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algae…

27 Tuesday May 2014

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last year the pond had some serious algae growing in it…

the landscaper who built the pond was here late in the fall and suggested a uv filter to deal with the problem…

so, I’ve been doing some research and calling various places to find one…

I thought it just got tossed into the pond and did its thing, but not so…

I spoke with one of the owners of Pet Traders and he came out to see if the filter he had would work…

then I had to be in touch with the pond folk to be sure they thought it would work too…

finally everyone agreed and I purchased the filter and it is going to be installed tomorrow…

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organizing…

26 Monday May 2014

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on the weekend I bought some bowls, and containers for organizing…

the bowls were too big to fit in the space I had planned, so I had to reorganize the whole cupboard so that they could fit… of course, once you move one thing, you end up moving everything…

20140526-215409-78849856.jpgeventually I got that sorted out and then moved on to the bathroom… only bought one of each of the containers because I wanted to be sure they would work… had I picked up two or three of each they wouldn’t have, lol…

20140526-215609-78969253.jpgonce I go back and get a few more containers, will be able to finish the job… not mentioning that this space had needed to be organized from the time George finished the bathroom, four or five years ago, lol…

always so happy when some organizing has taken place…

meteors…

25 Sunday May 2014

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Friday night was supposed to be a great night for the Camelopardalid meteor shower…

it was clear, so I set my alarm to get up at 1:30 am… best time here was supposed to be from 1 to 3…

took a blanket and pillow out and saw one shooting star as I was setting up my spot…

stayed out there for an hour or so without seeing anything… the weather was beautiful and warm so it was cozy…

eventually I decided to have a hot tub, which was lovely, and then went back to bed…

tonight as I was working on this post I found this from the torontosun.com – Not many people got to see the Camelopardalid meteor shower. It was that estimated more than 200 meteors per hour were expected to drop. Unfortunately, only a few meteors spotted during that two-hour time period of the storm.

20140525-213449-77689977.jpgscreenshot from earth.org of where to look…

at least I didn’t sleep through it, lol..

guests…

24 Saturday May 2014

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put out all the cushions this morning… it was hot and sunny…

20140524-211118-76278043.jpgthen I took out a cup of tea and enjoyed the peace in the garden…

lots of visitors… a gorgeous goldfinch…

20140524-211357-76437566.jpgsparrows, and a good-sized squirrel…

20140524-211434-76474307.jpglate this afternoon we had quite the thunderstorm… even now the clouds are pretty ominous looking…

20140524-211644-76604626.jpga few bright spots…

20140524-211722-76642855.jpglots of variety in the weather, lol…

enjoy…

23 Friday May 2014

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this morning I got up to a beautiful day…

it was warm and the sun was shining…

had to take out the garbage and recycling and then took a few minutes to walk around the garden…

20140523-220059-79259233.jpgthe sun was shining on this little bush and I even thought it had flowers blooming…

the fish were swimming around and the garden looked great…

what a wonderful way to start the day…

sometimes I can forget how special life is and take the time to enjoy it…

later in the day I enjoyed each moment of our yoga class and then spent a wonderful few moments with a colleague as we took five minutes to walk around the outside of the building…

life is very good…

exercise…

22 Thursday May 2014

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tonight I went to aquasize for the first time in ages…

was a bit worried whether I would make it through the class without becoming exhausted, but made it through no problem…

reminded me of yoga… just last week I was realizing how much better I have become… we did a pose that a year ago I was only able to hold for a few seconds and I can now do it as long as everyone else… sometimes you don’t realize how you are improving…

was great to spend some time with my friend as well… we are hoping to get back to a regular schedule when she is in the city…

happily we got to go out for pho after swimming… I was very happy about this as I hadn’t organized anything for my supper…

20140522-221924-80364632.jpgone of the great things about their pho is there are always leftovers for the next day…

hope I still feel great tomorrow, lol…

table…

21 Wednesday May 2014

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so I bought that coffee table a while ago… it is lovely…

there is one small problem… it is a bit shallow…

I’ve been searching the house for the box of shells… I saw it not two months ago and I went right to the spot where I was sure it was… but it wasn’t…

so far I have only filled up one quarter of the drawer, and it is looking good… I have many shells other than the ones in the box, lol…

20140521-214616-78376419.jpgunfortunately some of the nicest shells are too big to fit in it, lol… hoping that someday soon the box will jump out of it’s hiding place… and most of them will fit in the drawer…

fish…

20 Tuesday May 2014

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this is too silly for words, but I am feeling lonely in the house now that the fish have moved out to the pond…

I’ve been feeding them first thing in the morning and last thing at night and usually talked to them at that time…

last night and this morning I headed to the tank before realizing they weren’t there…

I checked on them when I headed out to work… they were under the bridge and weren’t moving very much… it was obviously quite chilly in the pond… but the good news was that none of them were floating, lol…

on my way in from work I wandered by the pond and found them swimming around very happily…

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maybe I’ll start chatting with the house plants…

snakes…

19 Monday May 2014

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well… today we drove to Narcisse to see the garter snake dens…

just to be clear… I am afraid of snakes, very afraid…

we spotted this crocus on the way in…

20140519-200210-72130909.jpgit was raining when we arrived and there were very few snakes and they weren’t moving much…

20140519-200300-72180667.jpgeveryone touched and/or held one… the boys had great fun…

20140519-200939-72579182.jpgthen I held one for just a couple of seconds… was rather proud of myself…

20140519-201032-72632987.jpgwe were lucky to get a couple of shots with the tongue out…

20140519-201245-72765205.jpgeventually the rain stopped and the snakes appeared to materialize out of nowhere and were writhing all over each other…

20140519-201558-72958973.jpgwhen we got home – without any snakes, although many in the vehicle thought we should bring one home – Jeff caught the fish and took them out to the pond…

20140519-201820-73100578.jpgI hope they are not frozen out there…

inside…

18 Sunday May 2014

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spent the day inside…

went grocery shopping this morning… ended up with so much that they had to use a second cart to put the last of the bags in…

once I got home it took a while to get everything put away… but eventually it all found a home…

had wanted to go out for a walk but it was quite cool so I had a nap instead…

spent a few minutes with a tiny friend and did some laundry…

for my dinner I barbecued a steak…

20140518-204127-74487579.jpgrarely do I barbecue but I’ve been craving a steak for a while, so I put on the big girl pants and did it myself… baked a potato, cooked up some mushrooms, and made a tomato/Bocochini/basil salad…

it was excellent…

put the car back into the garage just as it began to spit…

a quiet evening of tv and then early to bed…