{Our Felines - Sweet Spooky I...}

One morning in February, a skinny black kitten walked up to Pieter in our wood garden. He picked her up and came into the house to show her to me. She was so hungry and so skinny, with a scar over her nose... must have been in a fight. Who in the world would put such a tiny kitten out to fend for itself? The rest is history... we took her in and loved her to death.

You see the scar above her nose?

Silencing Snuffy the rabbit...

Spooky would nap with Snuffy...

Guess, she wanted a play-mate... 

We got her spayed and she had all her medical check-ups; she was very healthy.

Until one day, when a car came racing down the hill, going way too fast...

 Spooky got killed in front of Pieter's eyes! The driver never stopped. Pieter rushed up the stairs to tell me that our Spooky had been hit by a car. I did fly down the stairs and when I picked her up, her head hung... She was killed instantly, though no visible wounds... Only one-and-a-half years old. She was so playful and happy. That hurts!

Spooky I was so loved...

We did replace her with Spooky II
Tomorrow you can read the sequel about Spooky I and II

{Weigela florida 'Polka' in Our Garden}

• The Weigela florida 'Polka' is an exceptional spring-flowering shrub, covered in attractive pink trumpet-shaped flowers with yellow throats, attracts hummingbirds. We have ours in the wood garden, let's have a look, join me on a Garden Tour.

• Pieter took these photos on May 6, around 11:00 AM.

• Our hummingbirds will love those trumpets!

{Our Backyard Wildlife HABITAT Certificate from August 1997} my previous post explains more about the reason we plant such type of shrubs.

• This is the shrub as it grows in our wood garden.

{Philadelphus 'Mont Blanc' - mock orange}

• In April we had so many shrubs blooming in our garden, that it was impossible to keep up with posting about them. So here I will show you our Philadelphus 'Mont Blanc' - mock orange. There are numerous varieties of Philadelphus, just have a look at this Dutch nursery for some double species as well. The first hyperlink reads that it is fully hardy till a minimum of 29°C but of course that should read 29°F.

• Are they not beautiful? That was at the end of April. Perfect Garden Tour time!

• This is the shrub itself.