heat…

26 Friday Jun 2026

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had a lovely walk to the English and Leo Mol Gardens, where I met up with my adventure buddy…

as I waited, I sat with the woman who spends all her time reading… I wasn’t able to see the name of the book, lol…

the gardens are looking much nicer than the last time we walked through them, although everything is still a bit behind…

after we’d been around both areas, we popped over to the Park Cafe and had the Berry Good Sundae, which we had enjoyed just the week before when we were there for a birthday celebration;-)…

tasted like a lovely treat after all that walking in the heat;-)…

then a walk home… and a nap😄…

disguise…

25 Thursday Jun 2026

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we bought a new net which we hope will act as a better filter for the pond, so that, hopefully, we won’t have to climb into the pond as often to clean the pump…

right now we have some plants sitting on top of it to kind of disguise it…

if it works well, we will see if we can cut it down just a bit, so it isn’t above water level…

fingers crossed that it does the job;-)…

drooling…

24 Wednesday Jun 2026

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took four of my most used knives in to be sharpened… and was advised they weren’t really worth sharpening…

made me sad as two of them were wearever knives that were my mom and dad’s… which did make them likely sixty or seventy years old…

so, then I bought some new ones… had fun with the salesperson who had lots of questions and made me hold many knives…

lucky for me, they were all reasonably priced, unlike those that my housemate has… the staff were drooling over his collection, which they had just sharpened and were the reason we were there, lol…

guzzle…

23 Tuesday Jun 2026

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so, the other day my adventure buddy brought me some beautiful peonies and they looked and smelled delicious…

what I didn’t know about peonies is that they guzzle water like crazy and just possibly they ran out of water…

I added more water when I realized what had happened, but most of them didn’t perk up…

eventually, I tossed out the very dead ones and cut back the few remaining…

and I also put some of the dead ones into a small vase to put in the den because they still smelled delicious…

a few buds went into a small container and they have opened;-)…

renovated…

19 Friday Jun 2026

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celebrated a birthday lunch for one of our group…

we went to the newly renovated Park Cafe…

it is always fun to figure out a time that works for everyone, even though we are all retired, lol…

the restaurant was very busy and after a short wait we made it onto the patio… the birthday girl’s choice…

a bit overcast, and cool, and it did spit for a few minutes, but we were protected by the large umbrellas over the tables…

there were burgers eaten and the new spinach salad, with falafel, was devoured…

dessert included banana pudding and the berry good sundae;-)…

we always have a great time together;-)…

flats…

17 Wednesday Jun 2026

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I ordered a new pair of shoes from Vessi as I have really enjoyed the ones I ordered previously and wore all winter… and, they only took ten days to arrive;-)…

these ones are flats, and, of course, waterproof…

they fit a tiny bit snug, but I think they will stretch… my plan is to wear them in the house and garden for a while to break them in…

I think they will look good with my new outfits;-)…