dirt…

06 Saturday May 2023

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on Friday the dahlias came up from the basement…

two years ago when I brought them in, I removed all the soil, bagged each one, labelled them and put them away in the dark in the basement…

when I brought them in last fall, I didn’t even take off the dirt… they went into a pail, which went onto a shelf in the laundry area… so, not even in the dark… and I had no idea which type they were, lol…

when the pail came upstairs on Friday I wasn’t expecting much and was pleasantly surprised…

at least four of the clumps had new growth… I am very excited about this… currently they are sitting on the table in the sun…

soon they will be planted in pots in the garden;-)…

hardest…

05 Friday May 2023

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I’ve been thinking about all of the stuff I’ve given away over the last six months…

it makes me so happy to be able to share with others and not add unnecessarily to the landfills…

it is also getting easier to let go of stuff… and the simple way to arrange a pickup by going online is also helpful…

currently the hardest part is to remember to get up early enough to get all of the boxes onto the front steps…

clever…

04 Thursday May 2023

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on Monday I received a birthday present in the mail…

it is a plastic envelope with a disk of soil, a popsicle stick and seeds…

it will turn into sunflower micro greens…

this morning, after going online for directions, I added water, stirred up the soil, added the seeds, stirred it a bit more, misted it and put it into the sunshine;-)…

will be checking it out daily to see how it grows…

what a clever idea and lovely gift;-)…

begun…

03 Wednesday May 2023

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spent Tuesday in the garden… the first part on the deck reading in the sunshine…

there was no wind, so I was able to flatten out and fold up the tarpaulin…

then I moved to the back deck and did a bit of reading before starting to remove the last of the leaves and water from the pond with the wet vac… it took a number of trips to get it done… but, I did it, yay…

next, I found the hose, hooked it up and started the water running… finally I hooked up the pump and finished filling it…

so happy when the waterfall started up… worth all the work…

what a treat to sit, watch and listen to the sound;-)…

garden season has begun…

popped…

02 Tuesday May 2023

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had a great day in the garden on Sunday…

spent most of it on the deck, reading in the sunshine…

I also spent time working at the pond… we tried to take off the tarp a few days ago but it was too heavy as it still had a lot of water and a ton of soggy leaves in it… the plan was to wait for another person to help us…

I put the pump in the pond again… the other day when I tried this the hose popped off and gave me a pond-water shower;-(… this time I got rid of most of the water… then I put it into the tarp and got a fair bit of water out of it…

after that I was able to drag it out of the pond and bag the leaves… they filled half of a garbage can, lol…

then the tarp was spread out in the grass, hopefully drying, so it can be folded up and put away…

maybe in the next few days I will vacuum the bottom of the pond and fill it with water…

dump…

01 Monday May 2023

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Friday we accomplished a lot…

we sorted through all of the stuff that got put into the garage when we were cleaning out the basement, and piled the items onto the driveway which were for the dump…

a truck arrived, was filled with the collection, and headed out… when it got back the snowblower was lifted in, with help from a neighbour, and away it went to someone with a large driveway…

then we started to reorganize the items that were left and make space in the garage for the car and the motorcycle…

took quite a while and lots of organizing, but eventually space was made…

and the car and motorcycle fit;-)… maybe the next project will be to wash the car, lol…

a start was made on the items still on the workbench, including the million screws, lol…

Hawaii…

30 Sunday Apr 2023

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four years ago in April, we arrived on Maui to celebrate my birthday…

I had always wanted to go to Hawaii, but never made it happen until then…

I have been enjoying the memories that have come up in my social media…

on our way into our first hotel, we spotted orchids in the lobby…

we went to the beach to watch the sun set, got our toes in the ocean, found a great spot to watch, settled in to wait, and then had this group of people walk right in front of us to get their pictures, lol…

I have the amethyst heart that I purchased on my bedside table and enjoy seeing it all the time…

one of my favourite memories is of our time at the orchid farm… a huge space bursting with the most beautiful plants, most of which were in full bloom…

it was delightful…

there were fish and sea turtles…

saw cacao trees with cacao pods on them, jacaranda trees in bloom (purple), and the most amazing banyan tree which took up an entire block…

it was an amazing time and we enjoyed every minute… it lived up to all of my expectations and then some… so lucky this happened before covid…

improvement…

29 Saturday Apr 2023

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on Friday we emptied, moved and cleaned the hot tub, put it back and refilled it… this time I used a larger hose that I have and it emptied the tub in fifteen minutes… usually it can take hours, so this was a great improvement…

I am always happy when the jets start up after the refill, because sometimes it takes a few tries to get them working… happily, they started right away…

unfortunately we could not replace the arms as the screw for one of them would not come out…

we also left the seal for them to look at, and hopefully repair or replace…

so I have a call in to Krevco to see about having a technician come out and see what they can do…

can…

28 Friday Apr 2023

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Wednesday is the day I water my plants… I have quite a few, lol…

I combine tap water with some banana skin water and wander around the living room, dining room, kitchen, bathroom, and den, with constant trips to the kitchen to refill the watering can…