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hose…

16 Wednesday Jun 2021

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I am loving my new hose…

it reaches to the front step with ease and I can also get to all the plants and pots in the shade garden as well…

lots of room to get to each of the hanging baskets to give them a drink…

I’ve been having fun trying different routes with it, to see which ones I like the best…

and it barely takes up any room when it is put away… unlike the old one which wouldn’t hang properly as it had a mind of its own, lol…

yay…

functioning…

12 Saturday Jun 2021

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Thursday was a disaster technology wise…

I was wondering if the power had gone off during the night, but the dishwasher, which usually tells me with a big PF, didn’t display that…

my Nikon wouldn’t connect to my phone… no matter what I did, sigh…

my Geeni cameras, on the garage and in two rooms to look out the front and into the garden, would not work… I tried the usual unplug and replug technique, which had no effect…

my smart home plugs weren’t functioning either and none of the usual solutions worked…

someone suggested the new moon was the issue…

so I gave up on technology for the day, hoping a miracle would happen and everything would work on Friday;-)…

of course that didn’t happen… I went downstairs and unplugged the router, waited a bit and plugged it back in…

then there is the patience factor as it takes a while for all the little lights to light up and get happily blinking….

that didn’t fix everything, so I went upstairs and did the same with the second router…

and… finally everything was working… shhhh…

readings…

10 Thursday Jun 2021

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had an appointment with the doctor on Tuesday as he wasn’t thrilled with the blood pressure readings I was giving him on our last phone call…

he had suggested that I have my meter recalibrated, but when I contacted the company they advised it was so old they didn’t support it any longer…

I bought a new one and took it with me to see him…

my blood pressure was still high on my machine, but was good on the one in the office… I had to adjust where it sat on my arm and will hope I get it right going forward…

all in all, it was a good appointment and the meds don’t need to be changed…

the really good news is I only have to take it a few times a month;-)…

bush…

07 Monday Jun 2021

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I’ve been checking around for purple butterfly bush with no success… last year I was able to get some from a local nursery, but they haven’t been able to acquire any this season…

eventually I found some online at Home Depot, so I ordered them… wasn’t sure what I would get, but was hopeful…

Friday, two boxes were delivered and the plants looked good…

I decided to keep them in the house until later in the day, when I put them in a shady spot to get used to being outside…

very happy with the purchase… hoping they enjoy their new homes in the garden…

bar…

04 Friday Jun 2021

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the bar on the inside of the shower fell off… as in broke;-(…

it looks like I will have to find a piece to go onto the end of one side…

the doors were put in in 2009, so I am worried as to whether we will be able to find this piece, but I use this bar all the time…

wish me luck…

shape…

01 Tuesday Jun 2021

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work in the garden continues…

yesterday, the remainder of the plants were put into pots, including some new plants;-)…

there are baskets everywhere and the various pots are filled with lovely combinations…

the garden is taking shape…

workers…

30 Sunday May 2021

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well, what a day… the workers were here for eight hours and got a huge amount of work done… I took a few photos before they arrived…

the cedars were trimmed… the wooden path in the shade garden was removed and replaced with patio stones, which were lifted from the remainder of the garden…

extra stones and the old wooden path were placed neatly beside the garage for a future project…

a portion of the lawn was levelled… soil was put down, tamped and covered with grass seed…

the rain held off all day as clouds came and went, which meant it wasn’t too hot for the workers…

there is still a small pile of soil, but that may go into the flower beds or be used to level out the front yard;-)…

a few pieces of work still need to happen, but it is going to look great once the grass comes up…

stickers…

28 Friday May 2021

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yesterday I received two sets of stickers made from my photos, that had been ordered a while ago…

after cleaning off one that came on the computer, thanks to rubbing alcohol and an old facecloth, I added one of each ;-)…

think I’m liking how they look…

lifted…

27 Thursday May 2021

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walked around and reviewed the work that needs to happen on the weekend…

soil will be delivered… all of the stepping stones are going to be lifted and soil and grass seed put in their place…

in the side garden, the wooden path will be removed and the stepping stones that were taken up in the main area will be used to replace the wooden path…

this will be a bit sad as my beloved laid all of these paths but it is time to change it up… right now many of the spots are tripping hazards as they have sunk a lot…

any leftover soil will go into the various beds and pots around the space… hoping that the two yards of soil is just the correct amount…

threat…

25 Tuesday May 2021

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Hilda the Gardener came by today and filled the front planters, a couple of hanging planters on the side of the house, a bed next to the garage, and moved ferns from one area to another…

everything looks great…

there is a threat of frost (for the next three nights), so I have just come in from putting sheets over all of the areas, lol…

excited to see how wonderful it is all going to look;-)…

she also brought me some lilacs, because she knows I love them…