11 Monday Jul 2022
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the clematis along the driveway has been amazing this year…
it had tons of buds on it and has spread very nicely on the trellis…
looked stunning once they all started to open…
it was just beautiful, but the rain and wind have since knocked a lot of flowers off…
09 Saturday Jul 2022
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well, had a great day…
sat in the garden and read for a good portion of the day…
made potato salad and coleslaw…
spotted house finches and a goldfinch at the feeders…
and saw my little frog friend again;-)…
such a pleasure to be able to enjoy these moments;-)…
03 Sunday Jul 2022
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had a bit of fun on Wednesday afternoon… it had been overcast for most of the morning, but the sun came out after lunch…
drove ~ I still remember how, lol ~ to my friend’s house… she had obtained four milkweed plants for me from her neighbour…
it was very windy, but I spent a delightful time wandering around her space taking photos of flowers…
got my plants, had a quick visit, and headed home…
sat and read for a while and then planted the milkweed around the pond and waterfall…
the spots I’ve chosen should make for good photographs if any monarchs and or babies turn up;-)…
fingers crossed…
22 Wednesday Jun 2022
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summer is here and I am doing my best to cherish every minute of it…
spent the day in the garden… a bit of deadheading and weeding, and lots of time enjoying my current book, which a friend just gifted me a few days ago…
after the crew came and mowed, whipper snipped, and tidied the grass, I put back a few pieces of furniture that I’d moved to make their job easier…
the clematis is filled with buds and I expect they will open in the next few days…
even managed to water the houseplants and produce a few meals… all of which were eaten outdoors…
the weather was lovely… sunny and warm, not too hot, with a slight breeze…
the poppies are nearly done… they don’t particularly enjoy rain…once they are finished the rest of the perennials will show themselves, lol…
the sounds of the two ponds running and the odd bird made for a relaxing time…
to top off the day I received three water hyacinths which have gone right into the pond;-)… the fish are going to enjoy them and maybe babies will hide amongst their roots…
I am blessed…
12 Sunday Jun 2022
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Friday I went shopping for lilacs… at my neighbour’s… with permission, lol…
they were heading away for the weekend and she texted me to offer them up… she knows how I love lilacs… and I think theirs are so pretty with the white around the edges…
I had just come home from an appointment and noticed that the bushes on the next street over were blooming and I was contemplating asking if I might cut some…
I got a pailful and filled two vases… one has been outside with me and the other has perfumed the main floor;-)…
happy days;-)…
21 Saturday May 2022
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I watched a Ducks Unlimited webinar a few days ago on dragonflies and damselflies…
it was interesting and I learned some new things about them… I also learned more about iNaturalist, a free app that I have on the phone…
up until now, I’ve usually used Merlin to search out a species, whether birds or other creatures… going forward I will try to use iNaturalist to record what I find… and I will be what they call a citizen scientist, lol…
recorded this little flycatcher… first time I’ve seen one of them;-)…
07 Saturday May 2022
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a few days ago, I spotted five flickers in the field… like the robins, they never got close enough so I could get them all in one picture…
then I went searching for what a group of them is called, and found this:
it is always a treat to see them in the Spring and Fall…
while they are searching the grass for their goodies they move very quickly so it can be difficult to get a good photo… this one was photobombed, lol…
04 Wednesday May 2022
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Sunday afternoon I spent at least fifteen minutes at the front window…
I had looked up from my reading and spotted something moving in the field across the creek…
when I got up to take a closer look, I saw a deer looking around for something to eat…
as I stood and watched, another one materialized and I watched the two of them go right into the yard of the last house…
even when a person and their dog walked past on this side of the creek, they kept munching away… they can blend right in to grass or bushes…
it was a surprise to see them here, and I am thinking the winter has been hard for them and food is scarce…
I took a few photos although they were still fairly far away, but what a treat to catch the moment…
01 Sunday May 2022
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just possibly Spring might be here…
watched six robins across the street in the field… only managed to catch three together…
they were moving quickly and spent most of the day searching for yummy things to eat…
certainly a sign of warmer weather…
26 Tuesday Apr 2022
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recently I came across a couple of pictures of cherry trees from April a number of years ago…
this first photo, which I took at the Filberg Festival in Courtenay, BC in 2011, won us a trip to Kingfisher Oceanside Resort and Spa to enjoy their Pacific Mist hydropath…
this photo was taken in New York, NY, in 2016… I think it was in Central Park..
cherry trees are just so beautiful, and clearly April is a blooming month for them;-)…
it is fun when memories remind me of special times…
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