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soaking…

09 Tuesday Sep 2025

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another delightful day in the garden, especially after the last number of cool and overcast days…

spotted a hibiscus blossom, so that was a treat…

next, I went into the pond to clean out the pump… the leaves have been falling like crazy and there were a ton in the water… once the pump has been cleaned out, the waterfall always flows beautifully…

all the cushions went out and a dear friend arrived with lunch… we ate inside as the wasps are very busy in the garden…

we moved outside and had a lovely time by the pond catching up on life…

after she left, I read in the garden for the remainder of the day;-)…

soaking up every minute possible in this sanctuary…

barely…

08 Monday Sep 2025

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lovely afternoon in the garden…

spotted a new bud coming up on the water lily, even though the first flower barely opened due to the cold weather, sigh…

and then spent a great time with my buddies as we enjoyed the beautiful summer day;-)…

released…

07 Sunday Sep 2025

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went to a pet store today… big mistake, lol…

came home with three goldfish… a white one with a bright patch of red close to its tail and two gold with black dots all over them…

set them in the pond in their travel bag for nearby an hour… it is fairly cool in the pond with all this cold weather we’ve been having…

once they were released, I spotted this little one and got a quick photo… then they vanished under the bridge… since then, I’ve spotted the white one, but so far not the other two;-)…

reemerge…

04 Thursday Sep 2025

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since August 26th, I’ve been watching a water lily flower bud… first noticed it about four inches under the water…

once it reached the water level, it has come up about an inch and then popped back under the water… then it would reemerge and finally it rose about two inches out of the water…

it finally opened on Tuesday, September 2nd, on a very cool, overcast, and windy afternoon… certainly, not a day to sit by the pond😢…

since then it has remained closed up…

hoping the weather turns warm and sunny before it returns below the surface…

shrivelled…

30 Saturday Aug 2025

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I spent a large portion of the day reading in the garden and enjoying the flowers and fish…

as the afternoon progressed I watched the morning glories close up… it reminded me of all the days when I worked and how, by the time I got home, they were all done…

this morning I took a photo of the butterfly bench with a number of blooms on it…

currently the majority of the blooms are the large blue ones with a few smaller purple ones still popping out…

by late this afternoon they had all shrivelled up…

what a treat to be able to enjoy them from start to finish;-)…

terrace…

28 Thursday Aug 2025

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this warm sunny morning, as I was walking up to the Leaf, I took a quick walk through the new water terrace which is located just outside the front area, between the Leaf and the Gardens at the Leaf…

I am looking forward to a longer visit next time I am there…

there are no fish, but the frogs have already made it their home;-)…

and look at the size of these pumpkins in the Kitchen Garden;-)…

refreshing…

27 Wednesday Aug 2025

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yesterday I climbed into the pond and cleaned the pump…

it always makes a huge difference to the flow of the waterfall when all the gunk is pulled out;-)…

I can hear the change in the power of the water as I am cleaning…

then I sat for a few minutes with my legs in the water… it was refreshing…

around…

25 Monday Aug 2025

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the other day I posted about the morning glory that had grown through a space in the back of the bench on the deck…

I was hoping that the vine would have flowers on the front of the bench;-)…

today I looked carefully and discovered this, lol…

it went around the 2×4 and back out on the same side…

too funny;-)…

blow…

24 Sunday Aug 2025

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another lovely day…

spotted a baby bunny, snacking on poppy plants…

and a bigger bunny in the middle of the garden…

a bit later my housemate discovered the cutest little frog and popped them next to the pond…

I had an enjoyable time reading outside, although I did have a blanket on as it was a bit cool, but the garden looked tidy following a cut, trim and blow, lol…

everything is so lush following all the rain…

the waterfall area has had the last of the liner cut back now that we are sure it isn’t leaking, yay…