08 Tuesday Aug 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, blooms, flowers, garden, leaves, left-out, lily, memories, moments, nature, photos, plants, pond, remembering, water, water lily, weather, widow
been looking through my photos and came across a few pond pictures which demonstrate how crazy the water lily has gone, lol…
this is it yesterday…
this was last year about the same time…
and the year before…
still not sure if it is the weather or a response to being left-out over the winter…
06 Sunday Aug 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, inukshuk, moments, nature, plants, springing, widow, wild flowers
last year my daughter sent me wildflower eggs…
this spring I planted one of them into this fairly large pot and have been amazed at all the flowers…
the pot is right next to my Inukshuk…
everyday there are new flowers springing up…
what a treat…
05 Saturday Aug 2023
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barrel, big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, irrigation, moments, nature, pictures, planters, rain barrel, rainwater, Technology, watering, weather, widow
spent the first part of this morning watering everything…
while the irrigation system was looking after the veggie patch and pond garden, I used the rain barrel at the front to water the planters out front…
I’ve been lazy and have been using the hose most of the time, but I did enjoy using the rainwater from the barrel… and I’m pretty sure the plants were happy;-)…
29 Saturday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, blossom, flower, flowers, garden, happy, hibiscus, hopeful, moments, nature, plants, time, widow
I am so happy that the hibiscus has a flower on it… this is the first one since the tree came outside…
it is so pretty and I am hopeful that there will be more in the near future…
these pictures were taken about two hours apart on Friday…
23 Sunday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, bouquet, choose, flowers, friends, moments, nature, subscription, treat, veggies, widow, Wolseley Farmers Market
picked up this week’s bouquet subscription on Thursday…
thanks to my friend, after we stopped at the Wolseley Farmers Market where we picked up fresh veggies, we headed to River Heights to get the bouquet…
it is always fun to choose which bouquet to bring home…
such a treat…
19 Wednesday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, butterflies, caterpillars, change, colours, flowers, garden, milkweed, moments, monarch, multiply, nature, plants, pond, purple, widow
strange happenings with the milkweed…
I am very happy as they continue to multiply…
not too many caterpillars, and they seem to nest on the plants closer to a wall rather than the ones nearest to the pond… maybe there is more protection from predators there… too bad for me, as pictures are easier beside the pond, lol…
the odd thing is that the plants along the edge of the pond, all with the same origin, have produced two different coloured flowers…
the usual pink/purple flowers…
and these white ones which are turning yellow…
will be interesting to see what they do next year, lol…
16 Sunday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, birthday gift, blessed, construction, flower subscription, flowers, Kenaston, moments, nature, Sweet Petals Farm, traffic, widow
Thursday I picked up the second flower bouquet from my Sweet Petals Farm subscription…
it is at the same place where I went last year…
unfortunately, it involves Kenaston Avenue, yikes… the construction that is going on will likely take place all summer, so I need to find the best method of getting there and back without being stuck in a very long parking lot…
most recently, I crossed Kenaston and travelled along Corydon to Moray and that worked well…
I think that will be the route for the next while…
12 Wednesday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, brush, butternut squash, cucumber, drafting, flowers, food, garden, moments, nature, pollen, sun, weather, widow
been spending a bit of time each morning in the veggie patch (aka the side garden)…
the tomatoes have been doing well and there are now pea pods beginning to fill out, flowers on the beans, a few new cucumbers starting and, just maybe a squash…
there have been many squash flowers, but they have mostly been male… I have been trying to pollinate the female flowers in hopes of getting at least one squash…
one batch of cucumbers haven’t put out even the start of a cucumber, so I have been brushing them with a drafting brush that was my beloved’s in the hope that some might get pollinated and produce fruit…
think I will try to plant another few beans and see if they have enough time to produce;-)…
06 Thursday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, cacao pod, cacao trees, fell, fish, flowers, friends, garden, Gather Craft Kitchen & Bar, koi, moments, nature, plants, The Leaf, time, waterfall, weather, widow
had another lovely visit to The Leaf…
visited the cacao trees and took a few photos for my daughter, lol…
had a good time watching the koi and even got a few reasonable shots;-)…
met my buddies for lunch at Gather Craft Kitchen & Bar and it was tasty, as always… our server, Camille, had served us on Friday when we were there last and remembered me;-)… she did a great job to ensure our meal and time there went well…
after lunch I spent a bit more time with the fish;-)… and then sat and wrote this blog as the water fell in front of me;-)…
great way to spend time;-)…
05 Wednesday Jul 2023
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beautiful, big girl pants, blessed, butterfly, dip, eggs, flit, flowers, garden, happy, milkweed, moments, monarch, monarch butterfly, nature, nectar, photos, plants, treat, widow
for the last few days, in the afternoon, I’ve enjoyed watching a monarch butterfly dip and flit through the garden, landing on the various milkweed plants to enjoy some nectar and maybe lay some eggs…
got a few good pictures…
such a treat;-)…
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