05 Friday Aug 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, bouquet, family, flowers, moments, subscription, travelling, widow
I’ve been enjoying my flower bouquets…
last week’s is still doing rather well in the living room…
and this week’s has been travelling around with me in the garden…
such a wonderful treat;-)…
04 Thursday Aug 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, butterflies, caterpillars, eggs, flowers, friends, garden, luck, moments, nature, parsley, photos, plants, swallowtail, widow
besides being my support group, my friends bring me good luck…
I’ve only spotted swallowtail butterflies two or three times so far this summer and two of those were when they were over…
a few days ago I caught this long shot of one on the deck…
and then I found eggs on both of my parsley plants… which I only buy for the butterflies;-)…
maybe, just maybe, there will be caterpillars…
then I spotted this one… they sure move quickly, lol…
woohoo…
03 Wednesday Aug 2022
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I’ve been enjoying my time reading in the garden…
the one issue has been a lack of steps, lol…
recently, I’ve set a timer for twenty minutes of reading and then five minutes of walking, either around the garden or in the spot…
I’ve had some success with a few days of over ten thousand steps… which makes me happy…
now there is no guilt whatsoever about spending the entire day reading😊…
02 Tuesday Aug 2022
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beans, big girl pants, blessed, bowlful, delicious, garden, moments, neighbours, widow
my neighbour brought me a few handfuls of beans… mainly green, but a few yellow and one purple…
I made a delicious bowlful for lunch…
so fresh and delicious… a wonderful treat…
01 Monday Aug 2022
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anniversary, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, car, family, garden, grandson, memories, moments, morphed, paper flowers, photos, pond, remembering, Technology, time, walk, widow
started the day looking at photos of my beloved…a few tears were shed in the process… we were married 52 years ago today… I still remember looking out the window of the apartment to see him dropping off the decorated car… in those days, getting the car turned out with paper flowers was the thing to do, lol…
then I had a walk around the garden… in the 49 years we’ve been in this space, it has morphed from a square green grass covered area, to a swing set with some cedars, to a small swimming pool space, to a huge sandbox with a two story playhouse, to a parking area for a camper trailer… to a space filled with ponds and lovely gardens…
thanks to the help of Hilda the Gardener, a lawn service, and the kids, it is looking wonderful and I know that he would be pleased…
I am truly blessed, but I miss him every day…
31 Sunday Jul 2022
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I’ve been spending a good deal of time watching the fish as they swim around the pond in their school…
they are doing well and growing nicely…
I made a hoop for the water hyacinth (handyperson me!) and it is filling quickly…
part of the reason I gathered it together was to provide a safe haven for any babies that might turn up…
and, just yesterday, I spotted one tiny little goldfish swimming close beside the hoop… excited to see if more show their little faces…
29 Friday Jul 2022
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big girl pants, bird feeder, climb, garden, moments, nature, slinky, squirrel, widow
I watched as one of the little red squirrels figured out how to climb the slinky on the pole by the garage… it made a cool sound as the squirrel climbed it like a ladder…
so, I reset the solar light that was holding it down so it is loose and hope that will keep the squirrel from getting up there again…
and look what I spotted;-)…
these pictures are a little fuzzy, but when the squirrel was flying up and down the slinky, they were moving very quickly…
28 Thursday Jul 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, dragonflies, flowers, garden, moments, mosquitoes, nature, pond, snatching, widow
dragonflies have been flying around the garden like crazy…
some have been dropping eggs into the pond, but most of them are clearly snatching mosquitoes out of the air…
I’ve managed to catch a few when they are taking a little break;-)…
woohoo…
27 Wednesday Jul 2022
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big girl pants, food, garden, moments, nature, snack, squirrels, strawberry, widow
I did not put this almost completely eaten strawberry (which I found on the weekend) on the top of the deck…
and then, a few days ago I spotted one of the red squirrels racing across the deck and into the cedars, with a whole strawberry in his mouth, which he took from the hanging basket…
luckily, I have been able to get a few of the berries to eat, lol…
and they were delicious… now to figure out how to foil the squirrels from getting any more🤪…
26 Tuesday Jul 2022
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, camera, garden, handyperson, install, magnetic, moments, proud, Technology, widow
getting to be quite the handyperson;-)…
I’m happy with the placement of the wireless camera but wanted to put back the metal section of the barbecue table as it is bright red and a bit obtrusive looking…
I found a small metal piece in the garage, pulled out the drill, and screwed it to the deck… then the magnet on the camera stuck to it perfectly…
works well and I will still be able to bring the camera into the house come winter…
looks good… way to go me…
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