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chameleon…

21 Friday Jun 2024

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Friday morning, as I was uncovering the couch on the upper deck, I spotted this cute little visitor… I got a few photos as it moved around the various cushions looking for just the right spot to sun itself in…

looks like it is a tree frog and apparently they can change colour, like chameleons… clearly it went from dark gray to light gray…

last night there was a nice lightening and thunderstorm so the cushions were a bit damp, even after being covered…

but they didn’t take too long to dry in the sunshine…

the water was calm and the birds were trilling away…

ventured…

20 Thursday Jun 2024

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our first whole day at the cottage was low key…

the sun came out occasionally, but the wind was busy the entire day and there was a fair amount of rain…

we ventured out a few times to watch the waves and listen to the birds…

in between, we read and napped and watched nature take its course out the windows…

my daughter got this lovely shot on her new Galaxy android… between the raindrops, lol…

it take wonderful pictures…

butt…

19 Wednesday Jun 2024

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on Friday I put out all the cushions and pillows as it was supposed to be sunny all day…

it is a bit of a process, because I put one out at a time, which helps me get steps, particularly as I spend a lot of time in the garden on my butt, reading…

it looked beautiful… the poppies, which don’t match my colour scheme at all, were blooming and dancing in the breeze and many of the pots and planters had flowers smiling…

I was surprised when my daughter arrived for a visit… she has been staying with a friend who has a lovely guestroom, lol… we spent a lovely time in this beautiful space, talking about everything and nothing…

she left and shortly after Hilda the Gardener arrived for some maintenance… we visited as she tidied up all the beds and pathways… it looks so nice when she is done;-)…

later as I was enjoying the space my daughter called and suggested we go to The Leaf…

I walked over to the other side of the bridge and she picked me up and we headed to the biomes…

we had a fun time checking out all the growth since she was here last year and had a lovely visit with the three cacao trees;-)…

always wonderful to spend time with her;-)…

trick…

18 Tuesday Jun 2024

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the other day my daughter taught me a great trick for photographing flowers that haven’t turned up… this was her before photo…

as she was taking the picture she put the camera on reverse and set it below the flower…

what a great idea… here is one I took…

how cool is that…

unpack…

17 Monday Jun 2024

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well, after grocery shopping and packing up what felt like tons of stuff, we set off on our adventure…

we have returned to the superb Airbnb that we spent a week at last year…

it took about two and a half hours from leaving the house to sitting on the deck with tea and a refresher…

didn’t take very long to unpack the groceries and our personal stuff… then we headed to the upper deck to enjoy the scenery and our drinks…

as I sat there I listened to the waves gently lapping the shore, and heard the warblers, vireos, and sparrows singing in the trees nearby… and we’d already watched a couple of ducks working on their afternoon snacks as a pelican fly by…

what a delightful treat this time together is;-)…

father…

16 Sunday Jun 2024

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was thinking of my dad as I was making scrambled eggs recently…

he was a great cook and always used a fork when scrambling eggs… he said it made them fluffier… he always added a touch of milk or water as he prepared them…

it was a lovely memory around Father’s Day;-)…

he was a very special person and I think of him often…

thirty-two…

15 Saturday Jun 2024

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the other day I counted thirty-two poppy buds…

since then twenty-six have opened… I go out every morning to take pictures and count them, lol…

they look so beautiful weaving back and forth in the breeze…

they were one of my beloved’s favourite flowers… maybe because they signalled the beginning of summer…

they decide where they will pop up and I am always so happy when they turn up each year… this time they are in the front of the garden;-)…

patched…

09 Sunday Jun 2024

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Saturday, a few more projects around the garden were completed…

the final board that joined the back flowerbed to the fence was replaced and one of the yardwaste bins fits perfectly there…

the broken edge board by the bathtub pond, thanks to the hanging chair blowing over and breaking it last spring, was patched…

it looks so much better over there now…

a box was built to hold the mandevilla on the top deck so that the plant won’t blow over on windy days…

and two pots were moved to finish off the area around the pond…

the garden is looking very nice;-)…

niggly…

08 Saturday Jun 2024

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Friday, we spent some time finishing the bottom deck area…

in a section under the main deck there had been boards to hold the box of soil that was there for any planting requirements…

when the deck reconstruction was completed, it was decided we would finish this piece…

Friday afternoon a bit of shovelling took place to remove the dirt on the blocks and then the new saw was put to work cutting cross boards and then the pieces to fill in the deck area…

it looks great and the big dirt box can slide in and out easily… it sits back there to keep the soil from getting wet when it rains…

looks great and has finished off the deck build;-)…

yay, always happy when a project is completed without any niggly little bits left unfinished;-)…

spirit…

06 Thursday Jun 2024

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this morning a memory came up from our night at Free Spirit Spheres on Vancouver Island…

it was the cherry on top of our trip that took us on a cruise to Alaska; visiting Chihuly Gardens and Glass, and blowing glass in Seattle; tea and a carriage ride at the Empress Hotel in Victoria; and a morning taking photographs in Butchart Gardens in Brentwood, BC…

it was delightful and we enjoyed every minute… delightful times…