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closer…

17 Saturday Jul 2021

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another great day in the garden…

it always looks particularly nice after Hilda the Gardener has been;-)… she spent a few hours in the morning weeding and trimming…

she also helped me move one of the bird feeders to a new spot closer to the pond where, just possibly, the squirrels won’t be able to get to it…

I am hoping that it isn’t so close that sunflower shells find their way into the water…

once she left, I watched sparrows having a garden party, testing out the feeders and enjoying drinks from the pond…

after a short nap, through the hottest part of the afternoon, I finished my book on the deck…

grasshopper…

13 Tuesday Jul 2021

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spotted this grasshopper amongst the clematis leaves…

hope it doesn’t eat any of the flowers;-)…

tall…

12 Monday Jul 2021

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my plan was to put morning glories all around the garden and that has worked out nicely…

there are some in the planters right when you walk into the garden, there are some in various pots, there are some in the garden by the pond, although they haven grown up the obelisk just yet, lol…

there are even some in a pot by the pond that I didn’t even plant…

there are also a few in the grass but so far I haven’t seen any flowers…

I am most hoping for more in the large pot on the deck with the tall obelisk in it… I thought they would grow up it and make a beautiful showy display…

but I planted a dahlia in that planter as well and currently it is hiding most of them;-(… although that is the first of the dahlias to have buds form;-)…

carton…

06 Tuesday Jul 2021

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for my birthday I received an egg carton with four little eggs of wildflower seeds to plant…

I started two in a pot I had and they are starting to bloom;-)…

no idea what any of them are, but these are lovely little cuties… I’ve also got some sweet little bachelor buttons…

wonder what else will flower;-)…

hardened…

06 Tuesday Jul 2021

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my hibiscus only bloomed one time over the winter… usually it blooms at least twice…

I have had this one for at least three years and usually it loses its leaves when it comes into the house in the fall, and when it comes back into the garden in the spring…

this year I hardened it off and then put an umbrella over it so it wouldn’t get a sunburn…

it didn’t lose many leaves, but it also didn’t look like it was getting any buds…

a week or so ago, I spotted a few just starting…

yesterday, I spotted something red when I looked outside and there they were… the first two flowers…

yay… and there are lots more getting ready;-)…

teasing…

02 Friday Jul 2021

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the butterfly bushes are so close to opening, although it feels like they are teasing me…

when I come out in the morning, I think, today’s the day…

but no…

finally, they are starting to bloom, although still not completely open;-)…

they are a stunning deep purple…

clump…

29 Tuesday Jun 2021

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the daisies have crossed the garden a number of times over the years…

this year there are none… this is very sad…

I noticed that there was a clump in the neighbour’s front yard… I think they travelled a bit farther than before…

I’m hoping they come back to the garden next year;-)…

fuchsia…

28 Monday Jun 2021

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last fall I brought the fuchsia in to see if it would survive the winter in the house…

it did, but looked rather scraggly when it came back outside, so I wasn’t sure if it would flower again…

and look what I spotted…

beautiful flowers opening… tough little devil…

was rather pleased that it made it;-)…

moving…

27 Sunday Jun 2021

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I’ve spent most of the last week in the garden…

I have watered the grass and the plants and even done a bit of deadheading and weeding…

watched birds, bunnies, baby squirrels, and the goldfish…

and I have read at least one novel a day as I move around the garden to find shade…

retirement is quite a lovely thing;-)…

disintegrate…

24 Thursday Jun 2021

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we’ve had a turntable on the table on the deck for at least twenty years…

the rolling piece finally disintegrated over the winter… my grandson found a different replacement part for it and it looks and works perfectly…

I also had him pick up an old Bundt pan… with help from the neighbour we cut out a slightly bigger hole in the centre and a young friend painted it for me…

while Hilda the Gardener was here the other day, she planted it and then I put it on the table…

it looks great and I can’t wait to see it filled out…

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