Feeling like spring....

Hello my dear friends! I hope you are relaxed, sitting in front of your computer, hopefully drinking a cup of coffee and ready to enjoy YOUR time.... I am glad you chose this blog as one of your favorite spots to visit! Make yourself comfortable and just forget about everything else....

Let's talk about spring today.... I just got my newest issue of the LIVING magazine (which I love) and it's great to start reading about gardening and all those beautiful SPRING topics! (By the way, is it just me or the magazine is getting thinner and thinner and with more ads in it? .... Just wondering!) What are the plans for your garden this year? Any special or new projects in mind? Hubby and I are thinking about getting rid of a planter we have with rose bushes.... the roses aren't that beautiful anymore (those bushes were here before he bought the house about 5 yrs. ago) and we feel it would be a great spot for a small vegetable garden. I would love to have tons of flowers in the front of the house... I'd like to start a perennial garden too! Annuals are adorable and usually more colorful but there is a Flower Farm where my mother-in-law used to work and they have a great selection of flowers and I've seen some that would be great for us...

I am hoping to have a beautiful garden this year... and I plan on using coffee grounds as fertilizer (and to keep bugs and plant diseases away) ... did you know you could use coffee for your garden? Yes you can, you can find tons of articles on the web about it... and here is a previous post I wrote about it last year: click here

Here is a picture of the area we want to transform into a beautiful and fruitful vegetable garden: (Picture taken last summer)

(As you can see there is the side area which we've previous used to plant some vegetables, but the space is too reduced)

We already got rid of all these - including the ones on the side (there is always one or two tulips trying to come back) here is where I want to plant MANY MANY flowers

It's going to be fun!!! And coffee will be there to help us!!! I hope I will have pictures of the finished project soon!

Whatever your plans are just remember to use coffee!

Other practical use for coffee! - Otro uso para el cafe

My hubby and I usually choose a coffee shop for our "dates" and there is a wonderful place by the lake we love! He will, as usual, have the strongest blackest cup of coffee (no sugar, no cream of course!) and a milk chocolate bar.... I will have whatever I feel like in that moment... but I usually ask for some "art coffee" of course! and a piece of dark chocolate! I love those moments when we relax in that beautiful building -which used to be for a water pump in the past- The cream city brick of the walls is beautiful and the atmosphere is just perfect for a date (or to study, talk or even just to go by yourself)... It's like if coffee tastes better just for being there! Anyway, in one of those times visiting our favorite coffee shop I found they use "coffee beans" to hold pens... and I thought of how many other creative things people probably use coffee for and I don't know about... Here is the picture of the "pen-holder". If you have any other uses for coffee (besides drinking it) share it with us... the Coffee Lovers!

Enjoy!



Mi esposo y yo generalmente elegimos algun "cafe" para alguna cita y hay un lugar cerca del lago que nos encanta! El, como de costumbre, pide la taza mas fuerte y oscura de cafe (sin azucar y sin crema por supuesto!) y una barra de chocolate con leche... Yo pido lo que sea que me apetezca en ese momento ... pero generalmente elijo alguna taza de cafe "con arte" y una tabletilla de chocolate oscuro! Me encantan esos momentos en que nos relajamos en ese hermoso edificio -el cual antes servia para ser usado por una bomba de agua- Las paredes de ladrillo amarillo de las paredes y la atmosfera del lugar son perfectas para una cita romantica (para estudiar, platicar o aun para ir solo)... Es como si el cafe supiera mejor solo por estar ahi! En fin, en una de esas ocasiones en que visitamos nuestra cafeteria favorita descubrimos que utilizan los granos de cafe para detener las plumas... y pense en cuantas otras cosas creativas quizas la gente use el cafe y yo ni siquiera se que existen.... Arriba esta la foto de lo que les platico. Si tu sabes de algun otro uso que se le pueda dar al cafe(ademas de beberlo) compartelo con nosotros... Los Amantes del Cafe!