Rosen zu schnuppern! Ach ja... und für alle, die sich jetzt vielleicht gewundert haben sollten, wie meinereiner einen ganzen "Willkommen im Juni"-Post machen kann ohne ein ganz bestimmtes Thema zu erwähnen... nun, ich kann Euch beruhigen... das Beste kommt immer zum Schluss… in dem Fall ein gut gemeinter Flatterbärchen-Rat: Noch viel wichtiger als den Duft der Rosen im Juni zu genießen ist der Genuss gewisser süßer, roter, saftiger, aromatischer Früchte!!!
We're wishing to all of you a great June - and we hope that you'll take yourselves the time to watch nature while smiling. And don't forget… it's always very important to stop and smell the roses! Oh, and all of you who might have wondered how it could be possible that I managed to do a full "Welcome in June" post without mentioning a certain topic… well, I can comfort you… the best is always reserved for the end... and in this case this means a good advice coming from a flutterybeary: Even more important than enjoying the smell of the roses in June is to enjoy certain sweet, red, juicy, aromatic fruits!!!


Hach... ich liebe den Juni!!! Endlich Erdbeeren satt! Juhuuuuu… ich glaube, im Moment bin ich echt das glücklichste Flatterbärchen auf der ganzen weiten Welt! ;O)
Oh my… I really love June!!! Loads of strawberries - finally! Hooray… I suppose at the moment I am for sure the most happiest flutterybeary in the whole wide world! ;O)

Liebe Grüße / Hugs
Flutterby

13 Kommentare:

Ulrike hat gesagt…

Also ich weiß ja nicht was Birgit hat. Die Ziegelwand ist doch perfekt. Birgit muss mal beim nächsten Besuch einer Altstadt schauen wie dort manch ein Haus gemauert ist...und wie charmant das aussehen kann. Ich finde die Mauern von eure Häuschen perfekt. Auch Schrank und Beistelltisch sehen großartig aus..
Was die Rosen und die Erdbeeren angeht, bin ich ganz bei euch. Das beste am Juni sind die vielen schönen Blumen, Erdbeeren in jeder Form und die wundervollen lauen Sommerabende.

Genießt alles in vollen Zügen.

Liebe Grüße
Ulrike

Alexandra Martinez hat gesagt…

Hi dear bearies, I have enjoyed a lot your last series of the garden photos!! You are so lucky to have such a wonderful garden. It´s a pleasure to the eye and heart to enjoy such beauty, thank you! I love the makeover of the bearies house, those bricks even or not look fabulous, I know from experience that is not a very pleasant job but the results are worth it. I like the transformation of the kitchen cabinet and side table too, they look fantastic. I cannot wait to see all this wonderful pieces in place. Ok, I know, we must be patient, so I will be :)
I didn't think of the hazards of collecting the honey from the Ilona´s wonderful beehive but now I am relieve to know that you have all the necessary equipment!
That last photo is gorgeous!! Enjoy your sweet, red, juicy, aromatic fruits, you deserve it!! And have a terrific June you all.
xxx

Nina in Germany hat gesagt…

Am obertollsten finde ich das Flatterbärchen mit dem Bienenhut, echt schnuckelig und supersüß. Das muß unbedingt in euren selbstgemachten Fotokalender.
Weiterhin fröhliches Erdbeerschlotzen.
LG Nina

Ilona hat gesagt…

Halloooo liebe Freunde!! Yes, it's June already, time flies! Your garden pictures are always a treat for the eyes, Fluby, and you and Rosey are starring so well in the plants ;O. I LOVE seeing your roses, the colors are gorgeous and ifthey smell I bet that their scent must be devine :).
The saying on the calendar fits very well to everything what Mother Nature creates, I can hear her laugh ;).
So sorry to read that that Birgit's method to glue "bricks" made of wooden craft sticks on the facade included pitfalls. But honestly: I don't see any flaws, the whole has just the right realistic look after my modest opninion...but do I see there a white, black-eyed ghost looking through the window??? You can see it behind the window on the first floor, just above the frontdoor, at one of the pictures.
What a great make-over of the kitchen cabinetand the sidetable, it looks quite different and although I can't see the matte look I think it's better than before.
Yes, we do need bees in our gardens, especcialy nowadays the envirement is not good enough anymore for these important animal species. We urgently need them for pollinating lots of plant on earth. I'm glad that you still own your equipment for calming the bess if neccessary, but I also think you're fond of their honey, hehehe ;O??
Lastly, I fully agree with you that enjoying roses and strawberries is something everyone needs to do in this month, I enjoy eating very much fresh strawberries now and I'm pretty sure you all do too :O)!!
Enjoy this month June.
Liebe Grüsse, Schepje und Ilona, who hopes every day for a little drop of rain for the new plants in her garden. These last days the complete Netherlands got lots of rain, except we here in our region....really, no single tiny drop, how that's possible :O??!!

elizabeth s hat gesagt…

Roses are Definitely the "Queen of flowers" Birgit, and I can see why the Beary Bears are so excited about being photographed among them, especially when they are as all as healthy and happy are your roses are Birgit! And I agree that it is hard to believe that it is June already and that soon the days begin to get shorter again. WHAAAA!:(
It appears however, that the grass waits for no one, no matter what month it may be. Mine grows too quickly for me to keep up with, but it always looks Wonderful right after it's been cut. :D

But as to the bricks on the renovated BiWuBeary house, how can you NOT be happy with the way the brickwork looks? It is FABULOUS! Laying bricks is a tedious business and to have cut each one then place and spaced it over the entire front surface was a massive job- BRAVO!!!!
Flubby and Rosey must be DELIGHTED with what you've achieved as well as with the revamped furniture pieces for it- how exciting!
And I must say that Ilona has given you an AMAZING gift of beekeeper gear which is soooooo cute!!!!!
The hat, gloves and smoker etc. are Absolutely Adorable and so authentic in every way- but That's so Typical of Ilona; no detail too small to be over-looked as well as Perfected!

Have a Happy June! :D

elizabeth

Jodi Hippler hat gesagt…

Not only beautiful flowers and adorable bears, but gorgeous blue skies and sunshine! It can only be June and what a welcomed month it is!
The new facade looks so fresh and lively, and those bricks look pretty darn professional to me! You can feel free to do any of my brick work any time!
I love the furniture makeovers! The new look is charming and feels like exactly what you'd find in a happy kitchen full of delicious meals!
I am so happy that you posted that photo if strawberries because I am just now putting together my grocery list and they left my mouth watering!
Ilona's accessories are the absolute cherry on top of what was already a stunning gift! She thinks of everything and each creation is superbly special! I know you and the gang will treasure and enjoy them!

claude hat gesagt…

What a pleasure to read you Flutterby, and see you Rosey and you in the midst of sumptuous flowers.
Birgit is talented, her house is beautiful and the furniture. June is a great season for .. strawberries and honey to come :-)
have a good day
hugs

PILAR6373 hat gesagt…

Que delicia veros entre las maravillosas flores del jardín,se os ve tan felices!!
Me gusta como se ha transformado la fachada con los nuevos ladrillos,aunque sea un trabajo muy costoso y a veces ingrato,el resultado lo compensa.También el toque de color en los muebles,hacen que se vean más interesantes.
Menos mal que tenéis todo el equipo necesario para recolectar la miel,estaba muy nerviosa pensando en que podrían picaros las abejas y yo,que soy alérgica a las picaduras,sé lo mal que se pasa,ahora me quedo muy tranquila!!
Hoy precisamente me acordé de ti,Flutterby,comí mis primeras fresas y no pude evitar sonreír al recordarte.
Besos.

Contrastes-Rosa Mª hat gesagt…

Una delicia de jardín y las fotos como siempre es un espectáculo para los sentidos.Has trabajado duro con los ladrillos y el tuneado del armario el resultado es fantástico.Besos:-)

Maria Ireland hat gesagt…

What a pleasure to look at the pictures of your beautiful garden. The roses are wonderful. I love what you have done to the house the bricks look perfect to me. Great job on the furniture. Yummy strawberries I will have to get some today :)
Hugs Maria

Drora's minimundo hat gesagt…

You can all rest assured that the Beary House looks beautiful in its new facade, as well as the furniture after being touched by Birgit's clever hands.
I just can't get over the miracle of your blooming, gorgeous garden. I'd never stay indoors if I were you.
Ilona's accessories for the beehive are simply stunning. Like all Ilona's work, every little item is a miniature version of the r/l one.
Dear Flubby, enjoy your yummy bowl of delicious strawberries!
Hugs, Drora

Fabiola hat gesagt…

A beautiful garden full of colors with two stars: Flutterby and Rosey!
The new facade is wonderful and the furniture is perfect after the touch of Birgit.
The gifts of Betsy and Ilona are fantastic and the bears look very happy.
Strawberries are delicious!

Daydreamer hat gesagt…

Dear Fluby and Rosey and Birgit too! I am always Happy to see your smiling faces in the Rose Bushes!!! Your season is ahead of ours... my first rose blossom opened yesterday... and a few more today! But I have to admit that your post gave me a Very Scary Moment....! Shorter Days??? Yikes! (And that brings the quickly following thought that we might as well just start getting ready for the "C" word right now! Lol!) And as you know, for me this is Serious Business! But I am completely agreed that the colors are Nature's smiles, and surely flowers must be the laughter! And while I am thinking of the flowers, I must say I am not surprised about Ilona's creative genius including all the equipment for the bee hives! (And in my dim memory I seem to recall a post about this when it arrived!) I am sorry to learn that Birgit found out the difficult way that her Beary House was not even and straight... darn those bricks... they make the truth too hard to hide! LOL! But I think she has managed to correct the flaws successfully... they are not apparent in the photos! I am looking forward to seeing the kitchen in the house when Birgit gets all the furnishings "upgraded"... for sure there will be a wonderful amount of Birgit Magic involved! And I hope there will be abundant Strawberries... mini and full size too! :):):)