06 Friday Jun 2025
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big girl pants, bleeding hearts, blessed, blooming, flowers, iris, moments, nature, Technology, walk, weather, widow, wild rose, yesterday
saw some lovely flowers on my walk yesterday…
such a treat to see so many;-)…
and when I arrived home, the wild rose was blooming…
22 Thursday May 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, cold, flowers, garden, impatiens, moments, nature, plants, Shelmerdine, water lily, weather, widow
drove out to Shelmerdine last Friday, to pick up a water lily for the pond, and may have picked up a few other items, lol…
I picked up two different impatiens plants which I am going to put into the pond;-)…
also found a beautiful spiral begonia…
I found a variety of morning glory seeds, as well as some for cucumbers and beans…
once home they went into the garage because the temperature was threatening to go to 0°C…
and then I moved all the plants waiting to be planted into the garage…
found a small pail and covered the tomato which had already been planted…
since then the plants have all been moved outside and are doing well;-)…
18 Sunday May 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, forming, front yard, garden, grass, growing, leaves, lilac, moments, move, nature, weather, widow
a week ago the lilac was moved from the back garden to the front of the house…
grass was removed and a hole prepared by my housemate, and it was planted by Hilda the Gardener, and then thoroughly watered…
it hadn’t liked the spot where it had lived in the garden for the last ten years, but the bunnies did enjoy some of its bark over the winters…
happy to see new leaves forming along the branches…
hope it stays happy in its new spot…
17 Saturday May 2025
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alyssum, big girl pants, blessed, cold, flowers, garden, moments, nature, pansies, planted, purple, rain, sun, tomato, weather, widow
did a bit of planting on Wednesday, on one of the warm and sunny days, lol…
added pansies to a section of the bathtub area as well as two pots on the stairs… included a bit of alyssum in the pots… looking forward to the scent as I walk up and down the steps…
the tomato went into one of the planter boxes in the side garden… I tried to get the calla into a floating container, but it didn’t want to cooperate so I left it for a bit, lol…
11 Sunday May 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, bottle, flowers, garden, groceries, happy, moments, plants, purple, table, weather, widow
Thursday evening we went to do some grocery shopping… I found a couple of side tables for the garden and a new water bottle…
which, by the way, isn’t purple… sadly the old one, which was purple, is no longer usable…
the tables were easy to put together and look good… so far, one is happily ensconced beside the butterfly chair…
and just possibly, I found some plants for the garden;-)…
the season is beginning…
07 Wednesday May 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, dandelions, flowers, garden, lily of the valley, moments, nature, planting, poppies, signs, Spring, walk, weather, widow, wild rose
things are starting to pop…
on my walk a few days ago, I spotted a batch of dandelions… according to a gardener I follow, that means we can start planting😉…
the trees are greening, the wild rose is coming alive and the lily of the valley is popping up…
and I can almost see the poppies getting taller as I watch, lol…
how blessed am I to have the opportunity to enjoy all of these signs of spring;-)…
21 Monday Apr 2025
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big girl pants, birthday, blessed, cards, family, flickers, flowers, food, friends, geese, gifts, google, grandson, lobster, moments, Technology, treats, whoever, widow
on Friday, woke up to geese honking as they headed out looking for something to eat… and spotted flickers in the field across from the house;-)…
opened the beautiful cards and gifts from friends and family I’d been saving over the last few days, and laughed at Google singing to whoever was having the birthday, lol…
received a gorgeous purple handmade book, filled with photos of the garden and a book about monarchs with things I didn’t previously know… going to have to read that more thoroughly…
tried to vote, but the lineup was long, so headed out for breakfast at The Pancake House…
decided to vote Saturday when I would have more time…
friends arrived with cards and flowers and we had a lovely visit… the neighbour stopped by and gave an update on the house next door and collected Easter books for the littles…
received many texts and phone calls and had fun watching some F1 on tv…
cookies and hot cross buns arrived as I was reading in the living room, so I had to eat one of the hot cross buns, yum…
supper was steak and lobster, with fries and asparagus;-)… followed by a blizzard, yum…
what a delightful day it was…
17 Thursday Apr 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, friends, garden, gauge, moments, plants, Shelmerdine, solar, treat, widow, workshop
went to Shelmerdine with friends on Sunday…
after checking out all the plants, we sat in on a workshop about using all your outdoor space…
and I won a prize;-)… because it is almost my birthday… woohoo…
a rain gauge with solar flowers;-)…
lovely to be in a space filled with so much greenery…
and the flowers lit up after a sunny afternoon;-)… gotta find just the right spot for this in the garden…
16 Wednesday Apr 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, blustery, creek, flowers, leaf, moments, nature, snowdrops, walk, weather, widow, windy
started the day with a morning walk…
it was chilly and the wind was a bit blustery…
not much new growth, but the snowdrops I saw the other day had multiplied;-)…
the ice is completely gone so the creek is running clear now…
looking forward to the trees leafing out;-)…
13 Sunday Apr 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, butterflies, flora, flowers, koi, Mediterranean, moments, nature, plants, pond, solo, The Leaf, trees, tropical, weather, widow
had another solo visit to The Leaf on Friday as I’d read that the flowering trees in the current display area were nearly finished blooming due to the heat…
I was surprised at how many people were there as I expected everyone to be outside enjoying the 17° C gorgeous weather…
as I entered the Tropical Biome I had to stop and wait a minute for the fog to clear from my glasses, lol…
happy to see the tiny flowers on two of the three cacao trees…
everything looked lush amidst the cooling mist that seems to be keeping the flora happy… quite surprised at how much the plants have grown… just last week it was easy to see all the way to the waterfall and now it is blocked again…
fun to watch one of the zoo keepers feeding the koi as I don’t often get to see that;-)…
the Mediterranean Biome had many flowers and the Babs Asper Display area held lots of plants, flowers, small trees, topiaries, and a truck filled with tulips…
the Butterfly Garden was busy with butterflies flitting about happily as they enjoyed the sunlight… the misting machines were also busy adding to the humidity and it felt very warm, lol…
so lucky to have this amazing place to visit;-)…
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