glories…

07 Saturday Sep 2019

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I am over-the-moon with excitement…

some time ago I realized that I hadn’t planted any morning glories and was very sad because I really love the flowers… the inner light is mesmerizing…

recently I realized that some seeds from last summer had sprouted in a large container of soil that was sitting under the deck… they hadn’t had any water or sunlight but were growing…

I moved the pot out into the sun and made sure to put water in it… and watched it every day…

a week ago I saw what looked to be buds and I’ve examined them each day to see what would happen… since then we’ve had quite a bit of rain, overcast skies, and cooler temperatures, so I’ve been worried they wouldn’t bloom…

but… this is what happened…

I spent extra time in the garden today sitting and enjoying the purple flowers…

I am in my happy place… flowers really do make me happy;-)…

portions…

06 Friday Sep 2019

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yesterday we got our weekly portions of our CSA box…

four of us share one and it works perfectly as a couple of us only feed ourselves, lol…

my pile, after a colleague and I divvied it up, included a leek, an ear of corn, a large tomato, potatoes and a bulb of garlic…

for supper I had the corn and tomato… when I was a kid this would often be a supper once harvest season arrived, although I think we also had bread and butter…

reminds me of my mom and dad;-)…

I did add some beautiful shrimp (and some of the garlic) to the menu…

yum…

fuzzy…

05 Thursday Sep 2019

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been rushing out to the garden every time I get home to see if the water lily has bloomed…

it has opened up quite a bit… weather has been cool which doesn’t help… not sure if it is finished or not…

and for whatever reason I haven’t been able to get good pictures… the yellow in the centre always turns fuzzy… weird…

fallen…

04 Wednesday Sep 2019

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I love taking pictures of raindrops on things… once the rain is over, lol…

it is very funny because I don’t like rain… but I like what it does after it has fallen…

I was also realizing how green the lawn is as I walked up the street after all the rain we’ve received recently… reminded me of Courtenay, BC, where the grass was usually brown most of the summer but once the rainy season came, everything burst into amazing shades of green…

sparse…

03 Tuesday Sep 2019

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got some shots of flowers and birds in the garden…

sadly it seems that the flowers are getting a bit more sparse… temperatures are falling and the light is receding bit by bit…

also got a few photos of the chickadees as they were flitting back and forth to the feeder… they move so fast that I am always thrilled when I get a shot…

took these with my actual camera…

wondering when I need to bring in the Japanese Maple and the hibiscus… if I wait too long they get rather grumpy and lose all their leaves, lol…

magic…

02 Monday Sep 2019

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yesterday my grandson came over…

he cleaned the pump in the pond, but for some reason it wouldn’t start up… will have to get my son-in-law over to see if his magic fingers can get it going…

we went to Za Pizza Bistro for supper with some out-of-town family… first time I’ve been there and it was delicious… I was able to have a white sauce on mine, which I really enjoy, and the crust was thin and crispy… it was great fun choosing the exact toppings I wanted…

before it got dark he headed home on his bike…

I really enjoy spending time with him…

posed…

01 Sunday Sep 2019

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walked over to get a trim at Ultracuts after the rain stopped yesterday… came out very nice…

on my walk back home I came across a group of bikers at the gas station… made me giggle to see one person checking out their cell phone as they waited for others to get gas…

I asked if I might take his photo and he said yes and posed, lol… then I asked if he would go back to looking at his phone, because that was the shot I wanted…