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11 Saturday May 2024

Posted by sulis303 in garden, health, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

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big girl pants, blessed, cushions, deck, elm seeds, garden, leaves, moments, nature, pond, thermos, trees, weather, widow

for the last little while the outer shell of the buds on the elm trees have been coming down…

then, when I looked outside on Friday, the ground and decks were covered with elm seeds…

after I put out the cushions and went to sit down, they were already covered, lol…

used a thermos for my drink to keep the seeds out…

spent time with the net to collect as much of the debris as possible from the pond… filled two nets, lol…

“do”…

10 Friday May 2024

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“do”, bench, big girl pants, blessed, green, haircut, moments, nature, trees, Ultracuts, walk, weather, widow

today I walked over to get my hair cut… had to wait a little while, but enjoyed some solitaire while I waited, lol…

it is always lovely to have a fresh do…

I also spotted a very nice bench along the way…

as I was nearing home, I got a shot of the field and some of the trees yet to get their leaves…

lots of green is showing after all the rain…

northwest…

09 Thursday May 2024

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big girl pants, blessed, dahlias, flowers, garden, moments, nature, northwest, pallet, planting, plants, pond, reading, shade, time, umbrellas, walk, weather, widow

enjoying every beautiful minute I can manage in the garden…

yesterday, I dug pots out of the shed and planted the dahlias… four pots that go along with the one I planted last week…

then I set up a pallet with a plant hanging stand and added the lounge chair in the area to the northwest of the pond… I am hoping this will be a good napping area…

after I put out the cushions, I repaired one umbrella and put the rest up, to see when they provided shade…

after all that I had some lunch and read for awhile, testing out various sitting spots…

finally, I brought more pots out from the shed and set them up in various spots in the garden to be filled with plants;-)…

throughout the afternoon I noted where the chairs got the best shade…

while I was working a bunny came by and snacked on dropped birdseed and many white-crowned sparrows stopped by for drinks and baths…

what a delightful day…

muck…

08 Wednesday May 2024

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big girl pants, blessed, feeders, garden, moments, muck, nature, pond, pump, umbrellas, weather, widow

had some quality time in the garden on Sunday…

the umbrellas all got put into their slots…

bird feeders were filled and some were moved…

the last of the muck came out of the waterfall area and water was added to the pond…

a piece of the pump was glued back on, it was connected to the hose and then turned on… the Kasa plug was connected so Google Home can turn the waterfall on and off…

what a treat to hear that lovely sound…

shovels…

07 Tuesday May 2024

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big girl pants, blessed, concrete, dirt, family, garden, landfill, moments, neighbours, rocks, shovels, truck, weather, widow

this morning there was lots of activity in the lane…

many tools were used… the sledgehammer, two types of shovels, a broom and pails…

a lot of broken concrete, rocks, stones, and soil were gathered, piled into the back of a truck and then taken to the landfill…

but, it is much tidier and with a bit more work done to it, will be much more useful for placing yard waste;-)…

all that activity brought out a few neighbours as well, lol…

light…

04 Saturday May 2024

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big girl pants, blessed, Canadian Tire, deer, geese, light, moments, nature, nice, shopping, treat, weather, widow

two lovely things today…

we went to Canadian Tire for a few things and when we got back to the car, we spotted these two cuties;-)…

reminded me of the two deer that walked down the street on Monday afternoon;-)…

and this was the sky tonight at 9:00 pm…

so exciting to have the light at this time of night….

nice treats…

plan…

03 Friday May 2024

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big girl pants, blessed, cleanup, garden, Hilda the Gardener, moments, nature, plan, weather, widow

Wednesday, Hilda the Gardener made her first visit of the season;-)… woohoo…

we had a little chat and discussed the plan for this summer’s garden and then she worked away at cleaning up the beds…

all of them look great now, as well as the area under the cedars along the new fence…

this is before…

and after…

now we just have to rake up the grass…

and under the deck looks good…

next there will be some shopping for new members of the plant family;-)…

shelf…

02 Thursday May 2024

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big girl pants, blessed, circle, cleaned, creeper, garden, hot tub, leaves, moments, nature, plant, shelf, weather, widow

spent a little time the other day cleaning the shelf beside the hot tub…

there were tons of vines from the Virginia creeper and dead leaves around the circle of friends…

it looks so much tidier now…

thinking about what plant might go on the shelf when the weather starts and stays warm…

cover…

01 Wednesday May 2024

Posted by sulis303 in business, garden, life, moments, nature, retirement, technology, Uncategorized, weather

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big girl pants, blessed, chairs, cover, deck, garden, moments, nature, protection, rain, Technology, weather, widow

I’ve really been enjoying having both wicker chairs on the deck… hoping I may be able to put the mandevilla beside the one closest to the north steps, but we will have to see if there is enough room…

last week I ordered a chair cover that protects against rain… only ordered the one to be sure it would fit properly…

it arrived and did fit nicely, although it is hard to tell where the front of it is, lol…

so, the second was ordered and arrived yesterday…

it is going to be great to not have to bring the footstools and cushions into the kitchen every night…

sprout…

30 Tuesday Apr 2024

Posted by sulis303 in garden, health, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

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big girl pants, blessed, garden, growing, ivy, moments, nature, sprout, sweet potato, weather, widow

the other day I cut up a sweet potato that was starting to sprout and put the pieces into yogurt containers with water…

then I moved them to the dining room window to encourage them to get growing…

I wasn’t going to start anything for the garden ahead of time but there you go…

just possibly I may have started some ivy for outside, lol…

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