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drill…

19 Wednesday May 2021

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Monday I used the big clamp on the workbench in the garage…

I couldn’t find the 2×4 that had two nails in it which I made last year to put oranges out, hoping the orioles might stop by… no idea where it is…

so, I put a piece of wood in the clamp and used the drill to add two screws to it;-)…

we shall see if any orioles decide to stop by…

and then I drilled a couple of screws into a few spots in the deck that had come loose…

way to go me…

toolbox…

18 Tuesday May 2021

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crazy day today…

no one has been inside my house for weeks and three people were in it today…

nice man from Dynacare to do bloodwork…

my grandson to bring up the toolbox from the basement… he also brought us breakfast, chose tools and discussed a landscaping job that needs to happen in the garden… thankfully we did all of that outside…

and my son-in-law to catch the fish and take them out to the pond… he also repaired the very broken bottom step on the deck so I won’t fall through it, and fixed a rocking bench in the shade garden…

I’m exhausted from all that company, lol…

skunk…

17 Monday May 2021

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this morning, as I was reading in the garden, a small skunk darted under the gate from the back lane, along the sidewalk, and out to the driveway…

it was way too quick for a photo, yikes… I had smelled what I thought were coffee grounds when I woke up and wondered where the scent had come from… now I know…

reminded me of the time we were camping and a skunk sauntered through the campsite as we were sitting by the fire…

the girls jumped on top of the picnic table while I sat still as it wandered along under the table, by my feet, and then out of the site…

I thought if it was going to spray us, standing on the table wouldn’t help, lol…

this time I did go and close the garage door so if it came back it wouldn’t go in there…

air…

16 Sunday May 2021

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this morning the plants went out for a breath of fresh air…

I managed to get them all into the shade where they spent most of the day…

so far they look pretty good… hope they are as good in the morning, lol…

I’ve just moved them into the garage for the night and will bring them back outside in the morning…

harden…

15 Saturday May 2021

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lovely day in the garden…

read, ate a delicious chowder from Sentruhl and napped…

did not plant anything, although I really wanted to;-)…

thinking I will start to harden off the seedlings tomorrow… I’ve learned that the plants which are growing in the house need to go out a bit longer each day for a week or two, out of the sun and wind, to acclimatize them for the outdoors…

I see lots of lifting and carrying in my future;-)…

vanishing…

13 Thursday May 2021

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this afternoon my son-in-law came over and got the waterfall going… looks like he has also solved the vanishing water problem by moving the large standing stone and levelling it… this is very exciting as we’ve been struggling for a few years trying to fix it…

he also spent a bit of time in the garage sorting the tools to give away, toss, and the items he wants to keep… we already have a couple of toolboxes with most of the things I might need…

finally, he did a quick fix of the step so I can use it until he brings over the board to repair it properly…

so happy to hear the water running in the garden;-)…

rack…

12 Wednesday May 2021

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the garden looks amazing…

yesterday, Hilda the Gardener came and spent a number of hours cleaning it up…

afterwards I spent time sitting out on the back deck… the weather has been delightful…

today I spent the day in the garden, moving pots around, and planting dahlias and some of my flower eggs…

I used a cookie rack over top of the flower eggs to keep the squirrels out, lol… wish I had more for the dahlias, but hopefully they won’t be too interesting for the critters…

when I wasn’t planting I finished a good book and started another…

enjoying the days…

display…

11 Tuesday May 2021

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spent a bit of time looking for a display plate to use for Sunday’s Afternoon Tea, and came across a few small plates that I had forgotten I had…

I’ve been wishing for some smaller plates so was very happy with this find…

now to find a spot in the kitchen cupboard for these cuties…

obviously I need to have a wander through the drawers a bit more often…

actual…

10 Monday May 2021

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two friends dropped by at different times a few days ago…

one brought me a sad orchid she had which I am going to try and perk up… we both had masks on and she left the plant on the bottom step while I stood on the top… she moved close to the road and we spoke for a few minutes before she headed home…

about half an hour later anther friend brought me some chocolate which she had added to an online order and which had arrived… it is always fun to see what mask we each are wearing… we visited for a few minutes… she sat in a chair on the lawn while I sat on the steps…

I was happy to see actual people;-)…

Mother’s Day…

09 Sunday May 2021

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what a wonderful time I had today on Google Duo…

I had ordered the Velvet Glove’s Mother’s Day High Tea, and the kids got Afternoon Tea from Zoe’s in the Chateau Laurier…

my grandson picked mine up and dropped it off here for me… it looked so cute…

we had such fun… their savoury items were different than mine, but it was fun to compare…

we ate our way through the savoury items, and then the sweet items… I was full, and still had four sweets left (gonna have them with my supper)…

we drank tea (mine was Liza Hill) and chatted about everything and nothing, lol…

using my fancy tea set was fun and a way to include the matriarchs in my family…

I absolutely loved the presentation that the Velvet Glove used… it was much fancier than Zoe’s, which was a surprise because Zoe’s have Afternoon Tea on their menu every day, lol… I am going to save the tiered platter to use again, or make tea for someone else;-)…

I will certainly order this again… thanks to Carly who provided great customer service at The Fairmont;-)…