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launching…

16 Wednesday Aug 2023

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this little red squirrel bounces around the garden like crazy, along with some other friends…

usually I don’t mind, but a few days ago I had to clean two chairs and a table from where their little paw prints covered everything, after the previous night’s rain, lol…

they are currently jumping onto the chair, then the table, and launching onto the bird feeder…

after wiping the chairs, I had to wait for them to dry before putting on the cushions… I’d cleaned up quite a bit of the mess, before I thought to take these photos…

little beggars…

left-out…

08 Tuesday Aug 2023

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been looking through my photos and came across a few pond pictures which demonstrate how crazy the water lily has gone, lol…

this is it yesterday…

this was last year about the same time…

and the year before…

still not sure if it is the weather or a response to being left-out over the winter…

reverse…

07 Monday Aug 2023

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spent another night out on the deck;-)…

this time I brought up the air mattress, laid down a comforter to set it on, and filled it up;-)…

then up came more comforters and down came pillows from my bed…

had a good sleep but the top cover of the comforter was wet from the dew… and my glasses were completely fogged over…

last view of the moon before the entire process was repeated in reverse…

rainwater…

05 Saturday Aug 2023

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spent the first part of this morning watering everything…

while the irrigation system was looking after the veggie patch and pond garden, I used the rain barrel at the front to water the planters out front…

I’ve been lazy and have been using the hose most of the time, but I did enjoy using the rainwater from the barrel… and I’m pretty sure the plants were happy;-)…

crickets…

04 Friday Aug 2023

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been wondering if the evening sounds I’ve been hearing are crickets or frogs…

pretty much came to the conclusion that they were crickets as I haven’t seen any signs of a frog around the pond…

and then…

Wednesday morning, look who popped up on the bridge;-)…

the sound might still be the crickets, but what a treat to spot this little leopard frog;-)…

and in the last few days it has been all over;-)…

rigged…

03 Thursday Aug 2023

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spent a bit of time getting all the chairs out, as well as cushions, for our Monday afternoon gathering…

even rigged an umbrella over an additional chair to be sure everyone had shade…

before that, I used the same umbrella to provide a bit of shade for the creeping thyme that we moved on Saturday… hoping it likes the new spot and starts to cover a bit more ground, lol…

Sam’s…

02 Wednesday Aug 2023

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it was a beautiful evening, so we walked over to Sam’s on Sunday night… we’ve been wanting to go, but hadn’t made it until then…

the menu was basically schnitzel and burgers with a few appetizers, salads and desserts…

we had burgers and curly fries… I had a schnitzel burger…

the patty was twice the size of the pretzel bun, so I cut it in half and brought the leftovers home for lunch…

everything was tasty and Sam, the owner, was very cute and attentive… it was fun to see how the regulars waited to say goodbye to him before leaving;-)…

may go again…

mixed…

01 Tuesday Aug 2023

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had fun on Saturday when Hilda the Gardener came to work in the garden… I’d been thinking a bit and had a few projects in mind… it is wonderful to have her here to do the heavy lifting;-)…

the creeping Charlie was removed from one of the beds and a few plants were moved around…

while she was doing that, I mixed soil and grass seed and filled a few low spots in the grass…

the lily of the valley and Virginia creeper were removed along the house in the veggie garden… I think we are going to add some hostas in this area… I am happy that we can separate plants rather than have to run out and buy new ones…

and the Virginia creeper around the gate was trimmed up…

we always like to take before and after pictures when we are working on some of the bigger projects;-)…

looks good…

nest…

31 Monday Jul 2023

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on Friday evening I brought the lounger onto the deck and put a number of comforters on it…

Friday night…

then, once it was dark I headed out for my version of camping, lol…

had a pretty good sleep and enjoyed looking at the stars whenever I woke up during the night… and there were no mosquitoes;-)…

Saturday morning…

the weather looked good and that went so well that I decided to sleep out again on Saturday night…

around 4:30 am drops began to land on me😳, and shortly thereafter all of the paraphernalia was on the kitchen floor and I headed upstairs to my bed, lol…