19 Saturday Jun 2021
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, clematis, flowers, garden, memories, moments, nature, wall, widow
the clematis seems happy in its spot on the wall along the driveway…
it is showing new growth and is getting bigger each year…
I’ve just read about a way to help it grow even quicker by laying a portion of it down and putting soil over it… think I will give that a try in the fall…
for now, I am making sure to go out and visit it each day;-)…
15 Tuesday Jun 2021
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, garden, memories, moments, nature, overlooking, pond, privilege, widow
as I sit in the garden, overlooking the beautiful sanctuary that it is, I’ve been thinking of my privilege…
I have a safe home, food to eat, and a glorious space to enjoy every day…
this is due in large part to my beloved… he worked for years to make our home comfortable and to put money aside for our retirement… and he never got to see that…
all that allows me to stay home and enjoy life is due to his work, and yes, his death, which has paved the way for my time sitting in the garden…
he worked hard to make it a sanctuary for us and I often think of him mowing the grass or pulling weeds… or cleaning the garage, lol…
I truly am blessed beyond measure…
08 Tuesday Jun 2021
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, goldfish, memories, moments, nature, open, pictures, poppies, widow
woke up to twelve open poppies yesterday…
was quite surprised as they usually open one or two at a time…
they look lovely, particularly with the reflection in the pond…
the goldfish add to the pretty orange colours, lol…
can’t stop taking photos of them…
04 Friday Jun 2021
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the bar on the inside of the shower fell off… as in broke;-(…
it looks like I will have to find a piece to go onto the end of one side…
the doors were put in in 2009, so I am worried as to whether we will be able to find this piece, but I use this bar all the time…
wish me luck…
04 Friday Jun 2021
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, memories, moments, nature, open, poppies, surprise, widow
two days ago the poppies were looking excellent, and fairly close to opening…
often they will open one or two at a time which is great, because their season is very short…
this morning I looked out after the storm and spotted these beauties…
what a delightful treat;-)…
27 Thursday May 2021
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, garden, hazard, landscaping, lifted, moments, nature, path, soil, stepping stones, widow, work
walked around and reviewed the work that needs to happen on the weekend…
soil will be delivered… all of the stepping stones are going to be lifted and soil and grass seed put in their place…
in the side garden, the wooden path will be removed and the stepping stones that were taken up in the main area will be used to replace the wooden path…
this will be a bit sad as my beloved laid all of these paths but it is time to change it up… right now many of the spots are tripping hazards as they have sunk a lot…
any leftover soil will go into the various beds and pots around the space… hoping that the two yards of soil is just the correct amount…
24 Monday May 2021
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, decks, garden, grandson, grass, lattice, lunch, moments, plants, pond, repairs, safety, trees, trim, waterfall, widow
spent the entire day in the garden… nice to enjoy the warmth and sun…
my grandson came over and a contractor friend of his arrived to do some work on the decks… we had arranged the appointment before the newest regulations were out… I was very happy that he wore his mask the whole time he was here…
he fixed a piece of the decking beside the hot tub, which was falling apart… then he tacked up loose boards under the main deck and finally he repaired a loose piece under the gate pergola which is going to make opening the hot tub much easier…
then the two of them made sure that all the lattice along the garage was in the proper spot… it was quite a process and looks so much better now…
after lunch our contractor friend left and my grandson cleaned the pump in the pond, mowed the grass, trimmed up some cedars, and dug out a bunch of flower pots from the shed…
after he left, I moved and rearranged pots, and planted a few items which can go in and out of the garage until the weather warms up…
I am truly blessed…
24 Saturday Apr 2021
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prepared the last five solar lights that my grandson had picked up for me…
I’ve put them all into a flower pot until the weather settles down and the ground is frost-free… at which point they can go into various areas of the garden…
the cap on one wasn’t closed and it took me a while to figure out how to fasten it… once I had it fixed, I went and found one that had seemed to have a similar problem from the first batch I received…
unfortunately, that one didn’t work, but I dug out some duct tape and got it connected…
duct tape was one of my beloved’s favourite things;-)…
27 Saturday Mar 2021
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, clamp, garage, garden, memories, mistake, moments, morning glories, obelisk, weather, widow
well, it took most of the day, but I got the obelisk put together;-)…
started first thing in the morning… put a couple of layers together and then made a mistake and couldn’t remove a pipe that was stuck… left it and kept thinking about it… was really missing my beloved… he had the strongest hands and that was what I needed…
eventually I remembered the clamp that is attached to the workbench in the garage…
after using cloth, the clamp and pliers, I was able to separate two of the pieces… finally was able to add a piece upside down and connect the remaining pieces together…
looks great;-)… hoping for a few warmer days so I can set it into the pot on the deck… the morning glories are going to look great on it…
way to go me…
23 Tuesday Mar 2021
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, garden, hot tub, measuring, measuring tape, memories, moments, tape, weather, widow
on Saturday, I spent the majority of the day outside…
did a bit of garden planning… had to bring out one of my beloved’s measuring tapes to do some checking of sizes of planters…
he had many, many measuring tapes… I have given a number of them away, but there are still a few around the house and in the garage…
put out a lounger, swept part of the back deck, topped up the hot tub and sat in the sun and read…
lovely way to spend time…
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