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drafting…

12 Wednesday Jul 2023

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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;-)…

fell…

06 Thursday Jul 2023

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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;-)…

dip…

05 Wednesday Jul 2023

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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;-)…

thrilled…

04 Tuesday Jul 2023

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on Friday, before my daughter left to return home to Ottawa, we went one last time to The Leaf…

we walked through the Diversity Gardens in the daylight and were happy we went early, because the temperature was rising quickly…

we checked out the Water area and were thrilled to discover water lily blooms…

then it was on to the Tropical Biome to visit the cacao trees… while there, she provided a little education for a few visitors;-)…

some of us stayed in that spot, and the rest of us checked out the other areas… we weren’t able to see the Butterfly Garden or walk on the skywalk as they were closed for the day, but it was fun to check out both biomes…

we had an early lunch at Gather, one last visit to the cacao trees and then home to nap and finish packing for the flight…

number…

03 Monday Jul 2023

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I continue to be surprised by the number of blooms on the water lily…

there have been flowers every day since June 10th;-)…

I think there have been fifteen so far…

such an amazing treat to enjoy each day;-)…

dressed…

18 Sunday Jun 2023

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spent a beautiful, quiet day in the garden…

I always start with putting all the cushions out so that the space feels dressed…

I watched baby house sparrows, at the pond for drinks, flutter as they learn to use their wings… one tried to have a dust bath on the table, lol…

a few nearly flew into me…

the fish are enjoying the shade of the water lily leaves and spent lots of time out and about the pond…

and the two water lily flowers opened slowly and looked so pretty…

yesterday I spotted another bud and this morning I found a fourth one…

heard the drums at the park as the marathoners went through and thought of my dad and my beloved…

it was a lovely day;-)…

grown…

17 Saturday Jun 2023

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Tuesday and Wednesday we spent hours at The Leaf in Assiniboine Park…

things have grown and been added since I was last there…

there was mist rising from the ground and there are now three cacao trees…

it was very exciting to see them in flower and with pods on one…

Tuesday we were there in the morning and came across some school classes and quite a few other visitors… we had a delicious lunch at Gather and went back into the biomes for a last look before heading home…

on Wednesday we went in the evening… I had hoped the lights would be on but they weren’t until after we left, lol… there were few others in the space and ample opportunities to sit quietly and reflect on the beauty of nature…

thanks to a very knowledgeable volunteer, we found the sugar cane and the dinosaur trees…

we did enjoy dessert at Gather before a quick walk through the Diversity Gardens… one treat was sitting by a fire in the Indigenous Peoples Garden…

looking forward to another visit in a few weeks… cheers;-)…

excitement…

16 Friday Jun 2023

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great excitement around here…

two water lilies are going to bloom at the same time… don’t think this has happened before;-)… what a treat…

this was one of them yesterday afternoon…

and this is how they both looked today…

I think if the sun had come out they might have both been completely open…

maybe tomorrow;-)…

shock…

13 Tuesday Jun 2023

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Saturday morning I was surprised and amazed to spot a water lily flower popping up in the pond…

the reason I am surprised is that this water lily was in the pond all winter…

when I closed up the pond in the fall, just before I put a tarp over it, I was only able to bring out two lilies… this one was so stuck in the bottom I couldn’t remove it…

when I uncovered everything this spring, before I put water in, it had already started to sprout a bit, but was purpley-red…

it stayed that colour for weeks and only recently turned green… some of the leaves still have the purple colour around the outside edges…

and there is a second bud now… two buds at once has never happened before;-)…

what a shock…

so this fall I am going to leave all of them in the pond and see what happens, lol…

first…

08 Thursday Jun 2023

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this morning I spotted one of the first morning glories;-)… woohoo…

and this afternoon a monarch came by for a visit…

lovely treats…

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