lenses…

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in April I tried to get in to see my eye doctor at Armstrong and Small… I hadn’t been since 2019 and had noticed that my vision was not what it used to be… knew that I would need new glasses…

I was able to get an appointment for the beginning of June and was in the office for over two hours… my eyes were fine, but there was quite a bit of conversation about getting new glasses between my optometrist and the optician helping me with the glasses…

they ordered some frames and I went back about a week later to try them on… they looked good so we moved forward with ordering them…

I have nearly always had glass lenses, but they are nearly impossible to get now… after much discussion, plastic lenses, made in Canada, were ordered and would likely take about three weeks to arrive…

my current lenses have a slub on the right side… the purpose was to help my eyes focus as the prescription in the eyes is so different… we are going to try something else this time, so will see how it goes…

on Tuesday I got a call that the glasses were in and scheduled an appointment for Wednesday…

went in, had them adjusted, tested the magnetic sunglasses clip, and brought them home… loving the purple case, lol…

I am getting used to them and can see better, which is the most important thing;-)…

taller…

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had a morning walk around the garden the other day…

it is doing very well with lots of purple and green…

the side/vegetable garden is very happy… the peas and cucumbers in the new planter are especially happy… they are taller than me…

gathered fifteen pea pods from the vegetable garden and added the peas to my new potatoes and slice of ham for my dinner…

tasty…

hybrid…

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went out for lunch on Monday with my BS buddies…

we took a drive in a couple of cars to Teulon for lunch and had a great time at Fry-Day’s… the battered mushrooms are absolutely delightful… we had hoped to eat on the patio but the sky did not cooperate, so it was inside for us…

on our way home I was able to catch a few photos of some sweet horses…

it was the first time I’ve ridden in a hybrid car and it was enjoyable… we stopped and picked up a few fresh veggies and I ended the day with some delicious beet greens…

good times with great people😊…

turkey…

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had a good morning on Tuesday…

listened to house sparrows, chickadees and a few crows… I am just loving the sound ID on the Merlin app…

spotted the wild turkey that had been wandering the street yesterday, thanks to my neighbour knocking on the door…

and apparently the turkey frightened one of the neighbourhood bunnies…

there was no sign of the raccoons and the fish appear happy and all present… one of the biggest ones has been scraped up though… not sure if it was from the raccoon the night before last or from hiding under a rock, sigh…

the red and gray squirrels have been wandering around and threatening one another…

but the sun was out, except for a ten minute shower, and I was able to eat outside…

hidden…

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something has been getting into the pond…

I hadn’t seen anything on the camera until a few nights ago, when the camera caught this…

the night view makes it a bit hard to recognize, but the rings on the tail were the confirmation that it is a raccoon… it didn’t appear that any fish had been caught…

I think the fish are being careful to stay hidden under the bridge…

on Sunday night they came by again and the camera caught them right in the pond…

I spotted one of the fish sort of wedged under a rock, so I moved the rock and the fish swam away… it looks a bit scraped up, so I hope it will be okay…

I put two chairs across the spot where I think they are going into the water and then sprinkled Epsom salts around the rest of the pond…

climbed…

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Friday was another gorgeous day in the garden…

did some computer work outside and then read…

eventually, I climbed into the pond and removed some of the grasses growing in it to help me figure out if something is still getting into it..

while I was in there, I repositioned the pump and the rocks that sit on top of it…

looks pretty good…

my neighbour came over and we sat by the pond watching the fish while we shared some wine and snacks…

spread…

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the clematis along the driveway has been amazing this year…

it had tons of buds on it and has spread very nicely on the trellis

looked stunning once they all started to open…

it was just beautiful, but the rain and wind have since knocked a lot of flowers off…

napping…

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had quite the day on Wednesday…

I was dropped off by a friend for a doctor’s appointment and got my 2nd Covid booster…

my grandson picked me up and we ended up with subs for lunch…

we traded vehicles again, so he took back his motorcycle and left me with the car…

spent time in the garden while the house was getting cleaned…

put away the cushions and went in for a nap… slept through a thunderstorm and woke up to a soaking wet garden…

it occurred to me how tired I was when I spent five minutes after napping reaching around for my glasses before realizing I had my contacts in…

realized that I’d left my camera and book on the table on the back deck… and they were both soaked…

once I brought the camera and book in, I set them on towels to dry… the book did fairly well, but when I turned the camera on it was like looking through fog…

I used a baggie and the last of my rice to cover the camera and left it to sit for a few days…

this morning I removed it from the bag and was thrilled to see that there was no more fog… yay…

frog…

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well, had a great day…

sat in the garden and read for a good portion of the day…

made potato salad and coleslaw…

spotted house finches and a goldfinch at the feeders…

and saw my little frog friend again;-)…

such a pleasure to be able to enjoy these moments;-)…

rearranged…

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moved a few planters and a chair on the lower deck…

haven’t decided if I like it or not…

and then this morning I rearranged again… I put the dahlia by the door and moved the begonias and columbine to the back of the garden where they will get the necessary shade… I may end up moving that planter beside the rain barrel, but will need help to get it up there…

guess I will live with it for a while and see…