25 Monday Aug 2025
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around, bench, big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, growing, moments, morning glories, nature, plants, surprise, vine, weather, widow
the other day I posted about the morning glory that had grown through a space in the back of the bench on the deck…
I was hoping that the vine would have flowers on the front of the bench;-)…
today I looked carefully and discovered this, lol…
it went around the 2×4 and back out on the same side…
too funny;-)…
20 Wednesday Aug 2025
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beauties, big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, moments, morning glories, nature, vine, widow
this morning, when I was checking out the morning glories, I discovered this part of the vine which was growing from one side of the deck boards to the other side…
hopefully it will be one of these beauties that opens on the other side…
nature is so clever…
15 Friday Aug 2025
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bed, big girl pants, blessed, company, cozy, family, flowers, happy, mattress, moments, pullout, Technology, widow
spent some time yesterday changing the den to a bedroom;-)…
furniture was moved inside and outside of the room… a second mattress was brought down from upstairs to make the pullout couch more comfy, a quilt came up from the basement, and then the bed was made up in anticipation of company…
a basket of towels was put together, a bigger fan moved into the space, and a little rosebush was added to brighten it…
post its were added to advise the proper names to use when speaking with the household technology so that lights would go on and off as requested, lol…
looks very cozy…
10 Sunday Aug 2025
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amazing, big girl pants, blessed, bloom, flowers, garden, moments, morning glories, nature, open, time, treat, watched, weather, widow
the blue morning glories have taken off;-)…
yesterday I sat in the garden and watched three of them bloom over half an hour…
it is quite spectacular to almost see them opening as you watch…
07 Thursday Aug 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, blue, exploding, flowers, garden, happy, moments, morning glories, nature, photos, purple, weather, widow
the morning glories are exploding…
on Tuesday I counted twenty-six on the obelisk next to the back door… happy I took some nice photos before it rained, lol… the rain completely destroys them…
today I didn’t count, but I think there may have been even more, and there were two blue ones on the butterfly bench;-)…
sock a lovely way to begin the day…
27 Sunday Jul 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, carpet, delay, disappointed, family, flowers, garden, moments, morning glories, nature, plans, project, rain, weather, widow
I was disappointed today… plans had been made for weeks to have my middle grandson come and help the oldest prep and lay new carpet on the front steps…
I was up at 7:30… it was overcast, but not wet, and I took some nice photos of various morning glories…
then, it rained (which we needed) for most of the day… didn’t stop until around three… that of course destroyed all of the morning glory flowers🥺…
made me sad as I was looking forward to this project getting finished… it had already been delayed once and we’ve had the carpet and glue all ready for ages…
now we will have to wait for another opportunity to make the carpeting happen, sigh…
23 Wednesday Jul 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, happy, moments, morning glory, nature, pansies, photos, plants, purple, ragged, weather, widow
it is interesting how some days the flowers put on a show and other days they look ragged and very sad…
today the pansies next to the house were very happy…
just a few days ago I was thinking they were completely done…
only one morning glory was open, but it was lovely…
still waiting for the mandevilla and hibiscus to bloom;-)…
lots to look forward to…
16 Wednesday Jul 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, camera, eggs, fields, flowers, friend, fun, garden, happy, Miss Millie’s Flower Farm, moments, mug, nature, Nikon, picking, plants, time, weather, widow
this morning we drove to Miss Millie’s Flower Farm and had a lovely time in the fields…
my adventure buddy gathered flowers, and I gathered photographs with my Nikon… great fun for both of us…
of the 125 photos I took, I was very pleased with about 75…
the weather was perfect, overcast and cool, and there were few bugs… we had been there in August of 2022 and the mosquitoes had been voracious at that time…
the fields were not as far along due to the weather but it is a beautiful place to spend time in… so happy I remembered that taking pictures was more fun for me than gathering flowers;-)… and nice to get the camera out for a change;-)…
I also brought home some fresh eggs and a new tea mug (Sugar & Spice Pottery);-)…
08 Tuesday Jul 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, blooms, disintegrate, flowers, garden, happy, moments, morning glories, nature, plants, purple, starting, weather, widow
so happy to see that the morning glories are opening…
the butterfly bench hasn’t had any open lately but the planter by the backdoor has been blooming over the last few days… today there were three…
then, as I was driving out of the garage, I stopped the car, got out and took photos of the blooms by the large garage door…
the blooms don’t last long and if it rains they kind of disintegrate, so I wanted to be sure to get a photo of them;-)…
03 Thursday Jul 2025
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, blooming, coneflower, family, flowers, garden, memories, moments, nature, plant, remembering, weather, weed, widow
the coneflower has finally bloomed… this one was planted on the south side of the house, next to the furnace vents… I think this is a much better spot than the pergola garden…
whenever the hose has been put out it has gotten water and has been growing nicely since it was planted…
not too long ago it produced a bud and it has slowly been opening over the last few weeks…
the petals still need to bend completely, but it is looking pretty good now;-)…
seeing it reminds me of how every year I would buy one, we’d plant it in the garden, and then in the spring my beloved would pull it out thinking it was a weed, lol…
memories 😉…
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