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prickly…

28 Wednesday Jul 2021

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this is the first time I have planted/grown cucumbers and I’ve been surprised at how prickly they are…

the cucumber plants had a ton of flowers on them, but no actual cucumbers…

I read online that I should take a broom and sweep over them… this is supposed to help with pollination…

I decided to give it a try the other day… found one of my beloved’s brushes and brushed over as many of the flowers as I could… that was on Saturday…

today, this is what I spotted… plus two others…

not sure if it was the brushing or whether I just had to wait a bit longer, lol…

but I am absolutely thrilled…

overkill…

26 Monday Jul 2021

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I love the Olympics and have watched them for years… I remember a trip we took once and how we had to have access to TVs at the end of each day so that I could keep up with what was happening, lol…

I like to watch in real time so that means reorganizing my sleep schedule to get the best results…

for these ones I couldn’t decide how I felt about them going ahead this year… but now they are happening, I am in… I usually get a Canada Day t-shirt and had purchased one a while ago, but on July 1st I decided not to wear it… as the games began, I put it on;-)…

on Friday I was up at 5:30 am to watch the opening ceremony and ordered McDonald’s for breakfast so I didn’t have to stop watching to make something…

at one point during the first day I was switching between tv channels and streaming on my phone at the same time and I considered turning on the laptop as well… in the end I decided the laptop would be overkill…

I have slowed down slightly… apparently I need a bit more sleep these days…

the great thing about streaming is that I can watch some of the sports that I enjoy most but which don’t always get shown on tv…

the surfing, gymnastics and dressage have been lovely to watch, even if not exactly as they happened…

I’ve even taken the laptop out into the garden so that I can enjoy the weather and not miss anything, lol…

so happy to be able to watch whenever and wherever… retirement is a lovely thing;-)…

spitting…

23 Friday Jul 2021

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a few days ago, I spent the day in the house, other than a few short walks around the garden when it wasn’t raining…

I was happy to find one of the tomatoes starting to turn colour… there are a lot, so it is going to be fun to snack on them as they ripen…

the water lily opened again, even in the rain… I took this picture from upstairs…

and I brought in the Mick’s pepper dahlia bloom to enjoy inside…

seemed odd to not be outside much… but, every time I stepped out the door it was spitting…

vegetable…

19 Monday Jul 2021

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I’ve been watering my neighbour’s vegetable garden when they are away, since it has been so hot…

it makes my few tomatoes, cucumbers and basil look like a joke, lol…

there are raised beds filled with beans, dill, cucumbers, peas, beets, carrots, lettuce, potatoes and tomatoes of all kinds…

it has been fun to watch the growth when I am giving them a drink…

and look what I received;-)… a bag filled with beans, ready to cook… they will be tomorrow’s supper along with some new potatoes and chicken… yum…

they have shared cucumbers and tomatoes over the years, but it was a lovely treat to get the three types of beans…

beach…

14 Wednesday Jul 2021

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I spent five glorious days with friends’ at their beach cottage…

the first thing I always do is jump out of the car and run down to be sure the beach and lake are still there, lol…

what a wonderful time it was… delicious food (that I didn’t have to prepare); wonderful conversations, stories, and laughter; listening to birds and the waves; lots of time on the beach and in the water; relaxing, reading and sleeping…

what more could you ask for;-)… I am restored…

such a gift…

curry…

22 Tuesday Jun 2021

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today, as I was eating my cauliflower soup for lunch, I was thinking about my mom…

she loved curry… at that time it was not one of my favourites, but yesterday I popped some into the soup…

tasted pretty good and the smell certainly brought back memories of times with her;-)…

heirloom…

04 Tuesday May 2021

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planning a fancy Afternoon Tea on Sunday and I’ve been trying to find a pretty teacup and saucer to use…

somewhere, in a box, in a closet, in the basement, there is a Royal Doulton teapot with cups and saucers, but I have no idea exactly where, lol…

so, I’ve been looking online and found a very cute set which I would have ordered, but it wouldn’t arrive until next week so that wasn’t going to work… I do love the saucer though…

while on a phone call today, I remembered a set that my mom, while she was serving as a WREN in England, had sent to my grandma…

I knew exactly where to find it, and was so pleased when I pulled it out, as it will be perfect;-)…

besides the small teapot, cup, creamer and sugar bowl, it also has a little toast stand…

not planning on any toast, but it is very cute and will look great with the other treats… so cool to have this family heirloom to use which represents both my mother and grandmother on Mother’s Day…

looking forward to a fun Afternoon Tea;-)…

raised…

24 Saturday Apr 2021

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I’ve been looking to install a raised bed garden at the side of the house, in the previously known as shade garden… it has changed since the neighbour’s elm tree came down…

this is clearly not the time to build anything with wood which has tripled in price in the last year…

I found these cute planters with trellises attached and ordered three…

they are very cute and I plan to grow some cucumbers and tomatoes in them… maybe some peas and beans… we will see…

I’ve brought four of the pots inside and will transplant the cucumbers in the next few days… they can continue growing and then just get plopped into the planter (if and) when the weather warms up, lol…

salad…

10 Saturday Apr 2021

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made my first potato salad of the season this morning and then spent the rest of the day in the garden…

apparently snow is coming so it just makes sense to be out there while it is nice…

napped in my rocking lounger and sat in one of my repaired chairs…

watched and listened to many birds… saw what might have been a purple finch, which stood on a chair to oversee the garden, but I didn’t take any pictures;-)… the sparrows and juncos were enjoying drinks of water when they weren’t searching for food… the red squirrel hopped all over the deck for some reason… it was fun to watch…

when I wasn’t watching the wildlife, I was reading a new book and eating potato salad;-)..