07 Friday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, birds, blessed, book, chattering, garden, house sparrows, moments, nature, pond, reading, sparrows, widow
this afternoon, as I was sitting in the garden trying to read my book, dozens of house sparrows took over the space…
some were searching for sunflower seeds, some were getting drinks from the pond, while others were having dust baths…
and they were all chattering…
kept having to stop reading and watch to see what they were up to, lol…
06 Thursday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, cacao pod, cacao trees, fell, fish, flowers, friends, garden, Gather Craft Kitchen & Bar, koi, moments, nature, plants, The Leaf, time, waterfall, weather, widow
had another lovely visit to The Leaf…
visited the cacao trees and took a few photos for my daughter, lol…
had a good time watching the koi and even got a few reasonable shots;-)…
met my buddies for lunch at Gather Craft Kitchen & Bar and it was tasty, as always… our server, Camille, had served us on Friday when we were there last and remembered me;-)… she did a great job to ensure our meal and time there went well…
after lunch I spent a bit more time with the fish;-)… and then sat and wrote this blog as the water fell in front of me;-)…
great way to spend time;-)…
05 Wednesday Jul 2023
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beautiful, big girl pants, blessed, butterfly, dip, eggs, flit, flowers, garden, happy, milkweed, moments, monarch, monarch butterfly, nature, nectar, photos, plants, treat, widow
for the last few days, in the afternoon, I’ve enjoyed watching a monarch butterfly dip and flit through the garden, landing on the various milkweed plants to enjoy some nectar and maybe lay some eggs…
got a few good pictures…
such a treat;-)…
03 Monday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, blossoms, flowers, garden, happy, moments, nature, number, plants, pond, water, water lilies, widow
I continue to be surprised by the number of blooms on the water lily…
there have been flowers every day since June 10th;-)…
I think there have been fifteen so far…
such an amazing treat to enjoy each day;-)…
01 Saturday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, deck, family, garden, home, hot tub, moments, plants, tomato, watering, weather, widow
we had a wonderful time away, but it is always lovely to return home;-)…
after everything was unloaded, the first thing I did was check out the garden… it looked good, other than the veggie patch in the side garden… it may have got missed in the watering schedule, lol… both of the tomato plants looked dead…
got out the hose and gave everything a good drink, and then I sat on the deck with a cold drink and my book… sigh…
although the tomatoes looked dead, the water revived them and they look 100% better…
had a hot tub and sat outside reading until it was too dark to see;-)…
glad to be home;-)…
19 Monday Jun 2023
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beefsteak, big girl pants, blessed, butternut squash, cucumber, food, garden, growing, moments, nature, pictures, squirrel, strawberry, tomato, vegetables, widow
I am so pleased with how the garden is coming along, even with this rather changeable weather…
there are teeny little cucumbers starting to grow… at least one butternut squash has started, and there is a lovely beefsteak tomato…
the beautiful strawberry got eaten… and not by a human;-(… not sure if it was a bird or a squirrel, but I’m leaning towards squirrel, lol…
18 Sunday Jun 2023
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, cushions, dad, dressed, family, fish, flowers, garden, happy, memories, moments, nature, pond, remembering, water lilies, widow
spent a beautiful, quiet day in the garden…
I always start with putting all the cushions out so that the space feels dressed…
I watched baby house sparrows, at the pond for drinks, flutter as they learn to use their wings… one tried to have a dust bath on the table, lol…
a few nearly flew into me…
the fish are enjoying the shade of the water lily leaves and spent lots of time out and about the pond…
and the two water lily flowers opened slowly and looked so pretty…
yesterday I spotted another bud and this morning I found a fourth one…
heard the drums at the park as the marathoners went through and thought of my dad and my beloved…
it was a lovely day;-)…
16 Friday Jun 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, bloom, excitement, flowers, garden, moments, nature, pond, shock, sunshine, treat, water lilies, weather, widow
great excitement around here…
two water lilies are going to bloom at the same time… don’t think this has happened before;-)… what a treat…
this was one of them yesterday afternoon…
and this is how they both looked today…
I think if the sun had come out they might have both been completely open…
maybe tomorrow;-)…
15 Thursday Jun 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, busy, family, fencing, garden, grandsons, happy, helpers, moments, project, son-in-law, widow, working
the latest project around the house has taken a little while… we began discussing it in February, lol…
the actual work started on Thursday, June 8th, when my grandson and son-in-law took down the back fence as well as the small one in the front yard…
it involved hammering, using the car jack and a great deal of muscle… once it was down, all the pieces were loaded into a truck… then we moved soil, cleaned up the leaves from the cedars and Virginia creeper, and filled many bags of yardwaste…
midway through the day the lumber was dropped off, but had to be brought onto the driveway a few pieces at a time, and by the end of the day we were worn out, lol…
on Friday, my grandson met our handyperson at the hardware store where they rented an auger and picked up a big bag of screws and nails…
they used more muscle to get the old holes redug and finished the day with all posts installed…
Sunday, the oldest dug up excess dirt around the shed while we waited for the rest of the crew to arrive, including one of his brothers…
they worked well together and got the back fence 99.9% finished, with a nice wide gate and the framework up for the front portion of fence…
on Wednesday and Thursday my oldest grandson put the finishing touches on the fencing and both sections look great…
so pleased with the final result as well as how smoothly the process went and what great help we had from everyone…
14 Wednesday Jun 2023
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back lane, big girl pants, blessed, building, family, fence, garden, gates, goldfish, happy, interest, moments, neighbours, pond, tour, waterfall, widow
it has been fun watching neighbours check out the construction of the new back fence…
from stepping into the lane to see what was happening, to offering advice and tools to aid in the process, to checking out the ponds when they were easy to see without any obstacles in the way, to sweeping up some of the final debris…
I met a few that I hadn’t known before and enjoyed a tour of one of their gardens… wow, it certainly puts mine to shame, lol… flowers everywhere and dear little wooden items they build to add to the beauty of the garden…
it is quite amazing what can be found behind garden gates;-)…
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