17 Sunday Nov 2024
early Saturday morning I went out to cover the garden furniture with a tarpaulin before the rain started…
it took a while, but eventually I got it all covered and also moved all the rocks that had come out of the pond…
now the garden is ready for winter…
23 Monday Sep 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, change, deck, friends, garden, gathering, moments, nature, quick, raindrops, setup, weather, widow
today I had to make a quick change, lol…
I had set up the deck for our weekly gathering with cushions on the chairs, a table for coffee cups and blankets because it was a bit cool…
once everything was set up, just before everyone was scheduled to arrive, I sat out and was reading…
when big drops began to fall…
brought in the chair with the blankets on it, covered two of the chairs and brought in the cushions…
set up the snacks in the living room and sat down to read just before everyone arrived, lol…
17 Monday Jun 2024
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Airbnb, big girl pants, blessed, cottage, deck, family, groceries, moments, nature, plants, Technology, treat, unpack, water, widow
well, after grocery shopping and packing up what felt like tons of stuff, we set off on our adventure…
we have returned to the superb Airbnb that we spent a week at last year…
it took about two and a half hours from leaving the house to sitting on the deck with tea and a refresher…
didn’t take very long to unpack the groceries and our personal stuff… then we headed to the upper deck to enjoy the scenery and our drinks…
as I sat there I listened to the waves gently lapping the shore, and heard the warblers, vireos, and sparrows singing in the trees nearby… and we’d already watched a couple of ducks working on their afternoon snacks as a pelican fly by…
what a delightful treat this time together is;-)…
09 Sunday Jun 2024
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big girl pants, bin, blessed, completed, deck, family, fence, garden, happy, moments, patched, pond, projects, repairs, widow
Saturday, a few more projects around the garden were completed…
the final board that joined the back flowerbed to the fence was replaced and one of the yardwaste bins fits perfectly there…
the broken edge board by the bathtub pond, thanks to the hanging chair blowing over and breaking it last spring, was patched…
it looks so much better over there now…
a box was built to hold the mandevilla on the top deck so that the plant won’t blow over on windy days…
and two pots were moved to finish off the area around the pond…
the garden is looking very nice;-)…
08 Saturday Jun 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, boards, deck, family, finished, garden, happy, moments, niggly, project, shovelling, widow
Friday, we spent some time finishing the bottom deck area…
in a section under the main deck there had been boards to hold the box of soil that was there for any planting requirements…
when the deck reconstruction was completed, it was decided we would finish this piece…
Friday afternoon a bit of shovelling took place to remove the dirt on the blocks and then the new saw was put to work cutting cross boards and then the pieces to fill in the deck area…
it looks great and the big dirt box can slide in and out easily… it sits back there to keep the soil from getting wet when it rains…
looks great and has finished off the deck build;-)…
yay, always happy when a project is completed without any niggly little bits left unfinished;-)…
23 Thursday May 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, deck, dirt, family, garden, gates, happy, moments, nearly, project, weather, widow
the work started on Saturday with three of us…
Sunday my housemate and I worked away at the process and Monday we were back to three strong… a ton of work was accomplished and the job was nearly finished…
Tuesday we worked on a few bits and pieces, including levelling the back gate…
after some clever thinking the sunburst gates were rehung…
Wednesday morning we attached the last board to the bottom deck… woohoo…
I filled the space below it with dirt, but will have to add a bit more as it settles;-)…
19 Sunday May 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, deck, deconstructing, frame, garden, grandson, lumber, moments, rain, weather, widow
here was how yesterday went…
first thing in the morning the deck looked like this…
the crew arrived and set to deconstructing two decks…
it didn’t take too long and the space was empty…
they went and collected lumber and other needed supplies…the rain came and went throughout the day
by the end of the day the frames were nearly done…
looking promising;-)…
11 Saturday May 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, cushions, deck, elm seeds, garden, leaves, moments, nature, pond, thermos, trees, weather, widow
for the last little while the outer shell of the buds on the elm trees have been coming down…
then, when I looked outside on Friday, the ground and decks were covered with elm seeds…
after I put out the cushions and went to sit down, they were already covered, lol…
used a thermos for my drink to keep the seeds out…
spent time with the net to collect as much of the debris as possible from the pond… filled two nets, lol…
01 Wednesday May 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, chairs, cover, deck, garden, moments, nature, protection, rain, Technology, weather, widow
I’ve really been enjoying having both wicker chairs on the deck… hoping I may be able to put the mandevilla beside the one closest to the north steps, but we will have to see if there is enough room…
last week I ordered a chair cover that protects against rain… only ordered the one to be sure it would fit properly…
it arrived and did fit nicely, although it is hard to tell where the front of it is, lol…
so, the second was ordered and arrived yesterday…
it is going to be great to not have to bring the footstools and cushions into the kitchen every night…
24 Wednesday Apr 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, dahlia, deck, dragged, garden, moments, morning glories, nature, obelisk, pot, rope, seeds, weather, widow
Tuesday I found a rope and attached it to the biggest pot under the far side of the deck… previously it had been on the main deck… I was able to pull it out and then drag it all the way around to the deck beside the hot tub…
once I got it into its new spot, I set in the large obelisk and then planted many morning glory seeds and one of the dahlias…
put a small pail over the top of the dahlia and hope that protects it from the silly weather, lol…
I think I like it in this new spot and am hoping it will fill up with the morning glories and that the dahlia will grow tall and produce flowers…
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