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hybrid…

15 Friday Jul 2022

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went out for lunch on Monday with my BS buddies…

we took a drive in a couple of cars to Teulon for lunch and had a great time at Fry-Day’s… the battered mushrooms are absolutely delightful… we had hoped to eat on the patio but the sky did not cooperate, so it was inside for us…

on our way home I was able to catch a few photos of some sweet horses…

it was the first time I’ve ridden in a hybrid car and it was enjoyable… we stopped and picked up a few fresh veggies and I ended the day with some delicious beet greens…

good times with great people😊…

turkey…

14 Thursday Jul 2022

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had a good morning on Tuesday…

listened to house sparrows, chickadees and a few crows… I am just loving the sound ID on the Merlin app…

spotted the wild turkey that had been wandering the street yesterday, thanks to my neighbour knocking on the door…

and apparently the turkey frightened one of the neighbourhood bunnies…

there was no sign of the raccoons and the fish appear happy and all present… one of the biggest ones has been scraped up though… not sure if it was from the raccoon the night before last or from hiding under a rock, sigh…

the red and gray squirrels have been wandering around and threatening one another…

but the sun was out, except for a ten minute shower, and I was able to eat outside…

hidden…

13 Wednesday Jul 2022

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something has been getting into the pond…

I hadn’t seen anything on the camera until a few nights ago, when the camera caught this…

the night view makes it a bit hard to recognize, but the rings on the tail were the confirmation that it is a raccoon… it didn’t appear that any fish had been caught…

I think the fish are being careful to stay hidden under the bridge…

on Sunday night they came by again and the camera caught them right in the pond…

I spotted one of the fish sort of wedged under a rock, so I moved the rock and the fish swam away… it looks a bit scraped up, so I hope it will be okay…

I put two chairs across the spot where I think they are going into the water and then sprinkled Epsom salts around the rest of the pond…

climbed…

12 Tuesday Jul 2022

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Friday was another gorgeous day in the garden…

did some computer work outside and then read…

eventually, I climbed into the pond and removed some of the grasses growing in it to help me figure out if something is still getting into it..

while I was in there, I repositioned the pump and the rocks that sit on top of it…

looks pretty good…

my neighbour came over and we sat by the pond watching the fish while we shared some wine and snacks…

spread…

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…

napping…

10 Sunday Jul 2022

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had quite the day on Wednesday…

I was dropped off by a friend for a doctor’s appointment and got my 2nd Covid booster…

my grandson picked me up and we ended up with subs for lunch…

we traded vehicles again, so he took back his motorcycle and left me with the car…

spent time in the garden while the house was getting cleaned…

put away the cushions and went in for a nap… slept through a thunderstorm and woke up to a soaking wet garden…

it occurred to me how tired I was when I spent five minutes after napping reaching around for my glasses before realizing I had my contacts in…

realized that I’d left my camera and book on the table on the back deck… and they were both soaked…

once I brought the camera and book in, I set them on towels to dry… the book did fairly well, but when I turned the camera on it was like looking through fog…

I used a baggie and the last of my rice to cover the camera and left it to sit for a few days…

this morning I removed it from the bag and was thrilled to see that there was no more fog… yay…

frog…

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;-)…

rearranged…

08 Friday Jul 2022

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moved a few planters and a chair on the lower deck…

haven’t decided if I like it or not…

and then this morning I rearranged again… I put the dahlia by the door and moved the begonias and columbine to the back of the garden where they will get the necessary shade… I may end up moving that planter beside the rain barrel, but will need help to get it up there…

guess I will live with it for a while and see…

unravelled…

07 Thursday Jul 2022

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on Monday morning, Hilda the Gardener came by to weed the garden…

I had dug a pot out of the shed and had purchased and put together an obelisk… nothing seems to come all made anymore, lol…

my plan was to have her take the mandevilla off the old obelisk and replant it with the new obelisk… this should make it much easier to to bring into the house and move around as needed…

the pot I had found wasn’t the right size so she had to move some coleus from a pot that would be a better fit…

then she unravelled the old one and planted it in the new pot with the obelisk…

my job was to wrap the vines around the obelisk…

once that was done she finished weeding the side garden…

it always looks wonderful after she has worked her magic;-)…

and just minutes after she left the rain started, lol…

subscription…

06 Wednesday Jul 2022

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yesterday my grandson picked up my first bouquet of the subscription from Sweet Petals Farm that my kids gave me for my birthday…

it is for eight weeks of bouquets (July and August)…

he had my car and so went and collected them for me…

they are quite beautiful and smell delicious…

what a lovely treat…