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completing…

21 Monday Aug 2023

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we’ve been working away at completing projects that have been started, but not quite finished;-)… I’m sure this doesn’t happen to anyone else, lol…

Wednesday, it was the back gate in the new fence…

the dirt was dug up under the gate area, two old concrete pads were discovered under a few inches of the dirt… they were removed and then some quarter down was laid, packed down, levelled, and new blocks put down, level with the lane… soil went into the spots on either side and some work on the slope up to the shed took place…

this is going to make the taking out and bringing in of garbage and recycling bins so much easier…

meanwhile the sky filled with threatening clouds, spots of sun, and then more of the “going to rain” cloud variety…

the project is not quite done, and just as we came in for lunch the wind went crazy and some rain started down…

good timing;-)…

beds…

17 Thursday Aug 2023

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Tuesday, our neighbour, who had moved away, came by to remove a couple of very large planters that were filled with great soil… they had been using them for their veggie gardens and decided to take the beds apart and shovel the soil into their trailer to reuse at the new house as they are renting this one out…

happily I was allowed three wheelbarrows full of the great soil…

then it had to be raked across the grass to help level it out…

looks bad now, but I am excited to see how it will look in a few weeks…

launching…

16 Wednesday Aug 2023

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this little red squirrel bounces around the garden like crazy, along with some other friends…

usually I don’t mind, but a few days ago I had to clean two chairs and a table from where their little paw prints covered everything, after the previous night’s rain, lol…

they are currently jumping onto the chair, then the table, and launching onto the bird feeder…

after wiping the chairs, I had to wait for them to dry before putting on the cushions… I’d cleaned up quite a bit of the mess, before I thought to take these photos…

little beggars…

arch…

15 Tuesday Aug 2023

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on Saturday I took a photo of the veggie garden arch…

I’ve taken lots, but haven’t felt they were just right…

finally I figured out that I should take one from the front yard, lol…

looks pretty… maybe next year I won’t have the beans growing across the top, where I can’t reach them, lol…

late…

10 Thursday Aug 2023

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for whatever reason I didn’t end up planting some sad looking cherry tomatoes I had in the kitchen till very late…

but look at them now;-)…

expect they will be red before you know it… and I can hardly wait…

left-out…

08 Tuesday Aug 2023

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been looking through my photos and came across a few pond pictures which demonstrate how crazy the water lily has gone, lol…

this is it yesterday…

this was last year about the same time…

and the year before…

still not sure if it is the weather or a response to being left-out over the winter…

springing…

06 Sunday Aug 2023

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last year my daughter sent me wildflower eggs…

this spring I planted one of them into this fairly large pot and have been amazed at all the flowers…

the pot is right next to my Inukshuk…

everyday there are new flowers springing up…

what a treat…

rainwater…

05 Saturday Aug 2023

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spent the first part of this morning watering everything…

while the irrigation system was looking after the veggie patch and pond garden, I used the rain barrel at the front to water the planters out front…

I’ve been lazy and have been using the hose most of the time, but I did enjoy using the rainwater from the barrel… and I’m pretty sure the plants were happy;-)…

crickets…

04 Friday Aug 2023

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been wondering if the evening sounds I’ve been hearing are crickets or frogs…

pretty much came to the conclusion that they were crickets as I haven’t seen any signs of a frog around the pond…

and then…

Wednesday morning, look who popped up on the bridge;-)…

the sound might still be the crickets, but what a treat to spot this little leopard frog;-)…

and in the last few days it has been all over;-)…

rigged…

03 Thursday Aug 2023

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spent a bit of time getting all the chairs out, as well as cushions, for our Monday afternoon gathering…

even rigged an umbrella over an additional chair to be sure everyone had shade…

before that, I used the same umbrella to provide a bit of shade for the creeping thyme that we moved on Saturday… hoping it likes the new spot and starts to cover a bit more ground, lol…

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