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emptied…

12 Friday Jun 2026

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the hot tub was emptied a few weeks ago and we’ve been waiting for a friend to look at the broken side of the lid to see if there is a way to fix it… they weren’t available so my housemate decided to see what he could do…

we finally got around to moving it away from the wall and looking to see what might work to repair it…

many screws have been removed, and we now know what the issue was regarding the right side lid…

all new screws and bolts were purchased and a new backing inside the body of the tub was installed on both sides to make the opening and closing mechanism stronger…

it took quite some time to get it sorted and then replace all the rusted screws that hold the eight panels around the tub…

while it was out and empty, a tiny portion of the deck that it sits up against was sawn off, which made a huge difference when the tub was back in place… now the side that rubbed against the gate opens easily…

next, the tub was filled and the pump turned back on… it will be another day or so before the temperature is back to normal…

the lid works properly… I am so happy;-)…

started with a new set of chemicals and looking forward to my first hot tub…

marble-sized…

11 Thursday Jun 2026

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the storm on Tuesday was quite something…

I was worried the hail was going to come right through the windows even though it was only marble-sized in our neighbourhood…

yesterday when I wandered around the garden, I could see how much the hail had damaged the plants…

the hostas took a real beating and the poppies were knocked over by a branch which fell down from the elm tree next door…

but their colour still popped;-)…

popped…

10 Wednesday Jun 2026

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and the first poppy has popped…

yesterday I went out to have my breakfast in the garden and spotted the bright orange all the way across the garden… with its reflection in the pond…

woohoo, what a great start to the day

looking forward to more;-)…

splits…

08 Monday Jun 2026

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great anticipation and excitement on Saturday…

we’ve been looking into air conditioner splits, as well as a new air conditioner for a while now…

the current air conditioner hasn’t worked for at least three years, and maybe even five… I can’t remember…

when I had someone in to look at it, they said it was leaking freon and couldn’t be repaired… it has sometimes been very hot upstairs but I managed with a tower fan…

last year I’d been quoted around $5,000 to replace it and that just seemed too much, particularly as the cold air never really made it upstairs, lol…

we had an HVAC person in the other day and the splits just weren’t going to work here… before moving forward with a new air conditioner, they suggested trying to get the old one working… they came back on Saturday to see if they could get the old one going…

they were here for a couple of hours and got it working😁😆😄…

the problem was the virginia creeper which had wound its way around the motor… I guess the other company was just wanting me to purchase a new air conditioner…

it is recording 13 something and the optimum is 20, so that sounds quite wonderful to me…

my housemate is going to be exceedingly happy…

dozen…

06 Saturday Jun 2026

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the light was shining nicely on the poppies as they get ready to open…

looks to be about a dozen buds, and possibly more to come…

this year everything is quite behind, but the hot weather has made some things bolt;-)…

I always feel that the warm weather is finally here once the poppies start blooming;-)…

still going to be a few days before they open, I think…

produced…

04 Thursday Jun 2026

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last year we moved the little lilac bush from the garden to the front yard…

it just didn’t seem happy in the spot we had it and for the last couple of years it hadn’t produced any flowers at all…

the hope was that it would like the extra sun it would get out front…

not too long after it arrived in its new spot we built an inukshuk beside it with a collection of limestone pieces that we had…

this spring it didn’t look as though it had survived and then, all of a sudden, it sprang up…

and, just this morning, I spotted at least four little bunches of buds… can’t wait for them to open…

so exciting;-)…

rust-coloured…

03 Wednesday Jun 2026

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today, I spotted a small black butterfly with rust along the bottom third… it flew away before I got a picture, lol…

not long after, a tiny little wood frog hopped across the deck by the pond…

not much bigger than a thumbnail…

and finally, a beautiful rust-coloured dragonfly…

such fun to see so much nature;-)…

pump…

01 Monday Jun 2026

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focussed on pumps…

dug out the pump for the bathtub pond and, with some help from my housemate, got it going in the pond…

next the hot tub was emptied with the pump from the basement, which I needed help to find, lol… hoping a friend can come by and offer suggestions on the right hand cover which is not opening well…

finally, my housemate took the fountain pump out of the big pond… it took me awhile to get it cleaned out and then it went back in…

lots of water work;-)…

everywhere…

30 Saturday May 2026

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got a parcel in the mail from my daughter in Ottawa…

it contained eight packets of a variety of morning glory seeds and an adorable tea towel covered in flowers…

a wonderful treat, and it means I can plant morning glories everywhere 🤪…

and I am going to…

hardening…

29 Friday May 2026

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Tuesday afternoon the majority of the larger house plants made it outside…

they have just made it onto the deck and a few will be moved elsewhere soon…

the smaller ones will come out in the next few days as space is made for them in the garden…

I’m being wild and crazy this year and not hardening any of them off…

this is also the first year in quite a while that I didn’t start any plants in the house…

we will see how they adapt to the rather warm weather and bright sun… 🤞

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