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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…

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…

beefsteak…

21 Sunday May 2023

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Saturday was another glorious day in the garden…

and I started planting… yay… I added compost and fresh soil to the veggie gardens and then planted seeds as well as a pepper, some squash, cucumber and the beefsteak tomatoes… the seedlings came from Jonathan’s Farm and were in great shape…

excited to see if anything grows up and over the arch…

brought out the dahlia tubers and got them into planters as well as the new dahlia that I got from Lily Stone Gardens… it has been growing very fast… and finally put in a number of the morning glory seedlings that have been growing in the house…

perfect…

20 Saturday May 2023

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Friday was a beautiful semi-warm and sunny day…

I spent some time reading on the upper deck and when it warmed up a bit I found the screws for the hammock, removed the umbrella, laid the whole thing down, and attached all four legs tightly… put everything back together and then added a couple of cushions to the hammock chair and it is now perfect;-)… I may have had a short nap in it while taking a break from reading…

I am very happy as the shape of this chair is much more comfortable than the previous one… I think it will get more use, but we shall see…

a little later, I used the fishnet in the bathtub pond to clean out all the dead water hyacinths from last year… then I brought out the wet-vac and sucked out the dead leaves and water… next I put together the pieces for the new pump and set it into the pond… after filling it up, turned on the pump and it worked… yay…

now it is burbling nicely…

feels like I got quite a bit done;-)…

hammock…

18 Thursday May 2023

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it was early Wednesday morning and I was working on a newsletter job I have when the doorbell rang…

so excited to discover it was the hammock chair I had ordered…

I went out to the shed and dug around for the hammock stand that I already have…

with a bit of a struggle I got it together, managed to add the umbrella, and then hooked on the chair…

my neighbour found a big plastic bag for me that I will use when it is going to rain… it doesn’t say it can’t get wet, but I think it will last longer if it doesn’t get rained on…

I did sit in it for a few minutes, but will feel better when the screws (which I found in the garage) are into the bottom legs, lol…

reminisced…

17 Wednesday May 2023

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Monday was our group’s first gathering in the garden this year…

we started out by the pond and when it got too hot and sunny, we moved to the upper deck… I am going to put out a few more umbrellas next time…

there was sun-tea, snacks and lots of conversation… I didn’t take a single picture, not even of the garden, lol… I did find this one of the five of us after our fancy tea…

we reminisced about our fabulous High Tea at Lily Stone Cafe the week before and began considering where we might go next;-)…

one of the loveliest things that has happened over the last few years is that we have been able to meet throughout the summer… for many years, everyone would have places to go and things to do, so we wouldn’t gather from July until September… now it has worked out that we are able to be together for most weeks of summer…

what a treat these women are…

most…

16 Tuesday May 2023

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Sunday, spent the entire day in the garden… it was warm and sunny…

set out all the chair cushions and even brought out the decorative ones…

then, most of the fish came outside… a few just wouldn’t be caught, lol… apparently a project for another day…

tea, reading, and bird watching took up a good part of the day… I am loving the sound portion of my Merlin App… it has come in especially helpful for me to identify the many sparrows that come and go…

White-Crowned, White-Throated, Harris’s, Song, and Chipping Sparrows have all been around for the last week or so…

checked out the fence with the little person and his daddy on one side, as I contemplate the style of the new fence that is in the works, and had tea and snacks with the ones on the other side… they enjoy sitting by the pond and the sound of the running water…

ate all my meals on the deck, breakfast and lunch on the back, and supper on the upper…

phone calls, emails, in-person visits, and text messages came throughout the day…

truly, I am blessed;-)…