18 Tuesday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, cool, cushions, garden, July, moments, nature, rain, vest, weather, widow
it was chilly on Saturday morning so I had on a vest and put my Assiniboine Park Conservancy blanket over my legs…
it is mid July;-(…
a few times later in the day, I had to put away all the cushions because it rained for short periods of time, lol…
and I kept that vest on all day…
17 Monday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, changes, fish, garden, goldfish, iteration, leaks, memories, moments, nature, planting, plants, pond, remembering, rocks, Technology, ten, time, water lilies, waterfall, widow
the current iteration of the pond is ten years old…
hard to believe that much time has passed…
this is how it looked just as it was completed…
after it was finished, they had to come back and deal with leaking and runoff…nearly all of the plants have changed over time, lol… and I have changed the slate around the edge of the pond for large river rocks…
it still loses water when the waterfall is running and this year I have left if off for a good portion of the time… I also think the fish are out and about more when it isn’t running, lol… I do have a bubbler going all the time…
this year the water lilies are extremely happy… they continue to produce blooms daily, it is both amazing and delightful…
today, I turned the waterfall on and realized that I’d been missing it, and how well it dilutes other sounds in the neighbourhood…
16 Sunday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, birthday gift, blessed, construction, flower subscription, flowers, Kenaston, moments, nature, Sweet Petals Farm, traffic, widow
Thursday I picked up the second flower bouquet from my Sweet Petals Farm subscription…
it is at the same place where I went last year…
unfortunately, it involves Kenaston Avenue, yikes… the construction that is going on will likely take place all summer, so I need to find the best method of getting there and back without being stuck in a very long parking lot…
most recently, I crossed Kenaston and travelled along Corydon to Moray and that worked well…
I think that will be the route for the next while…
15 Saturday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, family, food, grandson, grilled cheese, learning, moments, raspberries, Technology, treat, waffle maker, waffles, widow
on Thursday we made waffles…
we had to get milk, raspberries, and whipping cream… although, not being clear, I was presented with a can of already whipped cream, lol… we chose raspberries instead of strawberries, as they are both of our favourites…
the recipe calls for separating the eggs, beating them, and folding the whites in at the end…
the most complicated piece was figuring out which bowls to use…
they came out great and we even froze a few to try reheating in the toaster…
next up will be grilled cheese;-)…
14 Friday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, boiled, food, fresh, garden, happy, mango, moments, nature, shopping, summer, Tea, veggies, widow, Wolseley Farmers Market
my friend picked me up Tuesday and we went to Wolseley Farmers Market… first time this season…
so happy… fresh veggies…
also picked up a new mango tea to try…
cooked the potatoes and put them in the fridge to cool… popped country style spareribs into the oven and then boiled green and yellow beans, with snap peas… mixed in the potatoes and added butter… yum…
the first veggies of the season always taste so delicious 🤤…
13 Thursday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, bunny, chewed, connect, dig, family, garden, irrigation, irrigation system, moments, nature, oops, plants, rubber, teeth, tubes, water, widow, working
been trying to figure out why the irrigation system hadn’t been working properly…
no matter what I tried it kept sending water over the waterfall and nearly into the cushions on my chair…
we discovered that some of the smaller rubber tubes had been cut… possibly by bunny teeth;-)…
we were able to fix a few, but needed more tubing…
went to Lee Valley and picked up another of the systems so that it can also water the vegetable garden…
laid the main hose out in the sun to soften the curves and then stretched it out to see if it would go where I wanted it… looked like it would work fine…
we attached the new unit to the end of the main line so that it could send water to either the garden beds or the veggie section…
then the main hose was dug into the ground between the connection point and the veggie garden…
the hose was run along the back of the planters, holes were punched into it, the watering heads were added to each of the pots… another hole was made leading to the file cabinet planter and then the last bits were added…
it works perfectly and I am absolutely thrilled with the outcome;-)…
hmmm, wonder if we can figure out how to deal with the pots around the deck and in the centre of the garden🤪…
12 Wednesday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, brush, butternut squash, cucumber, drafting, flowers, food, garden, moments, nature, pollen, sun, weather, widow
been spending a bit of time each morning in the veggie patch (aka the side garden)…
the tomatoes have been doing well and there are now pea pods beginning to fill out, flowers on the beans, a few new cucumbers starting and, just maybe a squash…
there have been many squash flowers, but they have mostly been male… I have been trying to pollinate the female flowers in hopes of getting at least one squash…
one batch of cucumbers haven’t put out even the start of a cucumber, so I have been brushing them with a drafting brush that was my beloved’s in the hope that some might get pollinated and produce fruit…
think I will try to plant another few beans and see if they have enough time to produce;-)…
11 Tuesday Jul 2023
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air conditioner, big girl pants, blessed, cleaned, family, garden, gate, growing, handier, moments, nature, trim, virginia creeper, widow
we got a few of the projects off the list on Saturday…
the Virginia creeper had a haircut, thankfully, as when our neighbour came through the gate with his little guy, he had to duck under it, lol…
looks much tidier now…
we cleaned out the area around the air conditioner and attached the hose connectors on the side of the gate…
I think it is going to be much handier in the new spot…
10 Monday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, cottage, fireflies, moments, nature, night, shooting stars, sky, stars, Technology, trees, weather, widow
as I was sitting in the hot tub on Saturday night and watching the few stars that I am able to see from there, I was reminded of a Saturday night we spent at the lake…
we went out, with blankets and warm clothes, and laid on the couch on the cliff deck and watched the stars through the tree canopy…
it was a beautiful night with few bugs and the sky was spectacular…
we saw satellites, constellations, and shooting stars… even some fireflies;-)…
and I even got a few photos with my iPhone…
09 Sunday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, cupcakes, food, friend, friends, garden, High Tea Bakery, home, moments, pond, sharing, time, treat, walk, weather, widow
enjoyed the sun in the garden on Saturday and had a visitor who brought cupcakes from High Tea Bakery…
we shared two of them and they were very tasty…
really, there is nothing better than spending time in the garden with a good friend;-)…
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