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rubber…

13 Thursday Jul 2023

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big girl pants, blessed, bunny, chewed, connect, dig, family, garden, irrigation, irrigation system, moments, nature, oops, plants, rubber, teeth, tubes, water, widow, working

been trying to figure out why the irrigation system hadn’t been working properly…

no matter what I tried it kept sending water over the waterfall and nearly into the cushions on my chair…

we discovered that some of the smaller rubber tubes had been cut… possibly by bunny teeth;-)…

we were able to fix a few, but needed more tubing…

went to Lee Valley and picked up another of the systems so that it can also water the vegetable garden…

laid the main hose out in the sun to soften the curves and then stretched it out to see if it would go where I wanted it… looked like it would work fine…

we attached the new unit to the end of the main line so that it could send water to either the garden beds or the veggie section…

then the main hose was dug into the ground between the connection point and the veggie garden…

the hose was run along the back of the planters, holes were punched into it, the watering heads were added to each of the pots… another hole was made leading to the file cabinet planter and then the last bits were added…

it works perfectly and I am absolutely thrilled with the outcome;-)…

hmmm, wonder if we can figure out how to deal with the pots around the deck and in the centre of the garden🤪…

handier…

11 Tuesday Jul 2023

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we got a few of the projects off the list on Saturday…

the Virginia creeper had a haircut, thankfully, as when our neighbour came through the gate with his little guy, he had to duck under it, lol…

looks much tidier now…

we cleaned out the area around the air conditioner and attached the hose connectors on the side of the gate…

I think it is going to be much handier in the new spot…

rug…

08 Saturday Jul 2023

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big girl pants, blessed, family, favourite, garden, happy, home, moments, nature, pond, rug, weather, widow

pleased to get back to my usual schedule…

my daughter had been staying with friends and my grandson was working so I’ve had the house all to myself…

finally got everything put away from the trip and was able to set up the new chair cushions and the cute little rug I picked up…

I am loving how the garden is looking and have been spending as much time as possible in this, my favourite space…

thrilled…

04 Tuesday Jul 2023

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on Friday, before my daughter left to return home to Ottawa, we went one last time to The Leaf…

we walked through the Diversity Gardens in the daylight and were happy we went early, because the temperature was rising quickly…

we checked out the Water area and were thrilled to discover water lily blooms…

then it was on to the Tropical Biome to visit the cacao trees… while there, she provided a little education for a few visitors;-)…

some of us stayed in that spot, and the rest of us checked out the other areas… we weren’t able to see the Butterfly Garden or walk on the skywalk as they were closed for the day, but it was fun to check out both biomes…

we had an early lunch at Gather, one last visit to the cacao trees and then home to nap and finish packing for the flight…

stained…

02 Sunday Jul 2023

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in May I had a filling repaired that was really stained since it had been done…

no matter how often I go to the dentist I am always nervous and worried that it will hurt me, sigh…

made it through the process and was happy with how the tooth looked as it was one of the front ones;-)…

on Wednesday, while I was eating my supper, a piece of the tooth slid off and it felt rough and odd…

my daughter, the dental assistant, insisted that I call and leave a message at the office and they returned the call on Thursday morning… they were able to fit me in after the big graduation, during which I didn’t have any substantial smiles, lol…

I was very stressed and even more so when the dentist advised they weren’t going to freeze the area… it didn’t take long, but after what seemed like hours (likely minutes) the job was done…

it looks good, but I am concerned about biting anything with my front teeth now, but smiling isn’t a problem anymore;-)…

tomato…

01 Saturday Jul 2023

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we had a wonderful time away, but it is always lovely to return home;-)…

after everything was unloaded, the first thing I did was check out the garden… it looked good, other than the veggie patch in the side garden… it may have got missed in the watering schedule, lol… both of the tomato plants looked dead…

got out the hose and gave everything a good drink, and then I sat on the deck with a cold drink and my book… sigh…

although the tomatoes looked dead, the water revived them and they look 100% better…

had a hot tub and sat outside reading until it was too dark to see;-)…

glad to be home;-)…

pelicans…

30 Friday Jun 2023

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during our last day at the cottage, we spent time on the cliff deck watching the waves and the pelicans…

we have enjoyed the pelicans since we arrived and early on we would get very excited every time we spotted one flying over the cottage, in the water close to the beach, taking off and landing in the water, and all the times they spent with the fisher…

over the last day or so, while we were there, it seemed a bit ho hum, lol…

what we never managed to see was them catching fish… it was clear that they got something from the fisher after they brought up the final piece of the net…

we did discover that a group of them could be called a number of things, but we liked pod and squadron best;-)…

such fun to watch them over the week…

rocks…

29 Thursday Jun 2023

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took a while, but I made it all the way into the water…

Sunday we spent a short time at Albert Beach where I went in up to my knees for just a few minutes… while there we spotted a pair of eagles flying over, although I was only able to get a photo of one…

late in the afternoon we went down to our beach and went into the water… it was rocky at the edge but we got through, found the sand and stayed in for quite a while… it was lovely although I had a little spill coming out of the water, lol… lots of rocks, but there were no injuries…

rocky…

28 Wednesday Jun 2023

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finally got my feet in the water…

we went down to watch the sunset on Friday and I took a little stroll along the rocky beach…

the water was calm and I found a spot with a bit of sand, so I took off my shoes and stepped into the clear and fairly warm water…

ahhh…

Village…

26 Monday Jun 2023

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beach, big girl pants, blessed, bread, cookies, family, memories, moments, sandwich, snack, treat, village, Village Green Bakery, widow

Sunday morning we made sure to be up in good time to get to the Village Green Bakery at Victoria Beach…

they have the most delicious bread and yummy cookies…

you don’t want to be late or the good stuff might all be gone;-)…

we picked up a loaf of bread, a smile cookie, a coconut and oatmeal cookie, a double chocolate cookie, and two sausage rolls…

we sat in a lovely park and had a snack of some of the goodies and then checked out their beach…

home for a sandwich and then some reading and napping… couldn’t wait to take a picture of the whole loaf, lol…

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