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26 Friday Apr 2024

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Wednesday was a beautiful day in the garden…

went under the top deck and dragged out the planters that fit around it…

loosened the soil and got them ready for planting at the end of May;-)…

that seems like a long time to wait… they were all completely thawed out, but I was happy to get them into the sun…

this year I am going to have more white in the garden and a bit less purple… can you believe it🤪…

expanded…

25 Thursday Apr 2024

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started the day with topping up the hot tub… it is always interesting as to how often it needs to happen…

I am very happy with the new nozzle…

the hose is still in the basement, so it took a bit of time to get it expanded and up the stairs…

hoping to get it moved outside by the end of the week;-)…

will have to see if the temperature has returned to 103° by bedtime, so I can have a hot tub…

rope…

24 Wednesday Apr 2024

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Tuesday I found a rope and attached it to the biggest pot under the far side of the deck… previously it had been on the main deck… I was able to pull it out and then drag it all the way around to the deck beside the hot tub…

once I got it into its new spot, I set in the large obelisk and then planted many morning glory seeds and one of the dahlias…

put a small pail over the top of the dahlia and hope that protects it from the silly weather, lol…

I think I like it in this new spot and am hoping it will fill up with the morning glories and that the dahlia will grow tall and produce flowers…

rest…

22 Monday Apr 2024

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Sunday was glorious… I spent most of the day in the garden…

in the morning I read on the deck in the sunshine and then washed the chairs on the back deck… the birds had been sitting above them, lol…

once they were clean and dry, I put cushions on two of them and set up the umbrella over the one they particularly like to rest over…

I moved poles and filled feeders… had to use the sledge hammer to get one all the way in…

then spent time on the back deck trying to identify birds, and reading;-)…

Merlin told me there were a large variety of birds in the garden, but didn’t want to identify them when I took pictures… argh…

lots to do yet, but it was fun to move forward a bit;-)…

casting…

21 Sunday Apr 2024

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On Friday morning I turned the switch on one of the new solar lights that are currently hanging in the dining room…

later in the day it was lit for just a few minutes which was amazing as there hadn’t really been much sunshine…

when I looked into the living/dining area after dark, it was on again…

and casting a beautiful pattern on the floor…

on Saturday, I hung up two in the dining room and switched all on… then I put one outside by the backdoor…

lovely patterns everywhere…

raking…

15 Monday Apr 2024

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spent a good portion of the day on Sunday in the garden raking up leaves… there were a lot of them as well as dead cedar bits…

I know it is a bit early for the bugs, but I want to be able to sit on the back deck…

I left an old garbage can filled with some of what I’d picked up open so the little critters could still get out;-)…

what a difference this has made… it still needs another good going over, but I can now sit comfortably on the back deck and think about how it is going to look with flowers and the fish in the pond…

dropped…

13 Saturday Apr 2024

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as I was sitting in the living room watching the new bird feeding station to see if any birds have found it yet, and if the baffle will really stop the squirrels, one of the feeders dropped…

I ran out only to discover that the piece holding the wire to the lid had given way… I looked around but couldn’t find the piece, so now the feeder is sitting in the house as we consider how best to add something to the bottom of the wire, lol…

hope the other one doesn’t do the same thing…

phenomenon…

09 Tuesday Apr 2024

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reorganized the chairs on the deck on Monday to face the sun…

then I brought out blankets for each one so we would be comfortable while we had our eyes to the sky…

everyone brought their eclipse glasses from October, when we saw nothing due to clouds…

coffee was ready, snacks were brought out and my friends arrived an hour early for our regular Monday gathering…

at first the clouds covered the activity but eventually we got to see some of the eclipse…

this was one of the two photos I took… I held the glasses over my iPhone’s lens and one of my friends pushed the button, lol…

it was fun to be together and enjoy this phenomenon…

another great experience with these wonderful women, one who was on FaceTime, lol…

detritus…

08 Monday Apr 2024

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Sunday, I removed the tarp covering chairs and tables on the back deck and laid it out on the driveway to dry…

then I moved the furniture and swept the deck… there seems to be way more cedar detritus than usual… all of it went into the beds under the cedar trees…

then I partially set up the chairs and table on the deck…

eventually the tarp was folded and put away…

there is very little snow left in the garden, but it is still rather wet…

now to wait for the area to dry up so I can put the chairs in their usual locations…

windex…

03 Wednesday Apr 2024

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it was a glorious day and I spent a good portion of it on the deck;-)…

we dug out the chairs and a small table and set them up on the deck off the kitchen…

I sat out in the sun with a light jacket and a blanket, but before too long it was warm enough to take off both… woohoo…

I also got out the windex and washed the table first with soap and then with the cleaner to make it feel like Spring on the deck…

it is now ready for Monday’s eclipse party;-)…