tease…

14 Tuesday Jun 2022

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I have been enjoying the garden everyday and particularly my walks around to see what might be breaking through the ground or blooming…

the poppies continue to tease me in their slow process of blooming… each morning I check them out to see if any of them have opened, but not just yet, lol…

the vegetable garden is doing well… peas, beans and a few cucumbers have poked their heads through the soil and are keeping the three tomatoes company;-)…

I have also taken to weeding, which is rather new for me…

I have cleaned up a number of spots in the side garden and am excited to see the painted fern has come back and multiplied…

the wild columbine has popped up in about three spots and I am watching them carefully to ensure they don’t get pulled…

nature is amazing;-)…

thumb…

13 Monday Jun 2022

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Saturday, I had an injured thumb…

Friday’s project had been to get the little irrigation system I purchased last year installed…

I read through all the instructions, watched a video, and gave it a shot…

a number of weeks ago we had attached the main hose and run it about halfway, so I finished laying it out so that the newly planted ferns will also get water on a more regular basis…

then I started fastening the feeder hoses… I started with the hanging baskets and then moved on to the perennials in the bed…

connecting the feeder hose to the main hose involves punching a hole, with a very handy tool, and then pushing the connector into the main hose…

this was the difficult part and my thumb took a beating… eventually I stopped because it was becoming painful…

for sure I won’t be working on it for a few days, lol…

lilacs…

12 Sunday Jun 2022

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Friday I went shopping for lilacs… at my neighbour’s… with permission, lol…

they were heading away for the weekend and she texted me to offer them up… she knows how I love lilacs… and I think theirs are so pretty with the white around the edges…

I had just come home from an appointment and noticed that the bushes on the next street over were blooming and I was contemplating asking if I might cut some…

I got a pailful and filled two vases… one has been outside with me and the other has perfumed the main floor;-)…

happy days;-)…

bike…

11 Saturday Jun 2022

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a few days ago my grandson came by to return the car before he headed to work…

a piece for his bicycle had arrived and he worked on getting it installed but ran out of time, so he ended up taking the car…

while he was here I made lunch and we ate in the garden…

then the bike sat in the dining room, waiting for his return…

when he came to pick it up, he brought an ice cream cone;-)…

yum…

intentional…

10 Friday Jun 2022

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I am being intentional about spending as much time as possible in the garden…

it feels important to enjoy every minute when the weather is good…

I’ve also been doing a bit of weeding whenever I feel so inclined, lol…

although weeding hasn’t been one of my favourite pastimes, I am beginning to enjoy it… the satisfaction of a tidy area that I cleared is rather nice… although I am also thrilled after Hilda the Gardener has been by and tidied the beds and paths…

now that the front beds are complete, I am thinking of using some of the landscaping fabric around the Inukshuk… just have to get more mulch before that can happen…

here are a few spots I recently cleaned up…

the garden is definitely my happy place;-)…

stability…

09 Thursday Jun 2022

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today’s project was getting the bathtub pond emptied, cleaned, filled, and the pump going…

I used the wet vac and it took a while, but eventually the tub was empty…

I brought out the pump and filter from the basement and put a large rock in it for stability… last year it kept falling over as the water rose… looks like a great fix…

sprayed it down and filled it with water… turned on the pump, and away it went…

I found a large round piece of Tyndall stone and set a basket with some pond grasses into the pond…

it looks good and sound excellent…

after it was all done and I was reading, a bunny friend had snacks and then stretched out for a rest under one of the chairs…

another beautiful day to enjoy…

landscaping…

06 Monday Jun 2022

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got a rain barrel and new pots for the front flowerbeds a little over a week ago…

the pots were filled and planted shortly after… three were moved into their correct places and three were put along the driveway waiting for work to be done on the north side bed…

yesterday my grandson and his landscaping friend arrived to beautify the space…

they worked for five hours… removing ferns, weeds, and most of the wild rose which had taken over the space… they redesigned the shape of the bed and put down landscape cloth, laid paving stones where the pots were to go, moved a fountain and the very heavy birdbath… and lastly, dumped and spread fifteen bags of mulch…

it looks amazing…

so happy;-)…

compartment…

02 Thursday Jun 2022

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yesterday, I headed out to see the eye doctor and had to return to the house because I forgot my mask🤪…

I took out another one and put it into the glove compartment so if I forget again, there will be one available…

I was there for over two hours… apparently, my eyes and my current glasses are special, lol… the attention to detail and care of clients is quite amazing in these days of get ‘em in and get ‘em out… we also did some looking at new frames and discussed a number of possibilities for lenses…

as I drove up to the house, I found Hilda the Gardener just going into the garden with a beautiful hanging basket which she brought for me as a gift…

after she left I noticed that the lawn had been mowed, which was great as the grass had grown a lot with all the rain…

and the house got cleaned in the afternoon…

all in all, a pretty fine day…

Dynasty…

01 Wednesday Jun 2022

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great wander around the garden before the rain a few days ago…

excited to discover the milkweed is growing in the ground and in the planter where it did very well last year…

it appears that one of the dahlias may be poking through the soil…

and most exciting of all, the Monarch Dark Dynasty Butterfly Bush has new growth on it… this is huge as I’ve tried to overwinter them before without success…