13 Thursday Jun 2019
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the clematis is growing beautifully…
I’ve been taking photos when I leave the garage to record how quickly it is climbing…
these ones started on June 5th… they go clockwise and end yesterday when I saw the two buds getting ready to bloom…
the plant is much fuller than last year… my beloved and I planted this one…
memories…
12 Wednesday Jun 2019
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I cannot believe it…
June 11 and all of the flowers had to be covered because there was a frost warning…
sigh…
good thing there was a bag full of old sheets in the garage… and that I knew exactly where they were, lol…
not sure the temperature fell below zero, but glad I protected them…
spent some time this morning removing the sheets and hanging the baskets back up… they were a little sad to have been covered up, but they were all alive, lol…
11 Tuesday Jun 2019
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big girl pants, busy, creeping Charlie, dandelions, garden, grandson, happy, mowing, patch, schedule, widow
happy that my grandson has been able to add mowing my grass on Sunday’s to his schedule… he has a busy one now that he is working a full time job, a part time job, volunteering weekly, and participating in rowing events…
as he was mowing the back I went out to take a picture and he stopped so I couldn’t get him in the shot… brat…
I did catch him a couple of minutes later, lol…
nice to have the creeping Charlie and dandelion patch trimmed back…
10 Monday Jun 2019
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big girl pants, close, garden, lucky, overflow, pond, poppies, shopping, swallow, top up, water, weather, widow
turned the hose on to top up the pond again yesterday… maybe the wind has been evaporating the water more quickly because it wasn’t particularly hot…
then I got focussed on a few other things… was on my way to the garage to go grocery shopping and decided to check out the poppies before leaving…
when I got over there I realized that the water was still going… turned it off just as it was going to swallow up the bridge…
yikes… that was close…
09 Sunday Jun 2019
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beautiful, beloved, big girl pants, dahlia, flowers, garden, happy, hibiscus, mandevilla, planted, plants, pond, purple, rain, theme, weather, widow
had some fun in the garden on Saturday… the forecast was for thunderstorms and rain during the day so I got out early to plant the purchases from the day before…
trying to stick to the purple and white theme although the dahlia might be a bit on the pink side;-)…
three pots planted, a few baskets hung, the tomato and mandevilla placed… also brought out the hibiscus…
still need to bring out the Japanese Maple, but going to wait just a bit longer so it doesn’t struggle with the move…
it is looking pretty good… now just waiting to get that back flowerbed cleaned up…
missing my beloved as I work away in the yard…
08 Saturday Jun 2019
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basement, big girl pants, colleagues, pvr, Technology, tv, widow
I watch tv a lot and I PVR tons of shows…
over the last week I’ve noticed that the tv is saying it is recording shows, but the next day they are not there… seemed very odd…
finally took the time on Thursday night to poke around and see if I could figure it out…
what I discovered was a place telling me that the PVR was nearly full… a big red bar all the way across the screen, lol…
there was no place to clean it out and all the programs get deleted as soon as I watch them, so it was odd…
Friday morning I called BellMTS for help… after running all through the house to find the main PVR, in the basement of course, I had to turn it off and back on… when it rebooted it was fine…
the technician advised that it shouldn’t have happened and it would be fine in the future… but as I look at it now it says there is something PVRed, but there isn’t, sigh…
at least I know what to do when it happens again;-)…
I did giggle after he told me to unplug it…
turning equipment off is one of the first suggestions I make to my colleagues whenever they are having technical issues…
07 Friday Jun 2019
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big girl pants, bunnies, dandelions, freeze, hot, walk, weather, widow
got up early and went for a walk to the Park… temperature was going to 34° and will feel like 39° Celsius…
so an early walk seemed like a good plan, lol..
by the time I got home just before 10, it was already hot…
as I was walking down the next street, two bunnies froze in place as I was coming down the sidewalk… the yard they were in was filled with dandelions which they love…
they really think if they freeze the person walking along won’t see them, lol…
as soon as I passed them, they both hopped away…
06 Thursday Jun 2019
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art, big girl pants, change, Chihuly Garden & Glass, Dale Chihuly, glass, influencer, moments, Seattle, widow
this picture reminds me of the rush you get when you meet one of the influential people who have or will change your life in some way…
Dale Chihuly has been one such influence for me… I was introduced to his art a number of years ago and been a fan since that time… wanting to see his art has encouraged me to step out of my box and visit places I couldn’t have imagined and experience things in a new way…
I can still feel the thrill of hearing his voice in the building and realizing that he was there in person and it wasn’t a video or recording…
it was such a pleasure to meet and talk with him at Chihuly Garden and Glass in Seattle…
05 Wednesday Jun 2019
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last night I walked home after having my hair cut, and purposely took a path that would take me by a number of lilac bushes…
I was able to stop at each one and take photos and enjoy the beautiful scent…
tonight when I drove the same path, with all the windows open, the perfume was so delicious… the wind must have been blowing in just the right direction… what a treat…
unfortunately I wasn’t able to bring any home… but I have pictures;-)…
04 Tuesday Jun 2019
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so excited to get home yesterday because I received a message from my gardener, Hilda, advising she had been by and done some planting…
it looks great and I can hardly wait to see what happens when she tackles the bed across the yard, lol…
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