06 Wednesday Oct 2021
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at 1:24 this morning I looked out the window after hearing some bells ringing…
I have this cute little frog that holds these bells and when it rains they make lovely sounds…
it wasn’t raining which is what drew my attention…
I spotted two raccoons walking along the edge of the bathtub pond area…
too dark for pictures and I scared them off by banging on the window…
this likely explains the bent over bird feeder from the other day…
good news is that the fish appear to be safe…
29 Wednesday Sep 2021
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afternoon, big girl pants, blessed, fish, friends, garden, happy, moments, nature, pond, sun, time, together, visitors, weather, widow
what a delightful afternoon yesterday…
put out all the cushions and the umbrellas…
next I made coffee and had a few moments to read while I waited for my friends to arrive…
we decided not long ago to meet in the afternoon when it is warmer, as we continue to meet outdoors…
one had something else on, another connected by phone… the rest of us gathered in person…
it was a beautiful day and we sat close to the pond… both pumps were turned off to make it easier to hear one another, lol…
there were lots of visitors while we were meeting… a variety of sparrows, blue jays, squirrels, a cat and we even spotted a mouse racing through the grass… the fish swam around where we could see them as well…
strange to have such warm weather, but we certainly enjoyed it…
20 Tuesday Jul 2021
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my net for cleaning out the pond is a bit short so I ordered a pool-net from Krevco and had my grandson pick it up…
it is 8 feet long and can extend to 16 feet… perfect for a pool, but a tad longer than I need…
I have put tape on the one piece as I try to figure out the best length for me…
as my son-in-law pointed out, once we cut it we can’t add any length back on…
05 Monday Jul 2021
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big girl pants, fish, garden, hose, leak, leaking, moments, nature, neighbour, pond, purple, quiet, water, water bill, weather, widow
silly waterfall continues to leak so I am now turning it off at night…
it had been working perfectly until I fell in and messed it up…
the nights are much quieter…
between it and watering the grass every day my water bill is going to be a bit high, lol…
tonight as I was doing a final walk through, I heard running water and realized that water was pouring out of the neighbour’s hose… gave them a quick call and they were able to get it stopped…
04 Sunday Jul 2021
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Baby, big girl pants, blessed, exciting, fish, garden, gold, goldfish, moments, nature, patience, pond, remembering, watching, water hyacinth, waterfall, widow
I spent a lovely and quiet hour sitting right next to the pond this morning…
I had planned to turn the waterfall on as soon as I got into the garden, but decided to sit close to the pond and watch the fish…
yesterday, when I was in the pond cleaning it up, I spotted a baby swimming by… they move really quickly, so I only saw it for a moment…
my goal this morning was to check for any others that might be there…
and I spotted two… maybe the whitish one I saw yesterday and an actual gold one… they are much harder to spot in the pond as they look black… of course I didn’t get any pictures, lol…
great excitement and I will keep watch for more;-)…
sure miss the water hyacinth as its roots were a wonderful safe hiding place for babies as they started their journey as the goldfish eat them when they are very small…
18 Tuesday May 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, bloodwork, family, fish, garden, grandson, moments, pond, repair, son-in-law, steps, toolbox, tools, widow
crazy day today…
no one has been inside my house for weeks and three people were in it today…
nice man from Dynacare to do bloodwork…
my grandson to bring up the toolbox from the basement… he also brought us breakfast, chose tools and discussed a landscaping job that needs to happen in the garden… thankfully we did all of that outside…
and my son-in-law to catch the fish and take them out to the pond… he also repaired the very broken bottom step on the deck so I won’t fall through it, and fixed a rocking bench in the shade garden…
I’m exhausted from all that company, lol…
09 Friday Apr 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, fish, garden, grandson, gunk, leaves, moments, nature, pond, sump pump, weather, widow
even though it was chilly and overcast my grandson arrived this morning to clean up the pond… it was filled with a ton of decaying leaves…
our time didn’t start very well… the pump that worked perfectly in the fall when it came out of the water would not work… felt like we tried everything, but no luck… so, he had to run to the store to replace it, sigh…
eventually, after getting most of the water pumped out, he used the shopvac to suck up the majority of leaves from the bottom…
this technique worked well, but took quite some time, and was very smelly… then we rinsed it, and I filled it back up… he plans to come back, we will drain it again, and finish sucking up the gunk…
then we will fill it and get the waterfall flowing… I don’t think the fish will go in for another few weeks, when the chorine has dissipated and the water temperature has warmed up a bit;-)…
happy with our progress and looking forward to sitting and enjoying the beautiful sound…
19 Friday Feb 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, fish, fish tank, goldfish, moments, nature, pond, suspended, watching, widow
I’ve been watching the fish more lately and have come to realize that they have favourite places to rest…
one little one looks like it is stuck under a rock on a regular basis… makes me think of how they always rest under the bridge in the garden…
it is interesting to watch them suspended in the water, often for quite some time…
12 Friday Feb 2021
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batch, big girl pants, blessed, dinner, energy, fish, food, happy, homemade, moments, prepared, widow
there was a whirlwind of activity in the kitchen a few days ago…
not sure what it was about, but went with the flow, lol…
after breakfast, I used the leftover half banana to make some overnight oats…
a bit later I produced a small batch of homemade macaroni and cheese which I will have over the next few days…
then I prepared sweet potato oven fries to go with my pickerel for supper…
wonder if I will have this much energy over the next while, or whether it was a one time event…
01 Monday Feb 2021
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always learning, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, cleaning, family, fish, fish tank, lifting, moments, nature, widow
as I was cleaning the fish tank it made me think of how much I have learned over the past year…
I now can clean and replace filters and the other bits and pieces of the tank…
since my beloved’s passing, my son-in-law and grandson have done all the heavy lifting with the fish…
but, as they aren’t coming into the house, I’ve learned how to do the required maintenance…
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