25 Thursday Jun 2026
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we bought a new net which we hope will act as a better filter for the pond, so that, hopefully, we won’t have to climb into the pond as often to clean the pump…
right now we have some plants sitting on top of it to kind of disguise it…
if it works well, we will see if we can cut it down just a bit, so it isn’t above water level…
fingers crossed that it does the job;-)…
23 Tuesday Jun 2026
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so, the other day my adventure buddy brought me some beautiful peonies and they looked and smelled delicious…
what I didn’t know about peonies is that they guzzle water like crazy and just possibly they ran out of water…
I added more water when I realized what had happened, but most of them didn’t perk up…
eventually, I tossed out the very dead ones and cut back the few remaining…
and I also put some of the dead ones into a small vase to put in the den because they still smelled delicious…
a few buds went into a small container and they have opened;-)…
22 Monday Jun 2026
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ageratum, big girl pants, garden, moments, monarch, monarch butterfly, nature, plant, widow
spotted a monarch butterfly in the garden…
it was very interested in the ageratum…
and I’m very happy as there are two of these plants in the garden;-)…
woohoo…
21 Sunday Jun 2026
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had fun finding a few columbine plants with flowers that the bunnies haven’t discovered yet…
they are both in the raised pond bed and kind of hidden;-)…
they should be fine, even if discovered, as the bunnies seem to prefer the leaves, not the flowers;-)…
20 Saturday Jun 2026
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18 Thursday Jun 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, Hart Trail, moments, nature, Technology, walk, widow, wildflowers
had a lovely walk on the Hart Trail this morning with my adventure buddy, and enjoyed checking out all the wildflowers…
a lovely and relaxing walk…
what a treat;-)…
16 Tuesday Jun 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, hardware, hardware cloth, moments, morning glories, nature, pallet, planter, widow
a few days ago, I planted morning glory seeds in the pallet planter box…
had some strange idea that the squirrels wouldn’t want to eat the seeds, lol…
checked it yesterday only to discover that the squirrels like to dig in the fresh soil, even if they ignored the seeds…
found a piece of hardware cloth that fit perfectly, so pinned it in…
let’s see if they can get past that;-)…
15 Monday Jun 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, hot air balloons, moments, picnic tables, prairie, prairie picnic, succulent cushions, The Leaf, widow
had a good time checking out the new display at The Leaf… it is titled Prairie Picnic and lived up to the name…
as you walk up there are at least five little hot air balloons turning in the air…
the space is open, without a lot of height, just like the prairies…
picnic tables with place settings filled with plants, picnic baskets throughout…
and an adorable circular pergola with succulent cushions…
so cute…
14 Sunday Jun 2026
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big girl pants, family, grandson, moments, monstera, moss, nature, plants, repotted, Technology, widow
the monstera has been struggling and leaning forward…
we picked up hardware cloth and made a tube for moss which apparently the monstera will cling to and grow up higher…
then we wedged in a few 2x4s to keep the moss tube centered in the pot…
the plant was divided into two pots and fastened to the pole… rocks, soil, and coconut husks were added and the two new plants moved into the living room…
we will see how they do;-)…
11 Thursday Jun 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, damaged, garden, hostas, marble-sized, moments, nature, poppies, thunderstorm, weather, widow, windows
the storm on Tuesday was quite something…
I was worried the hail was going to come right through the windows even though it was only marble-sized in our neighbourhood…
yesterday when I wandered around the garden, I could see how much the hail had damaged the plants…
the hostas took a real beating and the poppies were knocked over by a branch which fell down from the elm tree next door…
but their colour still popped;-)…
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