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peapod…

15 Wednesday Jul 2026

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big girl pants, blessed, cucumbers, flowers, garden, moments, morning glories, nature, peapod, reading outside, sweet pea, widow

had a quiet day… only outside for a little while as it was overcast and spit a fair bit…

but did get some reading in… also got to see more morning glories on the deck…

also ones that I planted on the new trellis, and flowers on more of the cucumbers there;-)… so far the morning glories have all been purple 😂…

and I spotted a number of bachelor buttons in the side garden…

and the biggest surprise was the cute little sweet pea flower, next to an actual peapod, woohoo…

things are moving along😊…

guzzle…

23 Tuesday Jun 2026

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big girl pants, blessed, buds, flowers, friends, guzzle, nature, peonies, water, widow

so, the other day my adventure buddy brought me some beautiful peonies and they looked and smelled delicious…

what I didn’t know about peonies is that they guzzle water like crazy and just possibly they ran out of water…

I added more water when I realized what had happened, but most of them didn’t perk up…

eventually, I tossed out the very dead ones and cut back the few remaining…

and I also put some of the dead ones into a small vase to put in the den because they still smelled delicious…

a few buds went into a small container and they have opened;-)…

hidden…

21 Sunday Jun 2026

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big girl pants, bunnies, columbine, flowers, garden, hidden, leaves, moments, nature, widow

had fun finding a few columbine plants with flowers that the bunnies haven’t discovered yet…

they are both in the raised pond bed and kind of hidden;-)…

they should be fine, even if discovered, as the bunnies seem to prefer the leaves, not the flowers;-)…

wildflowers…

18 Thursday Jun 2026

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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, Hart Trail, moments, nature, Technology, walk, widow, wildflowers

had a lovely walk on the Hart Trail this morning with my adventure buddy, and enjoyed checking out all the wildflowers…

a lovely and relaxing walk…

what a treat;-)…

popped…

10 Wednesday Jun 2026

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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, happy, nature, orange, popped, poppies, widow

and the first poppy has popped…

yesterday I went out to have my breakfast in the garden and spotted the bright orange all the way across the garden… with its reflection in the pond…

woohoo, what a great start to the day

looking forward to more;-)…

turtle…

02 Tuesday Jun 2026

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big girl pants, blessed, dandelions, flowers, moments, nature, painted turtle, turtle, walk, widow

on my walk from the car to The Leaf, I loved the yellow carpet over many of the fields…

and came upon a painted turtle…

it was very far from any water, and once it spotted me, it turned and headed towards the field…

a great surprise to start my shift;-)…

everywhere…

30 Saturday May 2026

Posted by sulis303 in family, garden, health, life, moments, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

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big girl pants, blessed, everywhere, family, flowers, garden, moments, morning glory, parcel, plants, seeds, tea towel, widow

got a parcel in the mail from my daughter in Ottawa…

it contained eight packets of a variety of morning glory seeds and an adorable tea towel covered in flowers…

a wonderful treat, and it means I can plant morning glories everywhere 🤪…

and I am going to…

buzzed…

13 Wednesday May 2026

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big girl pants, blessed, bumblebee, buzzed, flowers, garden, moments, nature, surprise, widow

the other day I picked up a hanging basket that was “free” because we spent a zillion dollars on groceries, lol…

the plan is to use it in the front planter beside the door as it had lots of plants and flowers flowing down the sides…

brought it out of the garage today to get a bit of sun because it still isn’t warm enough for it to go into the pot, lol…

while it was sitting out, a lovely big bumblebee stopped by for some pollen…

it buzzed around the various flowers for quite a few minutes before heading off to find other treats…

what a great start to the day…

75…

19 Sunday Apr 2026

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75, barbecue, big girl pants, birthday, blessed, family, flowers, Glowy, happy, moments, steak and lobster, treats, widow

yesterday I turned 75… amazing, lol…

there were phone calls, texts, cards, singing, plants, and hugs…

I was treated to lunch out and enjoyed our last PTE play of the season…

when I arrived home after the play, the groceries had been purchased, put away, and supper was underway…

we had steak and lobster, with potatoes, mushrooms, and onions in foil… all done on Glowy…

my birthday present from my family…

I am blessed…

stairway…

29 Sunday Mar 2026

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big girl pants, blessed, bouquet, flowers, fresh flowers, grandson, happy, moments, redone, stairway, widow

while we were out last Sunday I picked up flowers…

when I got home, I spent time putting them into a couple of vases… for whatever reason I wasn’t pleased with how they looked…

late in the week they were finally redone, with one bouquet in the den, one in the bathroom, and one in the bedroom, although it lived on the stairway for a while, lol…

happy to have fresh flowers in the house;-)…

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