silicone…

21 Tuesday Jul 2026

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I was surprised today when my middle grandson arrived…

I had messaged him on Sunday about a piece of siding that looked to be coming off the house and I was worried it might come right down…

today, he stopped by on his way home from work to check it out and see if he could fix it…

with a little bit of ingenuity, he managed to get the piece of vinyl back up, although we will need to pick up a tube of silicone and he will come back and do a permanent fix…

my job, when anyone is on the ladder, is to hold the sides and make sure the bottom of it is flat, lol…

humming…

19 Sunday Jul 2026

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I was up at 6:30 to watch the F1 pre-race show, and then the race, when the power went out…

I reported it and then went outside to read, happy that the race would be recorded on the PVR…

it is always so quiet when this happens, and, as it was very early, there were few people or cars up and about…

enjoyed a delightful couple of hours in the cool weather, with my book, and the fish, who actually made noise as they were eating and searching for food in the pond…

usually you never hear them…

all of a sudden water came spurting out of the waterfall and the sound of air conditioners humming ended the quiet…

then it was time to make tea and breakfast and get back to the schedule…

convinced…

17 Friday Jul 2026

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while my housemate is away, it has been my job to feed Tatsu, the bearded dragon, her vegetables…

only once has she come right up to the glass, as clearly the veggies had not arrived soon enough…

took a while for her to move off to the side so I could open the glass door and put her dish in… yikes… since then I have been putting them in around 9 am when she is still sleepy…

a friend of his has come every two days to feed her the bugs, because I could not be convinced to do that job🤪…

what one does for their grandchildren…

flowerbed…

16 Thursday Jul 2026

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I’ve been enjoying the roses around the house…

they remind me of my dear friend and former neighbour, Ellen…

from the time the girls were born, she and her husband looked after them whenever we needed help…

whatever time we were having dinner she would take them next door so we could actually eat without interruption, lol…

we used to have them over for dinner on Wednesday nights and she would babysit while we went bowling… that was a very long time ago…

now I have one of her rose bushes in the front flowerbed and think of her often…

especially when I bring the beautiful roses into the house😊…

peapod…

15 Wednesday Jul 2026

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had a quiet day… only outside for a little while as it was overcast and spit a fair bit…

but did get some reading in… also got to see more morning glories on the deck…

also ones that I planted on the new trellis, and flowers on more of the cucumbers there;-)… so far the morning glories have all been purple 😂…

and I spotted a number of bachelor buttons in the side garden…

and the biggest surprise was the cute little sweet pea flower, next to an actual peapod, woohoo…

things are moving along😊…

ripening…

13 Monday Jul 2026

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I’ve been watching the strawberries, which have been under netting so that I get the berries, not the birds or squirrels, lol…

on Sunday I took the netting off and collected the dozen berries that were ripe, although two weren’t completely finished…

I did remove them and have them in the window to finish ripening…

took off the stems and added some whipped cream to them for a tasty dessert after supper…

the plant has a number of flowers on it so that’s why the netting needed to come off, so that insects could pollinate them…

delicious… I haven’t had that many at once since I started growing them a few years ago…

I think they are enjoying the spot they are in this year😊…

humidex…

12 Sunday Jul 2026

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spent time in the garden fairly early as the temperature was going to 37°C before adding in the humidex…

only put out the cushion I was sitting on, lol… with the huge humidity yesterday, stepping into the garden fairly early, even in the evening, was like hitting a wall…

made sure to water all the plants, and if it doesn’t rain today, I will also water the new grass tomorrow…

sat out on the back deck until close to noon and then moved into the house…

had a monarch visit for a while, just before I went in, but still have no eggs or caterpillars;-(…

came back out just after supper for a short while…

still crazy hot 🥵…

humidity…

11 Saturday Jul 2026

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it was hot and humid out there today…

I didn’t spend much time in the garden, although when I first got up and ran the irrigation system, I did put out the cushions, but didn’t sit out for too long…

even at 7 when it is usually quite pleasant, with the humidity, it felt like 42°C, sigh…

may have to leave the air conditioner on all night…