pergola…

31 Wednesday Jul 2024

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a friend sent me some photographs recently and in amongst them was this picture of my beloved in front of the just finished pergola/gate…

it had the cutest fastener on the gate… I can’t remember when we put all of the pergolas in, but at that time – many moons ago – we still had the waterbed pond beside it…

then I dug out this one from July, 2009 (a bit fuzzy), when he added a shelf for stuff to sit on while we were in the new hot tub… that was fifteen years ago🤪…

and this is how it looks today;-)…

I showed the original picture to my grandsons and it took them a minute to recognize it, lol…

it does need a trim so that the Virginia creeper isn’t overpowering it and the gate could have a prettier fastener…

time flies…

cocoon…

30 Tuesday Jul 2024

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this memory came up from July 28, 2013, lol…

and this photo is from Friday morning, the 26th after a night out;-)…

it was cool with a lovely breeze, so once again no mosquitoes;-)…

the lounge chair was nice, but the air mattress is definitely more comfy…

it is so nice to have a sleep-out… like camping, without the travel, lol…

pre-qualifying…

29 Monday Jul 2024

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Saturday and Sunday were complicated because not only were the Olympics on, but F1 qualifying Saturday and the actual race Sunday in Belgium…

had to PVR some of the F1 programs, including pre-qualifying, as I enjoy seeing what all the commentators have to say as I continue learning the ins and outs of the sport;-)…

happily I was able to find the time between the Olympic sports I wanted to watch, lol…

police…

28 Sunday Jul 2024

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early this morning (Olympics!), about 5:30, I was in the kitchen making tea when I opened the patio door to see what the weather was doing…

I noticed that the back gate was open so I went out to close it… I also saw that the side gate was open… both had been closed when I went to bed…

once they were both secured, I checked the garage/driveway camera and found a photo of what appeared to be a young man with a backpack on, moving toward the front street…

the fuzzy picture shows how quickly he was moving…

then I checked the garage to be sure nothing had been taken, and everything was where it should be;-)…

later in the day, at someone’s recommendation, I called the police non-emergency number and spoke with an officer…

they checked their call records and advised that there had been a report and police had spoken with a person who said they were running away from someone…

the officer also advising that calling the police for something like this was a good thing to do…

the suggestion was to call as soon as I discovered the open gates, just in case the police were in fact, chasing a thief…

and maybe don’t go outside until after consulting the police, lol…

cast…

27 Saturday Jul 2024

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well, the Olympics have begun;-)… started with about four hours for the opening ceremony yesterday afternoon…

woohoo… I will spend the next two weeks in front of the tv watching all my favourite sports…

I like to watch as it happens as much as possible… so, there will be a great deal of middle of the night watching and daytime sleeping, lol…

looks like 4:00 am will be my start time although I did cast some rowing to the tv at 2:30 this morning… I’ve added a new Favourites list with just the six channels that have Olympic programming on…

I also have an app that shows the schedule and send me reminders when events I am interested in are starting…

happy, happy, happy;-)…

discovery…

26 Friday Jul 2024

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recently, I wrote about all the caterpillars and the butterflies that emerged and my hope that, as the milkweed has new leaves, another monarch mother might stop by and leave a few eggs…

well, on Thursday, this happened;-)…

I was very excited and after she left, and a bit of searching, made the discovery of at least four eggs…

babies, here we come;-)…

Pineridge…

25 Thursday Jul 2024

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it was a beautiful day for an adventure yesterday… and we hadn’t been on one for awhile…

my adventure buddy and I drove out to Pineridge Hollow for lunch and a wander around the new shops that are there…

we had a lovely drive out and only got a little lost, lol…

we were just in time for our lunch reservation so we ate first… we shared a number of things…

rosemary and salt beet chips with a goat cheese ranch dipping sauce… my oh my, those were addictive…

next we shared a small Pineridge salad with mixed greens, apples, candied pecans and smoked Gouda tossed in a maple Dijon dressing… I forgot to take a photo before we dived in, lol… the small was more than enough for the two of us… and it was delicious… actually it was my favourite of all we ate…

she had the pulled pork tacos and I had the carpaccio – seared beef tenderloin, pickled rhubarb, strawberry gastrique, fresh herbs, arugula, pistachios, and a garlic scape aoli…