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07 Thursday Jul 2022

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on Monday morning, Hilda the Gardener came by to weed the garden…

I had dug a pot out of the shed and had purchased and put together an obelisk… nothing seems to come all made anymore, lol…

my plan was to have her take the mandevilla off the old obelisk and replant it with the new obelisk… this should make it much easier to to bring into the house and move around as needed…

the pot I had found wasn’t the right size so she had to move some coleus from a pot that would be a better fit…

then she unravelled the old one and planted it in the new pot with the obelisk…

my job was to wrap the vines around the obelisk…

once that was done she finished weeding the side garden…

it always looks wonderful after she has worked her magic;-)…

and just minutes after she left the rain started, lol…

subscription…

06 Wednesday Jul 2022

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yesterday my grandson picked up my first bouquet of the subscription from Sweet Petals Farm that my kids gave me for my birthday…

it is for eight weeks of bouquets (July and August)…

he had my car and so went and collected them for me…

they are quite beautiful and smell delicious…

what a lovely treat…

wandering…

03 Sunday Jul 2022

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had a bit of fun on Wednesday afternoon… it had been overcast for most of the morning, but the sun came out after lunch…

drove ~ I still remember how, lol ~ to my friend’s house… she had obtained four milkweed plants for me from her neighbour…

it was very windy, but I spent a delightful time wandering around her space taking photos of flowers…

got my plants, had a quick visit, and headed home…

sat and read for a while and then planted the milkweed around the pond and waterfall…

the spots I’ve chosen should make for good photographs if any monarchs and or babies turn up;-)…

fingers crossed…

thin…

02 Saturday Jul 2022

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Monday, a friend dropped off some alyssum and lobelia and Wednesday I got around to planting them…

opened the shed to discover a small paper wasp nest attached to the door… I used the recycling bin to hold the door open and went in carefully to find some pots…

happily there were no injuries and I pulled out a couple of pots and a hanging basket…

got each one filled and popped them over by the garden bed…

this was good as the beds look a little thin now that all the poppies have been removed, lol…

next project will be to get rid of the nest…

hospital…

28 Tuesday Jun 2022

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as I wander around the garden every day and spot the morning glories, I am reminded of our fortieth wedding anniversary…

I spent six weeks in St. Boniface Hospital with pancreatitis and then gall bladder surgery ~ instead of a trip to BC ~ and each day when my beloved came to spend time with me, he brought photos of whichever morning glories were in bloom…

using the camera on his phone was not something he did regularly, so it was special when he brought these to me…

it also meant that he took the time to check out the garden as he knew how I loved these flowers… and they had just started to bloom after I ended up in the hospital…

a very special man, my beloved…

cherish…

22 Wednesday Jun 2022

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summer is here and I am doing my best to cherish every minute of it…

spent the day in the garden… a bit of deadheading and weeding, and lots of time enjoying my current book, which a friend just gifted me a few days ago…

after the crew came and mowed, whipper snipped, and tidied the grass, I put back a few pieces of furniture that I’d moved to make their job easier…

the clematis is filled with buds and I expect they will open in the next few days…

even managed to water the houseplants and produce a few meals… all of which were eaten outdoors…

the weather was lovely… sunny and warm, not too hot, with a slight breeze…

the poppies are nearly done… they don’t particularly enjoy rain…once they are finished the rest of the perennials will show themselves, lol…

the sounds of the two ponds running and the odd bird made for a relaxing time…

to top off the day I received three water hyacinths which have gone right into the pond;-)… the fish are going to enjoy them and maybe babies will hide amongst their roots…

I am blessed…

sun-tea…

21 Tuesday Jun 2022

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my group meets on Mondays… our time might change from the afternoon to the evening, be in person, or online…

this week we met in the late afternoon and planned to be outside…

the weather report was suggesting it would be raining or that a thunderstorm might even happen at the time we would be together…

I am still nervous about having four others in the house, so I set up chairs and tables in the garage… it worked perfectly…

the sky remained overcast with only a few sprinkles during our time together and the breeze kept us from being overly warm;-)…

everyone enjoyed a walk around the garden and particularly liked one of the fuchsias…

it was very hot so I made sun-tea which turned out well, and squares of butter tart and lemon turned up with a chocolate almond snack…

an excellent option from sitting on the upper deck…

baskets…

15 Wednesday Jun 2022

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the baskets and planters are doing well and filling out nicely… I had planned on purple and white, but there are pops of yellow and even red…

the poor mandevilla has a bad sunburn and has been covered with a purple umbrella to protect it from further sun damage… I have begun to let it sit with no covering on overcast days and hope it will recover…

the hibiscus spent a number of days in the shade of one of the cedars and has finally moved into a spot along the edge of the pond… I hope it likes it there as most summers it has lived on the deck…

it is fun to look at photos from previous years and see how the garden has changed…

tease…

14 Tuesday Jun 2022

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I have been enjoying the garden everyday and particularly my walks around to see what might be breaking through the ground or blooming…

the poppies continue to tease me in their slow process of blooming… each morning I check them out to see if any of them have opened, but not just yet, lol…

the vegetable garden is doing well… peas, beans and a few cucumbers have poked their heads through the soil and are keeping the three tomatoes company;-)…

I have also taken to weeding, which is rather new for me…

I have cleaned up a number of spots in the side garden and am excited to see the painted fern has come back and multiplied…

the wild columbine has popped up in about three spots and I am watching them carefully to ensure they don’t get pulled…

nature is amazing;-)…

thumb…

13 Monday Jun 2022

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Saturday, I had an injured thumb…

Friday’s project had been to get the little irrigation system I purchased last year installed…

I read through all the instructions, watched a video, and gave it a shot…

a number of weeks ago we had attached the main hose and run it about halfway, so I finished laying it out so that the newly planted ferns will also get water on a more regular basis…

then I started fastening the feeder hoses… I started with the hanging baskets and then moved on to the perennials in the bed…

connecting the feeder hose to the main hose involves punching a hole, with a very handy tool, and then pushing the connector into the main hose…

this was the difficult part and my thumb took a beating… eventually I stopped because it was becoming painful…

for sure I won’t be working on it for a few days, lol…