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moving…

13 Friday May 2022

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well, the big excitement is that the fish are now in their summer home…

my grandson didn’t have any difficulty catching them, although he did mention that some of them were fast, lol…

we got some great photos of them sliding into the water…

the water lilies also made it into the pond… this is their third year…

I am pleased that they have overwintered well;-)… hoping they will produce flowers again this summer…

drilled…

11 Wednesday May 2022

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the large planter on the deck has been full of water from all the rain… it doesn’t have any drain holes because it was originally a barrel liner…

I dug out the drill and then did a Google search to remind me how to change the bit… after a little experimenting I was able to put in one that would make holes…

dragged the planter so it hung over the edge and drilled a number of holes in it and watched the water pour out…

hopefully, in the next few days I can pop a few of the morning glories into it, along with the obelisk for them to climb up…

not sure if they need it to be warmer, but I can always plant more, lol…

some days those big girl pants are quite comfortable…

greenery…

09 Monday May 2022

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looking at this section of the garden makes me very happy…

most of the greenery is composed of poppies coming up…

sometimes there are lots of the plants, but not too many flowers… fingers crossed…

we will see what happens;-)…

singing…

08 Sunday May 2022

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what a lovely day… spent it in the garden…

began with a hot tub in the sunshine… used it the very first time thirteen years ago on Mother’s Day, so it seemed like an excellent way to start the day…

after breakfast, I raked up some of the leaves… well, it took a good portion of the day, as there were many reading breaks… it is a bit early, but after cleaning out the pond, I wasn’t too thrilled with all of the leaves blowing into it, lol… they went into a paper bag and I am hoping that any critters living in them will be able to escape from said bag…

even though there is no birdseed out, the white-throated sparrows have been singing all day, as they, the house sparrows and the Harris’s sparrow I spotted, wandered the freshly raked grass looking for goodies…

I was contemplating bringing out the goldfish, but think I will wait for some help catching them, lol…

there were numerous phone calls as well as texts reminding me of the special people in my life…

to top it all off, a bunny came and sat with me for about fifteen minutes…

we both had a relaxing time😊…

debris…

06 Friday May 2022

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it has been a long, but productive, day and the weather has been amazing, around 22 Celsius…

I brought out the pump for the pond, hooked it up to a different hose and used it to empty the water… it doesn’t take too long with the big hose…

thanks to a great idea that my grandson had last year, I used the wet vac to suck up leaves and debris from the bottom… eventually I put on my water shoes, climbed in and got the last bits out…

I attached the pump to the waterfall and placed all the rocks back to hide it, hoping that there wouldn’t be any leakage, lol…

then ran the hose across the garden and filled the pond up… it took just over an hour and I finally plugged in and turned the pump on…

and it worked;-)… with no leaks…

we also got the hammock out and assembled, put up three umbrellas, and moved two of the chairs for the back deck out from the shed…

spent the whole day outside… how blessed am I…

droppings…

05 Thursday May 2022

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spent some time out in the garden…

moved the pieces of furniture that were on the back deck and used the grass blower to get rid of a good portion of the debris…

then I had to use the broom for a lot of it that was stuck in the cracks… mostly bunny droppings, lol…

the wet areas dried throughout the day and will be ready for furniture…

after that was done, I sat on the upper deck and read my book for an hour or so…

saw white-throated sparrows and a Swainson’s Thrush, as well as one of my bunny buddies…

this was the first time that I was able to only have the screen open for the entire day…

so happy…

welcoming…

03 Tuesday May 2022

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today I ate my lunch on the deck… first time this year…

yay… it has been a very, very long winter and spring has not been welcoming…

afterwards I sat, enjoyed some tea and read for a while…

looking forward to many more such opportunities…

dull…

02 Monday May 2022

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overcast with rain all day long… so dull…

I was pleased to have two blooms on the morning glories in the purple pot…

made a dull day much happier…

cherry…

26 Tuesday Apr 2022

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April, big girl pants, blessed, blossoms, Central Park, cherry, cherry tree, flowers, Kingfisher Spa, moments, nature, pictures, widow

recently I came across a couple of pictures of cherry trees from April a number of years ago…

this first photo, which I took at the Filberg Festival in Courtenay, BC in 2011, won us a trip to Kingfisher Oceanside Resort and Spa to enjoy their Pacific Mist hydropath…

this photo was taken in New York, NY, in 2016… I think it was in Central Park..

cherry trees are just so beautiful, and clearly April is a blooming month for them;-)…

it is fun when memories remind me of special times…

carrots…

20 Wednesday Apr 2022

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big girl pants, blessed, bunny, carrots, food, garden, iPhone, moments, nature, pictures, weather, widow

one of my bunny friends stopped by this morning…

got these pictures through the blinds with my iPhone…

they were so cute that I put out some carrots;-)…

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