29 Thursday May 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, cold, garden, moments, nature, plants, preparation, pump, water lily, weather, widow
the pond was filled and running for just over a week in preparation for the fish…
recently I had to climb in to place the water lily and sort out a problem with the second pump which wasn’t working…
took a few tries, but eventually it got going…
the water temp was really cold and when I got out my legs were bright red, lol…
I also topped up the water as it continues to leak a bit…
28 Wednesday May 2025
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arborist, big girl pants, blessed, cold, gardens, moments, nature, plants, Technology, The Leaf, tree, weather, widow
had a surprise visit to The Leaf last week…
I was supposed to meet my adventure buddy for a walk around the English and Leo Mol Gardens… it was cold and windy and I may not have had the warmest clothes on, lol…
I walked over and found a tree trunk down across the path between the walking bridge and the entrance to the Gardens…
reported it to one of the gardeners who was working close to the entrance and they were going to notify the arborist…
once we met up, we decided to walk around The Leaf instead;-)… got the tickets online as we drove over and headed in…
it looked as though the gardeners had done a big pruning job and made a bit of space around the Tropical Biome… views of the water had been trimmed up nicely…
I often take photos of the same things, lol…
fun time, as always;-)…
27 Tuesday May 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, family, housemate, Indi, moments, summer, tires, Victoria, weather, wheels, widow
on Victoria Day, my housemate changed the tires on Indi…
it was well past the time to get the summer ones on…
unfortunately, it took a long time as the tires didn’t want to leave the car…
getting the jack in just the right place to be able to work on the back tires took a minute…
eventually, three of the four were replaced, but the fourth one did not want to cooperate… luckily a neighbour came over and between he and my housemate it finally came off…
now she loves lovely with her summer wheels;-)…
26 Monday May 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, bridge, condo, family, garden, goldfish, happy, moments, nature, pond, vanished, weather, widow
recently we purchased some feeder fish and popped them into the pond… they vanished under the bridge and weren’t seen again, lol…
a few days ago, the fish were caught and brought out to the pond from their indoor condo … my housemate has very little trouble catching them in the tanks…
once the pail was outside, he waited patiently for me to get out there to take the before, during, and after photos, lol…
they, too, went right under the bridge, but by the next afternoon, they were swimming all around the pond and enjoying a snack…
so happy to have them outdoors again;-)…
23 Friday May 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, family, food, good food, invited, lunch, moments, sushi, treated, widow
what a treat;-)…
last Saturday I was invited out for lunch… it was cold and overcast, so a nice bright spot in a dull day…
we went to Sushi Cushi and had a lovely meal… we often over order, but this time we got just the right amount…
a fun time and I enjoyed every single bite;-)…
22 Thursday May 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, cold, flowers, garden, impatiens, moments, nature, plants, Shelmerdine, water lily, weather, widow
drove out to Shelmerdine last Friday, to pick up a water lily for the pond, and may have picked up a few other items, lol…
I picked up two different impatiens plants which I am going to put into the pond;-)…
also found a beautiful spiral begonia…
I found a variety of morning glory seeds, as well as some for cucumbers and beans…
once home they went into the garage because the temperature was threatening to go to 0°C…
and then I moved all the plants waiting to be planted into the garage…
found a small pail and covered the tomato which had already been planted…
since then the plants have all been moved outside and are doing well;-)…
19 Monday May 2025
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arches, beans, big girl pants, blessed, cucumbers, family, garden, glitters, moments, nature, peas, soil, weather, widow, zip tying
on May 9th, we found the chicken wire we’ve been looking for, to add to the arches in the side garden…
I am hoping this will make it easier for the peas, cucumbers, and beans to climb up and over the space;-)…
my housemate did a great job of zip tying it all around the arch, and it kind of glitters;-)…
peas were planted and have already popped through the soil…
17 Saturday May 2025
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alyssum, big girl pants, blessed, cold, flowers, garden, moments, nature, pansies, planted, purple, rain, sun, tomato, weather, widow
did a bit of planting on Wednesday, on one of the warm and sunny days, lol…
added pansies to a section of the bathtub area as well as two pots on the stairs… included a bit of alyssum in the pots… looking forward to the scent as I walk up and down the steps…
the tomato went into one of the planter boxes in the side garden… I tried to get the calla into a floating container, but it didn’t want to cooperate so I left it for a bit, lol…
15 Thursday May 2025
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anniversary, beautiful, big girl pants, blessed, consulting, cushions, enjoy, family, garden, happy, moments, nature, outdoor furniture, pots, shade, supper, umbrellas, weather, widow
Sunday was a glorious day… I was up early and put out all the cushions for the first time this year…
on Saturday all the umbrellas, hanging chair and planters made it out of the shed, so it is starting to look like a lovely place to be…
spent the majority of the day outside moving around, finding the shady spots…
eventually I ended up on the main deck…
after a very nice dinner of steak, baked potato and mushrooms, all cooked on the barbecue, I just couldn’t go inside, so I sat in the dark and enjoyed listening to the leaves as the warm wind blew and contemplated what else might happen in the garden…
throughout the day, had fun consulting with my kids in Ottawa about plants for their garden and chatted with them a few times… besides being Mother’s Day, it was also their anniversary;-)…
14 Wednesday May 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, clematis, garden, growing, moments, nature, pots, purple, shed, think, weather, widow
I am so excited…
spent some time on Friday bringing out pots for various spots in the garden…
amongst the pots was one with a clematis that was moved into the shed in the fall…
and I think it has already started to grow;-)…
very pleased that it made it through the winter and looking forward to watching it develop and bloom again this summer… it has lovely light purple flowers;-)…
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