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rafters…

04 Saturday Nov 2023

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we were back in the garage last weekend and spent an hour reorganizing…

we planned to spend another few hours to make enough space to get the car inside, particularly as we have tons of snow already…

we did spend another focussed time in the space… this time all of the stuff that was in the rafters came down to be sorted…

there is a ton of wood and other items on the floor now, in various piles… for garbage, giveaway, and a small pile to keep… but the space above is cleared out and ready for whatever needs to go back up there…

no room for the car just yet…

working…

14 Sunday May 2023

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Friday was a great day in the garden…

first time this year I took the time to put out all the cushions… and then Hilda the Gardener arrived and began cleaning up the space… yay…

while she was working away, I climbed into the pond to reset the second pump and cover the cords…

next I brought out the water lilies from the tanks in the house and set them in the pond…

finally I caught and put three goldfish into the pond to see how they fared… maybe next week the rest will move out of the condo…

all in all a great day…

pail…

02 Saturday Apr 2022

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I’ve been careful to hold this pail on the bottom as well as with the handle because I’ve wondered how long it will hold… I use it to add water to the fish tanks when they are a bit low…

today I got the answer…

this morning, I was on my third trip and just as I went to pour it into the big tank, it snapped and water went everywhere…

what a mess… drapes, wine bottles, tiles, front of drawers, the floor… everything was soaked… and one of the tiles broke… I am going to have to see if there is one left in the garage that size…

so, everything that could be moved was, the water was sopped up and the space was left to dry… tomorrow I will put everything back…

guess I will be looking for a new pail, lol…

locations…

21 Friday May 2021

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since most of the plants have moved outside, and not necessarily into the garden, lol (as in, they are currently residing in the garage) I’ve been working away in the living and dining rooms for the last few days to clean up…

I actually found the countertop in the dining room… all of the plastic bags which were under the planters moved to the table so there still is that… the window ledges are all clean and tidy… although there might still be a bit of dirt that needs to be swept up…

tomorrow it is on to the dining room table;-)…

in the living room I moved the table in the window back to the den and reorganized the orchids…

the table is now home to my favourite bowl – a fused glass and rock piece from the East Coast – which my BS buddies gave me as a birthday gift a while back…

I am hopeful that the orchids will enjoy their new locations...

deciduous…

28 Monday Sep 2020

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it was dull, cool and windy yesterday with a few sprinkles of rain…

I made soup… seemed like a good thing to do on what sure felt like a fall day…

as I went up and down working on it I took some photos of the garden…

hard to tell from these pictures that I don’t have any deciduous trees in my yard, lol…

cleaning up the leaves with the lawnmower isn’t that big a problem, but getting them out of the pond takes quite a while;-(…

looks like I won’t be working on that until Thursday when the weather might be a bit better…

be thankful…

09 Sunday Oct 2016

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wanted to write a thanksgiving message for Facebook and it took up a good portion of the morning to get it just the way I wanted…

put the turkey in the oven and then ran out for a few final groceries… relaxed and read as a few items cooked ahead of time…

kids arrived and we had dinner a bit early as my son-in-law had to leave for work around six…

the boys all helped with clean-up before we had pumpkin and coconut cream pies….

so great to have everything done by the time everyone leaves…

one went off to work and the rest of us headed over to the Park to collect poke balls…

just before we left, middle guy and I took a selfie…

he dressed up with a white shirt and tie for dinner…

at the Park we walked through the Leo Mol Garden gathering poke balls and took this pic of “our bench“…

then a few of us walked around the Formal Gardens while others drove/parked and waited…

beautiful sky… 

great way to end a lovely thanksgiving…