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clap…

16 Friday Jul 2021

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I was laying on the bed upstairs yesterday watching the end of a movie when I heard a huge clap of thunder…

jumped up and ran outside to put away the cushions… I don’t like it when they get wet and they were on all of the chairs…

almost got the last ones into the garage when the downpour began… I stood in the garage doorway and watched rain and hail pelt down for a while and then, when it slowed down a little, made it into the house…

all of the windows were wide open as well as the screen door, but luckily only the kitchen and bedroom had issues…

had to take up the rug at the door and wipe up the water in the kitchen… the other rooms were pretty good… thankfully, the blinds were down in the bedroom so the water only came in a bit in one corner of the frame… once I wiped it up it didn’t take long to dry…

it remained overcast for a while, but then the sun came out and it was beautiful…

brought Barbie the barbecue out and grilled a steak for my dinner to go along with the potato salad I had made earlier in the day…

then I sat on the deck and read;-)… crazy weather…

beach…

14 Wednesday Jul 2021

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I spent five glorious days with friends’ at their beach cottage…

the first thing I always do is jump out of the car and run down to be sure the beach and lake are still there, lol…

what a wonderful time it was… delicious food (that I didn’t have to prepare); wonderful conversations, stories, and laughter; listening to birds and the waves; lots of time on the beach and in the water; relaxing, reading and sleeping…

what more could you ask for;-)… I am restored…

such a gift…

grasshopper…

13 Tuesday Jul 2021

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spotted this grasshopper amongst the clematis leaves…

hope it doesn’t eat any of the flowers;-)…

grape…

10 Saturday Jul 2021

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quite a while ago I started grape tomatoes from a few wrinkled sad looking ones from the grocery store that hadn’t gotten eaten…

they were slow to grow, but I was hopeful…

I also started a couple of seeds from a full sized tomato I had…

unfortunately, I didn’t pay attention to which was which, lol…

I planted them in my new garden planter boxes and they have slowly been getting bigger… some have had blossoms…

recently, I saw the first little tomato starting…

looking forward to a lovely snack…

hardened…

06 Tuesday Jul 2021

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my hibiscus only bloomed one time over the winter… usually it blooms at least twice…

I have had this one for at least three years and usually it loses its leaves when it comes into the house in the fall, and when it comes back into the garden in the spring…

this year I hardened it off and then put an umbrella over it so it wouldn’t get a sunburn…

it didn’t lose many leaves, but it also didn’t look like it was getting any buds…

a week or so ago, I spotted a few just starting…

yesterday, I spotted something red when I looked outside and there they were… the first two flowers…

yay… and there are lots more getting ready;-)…

leak…

05 Monday Jul 2021

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silly waterfall continues to leak so I am now turning it off at night…

it had been working perfectly until I fell in and messed it up…

the nights are much quieter…

between it and watering the grass every day my water bill is going to be a bit high, lol…

tonight as I was doing a final walk through, I heard running water and realized that water was pouring out of the neighbour’s hose… gave them a quick call and they were able to get it stopped…

clump…

29 Tuesday Jun 2021

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the daisies have crossed the garden a number of times over the years…

this year there are none… this is very sad…

I noticed that there was a clump in the neighbour’s front yard… I think they travelled a bit farther than before…

I’m hoping they come back to the garden next year;-)…

moving…

27 Sunday Jun 2021

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I’ve spent most of the last week in the garden…

I have watered the grass and the plants and even done a bit of deadheading and weeding…

watched birds, bunnies, baby squirrels, and the goldfish…

and I have read at least one novel a day as I move around the garden to find shade…

retirement is quite a lovely thing;-)…

action…

20 Sunday Jun 2021

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I was thinking of my beloved on this Father’s Day as I wandered around the deck pulling weeds… currently ninety-nine percent are elm seedlings…

I always gave him action for not carrying around a pail to put the debris into and there I was today, pulling weeds and putting them on the ground or deck to be picked up later…

I bet he is laughing now;-)…

wall…

19 Saturday Jun 2021

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the clematis seems happy in its spot on the wall along the driveway…

it is showing new growth and is getting bigger each year…

I’ve just read about a way to help it grow even quicker by laying a portion of it down and putting soil over it… think I will give that a try in the fall…

for now, I am making sure to go out and visit it each day;-)…

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