07 Thursday Aug 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, blue, exploding, flowers, garden, happy, moments, morning glories, nature, photos, purple, weather, widow
the morning glories are exploding…
on Tuesday I counted twenty-six on the obelisk next to the back door… happy I took some nice photos before it rained, lol… the rain completely destroys them…
today I didn’t count, but I think there may have been even more, and there were two blue ones on the butterfly bench;-)…
sock a lovely way to begin the day…
02 Saturday Aug 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, books, change, food, friends, garden, gardening, happy, Hilda the Gardener, maintenance, moments, nature, plants, veggies, weather, widow
Wednesday was such a lovely day…
started the morning with Hilda the Gardener, who arrived to do some maintenance in the garden… I’ve been thinking of the change that she has made to the space over the years;-)…
it always feels so fresh and tidy after her time here…
while she was working away, I picked beans and peas, and spotted some cucumbers starting, yay…
then a friend stopped by with a bag of books for me and I had a bag for her as well;-)…
we hadn’t seen one another for ages and had a great catch-up…
after they both left, I read and relaxed in this lovely space…
01 Friday Aug 2025
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55th, anniversary, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, garden, giggles, leaking, love, memories, moments, morning glories, nature, pond, remembering, squirrels, time, widow
today I’ve been giggling over a couple of things as I remember 42 years together, on what should have been our 55th wedding anniversary…
first thing I wandered the garden and took pictures of the morning glories…
some, where they were planted, and some that have just found a spot they like, lol…
I remember my beloved bringing me pictures of the ones blooming in the garden each day when he came to visit me in hospital around our fortieth anniversary…
he was just getting used to the camera on his phone, so it was a big deal for him to take the time to take pictures of flowers…
the second thing is the pond…
it has been leaking for ages, but only when the waterfall is running…
we had the leaking problem for a year or so before he died and it was driving him crazy, trying to figure out the problem…
finally, as I was reading on the back deck, two red squirrels were having a battle over one of the feeders… he and squirrels never got on, so it was funny to have them yelling at each other today…
31 Thursday Jul 2025
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beans, big girl pants, blessed, garden, green, moments, nature, peas, picked, plants, purple, tailed, weather, widow
yesterday I picked purple and green beans, a few peas and a bunch of dried peas (looks like I missed a whole feed of them, sigh)…
I also spotted some small cucumbers which are not quite ready but should be in a few days… mostly they are growing on the other side of the fence, lol…
once the veggies were picked, I topped and tailed them before cutting up…
I was so excited that I cooked them for my lunch… at least now I don’t get sad when the purple ones turn green when cooked, lol…
they were delicious;-)…
30 Wednesday Jul 2025
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bachelor buttons, beans, big girl pants, blessed, capture, food, garden, hibiscus, moments, nature, plants, purple, veggies, weather, widow
had some fun Tuesday morning in the garden…
happy to see the first hibiscus flower open… it didn’t seem to bloom as much as usual through winter…
and noticed begonias, tiny poppies and more bachelor buttons… the bachelor buttons have gone crazy, lol…
I’m hoping to capture some of their seeds and sprinkle them throughout the garden;-)…
and at last I saw some beans, purple ones, woohoo…
I even pulled weeds from the fancy morning glory planter…
they were planted late so I am hoping they will bloom before it gets too cold…
feels great as the garden is beginning to produce ;-)…
26 Saturday Jul 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, diving, F1, garden, moments, morning glories, pond, sports, sprint, Technology, watch, widow
had a lovely time on this warm day…
started with an early morning F1 sprint race… it was too funny, because I slept in till seven which is quite unusual and the race started at 4:30, but I had PVRed it, lol…
I was outside for a good portion of the day and enjoyed the fish and morning glories…
later in the afternoon I watched diving, including some outdoors from twenty metres… yikes…
it is so high that they enter the water feet-first with their arms at their sides…
I do enjoy watching various sports;-)…
24 Thursday Jul 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, cacao, fruit, gardener, learning, mango, moments, nature, plants, tropical biome, widow
had fun in the Tropical Biome today checking on all the fruit…
saw cacao pods just beginning to grow…
also spotted jackfruit, star fruit, two bunches of bananas, and many breadfruit…
also spotted flowers on the mango, but a gardener advised the tree is too young to produce fruit, so likely they will die off…
I learn something new every time I am in the space;-)…
23 Wednesday Jul 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, happy, moments, morning glory, nature, pansies, photos, plants, purple, ragged, weather, widow
it is interesting how some days the flowers put on a show and other days they look ragged and very sad…
today the pansies next to the house were very happy…
just a few days ago I was thinking they were completely done…
only one morning glory was open, but it was lovely…
still waiting for the mandevilla and hibiscus to bloom;-)…
lots to look forward to…
22 Tuesday Jul 2025
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beans, big girl pants, blessed, bumblebee, green beans, lamb, moments, nature, purple, weather, widow, Wolseley Farmers Market
made it to the Wolseley Farmers Market today…
on the walk from the car to the market, spotted this sweet bumblebee on some purple flowers;-)…
I was so happy to find little cucumbers and green beans… and we got some lamb chops and bacon…
as soon as we arrived home I prepared half of the beans and then cooked and ate them…
my housemate was happy for me to have them all, lol…
what a treat…
21 Monday Jul 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, carpet, drugs, family, friend, health, memories, moments, nature, replace, surgery, Technology, weather, widow
this morning a memory came up reminding me that on this day thirteen years ago, I came home following a dual surgery just a few days before… as always, drugs were more trouble than they were useful for me… I had stopped taking everything the day following the surgery as pain is easier to deal with than the side effects of most drugs…
a friend had come and replaced the carpet on the front steps while I was in the hospital…
over the years it had taken a beating and just recently we removed that carpet…
it looks rather dreadful at the moment, but this coming weekend the plan is to install new carpeting so it looks good again…
can hardly wait, lol…
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