buzzed…

13 Wednesday May 2026

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the other day I picked up a hanging basket that was “free” because we spent a zillion dollars on groceries, lol…

the plan is to use it in the front planter beside the door as it had lots of plants and flowers flowing down the sides…

brought it out of the garage today to get a bit of sun because it still isn’t warm enough for it to go into the pot, lol…

while it was sitting out, a lovely big bumblebee stopped by for some pollen…

it buzzed around the various flowers for quite a few minutes before heading off to find other treats…

what a great start to the day…

threshold…

12 Tuesday May 2026

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for many, many, months the threshold on the front door has been loose…

this week my housemate removed the metal and the old wood…

there was a bit of laughter regarding the tiny size and rustiness of the screws that were taken out…

a new piece of wood was positioned, which sits on the top step of the stairs and should provide more strength in the future… stronger screws and the metal strip reinstalled…

looks great and there is no longer any movement when it is stepped on…

woohoo;-)…

of course, this all took place while I was on a video call with my kids in Ottawa… there was hardly any noise, except for drilling and hammering 🤪…

spread…

11 Monday May 2026

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spent time in the garden Saturday morning…

the job was to level out the ground as much as possible…

soil, compost and sand were mixed by the wheelbarrow full and then dumped and levelled across the grass using a handmade levelling rake…

it took quite awhile but eventually the space seems much flatter…

next, a mix of grass and clover seed was spread over the entire area and then gently raked in…

finally, the entire area was watered…

now to wait for it to grow…

mother’s…

10 Sunday May 2026

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this morning I went out for a Mother’s Day hot tub…

it has been 17 years since the first day of hot tubbing in the garden which was on Mother’s Day in 2009;-)…

amazing to think of all the laughter, deep conversations, and fun, shared in this little tub of warm water…

always a wonderful reminder on Mother’s Day…

cedars…

09 Saturday May 2026

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yesterday we began the newest garden project…

we started with trimming the cedars at the back of the garden…

we filled two bags with branches…

it is always a process to decide when enough has been trimmed, and it is time to stop, lol…

step one, done…

t-shirt…

08 Friday May 2026

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last week I bought a lovely scarf at The Leaf…

today, while I was working my shift at the Mediterranean Biome exit spot, I watched a woman unfold a purple t-shirt in the Gift shop which is just outside the exit and perfectly in my view, lol…

so at the end of my day, I went and found one for me…

it is lovely and I know I will enjoy wearing it this summer;-)…

I may have to stop looking through those doors, lol…

a bit later, after I got home, a friend stopped by with a delicious piece of cake… we’d talked earlier in the week about this exact dessert… a lovely treat and visit…

I did share it with my housemate;-)…

pretty fine day…

allium…

06 Wednesday May 2026

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just after I took this photo of a beautiful allium, a visitor asked me what it was…

then I had a lovely conversation with another visitor who was telling me about the allium that grew in her garden outside of the city… she said they grew six feet tall and took over the garden…

made me laugh as I shared how this was one of my beloved’s favourites and no matter what we did, they would not grow for us…

we ended the conversation noting that, in our experience, some plants will or won’t grow for certain people, lol…