28 Sunday May 2023
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24 Wednesday May 2023
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had a lovely walk on Tuesday;-)…
spotted lilacs everywhere I went, and enjoyed the scent…
and also saw a beautiful tree covered in white blossoms…
and finally spotted one of the mallard families;-)…
21 Sunday May 2023
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Saturday was another glorious day in the garden…
and I started planting… yay… I added compost and fresh soil to the veggie gardens and then planted seeds as well as a pepper, some squash, cucumber and the beefsteak tomatoes… the seedlings came from Jonathan’s Farm and were in great shape…
excited to see if anything grows up and over the arch…
brought out the dahlia tubers and got them into planters as well as the new dahlia that I got from Lily Stone Gardens… it has been growing very fast… and finally put in a number of the morning glory seedlings that have been growing in the house…
09 Tuesday May 2023
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finally took the time to get the bouquet redone with the remaining flowers… the main one had lasted seventeen days;-)…
lots of purple… came out nicely and I expect it will last for another few days…
I am blessed with wonderful friends;-)…
06 Saturday May 2023
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on Friday the dahlias came up from the basement…
two years ago when I brought them in, I removed all the soil, bagged each one, labelled them and put them away in the dark in the basement…
when I brought them in last fall, I didn’t even take off the dirt… they went into a pail, which went onto a shelf in the laundry area… so, not even in the dark… and I had no idea which type they were, lol…
when the pail came upstairs on Friday I wasn’t expecting much and was pleasantly surprised…
at least four of the clumps had new growth… I am very excited about this… currently they are sitting on the table in the sun…
soon they will be planted in pots in the garden;-)…
30 Sunday Apr 2023
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four years ago in April, we arrived on Maui to celebrate my birthday…
I had always wanted to go to Hawaii, but never made it happen until then…
I have been enjoying the memories that have come up in my social media…
on our way into our first hotel, we spotted orchids in the lobby…
we went to the beach to watch the sun set, got our toes in the ocean, found a great spot to watch, settled in to wait, and then had this group of people walk right in front of us to get their pictures, lol…
I have the amethyst heart that I purchased on my bedside table and enjoy seeing it all the time…
one of my favourite memories is of our time at the orchid farm… a huge space bursting with the most beautiful plants, most of which were in full bloom…
it was delightful…
there were fish and sea turtles…
saw cacao trees with cacao pods on them, jacaranda trees in bloom (purple), and the most amazing banyan tree which took up an entire block…
it was an amazing time and we enjoyed every minute… it lived up to all of my expectations and then some… so lucky this happened before covid…
28 Friday Apr 2023
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Wednesday is the day I water my plants… I have quite a few, lol…
I combine tap water with some banana skin water and wander around the living room, dining room, kitchen, bathroom, and den, with constant trips to the kitchen to refill the watering can…
I have had this watering can forever and have repaired the handle a few times as I enjoy the feel of this one…
seeing all of the blooms on the African violets and orchids, and the lovely purple anthurium blossom brings me so much happiness and makes me smile…
and currently, there are the seedlings that need attention as well…
it is quite a meditative experience and I enjoy the weekly time spent doing this…
20 Thursday Apr 2023
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19 Wednesday Apr 2023
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had a lovely day yesterday…
started with an early morning hot tub as the sun shone… then had pie for breakfast…
there were phone calls, text messages, visits, it was great and a DQ blizzard miraculously appeared;-)…
I spent time reading, napping, and watching a few programs…
we had steak and lobster for supper and I didn’t even have to clean up;-)…
my kids gave me another subscription for eight bouquets this summer… I loved the ones last summer… and this afternoon flowers arrived to brighten the dull day…
all in all, a pretty fine few days…
birthday week’s are fun;-)…
15 Saturday Apr 2023
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