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Dynasty…

01 Wednesday Jun 2022

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great wander around the garden before the rain a few days ago…

excited to discover the milkweed is growing in the ground and in the planter where it did very well last year…

it appears that one of the dahlias may be poking through the soil…

and most exciting of all, the Monarch Dark Dynasty Butterfly Bush has new growth on it… this is huge as I’ve tried to overwinter them before without success…

right now only one of the pair shows any signs of buds, although that one came outside earlier than the other… fingers crossed…

footstools…

31 Tuesday May 2022

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took me five hours, working off and on, to put together the new chairs, footstools, and table that I ordered a week or so ago and which arrived on Saturday…

had to take bits and pieces out of the large box that arrived on the front step, make a few trips to the back deck… and then drag the box to the back…

of course the directions were just pictures and it took me a while to decipher them…

biggest issue was working between the lattice on the sides of the chairs, but eventually I got it all done and had a lovely time resting on one of the chairs with my feet on the pull out footstool, lol…

needed that…

rehanging…

30 Monday May 2022

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the rain helped me get a few jobs done around the house…

I’ve been putting off rehanging the curtains in the den and I finally got that done…

I also put the Dyson back together… my grandson had taken it apart and washed a filter inside… who knew there was one there… and now it works… yay…

even the living room windows were happy and they are lovely and shiny clean…

nice to check a few things off the list;-)…

produce…

29 Sunday May 2022

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brought all the plants out of the garage the other day… I had put everything in after concern that the bunnies might stop by for an expensive dinner, lol…

I have decided that I will be in the garden as much as possible, whenever possible… what with the odd weather I think it will be important to enjoy each moment…

sat by the pond for awhile, although I had a blanket on, before doing a bit of planting…

put in three of my dahlias hoping they will produce again this year…

in the pot on the deck, planted an Eveline and added morning glories to grow up the trellis… this is my favourite dahlia and I’m happy to have two corms that look like they will grow… fingers crossed…

the second one went into the pot in the middle of the garden… last year it did amazing in this particular spot… will add something else to trail down a bit in this planter…

also planted two strawberry plants and a few morning glories in the Bundt pan on the table… hoping the morning glories will climb up the umbrella pole and greet me with many flowers in the morning…

the other dahlia went into a pot that is currently sitting on the deck, but it can easily be moved elsewhere in the garden… I put in two tubers and if them both come up, one will be moved…

of course that bit of planting still left a table full waiting for their new homes…

expedition…

28 Saturday May 2022

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what a busy day we had on Thursday… didn’t even have time for a nap, although I did manage a short sit down in the garden before my grandson arrived…

he and I spent the day getting jobs done around the yard, and even a few in the house…

we ran out and were able to get all the necessary items at Canadian Tire, so it was a one stop shopping expedition…

things came out of and went into the shed… leaking hoses were repaired… an irrigation system semi-installed… pots moved… trellises put into a planter that had a bit of paint touch up done… and the fire pit problem solved…

what a treat it is to spend time with him… I try to savour every minute;-)…

nurseries…

27 Friday May 2022

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well, well, well… went plant shopping with Hilda the Gardener…

basically it took the entire day and we went to five different nurseries…

what fun… she knows where all the best plants are at each location and has a great sense of what looks good together…

I was also happy to discover that three of them had pond plants and I was able to get a container with three different plants in it…

once we had purchased everything (lol) we had lunch out and discussed our plans…

planting is likely going to happen on Saturday, unless I decide to start on the planters around the deck… although I’m not sure I remember which plants are going where;-)…

just after we unloaded all the loot and I had come into the house it poured for about half an hour…

great timing on our part…

bike…

26 Thursday May 2022

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on Tuesday, my grandson arrived with his bike in the back of the car…

he had spent hours over the weekend getting the inside and outside of Indi cleaned for me…

I had spent the morning finding space in the garage so that she would fit as she has returned home… very exciting…

looking good…

test…

25 Wednesday May 2022

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started my day with a Duo call from the kids in Ottawa… they have been without power since the wild storm on Saturday…

they were at the Canadian Science and Technology Museum testing wifi as she had a video meeting… the Museum is just a short walk from their house, has plugs all around the outside of the building (technology), and the wifi gave an excellent video call, so that was very handy… I was the test for the meeting, lol…

while they waited for the phones to charge she was teaching him how to play Rummy… it was the card game we played for hours as we sat in the hospital with my mom as she was dying… we laughed about him needing to know how to play when they sit at my deathbed… way in the future…

we talk most days, but don’t often video call… it is always lovely to see their beautiful faces… and it was fun to show them the garden…

wonderful way to begin the day…

wood…

24 Tuesday May 2022

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this afternoon my neighbour on the south side came by with the cutest birdhouse for me…

last year he took down and rebuilt a new fence between us… and then he made some bird houses with the leftover wood…

it is very cute… I’ve never had one so now I will have to figure out where to put it…

tonight, he and his partner brought over their four month old baby to meet me… he is adorable and I look forward to playing with him over the summer…

first baby snuggles I’ve had in over two years…

table-top…

23 Monday May 2022

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great fun on this Victoria Day…

headed outside this morning and cleaned the glass table-top… I swept the decks, moved furniture around, found cushions and blankets and brought the plants out of the garage…

then I had a sit down by the pond;-)…

got coffee, pistachios, and almonds ready for my BS group… our first in-person gathering since the fall…

everyone arrived with various delicious treats and we had a wonderful visit…

we went from sunny… to cloudy… to windy… and back to sunny… a few times… birds flitted about and jackets came on and off as required, lol…

just after everyone had gone, and the space was back to normal, it started to spit…

perfect timing;-)…