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planting…

01 Sunday Jun 2014

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very full day… started planting after I had a lovely cup of tea in the garden…

kids came over and we went to Rona and bought an electric battery operated lawn mower… stopped and bought more plants and when we got home we continued filling planters and pots…

once the battery was charged Jeff mowed the very long grass and gave me a lesson so I could do it myself if I had to, which was the whole point of getting it…

20140601-210659-76019015.jpgdidn’t think to take a picture of it when it was all new and clean, lol…

20140601-211054-76254808.jpga lovely vignette by the back door with hibiscus, dahlia, tomato and basil in some new purple pots…

pots were planted, feeder fixed, shelf built, pond cleaned and pump working, water barrel levelled and then we enjoyed barbecued steak with potatoes, mushrooms, asparagus and Caesar salad…

shortly after supper everyone headed home and I wandered around the garden to enjoy all the work that we accomplished…

such great workers, my kids… great day…

20140601-212841-77321188.jpgGeorge would be proud…

surprise…

30 Friday May 2014

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this morning I got a wonderful surprise when my son-in-law sent me this picture…

20140530-215051-78651691.jpghe had come over and built this shelf for my cushions… I am very happy to be able to access them… they used to be on the other side of the garage, which worked fine because George always had the car out in the driveway so he could tinker in there… I, as it happens, don’t do tinkering, lol…

worked great tonight when I sat outside for a couple of hours… the waterfall is back on, although I am not thrilled with the water flow, but I will watch it for a few days to see if it improves…

was able to make it to a soccer game tonight and got this great shot of the sky…

20140530-220318-79398903.jpgwonderful Friday evening…

almost…

29 Thursday May 2014

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the uv filter is in, almost…

20140529-224335-81815313.jpgbut I can’t turn the waterfall on until tomorrow night to be sure the glue has time to dry…

20140529-224517-81917676.jpgvery quiet out there, lol… spent an hour reading on the deck and listening to birds and squirrels…

20140529-224725-82045533.jpgvery excited that two of the hydrangeas I moved at the end of last year are both sprouting leaves…

looking forward to many hours in the garden…

guests…

24 Saturday May 2014

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put out all the cushions this morning… it was hot and sunny…

20140524-211118-76278043.jpgthen I took out a cup of tea and enjoyed the peace in the garden…

lots of visitors… a gorgeous goldfinch…

20140524-211357-76437566.jpgsparrows, and a good-sized squirrel…

20140524-211434-76474307.jpglate this afternoon we had quite the thunderstorm… even now the clouds are pretty ominous looking…

20140524-211644-76604626.jpga few bright spots…

20140524-211722-76642855.jpglots of variety in the weather, lol…

exercise…

22 Thursday May 2014

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tonight I went to aquasize for the first time in ages…

was a bit worried whether I would make it through the class without becoming exhausted, but made it through no problem…

reminded me of yoga… just last week I was realizing how much better I have become… we did a pose that a year ago I was only able to hold for a few seconds and I can now do it as long as everyone else… sometimes you don’t realize how you are improving…

was great to spend some time with my friend as well… we are hoping to get back to a regular schedule when she is in the city…

happily we got to go out for pho after swimming… I was very happy about this as I hadn’t organized anything for my supper…

20140522-221924-80364632.jpgone of the great things about their pho is there are always leftovers for the next day…

hope I still feel great tomorrow, lol…

table…

21 Wednesday May 2014

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so I bought that coffee table a while ago… it is lovely…

there is one small problem… it is a bit shallow…

I’ve been searching the house for the box of shells… I saw it not two months ago and I went right to the spot where I was sure it was… but it wasn’t…

so far I have only filled up one quarter of the drawer, and it is looking good… I have many shells other than the ones in the box, lol…

20140521-214616-78376419.jpgunfortunately some of the nicest shells are too big to fit in it, lol… hoping that someday soon the box will jump out of it’s hiding place… and most of them will fit in the drawer…

fish…

20 Tuesday May 2014

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this is too silly for words, but I am feeling lonely in the house now that the fish have moved out to the pond…

I’ve been feeding them first thing in the morning and last thing at night and usually talked to them at that time…

last night and this morning I headed to the tank before realizing they weren’t there…

I checked on them when I headed out to work… they were under the bridge and weren’t moving very much… it was obviously quite chilly in the pond… but the good news was that none of them were floating, lol…

on my way in from work I wandered by the pond and found them swimming around very happily…

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maybe I’ll start chatting with the house plants…

snakes…

19 Monday May 2014

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well… today we drove to Narcisse to see the garter snake dens…

just to be clear… I am afraid of snakes, very afraid…

we spotted this crocus on the way in…

20140519-200210-72130909.jpgit was raining when we arrived and there were very few snakes and they weren’t moving much…

20140519-200300-72180667.jpgeveryone touched and/or held one… the boys had great fun…

20140519-200939-72579182.jpgthen I held one for just a couple of seconds… was rather proud of myself…

20140519-201032-72632987.jpgwe were lucky to get a couple of shots with the tongue out…

20140519-201245-72765205.jpgeventually the rain stopped and the snakes appeared to materialize out of nowhere and were writhing all over each other…

20140519-201558-72958973.jpgwhen we got home – without any snakes, although many in the vehicle thought we should bring one home – Jeff caught the fish and took them out to the pond…

20140519-201820-73100578.jpgI hope they are not frozen out there…

inside…

18 Sunday May 2014

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spent the day inside…

went grocery shopping this morning… ended up with so much that they had to use a second cart to put the last of the bags in…

once I got home it took a while to get everything put away… but eventually it all found a home…

had wanted to go out for a walk but it was quite cool so I had a nap instead…

spent a few minutes with a tiny friend and did some laundry…

for my dinner I barbecued a steak…

20140518-204127-74487579.jpgrarely do I barbecue but I’ve been craving a steak for a while, so I put on the big girl pants and did it myself… baked a potato, cooked up some mushrooms, and made a tomato/Bocochini/basil salad…

it was excellent…

put the car back into the garage just as it began to spit…

a quiet evening of tv and then early to bed…

dreaming…

16 Friday May 2014

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a couple of days this week I found myself behind cars with vanity plates…

made me giggle and think of George… he was always quick to figure out what they meant… I was always much slower to get them…

this week I got both of them right away…

last night I dreamt about George… this is unusual because I rarely remember dreams… I can’t even remember what the dream was about now…

very happy that it is the weekend as it has been a very full week and I need to do some serious resting…

started as soon as I got home…

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