droppings…

05 Thursday May 2022

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spent some time out in the garden…

moved the pieces of furniture that were on the back deck and used the grass blower to get rid of a good portion of the debris…

then I had to use the broom for a lot of it that was stuck in the cracks… mostly bunny droppings, lol…

the wet areas dried throughout the day and will be ready for furniture…

after that was done, I sat on the upper deck and read my book for an hour or so…

saw white-throated sparrows and a Swainson’s Thrush, as well as one of my bunny buddies…

this was the first time that I was able to only have the screen open for the entire day…

so happy…

deer…

04 Wednesday May 2022

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Sunday afternoon I spent at least fifteen minutes at the front window…

I had looked up from my reading and spotted something moving in the field across the creek…

when I got up to take a closer look, I saw a deer looking around for something to eat…

as I stood and watched, another one materialized and I watched the two of them go right into the yard of the last house…

even when a person and their dog walked past on this side of the creek, they kept munching away… they can blend right in to grass or bushes…

it was a surprise to see them here, and I am thinking the winter has been hard for them and food is scarce…

I took a few photos although they were still fairly far away, but what a treat to catch the moment…

welcoming…

03 Tuesday May 2022

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today I ate my lunch on the deck… first time this year…

yay… it has been a very, very long winter and spring has not been welcoming…

afterwards I sat, enjoyed some tea and read for a while…

looking forward to many more such opportunities…

dull…

02 Monday May 2022

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overcast with rain all day long… so dull…

I was pleased to have two blooms on the morning glories in the purple pot…

made a dull day much happier…

possibly…

01 Sunday May 2022

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just possibly Spring might be here…

watched six robins across the street in the field… only managed to catch three together…

they were moving quickly and spent most of the day searching for yummy things to eat…

certainly a sign of warmer weather…

cherry…

26 Tuesday Apr 2022

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recently I came across a couple of pictures of cherry trees from April a number of years ago…

this first photo, which I took at the Filberg Festival in Courtenay, BC in 2011, won us a trip to Kingfisher Oceanside Resort and Spa to enjoy their Pacific Mist hydropath…

this photo was taken in New York, NY, in 2016… I think it was in Central Park..

cherry trees are just so beautiful, and clearly April is a blooming month for them;-)…

it is fun when memories remind me of special times…

gloomy…

24 Sunday Apr 2022

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it feels as though the weather has been all anyone is thinking about these days…

it has been raining for days and then it turned into snow… there are puddles (or lakes) everywhere and many people have been struggling with water in their basements…

with another gloomy day, I decided to make soup… I used up not-so-fresh zucchini, carrots, onions, celery, and the last of the frozen cauliflower in the freezer… then I added various bits and pieces to season it up…

the result came out nicely and I will have some tasty lunches over the next few days…

felt like a good use of my time on this dull day…

listened…

23 Saturday Apr 2022

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I’ve been doing a lot of reading lately…

today I spent most of the time in the living room, with the light on, as it has been raining off and on the whole time…

besides enjoying my book I’ve also watched birds and bunnies and listened to thunder roll across the sky…

there were chickadees and house finches and juncos… a squirrel has been trying to get to the feeder on the window and I kept rapping on the window to discourage it, lol…

across the street, three bunnies have spent a good portion of the day snacking on goodies in the grass… the rain has certainly melted most of the snow, so I guess new treats have come to light…