11 Sunday Jul 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, damselfly, dragonflies, eggs, fun to watch, garden, moments, nature, pond, widow
had some fun watching dragonflies around the pond…
caught one as it was having a rest on the grass in the pond…
also watched one dive-bomb the water as it apparently dropped eggs into the water…
I still haven’t been able to spot any of the eggs when this happens…
also spotted a cute little damselfly sitting on that same grass, but didn’t get a picture…
06 Tuesday Jul 2021
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big girl pants, bloom, buds, flowers, garden, hardened, hibiscus, leaves, memories, moments, nature, plants, red, remembering, sunburn, weather, widow
my hibiscus only bloomed one time over the winter… usually it blooms at least twice…
I have had this one for at least three years and usually it loses its leaves when it comes into the house in the fall, and when it comes back into the garden in the spring…
this year I hardened it off and then put an umbrella over it so it wouldn’t get a sunburn…
it didn’t lose many leaves, but it also didn’t look like it was getting any buds…
a week or so ago, I spotted a few just starting…
yesterday, I spotted something red when I looked outside and there they were… the first two flowers…
yay… and there are lots more getting ready;-)…
04 Sunday Jul 2021
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Baby, big girl pants, blessed, exciting, fish, garden, gold, goldfish, moments, nature, patience, pond, remembering, watching, water hyacinth, waterfall, widow
I spent a lovely and quiet hour sitting right next to the pond this morning…
I had planned to turn the waterfall on as soon as I got into the garden, but decided to sit close to the pond and watch the fish…
yesterday, when I was in the pond cleaning it up, I spotted a baby swimming by… they move really quickly, so I only saw it for a moment…
my goal this morning was to check for any others that might be there…
and I spotted two… maybe the whitish one I saw yesterday and an actual gold one… they are much harder to spot in the pond as they look black… of course I didn’t get any pictures, lol…
great excitement and I will keep watch for more;-)…
sure miss the water hyacinth as its roots were a wonderful safe hiding place for babies as they started their journey as the goldfish eat them when they are very small…
03 Saturday Jul 2021
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big girl pants, birthday, blessed, chair, family, family time, garden, grass, moments, nature, pond, treat, weather, widow
had a great day in the garden… started with watering the grass and plants, and getting all the cushions out… then time in the pond cleaning the pump out and tidying some water grasses…
finally sat and enjoyed the space…
this was the special chair…
in the morning a friend came over for a visit… it was her birthday and we had a lovely visit… a few presents, some tasty snacks, and a great wander around the garden…
a short time later my sister-in-law and nephew came by with lunch… can’t think how long it has been since I’ve seen her… she had flown in for the weekend so it was a real treat to spend time with them…
great way to spend a Saturday;-)…
02 Friday Jul 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, blooming, flowers, garden, moments, nature, plants, pond, purple, teasing, widow
the butterfly bushes are so close to opening, although it feels like they are teasing me…
when I come out in the morning, I think, today’s the day…
but no…
finally, they are starting to bloom, although still not completely open;-)…
they are a stunning deep purple…
27 Sunday Jun 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, book, flowers, garden, moments, moving, nature, pond, purple, retirement, shade, sun, widow
I’ve spent most of the last week in the garden…
I have watered the grass and the plants and even done a bit of deadheading and weeding…
watched birds, bunnies, baby squirrels, and the goldfish…
and I have read at least one novel a day as I move around the garden to find shade…
retirement is quite a lovely thing;-)…
26 Saturday Jun 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, books, Dairy Queen, family, garden, grandsons, ice cream cone, moments, nature, pond, son-in-law, treat, vaccinated, widow
Wednesday was a busy day…
got the bathtub pond up and running…
then climbed into the main pond to clean out the pump…
after lunch my son-in-law and middle grandson came by… one levelled the waterfall stone so that water doesn’t leak out and need to be replaced as much… he also spread soil in the front, filled containers and tidied up the dirt pile…
the other mowed and whipper snipped the front and garden, including along the lane (sometimes we forget about that area)… he also helped with the soil cleanup…
they left, and the oldest grandson arrived to take me downtown where I got vaccinated for the second time;-)… as a treat we got ice cream cones on the way home;-)…
once home he changed a leaky hose and carried many boxes of books to the front step for pickup… we put them in plastic bags because they weren’t being picked up until Friday, but were too heavy for me to move, lol…
really was a busy one…
25 Friday Jun 2021
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watching the grass grow has taken on a whole new meaning, lol…
and it is coming along nicely;-)… there has been lots of watering…
Wednesday it got mowed and the garden looks so much tidier…
still going to be a while before it is fully grown in…
18 Friday Jun 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, designer, flowers, friends, garden, grandson, moments, nature, plants, pond, purple, reorganize, weather, widow
what a wonderful afternoon yesterday… although it was hot, my garden designer came and spent a few hours rearranging pots and plants and other goodies…
we moved, and moved items again, until the garden looked just so…
a few jobs left for my grandson when he comes next… lifting a few heavy things and digging in a few lights…
what fun to have a fresh set of eyes… and someone who is perfectly fine if I don’t care for the placement of items…
I think the garden is happy too…
16 Wednesday Jun 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, happy, hose, mind of its own, moments, nature, water, weather, widow
I am loving my new hose…
it reaches to the front step with ease and I can also get to all the plants and pots in the shade garden as well…
lots of room to get to each of the hanging baskets to give them a drink…
I’ve been having fun trying different routes with it, to see which ones I like the best…
and it barely takes up any room when it is put away… unlike the old one which wouldn’t hang properly as it had a mind of its own, lol…
yay…
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