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13 Tuesday Aug 2019

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yesterday I got this package in my mailbox…

so this morning, I rushed around the kitchen thinking I needed to get the sample put outside before I left the house… because… they were picking it up in 24 to 48 hours…

as I read the directions I spotted this small notice in the corner of the sheet…

the colouring had me thinking that it was from the city and it wasn’t until I read it thoroughly that I realized it was an attempt to get my information and try to sell me a water purification system…

kind of made me mad…

bowl…

12 Monday Aug 2019

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picked up the cutest bowl a few days ago to use at work…

it will replace one that I had previously, but which got chipped…

today I took it to the office and had a salad in it… I think it is going to be the perfect size…

we’ve talked about how coffee or tea always tastes best from a particular mug or cup… I have a little pottery cup for water and a special mug that I have for my tea…

silly, but true, things do taste better out of certain containers…

trimming…

11 Sunday Aug 2019

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the Virginia creeper had completely taken over beside the hot tub… the tv room was basically always dark because the window was covered with vines…

I’ve tried to get it trimmed down by others, but timing hasn’t worked…

today I did it myself… put on those big girl pants and climbed onto the edge of the hot tub…

afterwards I went back into my photos to find some I knew were there of my beloved trimming the same area…

these photos were from July 2011… it is always bittersweet when I look through old pictures… fun to see and relive the memories, but missing him at the same time…

bath…

09 Friday Aug 2019

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this morning I ran a number of errands…

paid for my house insurance… it had been in both our names, but after my beloved died and they changed it to my name only, the birthdate was still his… cost me more money when I advised that I wasn’t that age, lol…

also changed over my car insurance to have the payments come out of the bank automatically, as MPI has stopped taking the monthly amounts from credit cards…

went to the credit union where they put a cheque in and immediately made a payment onto my credit card… handy, as there was no need to wait any additional time… added a few accounts and discovered that I could send up to $3,000 via eTransfer, although I am still ticked that they charge for that service…

took Indi for a bath, which she really needed as she’s been driven to Kenora twice in the last while and was covered in bugs…

finally picked up a few groceries before heading home… nice to get all that over with…

then there was eating, tv watching and napping…

whisperer…

08 Thursday Aug 2019

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for the last few weeks my desk has been a bit messed up as I had loaned out a small rolling filing cabinet…

this meant that all my plants, mainly orchids, ended up on the desktop, making it a bit crowded…

today, I got the cabinet back and our amazing plant whisperer reorganized the space… she remembered exactly how it should look, which was good because I couldn’t remembered what went where…

looks amazing now… and the space has a much calmer feeling;-)… ahhh…

unscathed…

06 Tuesday Aug 2019

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had the oddest day…

as I was leaving the house the phone rang… a recording said they were from my credit card company and someone was trying to purchase something that they thought wasn’t a usual thing for me… I could choose 1 to approve it or 2 to cancel the purchase… I hung up the phone…

as soon as I got into the car I called the number on my credit card and spoke with someone who advised that is was a scam and I had done the correct thing…

the weather has been odd all day and coming home from work it seemed like everyone was crazy… drivers were crossing the road in front of me, sliding into spots that weren’t really there, and just acting like there were no rules…

glad when I arrived home unscathed and got to spend a few moments in the garden…

stroll…

05 Monday Aug 2019

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walked to the Park this morning… before it got too hot…

had a wonderful stroll through the English and Leo Mol Gardens…

they are stunning right now… everywhere I looked there were beautiful flowers…

haven’t been over for a few weeks and was amazed at the growth in that time…

the heat is back on in the lily pond and the lilies are looking much better than the last few years… unfortunately I was there too early to see them completely open for the day…

nice to get some exercise and enjoy the gardens…

patiently…

04 Sunday Aug 2019

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had a fun time in the garden this morning…

when I walked out I frightened the baby bunny, but it came back a bit later for a snack…

and then the squirrels started running around… one was digging in the hibiscus pot… not sure what was going on, but went over and encouraged it to leave, lol…

a gray squirrel and a little red squirrel chased one another all around the garden to decide who got to be at the feeder… the red squirrel won that particular round…

the sparrows were in and out of the pond as they had drinks and baths…

and I spent the longest time waiting patiently for a black swallowtail butterfly, that was flitting around the garden, to land so that I could take a photo… eventually I got a few good shots…

two or three cabbage butterflies fly through the garden on a regular basis, but I’ve yet to catch one sitting still long enough to get a picture…

greens…

03 Saturday Aug 2019

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had a very relaxing day…

slept in a bit… for me, lol… put out the cushions, watered the garden and had breakfast by the pond…

enjoyed all the flowers on the mandevilla and spent time with my book…

while I was reading, I looked up to see this…

the little bunny that I’ve spotted a number of times, but not been able to get a picture of… today it sat by the chair and enjoyed some greens while I took pictures…

when it got too hot to stay outside I came into the house and watched sports on tv and napped…

so sluggish that I ordered my groceries to be delivered tomorrow… really the height of laziness…