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24 Monday Jun 2019

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this morning I walked around the garden to get a few photos of the daisies that had opened overnight…

and I discovered this wasp (I think)… it was sitting on the daisy and not moving… I took a number of photos and then started to wonder if it was alive…

as I took the last two photos I could see it breathing, so was really happy…

I am rather pleased with this photo because it has not been altered at all;-)…

bucket…

19 Wednesday Jun 2019

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early this morning watered all the plants in the garden with a bucket… it meant that I got lots of steps in and did a bit of weight training, lol…

summer is nearly upon us…

so enjoy the time to wander around the space and enjoy the beauty…

morning is my best time… by the end of the day I am often just interested in vegging out in front of the tv…

theme…

09 Sunday Jun 2019

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had some fun in the garden on Saturday… the forecast was for thunderstorms and rain during the day so I got out early to plant the purchases from the day before…

trying to stick to the purple and white theme although the dahlia might be a bit on the pink side;-)…

three pots planted, a few baskets hung, the tomato and mandevilla placed… also brought out the hibiscus…

still need to bring out the Japanese Maple, but going to wait just a bit longer so it doesn’t struggle with the move…

it is looking pretty good… now just waiting to get that back flowerbed cleaned up…

missing my beloved as I work away in the yard…

lobelia…

03 Monday Jun 2019

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fun in the garden…

finally got around to planting the lobelia and alyssum… the weather may have turned the corner, although it was something like 4 degrees when I got up…

decided to plant in clumps, so all lobelia in some planters and just alyssum in others…

looking forward to watching them grow and seeing how they look…

leaps…

01 Saturday Jun 2019

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things are really growing in the garden…

and I don’t just mean the dandelions and grass, sigh…

the ferns are growing by leaps and bounds…

the lily of the valley are starting to bloom… they smell lovely, but they don’t like to stay in one spot… if I was starting a garden I would only put them in a place where they are surrounded by concrete…

and the clematis is happily climbing up the trellis…

flowerbed…

26 Sunday May 2019

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today my grandson came over to move the rocks out of the flowerbed in an effort to make it easier for when the gardener is able to start work…

while I was over there I checked out the couple of poppies that have come up… we used to have many, many poppies in the garden, but over the last few years there have been fewer and fewer…

looks like there will be a couple of flowers… pretty exciting…

might be the last ones;-(…

maintenance…

22 Wednesday May 2019

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been thinking about what to plant in the garden this year…

wondering about doing something a bit different… maybe only choose three or four types of plants and using them in multiples…

have someone coming over to see if they might help me with the maintenance of the garden… excited to see how that turns out…

available…

21 Tuesday May 2019

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went to look at what plants were available in the stores on Sunday…

it is too soon to do any planting so my goal was to see what is out there…

but then I bought a few things…

picked up a flat of white alyssum and one of purple lobelia… I’ve used these for a number of years in the planters around the deck… the colour and scent add to the peaceful feeling in the garden…

then I chose a basket of midnight stars petunias… petunias have not been one of my favourites, but the flowers on this plant are amazing… this will go into the planter right outside the front door…

finally, a hanging basket of fuchsia, red and purple, which will hang close to the hot tub…

considering that I wasn’t going to buy anything, I guess I did well to stop when I did, lol…

awapuhi……

19 Sunday May 2019

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saw a picture of this particular Hawaiian flower recently, and it reminded me of ones we saw when we were on Maui…

it’s known as spiral ginger, red tower ginger or red velvet ginger… the Hawaiian name for ginger plants is awapuhi…

it is one of the flowers that looks like it is made of plastic, lol… this is from a bouquet we had in the Gingerbread house Airbnb we stayed in…

this one, possibly shampoo ginger, had us touching it a few times because we were convinced it was artificial… but then the little piece opened up… with a bit of purple in it…

it’s always so interesting to see the different vegetation when travelling…