perfume…

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last night I walked home after having my hair cut, and purposely took a path that would take me by a number of lilac bushes…

I was able to stop at each one and take photos and enjoy the beautiful scent…

tonight when I drove the same path, with all the windows open, the perfume was so delicious… the wind must have been blowing in just the right direction… what a treat…

unfortunately I wasn’t able to bring any home… but I have pictures;-)…

lobelia…

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fun in the garden…

finally got around to planting the lobelia and alyssum… the weather may have turned the corner, although it was something like 4 degrees when I got up…

decided to plant in clumps, so all lobelia in some planters and just alyssum in others…

looking forward to watching them grow and seeing how they look…

hose…

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out and about in the sunshine for a good portion of the day yesterday…

ran a few errands, grocery shopped, got the lawn mowed… and had a wonderful steak dinner…

trying a different method of running the water in the pond… currently I need to top it up every few days so I’ve only been turning it on when I am home and in the garden… hoping that this new system will show us if the water is evaporating or leaking through the hose…

leaps…

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things are really growing in the garden…

and I don’t just mean the dandelions and grass, sigh…

the ferns are growing by leaps and bounds…

the lily of the valley are starting to bloom… they smell lovely, but they don’t like to stay in one spot… if I was starting a garden I would only put them in a place where they are surrounded by concrete…

and the clematis is happily climbing up the trellis…

siding…

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lots of activity next door…

a few days ago a number of lower branches from the evergreen had been removed and left in the front yard…

last night when I arrived home they were starting to remove some siding… it was noisy and dusty, but so hot out that I had to leave the window open…

today when I drove into the driveway I had to maneuver past two wheelbarrows to get into the garage…

they have been removing siding all afternoon… happy I am not on holiday, lol…

lawn…

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yesterday morning, when I was leaving for work I spotted two bunnies in the grass on the front lawn, but never took any pictures…

I did spend a few minutes sitting and watching them…

I am so blessed in so many ways, and the ability to sit still for a few moments and enjoy a bit of nature is one of them…

this morning another one was in the grass… got a few pics…

do ignore the dandelion filled lawn… it should be getting trimmed on Sunday;-)…

I hear that the bees are really happy to have the flowers from which to gather pollen…

I’m all there for the bees;-)…

protectors…

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this morning I turned the furnace off as the weather has really improved…

this was the view out the front door a few minutes ago…

and this was the view out the back… so happy that it is warm enough to have the screen open…

l really love the screen protectors… haven’t walked through the screen even once, lol…

swimming…

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as I was walking home last night I stopped by the creek and watched the mallard couple for quite a while…

they were swimming up and down the creek calmly…

was so busy enjoying the moment that I didn’t take any photos…

but I have this one from last week, when a mallard popped out of the water at the Duck Pond…

cute, eh…