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16 Saturday Aug 2025

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went to the grocery store first thing on Friday… good time to go as it wasn’t busy and I got my shopping done in less than thirty minutes…

once home and everything was put away, I set out the cushions and spent a lovely time reading…

received a call from a friend driving through and invited them for supper… then I spent the next while preparing my world famous, (well family and friends anyway), macaroni and cheese;-)…

once that was done, I went back to my book…

my company arrived, we had a short visit in the garden, ate the delicious mac and cheese, and off they went… all inside an hour;-)…

had a plan to take a photo of the finished pot, but forgot, lol… did remember to take a picture of my plate… packed up the leftovers for another day;-)…

tidied up and enjoyed the garden as I read outside until it got dark…

lovely treat;-)…

pullout…

15 Friday Aug 2025

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spent some time yesterday changing the den to a bedroom;-)…

furniture was moved inside and outside of the room… a second mattress was brought down from upstairs to make the pullout couch more comfy, a quilt came up from the basement, and then the bed was made up in anticipation of company…

a basket of towels was put together, a bigger fan moved into the space, and a little rosebush was added to brighten it…

post its were added to advise the proper names to use when speaking with the household technology so that lights would go on and off as requested, lol…

looks very cozy…

mortar…

14 Thursday Aug 2025

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last evening my middle grandson arrived after his workday…

we had supper and then he patched the steps, making the mortar in small batches…

as he worked he tidied everything up, which I really appreciate;-)…

it took about an hour and a half to get the job done and it came out very nicely;-)…

next will be scraping the steps in preparation for laying the carpet…

we’ve had to postpone this work a number of times due to the weather, lol…

attempts…

13 Wednesday Aug 2025

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the work on the pond waterfall area started in early June… when the first two fixes didn’t work we moved on to more serious attempts…

the water in the upper pond was removed, and all the gunk was vacuumed out…

a group of three attempted to lift out the waterfall rock… unfortunately, it broke in the process… one of us might have had a meltdown;-(…

next the remaining blocks were removed and a new liner was installed… then the blocks were put back in… a bit of a puzzle to remember where each one went, lol… possibly they should have been numbered;-)…

the next step involved filling cracks with foam and gluing down some of the rocks…

with help from a friend the main piece of the waterfall rock was carefully lowered back into its spot…

it took three of us, but the three pieces of the waterfall rock were joined together with special rock cement and we waited a week for it to cure…

then the flat rock portion was glued down and left to cure…

next the hose was put down inside the liner and the waterfall spillway was placed back into the waterfall rock… there were a lot of crossed fingers at that point…

finally, on Sunday night, August 10th the waterfall was turned on…

it was too late for a good picture, so this one was taken the next morning…

there is no leaking 🤪…

a great job by my housemate and various friends throughout the process as issues arose and heat and rain caused stoppages…

what a treat to hear the water running and not have to worry about adding water all the time;-)…

search…

12 Tuesday Aug 2025

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had a lovely time on Monday taking photos of the water lilies in the Leo Mol Garden…

it sprinkled a few times throughout my time there, so I did end up putting on and taking off my rain jacket, lol…

there were also quite a few frogs in the pond and I do love to search them out and get a few pictures, lol…

too bad I didn’t have my Nikon so I could have gotten closer shots…the warm water in the lily pond certainly helps with all the blooms…

there are also lilies in the arbour pond, but more pads, than lilies…

reminded me of my art installation…

slightest…

11 Monday Aug 2025

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a few weeks ago I picked a beautiful ripe tomato from the tomato plant… when I turned it over it had blossom rot and I had to toss it..

last week I picked another one that had just started to turn the slightest shade of orange… it went onto a shelf in the kitchen and turned nicely red, and when it was turned over the bottom was perfect;-)… and it made a lovely open-faced sandwich…

today I took off the next tomato, this one is a bit smaller, but I am hopeful that it will ripen without the blossom rot;-)…

hoping that this will turn into another beauty…

point…

09 Saturday Aug 2025

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was up early this morning and went out to sit in the garden… it was a bit chilly, so I had a blanket around my shoulders…

it was sunny at that point, although the weather network was suggesting it would rain for a good portion of the day, so I decided to enjoy the weather while I could…

usually I would read, but instead, this morning I just watched the antics of the critters in the garden…

as I sat there the birds were visiting the suet and a bunny was snacking on the clover close to me…

what a treat;-)…

sliding…

08 Friday Aug 2025

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the red squirrels have been able to fit inside the frame that is supposed to protect the squirrels from getting to the seeds…

I wasn’t particularly worried about them sliding into the feeder until I looked at the feeder today, sigh…

they have eaten through the plastic and pretty much destroyed the feeder…

so, the next feeder needs to be only made of metal and glass, because plastic cannot win against squirrel…

exploding…

07 Thursday Aug 2025

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the morning glories are exploding…

on Tuesday I counted twenty-six on the obelisk next to the back door… happy I took some nice photos before it rained, lol… the rain completely destroys them…

today I didn’t count, but I think there may have been even more, and there were two blue ones on the butterfly bench;-)…

sock a lovely way to begin the day…