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chaotic…

15 Wednesday Oct 2025

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had a delightful Thanksgiving…

company arrived and we visited for a few minutes before sitting down to a delicious meal… I even got a lovely gift…

two cute little pumpkins that lit up and moved right over to join the Halloween collection amongst the plants…

a last few chaotic minutes in the kitchen and then dinner…

roast chicken, stuffing, potatoes with cauliflower mashed in, turnip, peas and carrots, gravy and homemade cranberry sauce… everything came out great and the meal was filled with lots of conversation…

we even got a photo with everyone in it… happy for people with long arms, lol…

a lovely evening;-)…

platter…

14 Tuesday Oct 2025

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had fun preparing the table for Thanksgiving dinner…

planning on more company than I’ve had in years, so it made me happy to search out different plates and bowls to put the food on, and in…

from a platter and covered bowl from a dear family friend, to a gifted tray, special pottery pieces my beloved and I had purchased over the years, to a tiny handmade purple bowl, to a very old salt and pepper set that was my grandmother’s…

all set on a thanksgiving tablecloth with leaf napkins…

spider…

13 Monday Oct 2025

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I was a bit shocked when looking at the photographs that I’d taken this morning…

I had taken a few nice pictures of one of the fancy begonias that had come in from outside, which had surprised me with a lovely flower…

and when looking at the picture of the flower, I discovered a spider, yikes…

wonder if it is still there😱…

time…

10 Friday Oct 2025

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well, it took lots more time, and water, to get the houseplants watered Wednesday morning, lol…

seems there are a great many of them;-)…

I’ve had to rearrange some of the ones that are now in the window so that I still have a good view of the bird feeders…

especially these days as the birds prepare for migration and are very busy getting their meals…

hunt…

08 Wednesday Oct 2025

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recently I went through the Halloween and Thanksgiving boxes…

I went on the hunt for pumpkins for Thanksgiving and ended up putting out those as well as Halloween goodies;-)…

pumpkins, witches, ghosts, and spiders, lol…

glad to have set things out as I haven’t done that for a few years…

tempted…

07 Tuesday Oct 2025

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I have been so tempted to take the scissors to my hair for the last few days as I tried to find time for a haircut…

today I managed to fit the time in…

felt so much lighter after the cut…

the hairdresser took quite a bit off, so I shouldn’t have that urge for ages, lol…

on my way home I spotted this happy camper, even if they were stuck in the grass;-)…

thriving…

06 Monday Oct 2025

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yesterday, as I was reorganizing the plants that have come in from outside, my housemate helped me with the monstera plant…

he brought it with him when he moved into the basement and had it down there for a while, but had to move it to the main floor as it wasn’t thriving…

It isn’t my favourite plant, but when all the plants were being moved around, we trimmed it and attached it to a pole and it looks much better…

in the same corner, I put one of the ferns that had been in the garden and was much happier than when it went outside… hope it continues to thrive there;-)…

lantana…

05 Sunday Oct 2025

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began the process of bringing in the plants for the winter…

I have my usual ones, the mandevilla, hibiscus, lemon tree, and Japanese Maple…

I am also bringing in some additions… the new purple hibiscus, bacopa, a couple of begonias, silver falls, a dahlia, and lantana… we’ll see how they do, and where I am going to put them…

then there are the small Japanese maple and sapling that my housemate plans to make into bonsai, lol…

I have tried a setup in the window and will see how I like it;-)…

still have to find places for a few more;-)…

tight…

03 Friday Oct 2025

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climbed into the pond twice on Wednesday…

the leaves have been falling and clogging up the pump every few days…

this is getting to be a pain so I spent the first time cleaning out the filter and pulling up leaves from the bottom…

the second time I cut back all the reeds to be sure the sun could get to the new bud, hoping that the weather cooperates so it can open… I also hoped it would help make the netting easier to cover the pond…

last year we put down green netting over the pond to try to catch the leaves, but it looked terrible and I took it off…

this year we have a new plan… we got black netting and pulled it tight over the pond covering everything from the waterfall to the furthest edges of the pond…

it is really hard to see the netting except around the edges where it is doubled up and it was already catching the never-ending falling leaves….