10 Saturday Jul 2021
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quite a while ago I started grape tomatoes from a few wrinkled sad looking ones from the grocery store that hadn’t gotten eaten…
they were slow to grow, but I was hopeful…
I also started a couple of seeds from a full sized tomato I had…
unfortunately, I didn’t pay attention to which was which, lol…
I planted them in my new garden planter boxes and they have slowly been getting bigger… some have had blossoms…
recently, I saw the first little tomato starting…
looking forward to a lovely snack…
09 Friday Jul 2021
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my neighbours have been building these beautiful raised garden beds in their yard…
I got a text asking if they could use some old wood that was alongside my garage…
we met outside and he showed me what he was hoping they could use… old bits of logs that I didn’t even know where there, lol…
I was happy for them to take them and use them in the bottom of the planters…
not long after I sent a message asking if they would like cardboard for the very bottom and he said sure…
I was thrilled to get rid of a number of boxes which had been waiting to be broken down to go into the recycling bin…
made us both happy…
06 Tuesday Jul 2021
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for my birthday I received an egg carton with four little eggs of wildflower seeds to plant…
I started two in a pot I had and they are starting to bloom;-)…
no idea what any of them are, but these are lovely little cuties… I’ve also got some sweet little bachelor buttons…
wonder what else will flower;-)…
04 Sunday Jul 2021
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I spent a lovely and quiet hour sitting right next to the pond this morning…
I had planned to turn the waterfall on as soon as I got into the garden, but decided to sit close to the pond and watch the fish…
yesterday, when I was in the pond cleaning it up, I spotted a baby swimming by… they move really quickly, so I only saw it for a moment…
my goal this morning was to check for any others that might be there…
and I spotted two… maybe the whitish one I saw yesterday and an actual gold one… they are much harder to spot in the pond as they look black… of course I didn’t get any pictures, lol…
great excitement and I will keep watch for more;-)…
sure miss the water hyacinth as its roots were a wonderful safe hiding place for babies as they started their journey as the goldfish eat them when they are very small…
03 Saturday Jul 2021
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big girl pants, birthday, blessed, chair, family, family time, garden, grass, moments, nature, pond, treat, weather, widow
had a great day in the garden… started with watering the grass and plants, and getting all the cushions out… then time in the pond cleaning the pump out and tidying some water grasses…
finally sat and enjoyed the space…
this was the special chair…
in the morning a friend came over for a visit… it was her birthday and we had a lovely visit… a few presents, some tasty snacks, and a great wander around the garden…
a short time later my sister-in-law and nephew came by with lunch… can’t think how long it has been since I’ve seen her… she had flown in for the weekend so it was a real treat to spend time with them…
great way to spend a Saturday;-)…
02 Friday Jul 2021
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the butterfly bushes are so close to opening, although it feels like they are teasing me…
when I come out in the morning, I think, today’s the day…
but no…
finally, they are starting to bloom, although still not completely open;-)…
they are a stunning deep purple…
30 Wednesday Jun 2021
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bath, big girl pants, birds, blessed, chipping, garden, happy, moments, nature, pond, sparrow, widow
I’ve been watching a chipping sparrow for the last few days…
it keeps coming to the floating basket in the pond to have a drink and a bath… apparently it is just the right depth…
yesterday a house sparrow decided it wanted to drink from that particular spot…
the chipper wasn’t thrilled but they did share the space…
29 Tuesday Jun 2021
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the daisies have crossed the garden a number of times over the years…
this year there are none… this is very sad…
I noticed that there was a clump in the neighbour’s front yard… I think they travelled a bit farther than before…
I’m hoping they come back to the garden next year;-)…
28 Monday Jun 2021
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last fall I brought the fuchsia in to see if it would survive the winter in the house…
it did, but looked rather scraggly when it came back outside, so I wasn’t sure if it would flower again…
and look what I spotted…
beautiful flowers opening… tough little devil…
was rather pleased that it made it;-)…
27 Sunday Jun 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, book, flowers, garden, moments, moving, nature, pond, purple, retirement, shade, sun, widow
I’ve spent most of the last week in the garden…
I have watered the grass and the plants and even done a bit of deadheading and weeding…
watched birds, bunnies, baby squirrels, and the goldfish…
and I have read at least one novel a day as I move around the garden to find shade…
retirement is quite a lovely thing;-)…
