30 Thursday Sep 2021
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a few days ago I woke up to the bird feeder bent wayyyy over…
not sure what critter would have exerted enough strength to do that…
took quite a bit of energy to get it more or less back to the way it was…
the birds seem happy about it, lol…
29 Wednesday Sep 2021
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afternoon, big girl pants, blessed, fish, friends, garden, happy, moments, nature, pond, sun, time, together, visitors, weather, widow
what a delightful afternoon yesterday…
put out all the cushions and the umbrellas…
next I made coffee and had a few moments to read while I waited for my friends to arrive…
we decided not long ago to meet in the afternoon when it is warmer, as we continue to meet outdoors…
one had something else on, another connected by phone… the rest of us gathered in person…
it was a beautiful day and we sat close to the pond… both pumps were turned off to make it easier to hear one another, lol…
there were lots of visitors while we were meeting… a variety of sparrows, blue jays, squirrels, a cat and we even spotted a mouse racing through the grass… the fish swam around where we could see them as well…
strange to have such warm weather, but we certainly enjoyed it…
28 Tuesday Sep 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, chair, effort, garden, grandson, moments, nature, rebuilt, rocking lounger, weather, widow
the umbrella for the fancy rocking lawn chair/lounger went in to be rebuilt as the fabric had disintegrated, lol…
the chair has been without the umbrella since spring…
I had been looking around for ages and was very happy that Murray Tent and Awning was able to do the job…
my grandson picked it up and brought it here yesterday so I was excited to put it up this morning…
it took a while to figure out how to get the ribs back into it, but eventually I sorted it out… lots of bending and stretching, lol…
it looks great… the colour goes well with the cushion and the other items in the garden…
I am very pleased;-)…
26 Sunday Sep 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, datura, flowers, garden, moments, morning glories, nature, plants, purple, squish, widow, winnow
been collecting seeds for the last week or so…
the morning glories are very simple… I just put one hand under the little pod and squish it with the other… then I winnow the part holding it together by blowing over my hand… the excess blows away and the seeds remain and can be popped into a container…
the datura are a bit more complicated… the seed pods are covered in very sharp spikes which try to hurt me, lol…
I now have a container for each of the two types I have grown this year… the lovely white ones and the smaller, but cute, purple ones…
it is best to wait for the pods to start cracking as they dry, which makes removing them slightly easier… the dryer they are, the easier to remove…
I have quite a collection…
25 Saturday Sep 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, mandevilla, moments, mound, nature, photos, plants, widow
had a great time with Hilda the Gardener this afternoon…
we discussed plans for the next month or so, and for the spring…
she moved some soil for me and I finished filling up the new raised bed…
she also brought the mandevilla up onto the deck… it will be coming into the house before too long..
she moved baby’s breath, silver mound and milkweed to what I hope will be better spots…
and removed some of the weeds in the side garden…
it always makes me happy to see the difference once she’s been here…
24 Friday Sep 2021
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big girl pants, birds, birdseed, blessed, fun, garden, moments, nature, pond, songs, water, widow
so blessed to get to spend time in the garden watching the birds…
yesterday, there were house sparrows, white throated sparrows, chickadees, nuthatches, juncos, and even a couple of blue jays…
lots of chatter, songs, dust and water baths… also they are gobbling up the birdseed and had many trips to drink from the pond…
only saw a couple of squirrels, lol…
23 Thursday Sep 2021
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busy time in the garden…
last night we moved the filing cabinet raised bed from the garage to the side garden…
today on this beautiful, mostly sunny, day, I lifted and repositioned a number of the rocks in that area to sit around it… some of them were rather large and heavy, lol… I have collected them from all over Manitoba…
I think the area looks good and plan on filling the raised bed with bits of wood and soil to get it ready for spring…
21 Tuesday Sep 2021
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16 Thursday Sep 2021
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begonia, big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, moments, nature, purple, rainy, weather, widow
yesterday I went around the garden and gathered all of the open dahlias and one of the begonia flowers…
made a lovely little bouquet…
I am happy to see that the begonia has stayed fresh looking…
on this rainy day I have enjoyed these flowers…
they look great on the new coffee table;-)…
14 Tuesday Sep 2021
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while at the cottage my friend gave me a haircut… it started out as a trim around my neck, but turned into a full blown cut… yay…
fun to sit outside as she worked and then just walk away from all the mess, lol…
loving how it looks… might have to hire her on a regular basis;-)…
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