plastic…

03 Wednesday Nov 2021

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I’ve been having fun watching the birds coming to the window feeder in the living room…

so far there have been chickadees, house finches, nuthatches, and blue jays… I had hoped to be able to take photos but the plastic distorts the pictures…

now I just sit and enjoy them;-)…

I’ve had to go out and wash the glass as they have made a mess of the window…

they make quite a noise as they decide which seed is the one they need and then sometimes open it right there by tapping it on the edge of the drawer…

they have also knocked out the little drawer that sits in the feeder… eventually I taped it down and so far it hasn’t fallen out again…

amethyst…

02 Tuesday Nov 2021

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decided it was time to change the items in the drawer on the living room table… it is divided into four squares…

I took out the gardening books, summer kids books and cards I’ve received over the last while…

as I thought about what I would like to do with it I realized it was too soon for the Christmas display…

I came across my L O V E letters and thought they might be a nice addition…

I used them… reorganized and left items from my Happy Mail for Chocolate Lovers envelopes… had a magazine I haven’t finished reading as well as a few sticker puzzles I want to finish… added a few amethyst pieces and some hearts and was done…

covering…

01 Monday Nov 2021

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this week our group is moving indoors as it is cold outside, so I have been getting the living room organized… another chair has been added so that everyone has a separate place to sit…

a few days ago I spent some time covering a black and white chair so that it fits better in the living room…

it didn’t come out perfectly, but I am happy with the outcome… it is purple, after all…

side tables were moved, pledge applied, plants resituated, cushions replaced…

can’t wait for my friends to see it…

tricks…

31 Sunday Oct 2021

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so, there were some Halloween tricks, but no treats…

the kids were over this morning and we were working in the garden…

just after they left I was in the dining room and looked out the window to see this…

that would be snow pelting down like crazy…

of course, it is Halloween…

and a short time later it looked like this…

eventually it all melted…

rehome…

30 Saturday Oct 2021

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today I was able to rehome a few items…

I am constantly on the lookout for things I no longer need around the house…

managed to find a home for an ottoman, Queen Anne pot and a dozen wine glasses…

makes me happy when I can pass along items to others who can use them…

also nearly have a box full for give away…

trowel…

29 Friday Oct 2021

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a few days ago I brought in the tubers for two dahlias…

I wasn’t able to dig up the third one, so I went out this afternoon to see if I could get them out of the planter they were in…

I removed soil, and tried to dig around the tubers… my trowel just wasn’t strong enough to get them out… finally I got the shovel and after a ton of effort, was able to finally remove them… there are a lot…

I have brought them in to dry and will then bag in paper and store in the basement… hopefully they will turn into more Mick’s Peppermint in the spring…

Mick’s Peppermint

and while I was outside working, my neighbour brought me a final pail of tomatoes… most are green and I’ve put them on the dining room table so they can ripen…

foggy…

28 Thursday Oct 2021

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it was kind of spooky this morning when I went for my walk… very Halloween-y as the air was foggy and misty…

unfortunately I wasn’t able to get a good picture…

the leaves have fallen from most trees, but many of those left are quite lovely colours…

the mist dissipated as I walked and before the day was over the sun came out…

tapped…

27 Wednesday Oct 2021

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recently I’ve seen a number of videos about dogs and cats banging or tapping their food bowls to announce they want food…

for years we have tapped the side of the fish tank to let the goldfish know we are putting food into the water…

we follow the same system when they are in the pond, although this year they fed off the algae and bugs in the pond…

they often need to be reminded of the process once they come in for the winter… and of course any babies have to learn the process…

once they remember, they often come up to the top of the tank as I walk toward them, lol…

we are not there just yet…

tubers…

25 Monday Oct 2021

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spent time outside in the garden digging up some of the dahlia tubers…

although it was sunny, it was cool and it got windier as I worked… my fingers were cold inside my work gloves and I had a cup of tea to warm them up when I got in, lol…

I only ended up bringing in the tubers from two of them… one is still out there but I will finish digging it out in a few days…

these are the tubers from my favourite Eveline… there are quite a few pieces and it took a lot of work to get them out of the planter…

once they dry out I will take off the rest of the soil around them… then I will put them into paper bags in a dark and cool part of the basement…

Eveline at the end of August.

there were two of these in one pot and they bloomed a lot and made me very happy… I hope that there will be more next summer…

and this clump came out in one piece… it is the Robann Regal and also had multiple blooms… I am hopeful that they will be viable in the spring…

the flowers were a bit smaller than I expected but the plant produced many blooms…

Robann Regal in early September.

looking forward to bringing in the Mick’s Peppermint, which also bloomed beautifully…