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clusters…

23 Sunday Jun 2019

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it has been over seven years since my beloved left us…

I still have difficult days… they often come in clusters and I’m in the midst of one right now…

today, when I was grocery shopping, orchids were on sale… so as a lovely reminder of my beloved I picked up two…

two purple orchids on living room coffee tableorchids

they do make me smile when I think of all the ones he brought home for me over the years…

he would have enjoyed the orchid farm on Maui…

I miss him so much…

huge…

22 Saturday Jun 2019

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yesterday I was enjoying the poppies in the English Garden… they were huge…

reminded me of some others I’ve seen recently…

… one of the blossoms as it was opening in our garden…

… a photo that my daughter sent me from Ottawa as she was taking a walk…

… the giant poppies at the Park…

… then there is the postcard I received in the mail…

… and finally, a shot of the sunlight shining on one of only four blooms this year…

my beloved and I have always loved poppies and seeing them makes me remember him and fun times in the garden…

cup…

16 Sunday Jun 2019

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this morning I had a cup of my favourite tea with a bowl of red curry lentils and rice… not my usual breakfast…

yesterday I made the curry as a gift, and kept a tiny portion for me… and apparently was craving it…

we had ribs and potato salad for supper… delicious… always love the first potato salad of the year;-)…

so happy about the tea… great to have a full box… it makes it even more special and I enjoyed every sip…

also got the waterfall running, and the fish are in the pond…

my grandson and I are planning to pick up some new goldfish in the next few weeks as we are down to three… it will be nice to have a small school, lol… hopefully the big ones won’t eat the new little ones…

chimney…

14 Friday Jun 2019

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today the chimney came down…

just before Christmas I had planned to get a chimney sweep out to make sure it was safe to use the fireplace as I hadn’t used it since my beloved died… decided to wait until the weather was more conducive to someone climbing up onto the roof…

I finally made an appointment a few weeks ago for someone to come out to inspect and clean it… they looked at the fireplace and said we needed to go outside so I could see why they weren’t going to clean it…

they explained that the chimney had rusted out and would either need to be replaced or removed…

in the end I chose removal as the cost of a new chimney was prohibitive for the amount the fireplace is used…

this morning they came and took it down…

apparently the chimneys of this era rusted from the inside and out… my beloved would have realized that the rust on the outside of the chimney was a sign that it needed to be checked… I was just lucky that I didn’t start a fire…

now that it is capped there won’t be any drafts, lol…

maybe in the Fall I will have Ye Olde Soot Sweepers out to show me options for changing it to gas… will have to see…

climbing…

13 Thursday Jun 2019

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the clematis is growing beautifully…

I’ve been taking photos when I leave the garage to record how quickly it is climbing…

these ones started on June 5th… they go clockwise and end yesterday when I saw the two buds getting ready to bloom…

the plant is much fuller than last year… my beloved and I planted this one…

memories…

warning…

12 Wednesday Jun 2019

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I cannot believe it…

June 11 and all of the flowers had to be covered because there was a frost warning…

sigh…

good thing there was a bag full of old sheets in the garage… and that I knew exactly where they were, lol…

not sure the temperature fell below zero, but glad I protected them…

spent some time this morning removing the sheets and hanging the baskets back up… they were a little sad to have been covered up, but they were all alive, lol…

theme…

09 Sunday Jun 2019

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had some fun in the garden on Saturday… the forecast was for thunderstorms and rain during the day so I got out early to plant the purchases from the day before…

trying to stick to the purple and white theme although the dahlia might be a bit on the pink side;-)…

three pots planted, a few baskets hung, the tomato and mandevilla placed… also brought out the hibiscus…

still need to bring out the Japanese Maple, but going to wait just a bit longer so it doesn’t struggle with the move…

it is looking pretty good… now just waiting to get that back flowerbed cleaned up…

missing my beloved as I work away in the yard…

maintenance…

22 Wednesday May 2019

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been thinking about what to plant in the garden this year…

wondering about doing something a bit different… maybe only choose three or four types of plants and using them in multiples…

have someone coming over to see if they might help me with the maintenance of the garden… excited to see how that turns out…

specialties…

15 Wednesday May 2019

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today we had chicken soup for lunch…

I made it last night and it took most of the evening… my chicken soup has potatoes, carrots, corn and peas… it also has barley in it… George loved barley in soup and so I always use it… I find that noodles can get mushy but the barley stands up to any reheating…

for supper I made a fried egg sandwich… one of my beloved’s specialties…

I imagined how it would taste, but it didn’t turn out quite as planned… was okay, lol…

nice memories…

apparent…

09 Thursday May 2019

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I’ve been thinking of people who I know who are in the midst of difficult times…

sometimes it weighs heavy…

I’ve also been thinking of my beloved… as always the grief comes for no apparent reason… looking forward to getting to the other side…

this is the view from our bench at the Park… was happy to spend a few minutes there last week…