27/52 Peonies from this summer

Lena Andersson is a Swedish children's book illustrator and author. I am brought up with her books, pictures and the characters Linnéa and Maja. I loved her stories and I think mostly because her characters are close to nature. The books are educational about trees, flowers, the different seasons but also one very poetic book about the alfabet. One of my favorite pictures from Maja's Alfabet is P as in Peonies. I don't know how many times I have tried to draw a copy of that house on the peony leaf. I also think that the flower peony is one of my favorite flower. At our country house I planted peonies 10 years ago or maybe even more. The past at least three years I have missed when they start blossoming. That magical day or couple of days when the peonies big buds bursts into a beautiful flowers. By the time we have gotten summer-break and flown from Düsseldorf to Sweden the beautiful flowers have became so heavy and laying down full of ants. But this year my dad decided to cut them and bring them in so we get to enjoy them. In a big tall vase on the kitchen island they welcomed us when we came home a couple of days after Midsummer.

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Weekly update 42/52 New fleece hats ready for the cooler weather

Weekly update 41/52 Time for warmer hats, nice books and last garden projects

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