things…

28 Monday Jul 2025

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the lawn didn’t get mowed last Sunday because the grass hadn’t grown much, and this Sunday because it rained most of the day…

my friends were coming over this afternoon so I decided to mow and whipper snip the garden… I waited until just before noon to give it more time to dry out…

moved a chair and some tables and then figured out how to get the mower going (been a while since I used it)… there are many things in the garden so it takes a bit of effort to get around them, even though it is a small space…

once that was done I pulled down the whipper snipper, found the battery, attached it, and went around all the edges… apparently, at some point I should have tapped it on the ground to extend the line that does the cutting…

I was rather pleased with the result, and then put the furniture back…

just before I brought out the cushions, it started to rain😣…

so we met in the house, lol…

disappointed…

27 Sunday Jul 2025

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I was disappointed today… plans had been made for weeks to have my middle grandson come and help the oldest prep and lay new carpet on the front steps…

I was up at 7:30… it was overcast, but not wet, and I took some nice photos of various morning glories…

then, it rained (which we needed) for most of the day… didn’t stop until around three… that of course destroyed all of the morning glory flowers🥺…

made me sad as I was looking forward to this project getting finished… it had already been delayed once and we’ve had the carpet and glue all ready for ages…

now we will have to wait for another opportunity to make the carpeting happen, sigh…

sprint…

26 Saturday Jul 2025

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had a lovely time on this warm day…

started with an early morning F1 sprint race… it was too funny, because I slept in till seven which is quite unusual and the race started at 4:30, but I had PVRed it, lol…

I was outside for a good portion of the day and enjoyed the fish and morning glories…

later in the afternoon I watched diving, including some outdoors from twenty metres… yikes…

it is so high that they enter the water feet-first with their arms at their sides…

I do enjoy watching various sports;-)…

designed…

25 Friday Jul 2025

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spent time with old photos today as I was searching for some particular pictures…

a neighbour was having a party and had signs on the lawn which made me think of the business we had for a number of years…

we designed and produced (well my beloved did the making, lol) different signs and words and snuck into yards to set them up for special occasions…

it was fun and at the time no one else was doing that…

going through photos to find a few of the ones we’d set up was enjoyable and a reminder of some amazing times in our lives;-)… some of those albums were kind of dusty…

mango…

24 Thursday Jul 2025

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had fun in the Tropical Biome today checking on all the fruit…

saw cacao pods just beginning to grow…

also spotted jackfruit, star fruit, two bunches of bananas, and many breadfruit…

also spotted flowers on the mango, but a gardener advised the tree is too young to produce fruit, so likely they will die off…

I learn something new every time I am in the space;-)…

ragged…

23 Wednesday Jul 2025

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it is interesting how some days the flowers put on a show and other days they look ragged and very sad…

today the pansies next to the house were very happy…

just a few days ago I was thinking they were completely done…

only one morning glory was open, but it was lovely…

still waiting for the mandevilla and hibiscus to bloom;-)…

lots to look forward to…

beans…

22 Tuesday Jul 2025

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made it to the Wolseley Farmers Market today…

on the walk from the car to the market, spotted this sweet bumblebee on some purple flowers;-)…

I was so happy to find little cucumbers and green beans… and we got some lamb chops and bacon…

as soon as we arrived home I prepared half of the beans and then cooked and ate them…

my housemate was happy for me to have them all, lol…

what a treat…

carpet…

21 Monday Jul 2025

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this morning a memory came up reminding me that on this day thirteen years ago, I came home following a dual surgery just a few days before… as always, drugs were more trouble than they were useful for me… I had stopped taking everything the day following the surgery as pain is easier to deal with than the side effects of most drugs…

a friend had come and replaced the carpet on the front steps while I was in the hospital…

over the years it had taken a beating and just recently we removed that carpet…

it looks rather dreadful at the moment, but this coming weekend the plan is to install new carpeting so it looks good again…

can hardly wait, lol…

smoky…

20 Sunday Jul 2025

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another smoky day here…

all the windows were closed overnight and all of today… I miss the fresh air…

was only outside for a few minutes this morning to check on the morning glories;-)…

rest of the day was in front of the tv, lol… athletics, gymnastics, and binge watching shows…

interruptions…

19 Saturday Jul 2025

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a delightful day in the garden… the weather was perfect… sunny, but not too hot…

I moved around the garden, following the shade and reading my book;-)…

although, there were constant interruptions as sparrows, squirrels, and bunnies kept me looking up from my reading…

the sparrows have dug holes in the spaces between the stepping stones along the edge of the pond… two or three of them are at least an inch or so deep… the birds really enjoy dust baths…

one squirrel spent ages trying to figure out how to get to the seeds in the squirrel-proof feeder…

happily it never figured it out…

not sure if there were one or two bunnies, lol… one spent quite some time under the bird feeder amongst the iris leaves scoffing down any fallen seeds…

and maybe the same one, or another, having a nap in the grass…

lovely to have so much activity in the space…