the rain came down really heavy on Tuesday morning…
when I went out to check the garden I saw that one of the tomato plants had been knocked over… I was so shocked I didn’t even get a picture…
thankfully, I had a tomato cage in the garage, and it took a bit of finagling to get it over the plant… apparently it should have happened when the plant was much smaller, lol…
also pleased to see lots of flowers and the beginnings of the cucumbers;-)…
there was quite a thunderstorm early Saturday morning…
it was the first day in a long time that I ate breakfast in the house as I’ve been doing a great job of being outside if it isn’t raining…
eventually it was dry enough to spend some time in the garden where I had a bit of a duel with the gray squirrels that have found a way to get to both of the slinky protected bird feeders…
and then, I spent a lovely time watching a monarch flit around the space, landing a number of times on the milkweed and then flitting around some more…
what a treat and how lucky was I to get to enjoy those moments;-)…
in April I tried to get in to see my eye doctor at Armstrong and Small… I hadn’t been since 2019 and had noticed that my vision was not what it used to be… knew that I would need new glasses…
I was able to get an appointment for the beginning of June and was in the office for over two hours… my eyes were fine, but there was quite a bit of conversation about getting new glasses between my optometrist and the optician helping me with the glasses…
they ordered some frames and I went back about a week later to try them on… they looked good so we moved forward with ordering them…
I have nearly always had glass lenses, but they are nearly impossible to get now… after much discussion, plastic lenses, made in Canada, were ordered and would likely take about three weeks to arrive…
my current lenses have a slub on the right side… the purpose was to help my eyes focus as the prescription in the eyes is so different… we are going to try something else this time, so will see how it goes…
on Tuesday I got a call that the glasses were in and scheduled an appointment for Wednesday…
went in, had them adjusted, tested the magnetic sunglasses clip, and brought them home… loving the purple case, lol…
I am getting used to them and can see better, which is the most important thing;-)…
listened to house sparrows, chickadees and a few crows… I am just loving the sound ID on the Merlin app…
spotted the wild turkey that had been wandering the street yesterday, thanks to my neighbour knocking on the door…
and apparently the turkey frightened one of the neighbourhood bunnies…
there was no sign of the raccoons and the fish appear happy and all present… one of the biggest ones has been scraped up though… not sure if it was from the raccoon the night before last or from hiding under a rock, sigh…
the red and gray squirrels have been wandering around and threatening one another…
but the sun was out, except for a ten minute shower, and I was able to eat outside…
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…
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…
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…
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