20 Tuesday Jul 2021
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my net for cleaning out the pond is a bit short so I ordered a pool-net from Krevco and had my grandson pick it up…
it is 8 feet long and can extend to 16 feet… perfect for a pool, but a tad longer than I need…
I have put tape on the one piece as I try to figure out the best length for me…
as my son-in-law pointed out, once we cut it we can’t add any length back on…
19 Monday Jul 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, food, garden, hot, moments, nature, treat, vegetable, water, weather, widow
I’ve been watering my neighbour’s vegetable garden when they are away, since it has been so hot…
it makes my few tomatoes, cucumbers and basil look like a joke, lol…
there are raised beds filled with beans, dill, cucumbers, peas, beets, carrots, lettuce, potatoes and tomatoes of all kinds…
it has been fun to watch the growth when I am giving them a drink…
and look what I received;-)… a bag filled with beans, ready to cook… they will be tomorrow’s supper along with some new potatoes and chicken… yum…
they have shared cucumbers and tomatoes over the years, but it was a lovely treat to get the three types of beans…
17 Saturday Jul 2021
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bated, big girl pants, blessed, breath, butterflies, eggs, flowers, garden, memories, moments, monarchs, nature, plants, purple, weather, widow
I’ve been watching the monarchs fly around the garden for the last while…
I sit with bated breath, hoping they will find the rather puny milkweed supply… and occasionally they do find it…
I’ve moved the planter, with the milkweed, and a very fast growing morning glory in it, so I can watch from my favourite spot by the pond…
now there are a few eggs on it to watch;-)…
they have even found the butterfly bush…
I have had so many opportunities to remember how blessed I am as I sit and enjoy the nature around me…
17 Saturday Jul 2021
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big girl pants, bird feeders, blessed, closer, flowers, garden, Hilda the Gardener, hot, moments, nature, pond, purple, sparrows, squirrels, weather, widow
another great day in the garden…
it always looks particularly nice after Hilda the Gardener has been;-)… she spent a few hours in the morning weeding and trimming…
she also helped me move one of the bird feeders to a new spot closer to the pond where, just possibly, the squirrels won’t be able to get to it…
I am hoping that it isn’t so close that sunflower shells find their way into the water…
once she left, I watched sparrows having a garden party, testing out the feeders and enjoying drinks from the pond…
after a short nap, through the hottest part of the afternoon, I finished my book on the deck…
16 Friday Jul 2021
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barbecue, Barbie, big girl pants, blessed, clap, delicious, garden, hail, moments, nature, rain, sky, steak, thunderstorm, weather, wet, widow
I was laying on the bed upstairs yesterday watching the end of a movie when I heard a huge clap of thunder…
jumped up and ran outside to put away the cushions… I don’t like it when they get wet and they were on all of the chairs…
almost got the last ones into the garage when the downpour began… I stood in the garage doorway and watched rain and hail pelt down for a while and then, when it slowed down a little, made it into the house…
all of the windows were wide open as well as the screen door, but luckily only the kitchen and bedroom had issues…
had to take up the rug at the door and wipe up the water in the kitchen… the other rooms were pretty good… thankfully, the blinds were down in the bedroom so the water only came in a bit in one corner of the frame… once I wiped it up it didn’t take long to dry…
it remained overcast for a while, but then the sun came out and it was beautiful…
brought Barbie the barbecue out and grilled a steak for my dinner to go along with the potato salad I had made earlier in the day…
then I sat on the deck and read;-)… crazy weather…
14 Wednesday Jul 2021
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beach, big girl pants, blessed, food, friends, health, memories, moments, nature, remembering, restored, sand, sunrise, time, treats, vacation, water, widow
I spent five glorious days with friends’ at their beach cottage…
the first thing I always do is jump out of the car and run down to be sure the beach and lake are still there, lol…
what a wonderful time it was… delicious food (that I didn’t have to prepare); wonderful conversations, stories, and laughter; listening to birds and the waves; lots of time on the beach and in the water; relaxing, reading and sleeping…
what more could you ask for;-)… I am restored…
such a gift…
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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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;-)…
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