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garden parties…

14 Monday Sep 2026

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started the garden parties with a visit to The Leaf…

after a private tour of the Biomes, with me as the tour guide, we had lunch at Gather…

we shared these…

I’d never had burrata before so was eager to taste it… it went nicely with the peaches and pistachios, but unfortunately, the peaches were under ripe… would likely have been delicious otherwise…

we had them put the blueberries on the side as neither of us really like them, lol, and I quite enjoyed this salad, which was different from what I had had on previous visits…

then it was outside to check out the Water Terrace and the Outdoor Gardens… had a lovely stroll and found monarch butterflies and happy bees everywhere…

had some fun picture taking… by this time it was getting rather hot, so we headed home…

next garden will be on Vancouver Island 😁…

Ivy…

12 Saturday Sep 2026

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got a new toy😊…

it is a mini printer (Ivy, by Canon) that connects to the phone and produces a cute little 2 by 3 photo sticker… what a clever idea my daughter had…

we’ve started a little journal and have chosen a few favourites each day…we print them, collaborate on the wording, and then she hand prints a little story for each photo…

my main job is to get the sticky paper off each one and place them in our little book, lol… and let me say, it takes work🤪…

what fun 🤩…

sparkles…

11 Friday Sep 2026

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my daughter arrived from Ottawa recently…

one of the things we try to do when we are together is get a pedicure, and I was able to arrange one the day after she arrived…

we went to a local spot and had fun while we were being pampered… I hardly twitched or giggled through the process… she was proud…

I chose purple for my colour and she chose orange… we may be a bit boring, as we almost always choose those colours 😊… but I did get sparkles on mine, thanks to her suggestion…

and now we have pretty toes…

rainfall…

05 Saturday Sep 2026

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got up early and went outside for a look at the lovely sky and my flowers…

the previous evening I’d noticed that one of the buds on a morning glory plant was getting ready to open…

I’ve been waiting for these ones as they are quite stunning but seem to take an extra long time to open…

sure enough it had opened to a beautiful flower… happily I took a few photos before going back inside and back to bed…

when I next got up it had just stopped raining so I went out to check on the bloom…

of course it was a little worse for wear after the rainfall…

so happy I went out early 😊…

exercises…

04 Friday Sep 2026

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it was a beautiful day, so I decided to do my exercises beside the pond…

when I rolled out the mat, the top end went into the water, so I had to wait for the mat to dry, lol…

what a treat to listen to the water falling and watch the sky and trees overhead while I went through the steps…

my housemate took a video, after I was done, of a few of each of the exercises…

2027…

03 Thursday Sep 2026

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I am so excited…

today I received a 2027 Chihuly calendar…

I have loved his work for many years and during a good portion of that time would have his calendar on my wall…

for the last few years I haven’t had one and have had a variety of bird ones…

I know I will enjoy this one when 2027 begins;-)…

catch…

01 Tuesday Sep 2026

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one of my favourite trees in the Mediterranean Biome is the magnolia…

it blooms fairly regularly and can have only one flower blooming at a time or as many as six, which I spotted earlier this summer…

today, it had one glorious bloom above a spent flower…

magnolias smell delicious, although our tree is too high up to be able to catch the scent…

met…

31 Monday Aug 2026

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I’m so happy with how the plants are growing on the new arch…

the scarlet runner beans have been flowering for a while, but the actual beans have only just begun to appear…

the morning glories have now met up with the scarlet runners at the top of the arch…

it looks so nice from everywhere in the garden 😊…

imagined…

26 Wednesday Aug 2026

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so I’ve been thinking about where to put the 100 books, lol…

my housemate had a bookshelf stored elsewhere and we arranged to have it delivered…

it fit in the spot I’d imagined perfectly 😊…

took a while to empty the boxes and bag, but I was so happy when it was done…

and, in the end, the 100 books fit exactly…

jigsaw…

25 Tuesday Aug 2026

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in the final process of replacing the stairs to the side garden, we discovered we needed a jigsaw…

so, of course, we had to go shopping for a new toy, lol…

in the end we found a reciprocating saw which would work for the current project and a variety of future projects…

and I thought it was much cuter than a boring old jigsaw…

we have learned to always buy the same brand as our other battery operated tools😀…

and now, the deck, stairs and rail project is completed… yay…