gardening…

17 Saturday May 2014

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what a beautiful day…

spent it outside… the new cushions are very comfy, but I still have to figure out what to do with the stools…

spent some time reading and some time working in the garden…

I work in short spurts and then rest a bit and then work a bit more…

it always amazes me how grass can get into the flower beds so easily…

the pond guy came by and we both think that the leak is fixed… he will come and cover up some of the liner that is showing and glue down a loose stone sometime this week…

hoping to move the fish from their condo to their summer home in the next few days…

there are brown bits everywhere as the buds open on the trees…

enjoyed every minute…

dreaming…

16 Friday May 2014

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big girl pants, busy, dreaming, George, resting, vanity plates

a couple of days this week I found myself behind cars with vanity plates…

made me giggle and think of George… he was always quick to figure out what they meant… I was always much slower to get them…

this week I got both of them right away…

last night I dreamt about George… this is unusual because I rarely remember dreams… I can’t even remember what the dream was about now…

very happy that it is the weekend as it has been a very full week and I need to do some serious resting…

started as soon as I got home…

learnings…

15 Thursday May 2014

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big girl pants, bravery, early, learnings, speak up, sunrise, sunset

started the day early with the sun rising as I headed out to the first event of the day…

as we arrived at the location a beautifully shaped tree was budding out…

I arrived home as the street lights were just coming on…

was talking with someone about all the learning that took place following George’s death and how it felt important to share some of those with others who may be going through a similar experience… heard very familiar examples of struggles that others have gone through…

learned some great ways to speak up this morning, and this evening was amazed at the bravery and strength of women entrepreneurs…

prep…

14 Wednesday May 2014

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woke up to a skiff of snow on the bench that circles the deck… it is May 14 people!

it was still cool when I got home from work, but I took the time to finish filling the pond…

was running in and out to be sure it didn’t overflow because it was too cold to stand out there…

in between the running out I made pasta with the leftover crab and asparagus from Sunday’s dinner… it was delicious…

been thinking of George a lot lately… he would have been out in the garden and the garage puttering and getting things ready for spending time outside… I just need someone to come and do some of that work, lol…

water…

13 Tuesday May 2014

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big girl pants, George, hose, water

the day started with me running around in the basement trying to figure out how to make sure that cold water would run in the hose outside…

once we purchased the hot tub George put a system in place where he could run hot water outside so we could put it into the hot tub and in the little wading pool we had for the grandkids… of course I never learned the “how to”…

part way through the winter Jeff adjusted the pipes so that we had the hot water… but yesterday I was talking with my pond guy who was coming today to clean out the pond and would need cold water to fill it…

Jeff and I were on the phone and then we face timed and eventually I turned the correct knob and we have cold water outside… yay for me and my big girl pants…

when I got home, after working the late shift, I added more water to the clean pond while I was organizing my supper… didn’t get it completely full, but will top it up when I get home tomorrow…

the weather has been kind of cool and rainy so I have brought in the plants… they are now living in front of the fish tank, lol…

conversation…

12 Monday May 2014

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got a couple of shots of some roses this morning…

tonight I gathered with my ReImagining friends… as always, we enjoyed a lovely dinner, checked in with one another and had some very interesting conversations… tonight on the topic of spring arriving, at last…

was so tired I could barely stay awake to drive home, lol…

celebrating…

11 Sunday May 2014

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big girl pants, budding, celebrating, Mother's Day, orchid

started off with an early morning hot tub…

took my phone out with me to get a picture of the view from there…

received phone calls and messages throughout the day…

went for a walk and noticed how many trees were budding… it was a bit cool and overcast so had a nap when I got home… later in the day the sun broke through the clouds and we were able to sit out and enjoy the spring day…

kids came over and the boys did some yard work and then produced dinner… well, mostly Jeff… a lovely treat…

they also brought me an adorable small phaleanopsis orchid…

beautiful Mother’s day…

renewed…

10 Saturday May 2014

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George, miss him, pond, poppies, reconstruction, renewed

took back the brown cushion this morning and bought myself a few baskets of flowers…

came home, set out the cushions and moved the very big hanging lounger…

spent some time reading and enjoying the garden…

was very happy to discover poppies coming up in the garden beds that were redone last year during the pond reconstruction…

George loved them and we spent many hours watching them grow and bloom… watching them pop open was always such fun… the year he died we had more blooms than we ever had…