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06 Wednesday Aug 2025

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our most recent project was fixing the back gate… one end had sunk down and it was dragging on the ground, making it difficult to open and close…

day one, session one, involved removing it from the fence and cutting a portion off the bottom… at the end of the day we put the garbage and recycling bins in the opening so it didn’t feel so open, lol…

session two was removing nails and finding a board to go from corner to corner to help keep the gate from sagging as well as one to go along the bottom… and purchasing screws and a gate wheel…

day two, session one, involved figuring out the angle of the cross board and reattaching all the pieces… and purchasing an impact drill…

we aren’t going to talk about how someone gave away the first one, sigh…

session two involved reattaching the gate to the fence and making sure the wheel was in the correct spot… sounds easier than it actually was, lol…

and job done…

this will make taking out and returning the bins much easier in summer and winter;-)…

entertained…

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…

patched…

09 Sunday Jun 2024

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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;-)…

stretched…

27 Saturday Apr 2024

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Wednesday, after I skimmed off as much of the floating bits as possible, I brought out the pond pump and attached a hose that stretched to the fence…

had to hold the float up so it took a while, but finally most of the water was emptied from the main part…

when I tried to work on the waterfall area the pump kept coming apart… luckily I was far enough away that I didn’t get drenched, lol…

that was it for the day…

Thursday I put on my watershoes, went into the pond, and pulled up two pails full of leaves and other debris… I also removed many big rocks and cut back a portion of the pond grass which was trying to take over…

my grandson set up the new wetvac we had purchased last week and vacuumed up more leaves and a few rocks, lol…

nearly ready…

guide…

03 Sunday Sep 2023

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Tuesday, a friend picked me up and we had a wander through the Diversity Gardens…

it was her first time there and I enjoyed being the tour guide, lol…

we were so busy catching up that I barely took any photos…

I did take some of a few grasses we thought might work in the garden between the cedars which might cover it a bit more of the chain link now that the neighbours have removed their planters…

from there, we drove over and walked through the English sand Leo Mol Gardens…

we spent some time relaxing on a bench by the pond and learning about Pokémon as I have just started playing again and now have my own account;-)…

completing…

21 Monday Aug 2023

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we’ve been working away at completing projects that have been started, but not quite finished;-)… I’m sure this doesn’t happen to anyone else, lol…

Wednesday, it was the back gate in the new fence…

the dirt was dug up under the gate area, two old concrete pads were discovered under a few inches of the dirt… they were removed and then some quarter down was laid, packed down, levelled, and new blocks put down, level with the lane… soil went into the spots on either side and some work on the slope up to the shed took place…

this is going to make the taking out and bringing in of garbage and recycling bins so much easier…

meanwhile the sky filled with threatening clouds, spots of sun, and then more of the “going to rain” cloud variety…

the project is not quite done, and just as we came in for lunch the wind went crazy and some rain started down…

good timing;-)…

tour…

14 Wednesday Jun 2023

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it has been fun watching neighbours check out the construction of the new back fence…

from stepping into the lane to see what was happening, to offering advice and tools to aid in the process, to checking out the ponds when they were easy to see without any obstacles in the way, to sweeping up some of the final debris…

I met a few that I hadn’t known before and enjoyed a tour of one of their gardens… wow, it certainly puts mine to shame, lol… flowers everywhere and dear little wooden items they build to add to the beauty of the garden…

it is quite amazing what can be found behind garden gates;-)…

most…

16 Tuesday May 2023

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Sunday, spent the entire day in the garden… it was warm and sunny…

set out all the chair cushions and even brought out the decorative ones…

then, most of the fish came outside… a few just wouldn’t be caught, lol… apparently a project for another day…

tea, reading, and bird watching took up a good part of the day… I am loving the sound portion of my Merlin App… it has come in especially helpful for me to identify the many sparrows that come and go…

White-Crowned, White-Throated, Harris’s, Song, and Chipping Sparrows have all been around for the last week or so…

checked out the fence with the little person and his daddy on one side, as I contemplate the style of the new fence that is in the works, and had tea and snacks with the ones on the other side… they enjoy sitting by the pond and the sound of the running water…

ate all my meals on the deck, breakfast and lunch on the back, and supper on the upper…

phone calls, emails, in-person visits, and text messages came throughout the day…

truly, I am blessed;-)…

wood…

24 Tuesday May 2022

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this afternoon my neighbour on the south side came by with the cutest birdhouse for me…

last year he took down and rebuilt a new fence between us… and then he made some bird houses with the leftover wood…

it is very cute… I’ve never had one so now I will have to figure out where to put it…

tonight, he and his partner brought over their four month old baby to meet me… he is adorable and I look forward to playing with him over the summer…

first baby snuggles I’ve had in over two years…

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…