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22 Friday Nov 2024

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have been entertained over the last few days as a fence was being constructed across the street…

it took a while to figure out which house it belongs to…

the crew of two arrived before nine yesterday and worked until about four… they took many breaks to sit in their truck and warm up, lol… it was chilly…

they had an interesting machine which pounded the metal poles into the ground… there were two heights… then they built the frames and covered the tall section with black strips… at that point I realized the fence belonged to the house directly across from me, the fence on the other side of their property is also black…

after they cleaned everything up they ended their day, and I assumed the job, lol…

I thought it was interesting that the front section was just chain link, but maybe it would let the snow blow through…

then, this morning the truck was back and they added the black strips to the short section of the fence…

now I think it is really done, lol…

pergola…

31 Wednesday Jul 2024

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a friend sent me some photographs recently and in amongst them was this picture of my beloved in front of the just finished pergola/gate…

it had the cutest fastener on the gate… I can’t remember when we put all of the pergolas in, but at that time – many moons ago – we still had the waterbed pond beside it…

then I dug out this one from July, 2009 (a bit fuzzy), when he added a shelf for stuff to sit on while we were in the new hot tub… that was fifteen years ago🤪…

and this is how it looks today;-)…

I showed the original picture to my grandsons and it took them a minute to recognize it, lol…

it does need a trim so that the Virginia creeper isn’t overpowering it and the gate could have a prettier fastener…

time flies…

staring…

29 Friday Sep 2023

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ordered a second arch a week or so ago when I noticed it was on sale for half price…

it arrived a few days ago and sat there staring at me, lol…

Wednesday afternoon, as the weather was nice, I finally spent the time to put it together… feel like a pro now, after the springtime attempt to put it together;-)…

my grandson managed to set it in place right next to the other one…

next year I will focus on beans, cucumbers, and peas, as well as a ton of morning glories to grow right over it;-)…

Kenaston…

16 Sunday Jul 2023

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Thursday I picked up the second flower bouquet from my Sweet Petals Farm subscription…

it is at the same place where I went last year…

unfortunately, it involves Kenaston Avenue, yikes… the construction that is going on will likely take place all summer, so I need to find the best method of getting there and back without being stuck in a very long parking lot…

most recently, I crossed Kenaston and travelled along Corydon to Moray and that worked well…

I think that will be the route for the next while…

fits…

14 Friday Apr 2023

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took all the pieces of the arch out onto the deck and finished putting it together…




tightened all the screws and voila… done…

it looks very tall, and should work perfectly… sure hope it fits…

had to lay it down as the wind was picking up and I didn’t want it to fall over before it made it to its new home, lol…

still waiting for the last of the snow to melt so we can try it out…

filing…

22 Wednesday Sep 2021

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recently I’ve been on a roll with construction… yesterday I spent time in the garage working on the new filing cabinet raised planter…

I saw something on social media where someone used old filing cabinets to make raised flower beds… seemed like a great idea and I had a four drawer filing cabinet in the basement that needed to be cleaned out…

last week my grandson and his friend removed the drawers – which I still have to empty – and took the cabinet outside…

they put a number of holes in the new bottom to provide drainage… the metal was really thick and it took a while to produce the holes…

it was a very sad brown colour, so he spray painted it a lovely shade of gray and set it inside the garage to cure…

yesterday I dug out various bits and pieces of insulation which I cut to size and put all around the inside… and I knew where all the things I needed were, lol…

now it needs one more coat of paint before moving into the shade garden and getting filled with soil so it will be ready for spring planting…

the space in the garden is all ready… the guys had already removed the old leaking pond and filled that spot in with wood and dirt…

I am blessed…

fence…

05 Wednesday Aug 2020

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the neighbours have been building a new fence…

I’ve watched the process… once the fence came down between our yards it seemed very exposed…

they cut down two volunteer elm trees that have been growing next to my garage and took all the junk to the dump…

then a company came, dug the holes for the posts, and installed them… the neighbour and a friend put up the frame and then they got most of the boards installed…

that looked very nice and he then worked on the gates and the cap;-)… pretty sure their puppy was happy when it was all done and she could get off the rope…

pleased to have it back up which makes me feel much less on display, lol…

crane…

19 Wednesday Sep 2018

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over the last week or so, on our way home from work, my travel buddy has taken these pictures of the crane for me…

my beloved was always interested in construction in the city…

for so many years there were no cranes anywhere to be seen…

seeing this one every day makes me think of him…

canopy…

12 Wednesday Sep 2018

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was able to pull over and take this photo this morning as I was going down the next street…

big construction on the street that I usually travel to get to work and I keep forgetting to turn north out of the driveway, lol…

the trees are lovely even as they change colour…

the canopy on this street doesn’t meet up in the middle as much as some of the other streets… still beautiful…

always trying to get a shot of one of these streets without cars, lol…

work…

27 Thursday Oct 2016

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as I headed out this morning I took this picture of the moon… looked much better in real life…

had to run to the grocery store before work because there was no tea at the office, lol…

but I spent a few minutes in the floral department… always fun… picked up some lovely yellow flowers for someone who is struggling with the flu… the florist mentioned that yellow is the colour of healing…

went for a walk with a couple of colleagues at lunchtime… sunny and warm… nice to get out and enjoy some fresh air…

at the end of the day as I was heading home I noticed these construction people way up high working away… it was chilly and a little windy…

I could not imagine doing that… ever…

reminds me of how lucky I am with my own job, lol…