05 Wednesday May 2021
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03 Monday May 2021
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had a great time in the garden on Friday, planning the steps to get it beautiful…
spent the time with Hilda the Gardener and we discussed flowers, beds, and watering options… what is needed and where to locate plants… we even moved a few planters around in the front… i am now looking for two more black ones to add in… a bit later I moved the ones out that are going into the garden…
she will be back this week to start the spring cleanup process…
02 Sunday May 2021
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big girl pants, birds, blanket, blessed, feeders, garden, juncos, moments, nature, sorrows, time, watching, weather, widow
spent the most wonderful hour in the garden…
it was chilly, but I’d seen numerous birds at the feeders so I moved a lounge chair next to the garage door, wrapped myself up in a blanket and sat still and watched for the visitors coming to the feeders…
there were juncos, white throated sparrows, maybe a song sparrow, a couple of chickadees, and either male and female purple or house finches… they were all over the feeders and on the ground…
there were also two mice… which is okay, as long as they are outside…
I was thrilled to sit and watch and didn’t take out the camera until just before I came in…
this is one of my favourite pictures…
01 Saturday May 2021
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big girl pants, flowers, garden, light, moments, nature, plants, purple, sweet spot, unplanted, white, widow
today I took my dahlias, from The Dahlia Expert, out of the box and set them on the counter under the lights…
I’ve had them for a few weeks but hadn’t organized which pots they will be going into so they were just waiting in the box, unplanted…
this afternoon I watched a YouTube video that suggested setting them out in the light without soil or water… thought it was worth a try;-)…
if it works it will save a lot of carrying onto the deck and back inside every day until the weather reaches the sweet spot…
30 Friday Apr 2021
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appointment, big girl pants, blessed, bunny, car, drove, family, grandson, memories, moments, nature, outside, walk, weather, widow
cannot remember the last time I walked outside…
I drove to my appointment and giggled as I realized I hadn’t driven since September or October… haven’t forgotten how to drive, lol…
I always park the car a good distance from the clinic so I can get steps in… today I came across a bunny on my walk…
after I got home my grandson rode his bike over to pick the car back up… while he was here he played with the dog next door for a few minutes…
it has been close to a year since he has had the car… crazy…
24 Saturday Apr 2021
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big girl pants, food, garden, happy, moments, nature, planter, plants, raised, raised bed, shade, shopping, weather, widow
I’ve been looking to install a raised bed garden at the side of the house, in the previously known as shade garden… it has changed since the neighbour’s elm tree came down…
this is clearly not the time to build anything with wood which has tripled in price in the last year…
I found these cute planters with trellises attached and ordered three…
they are very cute and I plan to grow some cucumbers and tomatoes in them… maybe some peas and beans… we will see…
I’ve brought four of the pots inside and will transplant the cucumbers in the next few days… they can continue growing and then just get plopped into the planter (if and) when the weather warms up, lol…
22 Thursday Apr 2021
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barbecue, big girl pants, blessed, learning, moments, nature, practice, snow, tasty, weather, widow
I had planned to barbecue steak and lobster for my birthday supper… unfortunately, it was cold and snowy, so I ordered in…
Monday the sun was shining so I went out at noon and barbecued both… even filled a bird feeder while I was waiting for the temperature to get to where I wanted it…
had half of both for my lunch and set the rest aside for a salad…
I am getting much better at barbecuing… clearly practice helps…
19 Monday Apr 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, deck, family, garden, moments, nature, repair, rotten, son-in-law, steps, visit, widow
what a treat… my son-in-law stopped by this afternoon…
he checked out the rotten wood on the step and we figured out what is needed to make the needed repair…
of course we also looked at a few other problem areas…
then we had a cup of tea and a chat together on the deck… it was chilly and I wore gloves, but the sun was shining…
nice to have a visitor…
17 Saturday Apr 2021
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this left side photo came up in my memories from a year ago today… and the right side is how that avocado looks today…
I am a little worried about it because I’ve had to remove two leaves which curled and turned dark;-(…
16 Friday Apr 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, camera, charger, family, moments, photos, pictures, shopping, Technology, widow
I’ve been spending a bit of time with my Olympus camera, getting to know it again…
it had been sitting on the shelf for a long time because I had misplaced the charger…
my son-in-law was able to find one online for me and I recently received it…
I dug out the manual, read through it and have started to take more pictures… I never thought it worked as well as my Nikon, but maybe I didn’t give it a chance, lol…
we shall see…
