showing…

12 Friday Dec 2025

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it was very cold this morning 🥶…

it looked beautiful outside with everything covered in fresh snow…

I waited until around 10 to go out and blow the snow off the front steps and sidewalk so that it would be clear for the mail carrier…

today, I did not clear a path through the grass to the neighbours’ house… it was too cold;-(…

the sun was shining, but the wind kept blowing the snow back up at me, covering my leggings, my jacket, and my boots…

I was happy that I’d left my glasses in the house as my face also received a lot of blowing snow on it, lol…

I do believe that winter has arrived… even if it isn’t December 21st… feels like the sundogs are showing it;-)…

dawdle…

24 Friday Oct 2025

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went to The Park Cafe and met up with two friends…

we had a lovely breakfast and then a couple of us took a quick walk through the English and Leo Mol Gardens…

it was cool out so we didn’t dawdle… still a few beautiful colours out there…

then I walked across the bridge to where I’d parked the car…

miserable…

30 Tuesday Sep 2025

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what a lovely day… I’ve spent most of it in the garden…

I’ve been dealing with a miserable cold for the last three or four days… today it has finally started to improve so it has been quite enjoyable sitting outdoors…

there were a number of things on the calendar, but nothing got accomplished which is often the way it is… there is either nothing happening or a whole bunch of things all at once…

as I am beginning to come out of the fog of illness I am reminded of how truly blessed I am with good health…

here’s to the next few days of overcoming runny noses, coughs, and sore sides;-)…

preparation…

29 Thursday May 2025

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the pond was filled and running for just over a week in preparation for the fish…

recently I had to climb in to place the water lily and sort out a problem with the second pump which wasn’t working…

took a few tries, but eventually it got going…

the water temp was really cold and when I got out my legs were bright red, lol…

I also topped up the water as it continues to leak a bit…

arborist…

28 Wednesday May 2025

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had a surprise visit to The Leaf last week…

I was supposed to meet my adventure buddy for a walk around the English and Leo Mol Gardens… it was cold and windy and I may not have had the warmest clothes on, lol…

I walked over and found a tree trunk down across the path between the walking bridge and the entrance to the Gardens…

reported it to one of the gardeners who was working close to the entrance and they were going to notify the arborist…

once we met up, we decided to walk around The Leaf instead;-)… got the tickets online as we drove over and headed in…

it looked as though the gardeners had done a big pruning job and made a bit of space around the Tropical Biome… views of the water had been trimmed up nicely…

I often take photos of the same things, lol…

fun time, as always;-)…

impatiens…

22 Thursday May 2025

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drove out to Shelmerdine last Friday, to pick up a water lily for the pond, and may have picked up a few other items, lol…

I picked up two different impatiens plants which I am going to put into the pond;-)…

also found a beautiful spiral begonia…

I found a variety of morning glory seeds, as well as some for cucumbers and beans…

once home they went into the garage because the temperature was threatening to go to 0°C…

and then I moved all the plants waiting to be planted into the garage…

found a small pail and covered the tomato which had already been planted…

since then the plants have all been moved outside and are doing well;-)…

pansies…

17 Saturday May 2025

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did a bit of planting on Wednesday, on one of the warm and sunny days, lol…

added pansies to a section of the bathtub area as well as two pots on the stairs… included a bit of alyssum in the pots… looking forward to the scent as I walk up and down the steps…

the tomato went into one of the planter boxes in the side garden… I tried to get the calla into a floating container, but it didn’t want to cooperate so I left it for a bit, lol…

sliding…

15 Saturday Mar 2025

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the weather has been a bit crazy lately… it was warm and then it changed and has been cold and windy for the last while…

today I took some photos…

the snow on the driveway had melted a bit and after the wind today, it looks like glass all the way up… hoping the car will still be able to make it without sliding down…