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13 Thursday Oct 2022

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spent a good portion of Tuesday afternoon in the pond…

I removed the last of the water, by hand scooping, and then using the wet vac…

caught the last three small fish but only found two of the babies…

after that, I vacuumed up most of the leaves I could reach, and then covered the pond with a large tarp…

happy that it will catch the rest of the falling leaves and should make cleaning the pond in the spring much easier…

sadly, it doesn’t look exactly pretty, lol…

chickadees…

12 Wednesday Jan 2022

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spent time in the garden on a beautiful warm day… we’ve been under extreme cold warnings for what seems like forever… shovelled a path to the garbage can and back gate… also cleaned the area around the hot tub…

finally cleaned off a good portion of the upper deck so I can get to the bird feeder… it was difficult to get the snow and old seeds out of the feeder, but I managed…

and just a few minutes later the chickadees were back for fresh snacks…

that made me happy…

Venus…

07 Tuesday Dec 2021

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last night a friend called and suggested I check out the moon…

it was a sliver in the sky with a very bright Venus above it…

I dug out the tripod, which was deep in a closet, and headed to the front step… even though it was cold, I took a few minutes and got some good photos…

so happy to have received that call;-)…

nasturtiums…

19 Tuesday Oct 2021

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had a nice walk this morning although it was 4° Celsius and windy…

saw some nasturtiums and a very tall sunflower… apparently it was a yellow day, lol…

and these cute little ghosts flying in the wind..

quite a few Halloween decorations out there…

basil…

23 Sunday May 2021

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took a walk around the garden this afternoon to see how everything is doing in this rather chilly and wet weather…

over the winter the bunnies were nibbling on the lilac so I was worried as to whether it would survive… last week I saw a few bits of green on it and today it has tiny buds… yay;-)…

the two morning glories and basil seem to be doing okay… they were the only plants I have left out… although I did read today that basil doesn’t like the cold and may end up stunted, so we will see…

spent a few minutes in the garage to see how all the plants are fairing in there… it isn’t heated, but certainly warmer than the garden, lol…

happy to spot a little morning glory blooming there…

it is supposed to be warmer tomorrow… maybe I will be able to plant a few baskets…

swipe…

14 Wednesday Apr 2021

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well, I now understand why my neighbour brought out his snowblower yesterday… that snow is deep and heavy…

I checked in with my shoveler, who isn’t available until tomorrow, but I couldn’t bear thinking about my mail person and any delivery people having to trudge through the snow… that meant I had to go out to the garage to get the shovel, which apparently got put away too soon, lol…

I was astonished at how deep the snow was as I made my way to get the shovel… then it took a while to clear a path to the back door… my back wasn’t enjoying the exercise…

I tiptoed through the house and out the front door to get the snow removed from the sidewalk before the mail arrived…

there was only a single swipe because that snow is so wet and heavy…

then I sat down with a cup of tea;-)…

handle…

10 Wednesday Feb 2021

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tonight I popped outside to fill the feeders on the deck… I didn’t think I needed my gloves, but didn’t take into account the outside door handle…

I did have on my toasty warm boots which I have now put under the fish tank to keep warm…

so much better than in the front landing…

numb…

09 Tuesday Feb 2021

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went out to fill the feeders this afternoon… it is so cold out that I didn’t want the birds to run out of food…

started with the front feeders… only took a few minutes to fill one and put out fresh suet in the other…

then I went through the house and out the back… filled the first feeder and took the second into the garage to fill it… by then my fingertips felt very cold… I had hoped to add more to the first feeder, but my fingers were numb… clearly I had the wrong gloves on…

I quickly added seeds to the feeders on the deck and came in…

took a long time for my fingertips to warm up…