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13 Monday Jun 2022

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Saturday, I had an injured thumb…

Friday’s project had been to get the little irrigation system I purchased last year installed…

I read through all the instructions, watched a video, and gave it a shot…

a number of weeks ago we had attached the main hose and run it about halfway, so I finished laying it out so that the newly planted ferns will also get water on a more regular basis…

then I started fastening the feeder hoses… I started with the hanging baskets and then moved on to the perennials in the bed…

connecting the feeder hose to the main hose involves punching a hole, with a very handy tool, and then pushing the connector into the main hose…

this was the difficult part and my thumb took a beating… eventually I stopped because it was becoming painful…

for sure I won’t be working on it for a few days, lol…

bike…

11 Saturday Jun 2022

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a few days ago my grandson came by to return the car before he headed to work…

a piece for his bicycle had arrived and he worked on getting it installed but ran out of time, so he ended up taking the car…

while he was here I made lunch and we ate in the garden…

then the bike sat in the dining room, waiting for his return…

when he came to pick it up, he brought an ice cream cone;-)…

yum…

rust…

07 Tuesday Jun 2022

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Amy came by to update my lawn chairs…

she sanded rust spots… washed and rinsed all four chairs… let them dry in the sun… moved them into the garage… and spray painted them…

we had subs for lunch and a great visit on the deck… possibly we sat in the sun for too long😳…

she also painted the little frog water chimes that welcome people to the garden…

the chairs stayed in the garage for two days to be sure they were dry (and stopped smelling) and I put them out today…

they look amazing…

landscaping…

06 Monday Jun 2022

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got a rain barrel and new pots for the front flowerbeds a little over a week ago…

the pots were filled and planted shortly after… three were moved into their correct places and three were put along the driveway waiting for work to be done on the north side bed…

yesterday my grandson and his landscaping friend arrived to beautify the space…

they worked for five hours… removing ferns, weeds, and most of the wild rose which had taken over the space… they redesigned the shape of the bed and put down landscape cloth, laid paving stones where the pots were to go, moved a fountain and the very heavy birdbath… and lastly, dumped and spread fifteen bags of mulch…

it looks amazing…

so happy;-)…

Leclerc…

05 Sunday Jun 2022

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I was sitting on the back deck reading on Saturday, after doing some weeding, and heard a car in the driveway…

a friend was running errands nearby and stopped in for a quick visit…

then we went to Leclerc Greenhouses for a spot of plant shopping;-)…

as time goes on, I am feeling a little more comfortable about going out and about…

I found a hanging basket, some alyssum, a trailing tomato that goes in a basket and a couple of other small plants…

once I arrived back home, I hung up the basket, planted the fuchsia, ivy and tomato… but still have to decide where the alyssum is going to go…

lovely treat;-)…

rehanging…

30 Monday May 2022

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the rain helped me get a few jobs done around the house…

I’ve been putting off rehanging the curtains in the den and I finally got that done…

I also put the Dyson back together… my grandson had taken it apart and washed a filter inside… who knew there was one there… and now it works… yay…

even the living room windows were happy and they are lovely and shiny clean…

nice to check a few things off the list;-)…

expedition…

28 Saturday May 2022

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what a busy day we had on Thursday… didn’t even have time for a nap, although I did manage a short sit down in the garden before my grandson arrived…

he and I spent the day getting jobs done around the yard, and even a few in the house…

we ran out and were able to get all the necessary items at Canadian Tire, so it was a one stop shopping expedition…

things came out of and went into the shed… leaking hoses were repaired… an irrigation system semi-installed… pots moved… trellises put into a planter that had a bit of paint touch up done… and the fire pit problem solved…

what a treat it is to spend time with him… I try to savour every minute;-)…

bike…

26 Thursday May 2022

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on Tuesday, my grandson arrived with his bike in the back of the car…

he had spent hours over the weekend getting the inside and outside of Indi cleaned for me…

I had spent the morning finding space in the garage so that she would fit as she has returned home… very exciting…

looking good…

test…

25 Wednesday May 2022

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started my day with a Duo call from the kids in Ottawa… they have been without power since the wild storm on Saturday…

they were at the Canadian Science and Technology Museum testing wifi as she had a video meeting… the Museum is just a short walk from their house, has plugs all around the outside of the building (technology), and the wifi gave an excellent video call, so that was very handy… I was the test for the meeting, lol…

while they waited for the phones to charge she was teaching him how to play Rummy… it was the card game we played for hours as we sat in the hospital with my mom as she was dying… we laughed about him needing to know how to play when they sit at my deathbed… way in the future…

we talk most days, but don’t often video call… it is always lovely to see their beautiful faces… and it was fun to show them the garden…

wonderful way to begin the day…

protection…

14 Saturday May 2022

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spent time out and about recently, shopping…

my grandson arrived with breakfast from McDonald’s… and his laundry…

after eating, and getting a load into the washer, we headed out to Rona looking for a repair kit for the hose that goes to the pond…

after a bit of fun there… and a few plants… we moved on to Costco… found more plants…

and some pants, all of which had pockets;-)…

throughout the day the laundry got done and a few projects as well… unfortunately, not the hose as it was smaller than normal hoses…

popped all the plants in the garage for the night for their protection… will bring them out into the sunshine on nice days until time to plant…

using the soil we picked up, I filled the pots in the shade garden so they are ready for veggie seeds…

wonder when that might be…