beauty…

02 Monday Jun 2014

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beauty, big girl pants, hibiscus, purple

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

this 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…

it looks great with the lotus blossom bowl covers… useful and decorative…

planting…

01 Sunday Jun 2014

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big girl pants, electric lawn mower, flowers, planting

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…

didn’t think to take a picture of it when it was all new and clean, lol…

a 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…

George 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…

had a very large cart which was hard to maneuver around the plants, but amazingly I managed…

got some help with what to put in the pots that are going into the front bed… hope I can remember what goes with what…

was 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…

unfortunately 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…

tomorrow 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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big girl pants, cushions, sky, surprise, tinkering

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

he 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…

wonderful Friday evening…

almost…

29 Thursday May 2014

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the uv filter is in, almost…

but I can’t turn the waterfall on until tomorrow night to be sure the glue has time to dry…

very quiet out there, lol… spent an hour reading on the deck and listening to birds and squirrels…

very 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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Crucial Conversations, QNET, Ron McMillan, speak up

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…

I 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…

algae…

27 Tuesday May 2014

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algae, Pet Traders, pond, uv filter

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…

organizing…

26 Monday May 2014

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bowls, containers, organizing

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…

eventually 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…

once 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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Camelopardalid, hot tub, meteors, shower, sleep

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.

screenshot from earth.org of where to look…