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06 Friday Jun 2014

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thank goodness it is Friday…

seems like it has been a long week…

had to rush home to be here for the MTS person who was coming between four and eight…

and of course, once home I had to stay in the house to be sure I didn’t miss them…

he arrived at quarter to seven and changed the router in the hope that it would provide a stronger wifi signal in the garden… took about forty five minutes but unfortunately it didn’t change things in the yard…

he suggested that using my data program would probably be better and faster… he also mentioned that iPhones don’t have good antennas… so, I will give MTS a call to be sure I have unlimited data and not worry about the wifi in the garden…

took a picture of the clematis which is growing fast and furiously…

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music…

05 Thursday Jun 2014

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tonight I spent a bit of time in the garden…

sadly, not to plant, just to sit and read…

while I was out there robins were singing and the goldfinch family came by for a snack, and sang for their supper…

while enjoying the music of the waterfall, I also spent time watering… particularly as I haven’t had the energy to plant the rest of the haul from Saturday and Sunday… hoping to keep them alive until Saturday morning when I am sure to get them into the ground or pots…

20140605-212342-77022230.jpgthe pansies that are planted are very happy…

20140605-212441-77081193.jpgthe lily of the valley are blooming and smell lovely…

two exciting things…

20140605-212714-77234812.jpgthe poppies are thinking about blooming… quite slow this year, but I am thrilled that they came back on their own…

20140605-212834-77314845.jpgand the coneflowers have started to grow… this is also very exciting because I was sure they weren’t going to return… we’ve had them in the garden before but George would pull them out every spring because they look much like a weed…

my plan is to let everything grow for a while, until I am sure it is a weed or a plant I want to keep…

grandkids…

04 Wednesday Jun 2014

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started out the day by planting a cherry tomato before I headed off to work…

it was a gorgeous morning and I was happy to have the few minutes to get my hands in the dirt and water everything…

planned to come home and do more planting, but got a call around 3 advising of a band concert…

in the end, went to a soccer game for the youngest grandson, for about five minutes, then on to the band concert, where during a jazz band performance our guy played a super solo…

20140604-231016-83416605.jpgthen we flew out of the concert to get to the second half of a soccer game…

20140604-231222-83542380.jpgthe sky was amazing and just as the game ended, the raindrops started… happily we were safely in the car when the five minute downpour let loose…

busy day…

garden…

03 Tuesday Jun 2014

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there are still lots of things to plant in the garden but I didn’t get anything done tonight…

on my way to the car this morning I realized the water in the pond was very low, I spent about five minutes filling it… that amount of time didn’t add very much water…

was worried that the fish might get in trouble if it got much lower…

20140603-211859-76739932.jpgtonight I am sitting here as it fills up, enjoying the beautiful evening… birds are singing and the sound of the water is soothing…

20140603-212110-76870849.jpgwe think it is leaking again due to something happening when the uv filter went in…

my pond guy is planning to stop by Thursday or Friday to sort out the problem…

I have noticed that when it rains the pond doesn’t get all murky like it was in the fall so I think the swale they built fixed that problem which is wonderful…

I think I am taking on some of George’s characteristics because now when I walk through an area in the garden I find myself pulling weeds as I go and then going back to pick them up off the ground later, lol… I kept trying to get him to carry a small pail so he didn’t have to retrace his steps…

what a serene and peaceful place I inhabit…

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beauty…

02 Monday Jun 2014

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was so happy yesterday to get a new hibiscus… looked lovely in the vignette on the deck…

20140602-223511-81311031.jpgthis afternoon when I got home it had two beautiful flowers on it… didn’t get out for a picture till dusk, but it still looks great… it is supposed to be a tri-colour so will see if some yellow and light pink blossoms turn up…

tonight I also had on the big girl pants when I removed an old scale off the wall and put up a very slim purple one…

20140602-224011-81611632.jpgit looks great with the lotus blossom bowl covers… useful and decorative…

planting…

01 Sunday Jun 2014

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very full day… started planting after I had a lovely cup of tea in the garden…

kids came over and we went to Rona and bought an electric battery operated lawn mower… stopped and bought more plants and when we got home we continued filling planters and pots…

once the battery was charged Jeff mowed the very long grass and gave me a lesson so I could do it myself if I had to, which was the whole point of getting it…

20140601-210659-76019015.jpgdidn’t think to take a picture of it when it was all new and clean, lol…

20140601-211054-76254808.jpga lovely vignette by the back door with hibiscus, dahlia, tomato and basil in some new purple pots…

pots were planted, feeder fixed, shelf built, pond cleaned and pump working, water barrel levelled and then we enjoyed barbecued steak with potatoes, mushrooms, asparagus and Caesar salad…

shortly after supper everyone headed home and I wandered around the garden to enjoy all the work that we accomplished…

such great workers, my kids… great day…

20140601-212841-77321188.jpgGeorge would be proud…

flowers…

31 Saturday May 2014

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enjoyed a lovely morning… got my hair purpled and then went to a garden centre where I had way too much fun…

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20140531-213700-77820763.jpghad a very large cart which was hard to maneuver around the plants, but amazingly I managed…

20140531-214015-78015493.jpggot some help with what to put in the pots that are going into the front bed… hope I can remember what goes with what…

20140531-214157-78117930.jpgwas forced to stop shopping when I ran out of room in the cart… but I did get a beautiful water hyacinth and a lovely water lily for the pond…

20140531-214401-78241437.jpgunfortunately I worked on one of the ponds in the garden and spent a bit too much time in the sun… may have a touch of sunstroke as I’ve been feeling sick for the rest of the day…

20140531-215527-78927162.jpgtomorrow planting will happen… and I will work in the shade, lol…

spring planting makes me happy, but it also makes me miss my beloved…

surprise…

30 Friday May 2014

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this morning I got a wonderful surprise when my son-in-law sent me this picture…

20140530-215051-78651691.jpghe had come over and built this shelf for my cushions… I am very happy to be able to access them… they used to be on the other side of the garage, which worked fine because George always had the car out in the driveway so he could tinker in there… I, as it happens, don’t do tinkering, lol…

worked great tonight when I sat outside for a couple of hours… the waterfall is back on, although I am not thrilled with the water flow, but I will watch it for a few days to see if it improves…

was able to make it to a soccer game tonight and got this great shot of the sky…

20140530-220318-79398903.jpgwonderful Friday evening…

almost…

29 Thursday May 2014

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the uv filter is in, almost…

20140529-224335-81815313.jpgbut I can’t turn the waterfall on until tomorrow night to be sure the glue has time to dry…

20140529-224517-81917676.jpgvery quiet out there, lol… spent an hour reading on the deck and listening to birds and squirrels…

20140529-224725-82045533.jpgvery excited that two of the hydrangeas I moved at the end of last year are both sprouting leaves…

looking forward to many hours in the garden…

speak up…

28 Wednesday May 2014

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spent a couple of hours this morning at a QNET conference… the topic was Cultivating Corporate Culture and the speaker we heard was Ron McMillan…

20140528-230442-83082958.jpgI really enjoyed Ron’s presentation… many stories interspersed with statistics and I really appreciated how he walked throughout the entire space while he was speaking…

reminded me of a fabulous conference I attended a number of years ago where the speaker podium was clear, and turned during the presentation so that everyone had an opportunity to view the speaker…

the main take away for me was to encourage others to speak up and remember to do it myself in all of life’s situations…

looking forward to reading his book Crucial Conversations…