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snoopervise…

19 Wednesday Aug 2026

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beloved, big girl pants, deck, family, garden, grandson, moments, pond, snoopervise, widow

while I was away for a few days, the back deck got replaced…

it was interesting how nervous I felt, not being there to snoopervise, lol…

luckily, I received photos and was able to check some of the work with the garden camera🤪…

once that deck was finished, they moved on to the stairs and small deck which leads into the side garden…

when I got home, I checked both spots out and am very happy with the final product…

one single board needs to be screwed in on the stairs by the side deck…

I am feeling a bit melancholy as these are the last of the decks that my beloved built… all the rest have been redone…

even when I had the pond rebuilt, I had them leave that deck just as it was…

time moves on…

scarlet…

18 Tuesday Aug 2026

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big girl pants, blessed, garden, mistake, moments, morning glories, nature, plants, purple beans, scarlet, scarlet runner beans, widow

I am really pleased with the new arch we installed in the spring…

the scarlet runner beans have made it to the top on one side and the morning glories have made it on the other side…

so far I’ve had three cucumbers and two feeds of purple beans from it😊…

the one thing I did wrong was plant too many seeds on the one side, lol… I will use less next year…

leggy…

17 Monday Aug 2026

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big girl pants, blessed, coneflowers, garden, leggy, moments, nature, petunias, vases, widow

played a bit with a coneflower after I brought some into the house…

they last in a vase for a number of days, which is always good… they are very intricate…

I’ve also been bringing in some of the petunias as they get trimmed back… currently they are getting a bit leggy…

I’m not sure why I’ve never thought of them as cut flowers🤪…

spent…

16 Sunday Aug 2026

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ageratum, big girl pants, deadheaded, garden, moments, nature, pretty, spent, widow

had some fun in the garden… once I figured out how to raise the flower pot with the ageratum in it so I could trim out all the spent flowers…

it looks much nicer now, and I am feeling very accomplished, lol… every little job means more time to read😂…

now the butterflies will be able to find the lovely purple flowers without any problem…

navigate…

15 Saturday Aug 2026

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big girl pants, butterflies, cats, garden, moments, navigate, squirrels, widow

the garden has been very busy with visitors lately…

the bunnies have been stopping by, some of them rather tiny…

the young red squirrels seem to spend their time chasing one another through the area, including right under my chair as I’m reading, lol…

a variety of cats have been checking out the pond as they navigate through the garden on their way to who knows where…

and the monarchs have snacked, laid eggs, which became caterpillars and chrysalises… now we are waiting for three of them to eclose…

nature is such a treat to watch 😊…

viewed…

12 Wednesday Aug 2026

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big girl pants, busy, eclipse, Hilda the Gardener, moments, shopping, treats, viewed, widow

busy day…

Hilda the Gardener came by in the morning to do some tidying and trimming…

viewed a tiny portion of the eclipse…

went grocery shopping for some time away…

had fun making treats for the ‘away’ time…

and got a bit of time on the deck with my current book and something to drink😊…

Pizzeria…

09 Sunday Aug 2026

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big girl pants, blessed, friends, lunch, moments, Pizzeria, Pizzeria Gusto, widow

we went to Pizzeria Gusto for a delicious lunch to celebrate a birthday… last time we were there was 2017😊… and we still liked some of the same things…

the sun came and went as we sat on the patio and we all enjoyed the delicious food… two particular favourites were the

and the

which, besides being delicious was so pretty;-)…

everything else was also very tasty 😋 …

always a great time together…

bumblebee…

08 Saturday Aug 2026

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big girl pants, blessed, bumblebee, flowers, garden, moments, morning glories, nature, pollen, widow

this morning, as I was looking at the obelisk filled with morning glories and cucumber vines, I watched a large bumblebee flitting from flower to flower…

I wasn’t able to get a photo of the bumblebee, but was very interested to see the pollen on the petals, after the bumblebee left each flower…

nitrogen…

06 Thursday Aug 2026

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beans, big girl pants, coffee grounds, flowers, food, garden, growing, moments, nature, nitrogen, tomato plants, tomatoes, widow

great excitement the other day when I checked the giant tomato plants in the side garden…

I’d read that beans provide nitrogen, which tomatoes like so I planted them between the 3 tomatoes… then I also read that coffee grounds are good for tomatoes, so I dumped the weekly coffee grounds in there as well…

I think the tomatoes loved all of that, because they have grown huge… but, not a single flower was seen…

and then, I discovered numerous flowers on each of the plants… and even two marble sized tomatoes…

very happy, although there are very few beans coming along, lol…

bedding…

05 Wednesday Aug 2026

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bedding, big girl pants, blessed, cleaners, comforter, lazy, moments, pillows, widow

first thing the other day, I turned the mattress and changed all the bedding, including putting on a different comforter…

looked pretty good…

when the cleaners came they rearranged it and made it look so much nicer…

maybe I am too lazy to change up the pillows every time I make the bed😂…

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