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10 Sunday Jul 2022

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had quite the day on Wednesday…

I was dropped off by a friend for a doctor’s appointment and got my 2nd Covid booster…

my grandson picked me up and we ended up with subs for lunch…

we traded vehicles again, so he took back his motorcycle and left me with the car…

spent time in the garden while the house was getting cleaned…

put away the cushions and went in for a nap… slept through a thunderstorm and woke up to a soaking wet garden…

it occurred to me how tired I was when I spent five minutes after napping reaching around for my glasses before realizing I had my contacts in…

realized that I’d left my camera and book on the table on the back deck… and they were both soaked…

once I brought the camera and book in, I set them on towels to dry… the book did fairly well, but when I turned the camera on it was like looking through fog…

I used a baggie and the last of my rice to cover the camera and left it to sit for a few days…

this morning I removed it from the bag and was thrilled to see that there was no more fog… yay…

subscription…

06 Wednesday Jul 2022

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yesterday my grandson picked up my first bouquet of the subscription from Sweet Petals Farm that my kids gave me for my birthday…

it is for eight weeks of bouquets (July and August)…

he had my car and so went and collected them for me…

they are quite beautiful and smell delicious…

what a lovely treat…

thin…

02 Saturday Jul 2022

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Monday, a friend dropped off some alyssum and lobelia and Wednesday I got around to planting them…

opened the shed to discover a small paper wasp nest attached to the door… I used the recycling bin to hold the door open and went in carefully to find some pots…

happily there were no injuries and I pulled out a couple of pots and a hanging basket…

got each one filled and popped them over by the garden bed…

this was good as the beds look a little thin now that all the poppies have been removed, lol…

next project will be to get rid of the nest…

hospital…

28 Tuesday Jun 2022

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as I wander around the garden every day and spot the morning glories, I am reminded of our fortieth wedding anniversary…

I spent six weeks in St. Boniface Hospital with pancreatitis and then gall bladder surgery ~ instead of a trip to BC ~ and each day when my beloved came to spend time with me, he brought photos of whichever morning glories were in bloom…

using the camera on his phone was not something he did regularly, so it was special when he brought these to me…

it also meant that he took the time to check out the garden as he knew how I loved these flowers… and they had just started to bloom after I ended up in the hospital…

a very special man, my beloved…

spot…

26 Sunday Jun 2022

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recently I wrote about how well the clematis is doing along the driveway…

now it is blooming… and I think this is the most blossoms since we planted it many years ago…

it has more stems and leaves too…

now that I’ve done the math… 🤪… I realize that it is about twelve or thirteen years old… I am actually surprised as I hadn’t realized how long it has been in this spot…

time flies;-)…

cherish…

22 Wednesday Jun 2022

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summer is here and I am doing my best to cherish every minute of it…

spent the day in the garden… a bit of deadheading and weeding, and lots of time enjoying my current book, which a friend just gifted me a few days ago…

after the crew came and mowed, whipper snipped, and tidied the grass, I put back a few pieces of furniture that I’d moved to make their job easier…

the clematis is filled with buds and I expect they will open in the next few days…

even managed to water the houseplants and produce a few meals… all of which were eaten outdoors…

the weather was lovely… sunny and warm, not too hot, with a slight breeze…

the poppies are nearly done… they don’t particularly enjoy rain…once they are finished the rest of the perennials will show themselves, lol…

the sounds of the two ponds running and the odd bird made for a relaxing time…

to top off the day I received three water hyacinths which have gone right into the pond;-)… the fish are going to enjoy them and maybe babies will hide amongst their roots…

I am blessed…

sun-tea…

21 Tuesday Jun 2022

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my group meets on Mondays… our time might change from the afternoon to the evening, be in person, or online…

this week we met in the late afternoon and planned to be outside…

the weather report was suggesting it would be raining or that a thunderstorm might even happen at the time we would be together…

I am still nervous about having four others in the house, so I set up chairs and tables in the garage… it worked perfectly…

the sky remained overcast with only a few sprinkles during our time together and the breeze kept us from being overly warm;-)…

everyone enjoyed a walk around the garden and particularly liked one of the fuchsias…

it was very hot so I made sun-tea which turned out well, and squares of butter tart and lemon turned up with a chocolate almond snack…

an excellent option from sitting on the upper deck…

tease…

14 Tuesday Jun 2022

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I have been enjoying the garden everyday and particularly my walks around to see what might be breaking through the ground or blooming…

the poppies continue to tease me in their slow process of blooming… each morning I check them out to see if any of them have opened, but not just yet, lol…

the vegetable garden is doing well… peas, beans and a few cucumbers have poked their heads through the soil and are keeping the three tomatoes company;-)…

I have also taken to weeding, which is rather new for me…

I have cleaned up a number of spots in the side garden and am excited to see the painted fern has come back and multiplied…

the wild columbine has popped up in about three spots and I am watching them carefully to ensure they don’t get pulled…

nature is amazing;-)…

thumb…

13 Monday Jun 2022

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Saturday, I had an injured thumb…

Friday’s project had been to get the little irrigation system I purchased last year installed…

I read through all the instructions, watched a video, and gave it a shot…

a number of weeks ago we had attached the main hose and run it about halfway, so I finished laying it out so that the newly planted ferns will also get water on a more regular basis…

then I started fastening the feeder hoses… I started with the hanging baskets and then moved on to the perennials in the bed…

connecting the feeder hose to the main hose involves punching a hole, with a very handy tool, and then pushing the connector into the main hose…

this was the difficult part and my thumb took a beating… eventually I stopped because it was becoming painful…

for sure I won’t be working on it for a few days, lol…

intentional…

10 Friday Jun 2022

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I am being intentional about spending as much time as possible in the garden…

it feels important to enjoy every minute when the weather is good…

I’ve also been doing a bit of weeding whenever I feel so inclined, lol…

although weeding hasn’t been one of my favourite pastimes, I am beginning to enjoy it… the satisfaction of a tidy area that I cleared is rather nice… although I am also thrilled after Hilda the Gardener has been by and tidied the beds and paths…

now that the front beds are complete, I am thinking of using some of the landscaping fabric around the Inukshuk… just have to get more mulch before that can happen…

here are a few spots I recently cleaned up…

the garden is definitely my happy place;-)…