this morning there were three water lily blooms…
this is a first as there have never been three blooms at once in the pond, and I’ve never have five flowers in one season…
blessed…
five…
29 Saturday Aug 2020
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fudgicles…
28 Friday Aug 2020
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baby fish, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, dinner, fish, friends, fudgicle, garden, memories, moments, nature, photos, pond, Technology, walk, widow
had an excellent visit with a good friend a few days ago…
she brought fresh veggies from her garden… we consulted on a project, talked about our lives, exercise, technology, and living on our own…
we ordered in some tasty Pho Hoang and had fudgicles for dessert…
after dinner, while we were sitting beside the pond, I spotted baby fish… this was very exciting…
after she left, I sat and spotted at least four, in three different sizes… looks like two about two inches long and at least one each of two smaller ones…
have not been able to get any photos as they move very quickly and look black in the water, lol… maybe they are nervous about some of those bigger ones..
a lovely time…
Merlin…
27 Thursday Aug 2020
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big girl pants, birds, blessed, feeder, garden, Merlin, moments, nature, pond, water lily, widow
well, what a day yesterday was… spent the majority of it in the garden, watching the water lily and all the birds flitting about the space… maybe they are starting to head south, sigh…
first to the feeder came the Downy Woodpecker… it was there for a while before flying off… believe that is the first one I’ve seen this summer…
the White-breasted Nuthatch popped by, and posed for a photo;-)…
next were the chickadees, and there were a lot of them, but sadly, they didn’t want to eat out of my hand…
and then, a Tennessee Warbler stopped by the pond for a drink… my Merlin Bird ID was certainly well used, lol…
my neighbour gave me celery out of his garden and a friend brought me carrots and parsley from her garden plot…
third…
26 Wednesday Aug 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, fish, garden, moments, nature, photos, pond, third, water lilies, widow
spent a good portion of the last few days in the garden watching the most recent water lily flower open… this is the third one so far this season;-)…
so relaxing to watch the slow opening and the fish swimming around and about…
poisonous…
25 Tuesday Aug 2020
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big girl pants, careful, datura, flowers, garden, gift, moments, nature, photos, plants, poisonous, widow
spent some time in the front flower bed tidying the datura…
they are doing great… I’ve been trimming the spent blossoms so that the plant might make more flowers;-)…
also made sure that all the debris went into the pots and washed my hands afterwards as they are poisonous…
the other day I may have put my hand to my lips and had a strange sensation so am being more careful…
final photo from inside the house…
masks…
24 Monday Aug 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, Canadian Chocoholic, driver’s licence, family, handy, health, mail, masks, moments, pictures, purple, Technology, widow, yarn
excellent mail day…
my updated licence arrived… I had gone to the insurance office about two weeks ago and was pleased that it turned up today, particularly with all the driving I’m doing… NOT…
I also received a parcel with three new face masks from Canadian Chocoholic… they are made from her newest fabric purchases and are beautiful… they aren’t screen printed, but two of them have elastic instead of the t-shirt yarn the others use… this was so I could wear them to get my hair cut, lol…
I love the ones with t-shirt yarn around my head because they are very comfortable, and hang nicely around my neck when not on my face, but they don’t work that well when someone is trying to cut your hair, lol…
sanctuary…
23 Sunday Aug 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, butterfly bush, chickadees, fish, flowers, garden, moments, nature, nuthatch, overwinter, pictures, plants, pond, purple, sanctuary, squirrels, time, widow
spent the morning in the garden watching chickadees, monarchs, nuthatches, squirrels and fish…
the nuthatch was not interested in a photo op and even the chickadees were not particularly cooperative…
the monarch was happily guzzling nectar from the butterfly bush, so I was able to get a number of photos… I am very happy to finally have this plant in the garden and hope that I can get some seeds from it for next year or maybe even try to bring it into the house to see if it will overwinter…
it looks like there will be two more water lily flowers with a possible third one… very exciting…
I hadn’t been out in the garden for a few days and really enjoyed time with the members of my garden sanctuary;-)…
tomatoes…
22 Saturday Aug 2020
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Alaska, big girl pants, blessed, delicious, family, garden, grape tomatoes, growing, moments, plants, seeds, tomatoes, widow
so far, I’ve had two grape tomatoes from my plants…
I started these in the house in a cardboard egg carton from wrinkled grape tomatoes that weren’t good enough to eat, lol…
rather pleased with the result…
also finally have one of the vine tomatoes starting… I found the seeds for these in a pile of items from our 2013 Alaska trip… wasn’t sure they would still be good;-)…
not sure how big this one will get, but happy to check daily;-)…
beans…
21 Friday Aug 2020
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beans, big girl pants, delicious, food, healthy, moments, top and tail, treat, widow
been enjoying some beautiful green beans over the last few days, which I was able to order from Diversity Foods…
was happy to top and tail them as well as cut them into thirds…
had enough for two suppers;-)… it is wonderful to have fresh veggies…
yum…
rebuild…
20 Thursday Aug 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, family, garden, grandson, health, inukshuk, moments, rebuild, walk, widow
on a recent morning walk I spotted this Inukshuk…
it reminded me of the one in the garden… over the winter it had ended up a pile of stones…
in May my grandson and I put it back together, although it wasn’t quite right…
when Hilda the Gardener was here recently, she took it apart and didn’t rebuild it…
the kids were here for dinner a few weeks ago and they got it back together…
and it looks great;-)…
