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toddle…

27 Saturday Jun 2026

Posted by sulis303 in health, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized

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big girl pants, heat, hot tub, knee, memories, moments, nature, skunk, toddle, widow

was out for a hot tub a few nights ago… I had twisted my knee, woke up around 2, and went out to soak in the heat…

as I was preparing to slowly and carefully step out of the tub, I looked over and watched a chubby skunk toddle about two feet from me, on its way to the back lane…

using this old picture, I was kitty corner from where I am in this photo… the skunk came through the gate and was just a foot away from the bottom step when I saw it👀…

reminded me of an encounter with another skunk in August of 2015:

after supper last night at the campsite, all the boys and dogs went for a walk to the beach to catch frogs…

it was dark and nearly eleven when a skunk came to visit we three women as we sat around the campfire…

one ran into the tent, another climbed on top of the picnic table… I sat in my chair as the skunk came and sniffed my toes before moseying along to the next site…

was going to take a picture but decided not to in case it got nervous and sprayed, lol…

that was quite a memorable experience;-)…

heat…

26 Friday Jun 2026

Posted by sulis303 in business, garden, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

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big girl pants, friend, heat, moments, nature, Park Cafe, treat, walk, weather, widow

had a lovely walk to the English and Leo Mol Gardens, where I met up with my adventure buddy…

as I waited, I sat with the woman who spends all her time reading… I wasn’t able to see the name of the book, lol…

the gardens are looking much nicer than the last time we walked through them, although everything is still a bit behind…

after we’d been around both areas, we popped over to the Park Cafe and had the Berry Good Sundae, which we had enjoyed just the week before when we were there for a birthday celebration;-)…

tasted like a lovely treat after all that walking in the heat;-)…

then a walk home… and a nap😄…

disguise…

25 Thursday Jun 2026

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big girl pants, disguise, family, filter, garden, moments, net, pond, pump, widow

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;-)…

guzzle…

23 Tuesday Jun 2026

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big girl pants, blessed, buds, flowers, friends, guzzle, nature, peonies, water, widow

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;-)…

ageratum…

22 Monday Jun 2026

Posted by sulis303 in garden, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized

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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…

hidden…

21 Sunday Jun 2026

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big girl pants, bunnies, columbine, flowers, garden, hidden, leaves, moments, nature, widow

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;-)…

peonies…

20 Saturday Jun 2026

Posted by sulis303 in life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized

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arranged, big girl pants, blessed, friends, moments, peonies, widow

got these beautiful peonies from my adventure buddy…

and, she took the time to arrange them;-)…

wildflowers…

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;-)…

hardware…

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;-)…

prairie…

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…

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