10 Wednesday Aug 2022
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had a sleepout on the deck a few nights ago…
quite a few mosquitoes, so I didn’t go out until around eleven, and by then they were mostly gone… and there were none around in the morning…
this was my cozy little nest…
there weren’t a ton of stars, but the ones I saw were bright…
always fun to go camping, lol… and the washrooms are excellent;-)…
28 Thursday Jul 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, dragonflies, flowers, garden, moments, mosquitoes, nature, pond, snatching, widow
dragonflies have been flying around the garden like crazy…
some have been dropping eggs into the pond, but most of them are clearly snatching mosquitoes out of the air…
I’ve managed to catch a few when they are taking a little break;-)…
woohoo…
24 Sunday Jul 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, light, moments, motion sensor, nature, pond, raccoons, solar, stormed, Technology, weather, widow
ordered some solar motion sensor lights for the garden last Wednesday…
wasn’t sure if they would work, but was hopeful they would frighten the raccoons away…
they arrived on Monday and were easy to install… one went at the edge of the bridge and the other is set on the top of the deck…
was so excited that night when they worked… happily it had been sunny all day…
the next night it stormed and they were on most of the time as the wind was blowing all the leaves and floating plants around when the rain wasn’t pouring down…
will see how they work when the raccoons stop by again…
23 Saturday Jul 2022
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Wednesday was another beautiful day…
put out all the cushions as a dear friend was coming over later in the day, and it always looks so much nicer when they are all set out…
Hilda the Gardener came and weeded and moved a few plants… we had a lovely visit while that was happening…
I climbed into the pond and cleaned the filter which made the waterfall happy;-)…
read a good book and had lunch on the back deck with some of my ripe tomatoes and fresh basil…
had a delightful supper and visit with a friend I haven’t seen for ages and toured the garden with her…
also shared some poppy and morning glory seeds…
22 Friday Jul 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, box, flowers, happy, hooked, moments, nature, rain, subscription, Sweet Petals Farm, weather, widow
drove to Oak Street on Tuesday, just before the rain, to pick up my bouquet subscription…
I took a box that hooked into the seatbelt so that the flowers wouldn’t fall over… it worked perfectly…
such a treat to get fresh flowers every week… and they are lasting very well…
got a few photos as the drops started to fall…
21 Thursday Jul 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, cage, flowers, garden, moments, nature, storm, tomato plants, veggies, widow
the rain came down really heavy on Tuesday morning…
when I went out to check the garden I saw that one of the tomato plants had been knocked over… I was so shocked I didn’t even get a picture…
thankfully, I had a tomato cage in the garage, and it took a bit of finagling to get it over the plant… apparently it should have happened when the plant was much smaller, lol…
also pleased to see lots of flowers and the beginnings of the cucumbers;-)…
20 Wednesday Jul 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, butterfly, downpour, flowers, garden, happy, milkweed, moments, monarch, nature, pond, waterfall, weather, widow
the other day I saw a monarch flying around the garden and laying eggs on the milkweed…
I went to check out the two milkweed plants that are just by the waterfall to see if any eggs had been left there…
and it was there that I discovered this little caterpillar… of course this is the hardest spot to get any pictures, lol…
and I was happy to still see it after the downpour…
nature is amazing…
18 Monday Jul 2022
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there was quite a thunderstorm early Saturday morning…
it was the first day in a long time that I ate breakfast in the house as I’ve been doing a great job of being outside if it isn’t raining…
eventually it was dry enough to spend some time in the garden where I had a bit of a duel with the gray squirrels that have found a way to get to both of the slinky protected bird feeders…
and then, I spent a lovely time watching a monarch flit around the space, landing a number of times on the milkweed and then flitting around some more…
what a treat and how lucky was I to get to enjoy those moments;-)…
15 Friday Jul 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, car, drive, friends, Fry-Day’s, fun times, horses, hybrid, moments, nature, widow
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😊…
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…
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