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trim…

05 Thursday Jun 2025

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big girl pants, blessed, dirty, haircut, moments, nature, plant, plants, pot, trim, Ultracuts, walk, widow

walked over to Ultracuts for a trim and on the way spotted a plant that had not been put into the soil in one of the big city planters…

I didn’t want to arrive at the salon with dirty hands so I decided to wait until I was on the way home…

when I did arrive back at the planter, it was clear that the plant had not been planted as it was just laying on the soil… I had wondered if a critter had maybe pulled it out of its spot…

I dug a hole and popped it in… hope it is happy now…

sprouting…

02 Monday Jun 2025

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big girl pants, blessed, dahlias, food, garden, moments, nature, painted, plants, red rocks, sprouting, strawberry plant, widow

quite awhile ago the last of the plants made their way into the garden, either in pots, or the ground…

I’ve been watching daily to see if things are sprouting out of the planters… so far, three of the dahlias have popped up, but one has not, and it was the one I was most looking forward to, lol…

the strawberry that had gone into the ground in the fall has moved into a pot and has quite a few blossoms on it… as well as the beginnings of berries…

I painted rocks red to hopefully keep the birds from eating the berries before we get to them…

apparently the birds will go for the red rocks and decide that red things aren’t worth it, lol…

acclimate…

31 Saturday May 2025

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I (and possibly my housemate) have been bringing out the indoor plants slowly, but surely…

first to come out was the Japanese maple… right now it’s sitting on the ledge that’s mostly shaded, for a few days…

next out came the hibiscus, and it went to the back under the trees, again where it’ll get shaded for the next few days before moving to its final spot…

orchids came out and filled up the little plant stand at the back, looks very cute with the begonias…

brought out a fern and another plant which I can’t remember the name of, that did really well in the top of the rain barrel, so we’ll see how that goes…

when the mandevilla comes out, it is going to sit along the path to the side garden to acclimate…

the lemon tree is still in the house… haven’t quite figured out where it’s gonna go and maybe a few other plants from in there are gonna come outside… we will see…

preparation…

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…

arborist…

28 Wednesday May 2025

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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;-)…

Victoria…

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;-)…

vanished…

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;-)…

invited…

23 Friday May 2025

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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;-)…

impatiens…

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;-)…

glitters…

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…

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