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lantana…

05 Sunday Oct 2025

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began the process of bringing in the plants for the winter…

I have my usual ones, the mandevilla, hibiscus, lemon tree, and Japanese Maple…

I am also bringing in some additions… the new purple hibiscus, bacopa, a couple of begonias, silver falls, a dahlia, and lantana… we’ll see how they do, and where I am going to put them…

then there are the small Japanese maple and sapling that my housemate plans to make into bonsai, lol…

I have tried a setup in the window and will see how I like it;-)…

still have to find places for a few more;-)…

tight…

03 Friday Oct 2025

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climbed into the pond twice on Wednesday…

the leaves have been falling and clogging up the pump every few days…

this is getting to be a pain so I spent the first time cleaning out the filter and pulling up leaves from the bottom…

the second time I cut back all the reeds to be sure the sun could get to the new bud, hoping that the weather cooperates so it can open… I also hoped it would help make the netting easier to cover the pond…

last year we put down green netting over the pond to try to catch the leaves, but it looked terrible and I took it off…

this year we have a new plan… we got black netting and pulled it tight over the pond covering everything from the waterfall to the furthest edges of the pond…

it is really hard to see the netting except around the edges where it is doubled up and it was already catching the never-ending falling leaves….

miserable…

30 Tuesday Sep 2025

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what a lovely day… I’ve spent most of it in the garden…

I’ve been dealing with a miserable cold for the last three or four days… today it has finally started to improve so it has been quite enjoyable sitting outdoors…

there were a number of things on the calendar, but nothing got accomplished which is often the way it is… there is either nothing happening or a whole bunch of things all at once…

as I am beginning to come out of the fog of illness I am reminded of how truly blessed I am with good health…

here’s to the next few days of overcoming runny noses, coughs, and sore sides;-)…

brilliant…

27 Saturday Sep 2025

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today we got a new fastener for the side gate…

the strong winds we’ve had over the last week keep blowing these doors open so we went shopping for a better solution… the one we’ve had has been good for at least twenty-five years, lol, so a new one seemed in order…

we found one and got it onto the two doors and it looks like it is going to be perfect… and will make it easier for those trying to come through from the driveway…

then I had the brilliant idea of using the old fastener to hook the one door to the pergola instead of using a bungee cord to keep the gate open when expecting company or moving large things through the space… the second door has always just happily leaned against the garage when opened, lol…

looking good;-).

never…

26 Friday Sep 2025

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the first water lily flower never did really open since the weather had turned cold and rainy…

the second bud came up and opened… this picture was taken yesterday when it was completely open…

today this looks to be about the last of that one…

there is still another bud coming up… hoping for warm, sunny, weather…

squashes…

24 Wednesday Sep 2025

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met a lovely deer as I was walking towards The Leaf early yesterday morning… I think we were both surprised, lol…

I also got to check out the little red truck in the Kitchen Garden… this first shot was from the newly opened Water Terrace;-)…

then I got closer;-)…

it looks very cute, filled with pumpkins, other squashes and mums…

shrivelled…

16 Tuesday Sep 2025

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fun with morning glories today…

as I was taking photos of this blue morning glory, a cute little western honey bee showed up looking for a snack…

happily, I got a few nice pics…

then, later in the day, the morning glories shrivelled up into themselves in a very interesting way, so took a few cool photos…

Enchanted…

13 Saturday Sep 2025

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spent time at The Leaf Thursday afternoon letting guests know that the biomes were closed until Friday…

happy to spot a gorgeous flower on the tall magnolia;-)…

there were two of us, so we had opportunities to take turns checking out how the work on the Enchanted Forest display was going… the gardeners were moving at warp speed to finish up…

I also had a lovely chat with one of the people from the Bonsai Winnipeg group as they waited to place their tree in the new display…

then, in the evening, my grandson and I attended a members-only viewing of the display… I was especially excited because I was able to bring a buddy… as everyone who knows me knows, I don’t like to do things on my own;-(…

what fun…