trunkful…

03 Saturday Jun 2023

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enjoying every spring/summer day;-)…

last Sunday I set out the cushions and had breakfast on the back deck… followed that up with some reading…

headed out to look for a few plants and found a whole trunkful…

on our way home we stopped at Tim Horton’s and picked up chicken and cilantro wraps… very tasty… the kids are always introducing me to new things…

once home, the baskets were hung up and then a bit more reading happened on the back deck…

huge…

02 Friday Jun 2023

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for whatever reason the poppies opening is a huge deal for me…

this morning Facebook shared a memory from this date in 2012 when there was an abundance of poppies blooming…

and when I went into the garden, the first one this season was open…

what a treat, and a lovely reminder of my beloved, who also loved poppies;-)…

suntea…

01 Thursday Jun 2023

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the weather presented a variety of options on Monday… from hot and sunny to rainy, to thunderstorms, we had them all…

after seeing how much rain was possible, I decided to set up for our Monday gathering in the garage…

the motorcycle got moved to the back of the space and chairs and tables were moved in…

I also added the lilacs that my neighbour gave me in the morning as well as some suntea…

it was lovely, particularly when the wind blew through the space, and watching and listening to the rain coming down was delightful…

acclimatize…

31 Wednesday May 2023

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so far the fuchsia, mandevilla, Japanese Maple and most recently, the hibiscus, have made it outside…

the Maple went behind the waterfall and the others have moved into the shade for a few days to acclimatize to the heat and sun;-)… the mandevilla kept getting blown over so it is currently being propped up with chairs…

there is a lot more space in the living and dining rooms, lol…

petunias…

29 Monday May 2023

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on Saturday brought out the table and worked on filling the planters that go around the deck…

four of the six were filled with purple and white petunias and alyssum…

the two in the centre have pansies, lobelia and alyssum…

it was fun and I enjoyed the time…

there are still three on the north side that need something… after all these years I still haven’t found just the right plants that live in shade and are happy in a planter…

mistake…

27 Saturday May 2023

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just possible that I made a mistake when I brought out the morning glories and the dahlia from Lily Stone Gardens and planted them last Saturday…

the wind has been very strong and it has been cool in the evenings…

the dahlia hasn’t been looking at all happy and on Wednesday evening I covered it with sheets hoping to block the wind…

it is still not happy… we shall see…

repaired…

25 Thursday May 2023

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I was surprised yesterday morning when I looked out the window to see the hammock stand on its back against the planter… clearly the wind had lifted the umbrella and blew it over…

when I went out I saw that the umbrella on the top was perfectly fine so I took it off… the wind has been very strong since Tuesday and may continue for a number of days… a section of the edging had broken right off…

the umbrella went into the garage and I was able to put the stand back up… not going to put the umbrella back on until the weather improves…

now to arrange to have the planter repaired;-)…