24 Wednesday Mar 2021
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planted the first of the seeds… spent time one day getting the containers set up… most of them have lids so they will be like little greenhouses…
used a couple of egg cartons for the grape tomatoes…
last year I popped some tiny wrinkled tomatoes into a bit of soil and they did very well, so I have decided to try again this year;-)…
I have learned to be ruthless and will remove some from each container once they start growing…
17 Wednesday Mar 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, car, delivery, family, flowers, garden, grandson, moments, oldest, pandemic, tires, widow
I’ve been thinking of how much harder this pandemic would be for me without my oldest grandson…
very early on I lent him my car with the agreement that he would do any errands that I needed…
since then, he has fetched and carried numerous items for me… he finds groceries that I can’t get from Save-On-Foods… he collects items I need to keep the fish happy… plants and bird seed have been delivered… and mail sent… he has also brought his brother over to mow and shovel…
on the few occasions that I needed to drive somewhere, he has brought the car for me and then picked it up when I was done…
today he came by with a few hard-to-find items including flowers, and then moved some planters for me…
he collected the summer tires, we visited for a while, planned a time when he will bring the shoveler over, and off he went…
I am blessed;-)…
12 Friday Mar 2021
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11 Thursday Mar 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, commingled, flowers, garden, moments, nature, orchids, plants, purple, widow
a few days ago I separated the two commingled orchids… it was amazing how deep the roots had gone into each other’s pot…
after that I moved the majority of the orchids around… it is lovely now to see them all throughout both the living and dining room…
even many of the ones from the living room table were moved… the table looks a bit empty now, lol…
I am hopeful that they will all be happy in their new locations…
08 Monday Mar 2021
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beautiful, big girl pants, blessed, flowers, friends, happiest, happy, memories, moments, nature, photos, purple, roses, widow
one of the things that makes me the happiest is spending time taking photos of bouquets…
yesterday I spent a good portion of the day taking shots from all angles with my Nikon…
as the flowers open and close I will have more opportunities to get some beautiful photos…
flowers make me happy;-)…
03 Wednesday Mar 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, divided, flowers, friends, groceries, happy, moments, photos, tulips, vases, widow
a friend picked up a few items for me at Costco this morning and brought me some tulips…
they are beautiful and I divided them into four containers…
one is on the stairs ready to go to my bedroom… another is in the bathroom… a third in the den…
the final one is in the living room… they brighten up the whole space…
I am blessed;-)…
18 Thursday Feb 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, bunny, creative, fire pot, flowers, moments, nature, roses, teapot, time, widow
I’ve been trying to do something creative most days…
today I cut back all the roses and made a few different arrangements with them…
I liked the look of this Japanese teapot…
this is a fire pot so it was fun to use it in a different way…
here is what they looked like before the rearrangement…
lots of fun…
on my way out of the kitchen after doing the flowers I spent time walking on the spot and watching a bunny on the deck snacking at the saucer where I had just put some seed…
it was nice to see that the sparrows came right up to the feeder, even when the bunny was there… the squirrels always chase everyone else away… they are greedy, lol…
17 Wednesday Feb 2021
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avocado, big girl pants, flowers, garden, Japanese Maple, mandevilla, moments, nature, plants, repotting, transplant, widow
recently I had fun repotting a few plants…
used soil from a dead plant that was in the basement…
first up was the avocado… it has been looking a bit sad and after doing some research it seemed like time to increase the size of the container… good thing because it was root bound…
it is also getting leggy, and I am trying a technique to get it to bush out a bit more… we shall see…
next was the Japanese Maple… the kids brought it from BC when they moved to Ottawa so it has been in the same pot for eight years…
it took a lot of muscle to remove it, and for a few minutes I thought I’d have to cut it out, lol… no rocks, so I used coffee filters for the bottom…
it has many tiny roots and it took a knife to scarify it so that it will grow better in the new container…
finally, I planted a piece of the mandevilla which had accidentally been cut off and put into water to root…
it looks cute and we will see how it does;-)…
16 Tuesday Feb 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, moments, pancakes, photos, purple, roses, sunlight, widow, wool
had a relaxing and productive day…
after finding another skein of wool, I finished (again) my little throw, lol… it is a good size now and will keep me warm on cold days in the den…
followed by pancakes and chicken livers ordered in for my lunch (and supper)…
then I had a lovely time taking photos of some of the roses…
ended the afternoon reading in the warm sunlight in the living room…
15 Monday Feb 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, doughnuts, family, flowers, grandson, heart shaped, lobster, moments, painting, SuzyQ, treat, widow
had a quiet Valentine’s Day…
my daughter called early as she was in a line waiting for heart shaped doughnuts in Ottawa, lol…
I watched sports and a movie, and spent a little time playing with watercolours…
my grandson stopped by with a few groceries… and he brought me flowers;-)…
what a treat…
made a delicious lobster sauce which I had with shrimp and crab ravioli for my supper…
a good day…
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