pressure…

02 Friday Aug 2024

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yesterday I woke up feeling a bit sorry for myself…

it would have been our 54th wedding anniversary, but instead it is the 12th year without my beloved…

I went out early and watered the grass as we’ve been working on adding some to bald spots in the garden… my beloved loved it when the grass looked good, lol…

I also ran the irrigation system at the same time… first time I’ve done that and it worked fairly well… the pressure for the grass watering portion was not as strong as usual, but it meant that I could get all the watering done at once…

I turned the PVR on so I wouldn’t miss any Olympics, lol…

then I reorganized the lawn furniture… took a bit of effort to get the lounger where I wanted, but I think it should work for the next while… all of the cushions came out…

while there was still shade, I filled up the four bird feeders and then I sat on the back deck to read and enjoy the garden before it got too hot…

later we went out for supper as a treat from the Ottawa kids;-)…

was feeling much better by the end of the day…

cucumber…

01 Thursday Aug 2024

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this morning I went to the garden to harvest some peas…

while I was out there I discovered that the cucumber I saw on Monday had grown like crazy… apparently they like crazy heat, lol…

I collected the peas, some basil, and the lovely cucumber…

decided on a cucumber sandwich for lunch… with some fresh sourdough and cream cheese…

after peeling the cucumber, I used the mandolin to make thin slices…

enjoyed the sandwich in the garden with coleslaw I’d made on Tuesday;-)…

pergola…

31 Wednesday Jul 2024

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a friend sent me some photographs recently and in amongst them was this picture of my beloved in front of the just finished pergola/gate…

it had the cutest fastener on the gate… I can’t remember when we put all of the pergolas in, but at that time – many moons ago – we still had the waterbed pond beside it…

then I dug out this one from July, 2009 (a bit fuzzy), when he added a shelf for stuff to sit on while we were in the new hot tub… that was fifteen years ago🤪…

and this is how it looks today;-)…

I showed the original picture to my grandsons and it took them a minute to recognize it, lol…

it does need a trim so that the Virginia creeper isn’t overpowering it and the gate could have a prettier fastener…

time flies…

cocoon…

30 Tuesday Jul 2024

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this memory came up from July 28, 2013, lol…

and this photo is from Friday morning, the 26th after a night out;-)…

it was cool with a lovely breeze, so once again no mosquitoes;-)…

the lounge chair was nice, but the air mattress is definitely more comfy…

it is so nice to have a sleep-out… like camping, without the travel, lol…

re-emerge…

24 Wednesday Jul 2024

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the monarch caterpillars decimated every leaf of the milkweed in June through to the beginning of July…

now, in the last few weeks, the leaves have begun to re-emerge…

some have even started to flower…

I am hopeful that another monarch butterfly might come by and lay a few eggs, not twenty, lol…

trimmed…

23 Tuesday Jul 2024

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yesterday a friend brought me a large bag of fresh green beans…

this morning while I was watching a tv show I trimmed them all and put some into two pots…

I cooked the first batch for my lunch…

then the second for supper, with a few leftovers for tomorrow…

they were delicious…

I do love fresh veggies;-)…

nattering…

20 Saturday Jul 2024

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had a bit of a giggle as I was sitting on the deck eating breakfast and listening for bird songs…

when we were at the cottage we would hear a huge variety within just a few minutes…

of course that was also at migration time so I’m not sure how many you might hear now…

here, I can hear house sparrows, chickadees, the odd crow, squirrels yelling, and recycling/garbage trucks going up and down the lane, lol…

it has also been quieter lately because there is a Cooper’s Hawk hanging around, which makes for some very quiet times when all the birds and squirrels go into hiding…

you know it has left the area when all of a sudden large numbers of sparrows start getting drinks and gathering seed from the feeders, nattering the whole time…

miffed…

19 Friday Jul 2024

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this morning as I was sitting in the garden quietly reading my book, birds, squirrels and bunnies wandered through…

they are used to me sitting out there and don’t really mind me particularly as they pretty much know that I have no plans to hurt them…

although this morning I was a little miffed with the squirrels because they have figured out a way to get onto the two bird feeders that I thought were safe from them, sigh…

but all in all, a wonderful garden sanctuary;-)…

without…

18 Thursday Jul 2024

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it was twelve years ago today that I had surgery for a hernia and a hysterectomy… it took a while to get organized as two different surgeons were required to work together so that both issues could be taken care of at the same time…

it was particularly difficult because it was the first time I went through a serious health issue without my beloved there to support and look after me…