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Atlanta Day 3…

18 Saturday Jun 2016

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another lovely day… cooler but with a nice breeze…


got a quick picture beside one of the water features at the W…


we started our day at the Green Farmers Market where we found a few things to eat and buy… then it was on to the Atlanta Botanical Garden… we found a shortcut to get there;-)…

it was the purple things that jumped out at me today…


this purple hibiscus was beautiful…

we finally spotted the bullfrog we’d heard yesterday… big one…

the water lilies looked great against the multi-coloured lily pads…

this purple fountain at dinner was nice too…

seeds…

05 Sunday Jun 2016

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spent a good portion of the day in the garden… mowed the backyard and managed to have two meals outside…

also did a bit of planting…


worked on some planters at the front…


this one is still in the backyard and I am going to have to figure out how to get it to the front… it is really heavy, lol…

filled and hung my new feeder at the front of the house…


looks beautiful…

this little guy was in the pond…


it snowed elm seeds all day long…

the sky is getting a bit darker as the evening progresses… hope it doesn’t rain…

evaporation…

17 Tuesday May 2016

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tonight I found some tadpoles in the pond after I finished filling it up…


very exciting because we were worried that they had just vanished… guess the fish will be staying in the condo a bit longer as we wait for frogs to be big enough not to be eaten by them, lol…

took nearly an hour to fill the pond up, which shows how low it was…


I’m starting to think that maybe it really is evaporation and the wide waterfall that is leading to the water loss…

tonight as I was working around the garden I was missing my beloved a great deal…


maybe it is Spring, not sure really… continue to feel lonely these days…

walked a few blocks on my way home and came across these lilacs which are just starting to open… brought back memories of our oldest daughter’s wedding… she loves lilacs…


looking forward to the delicious smell in the next week or so, as there are a number of lilac bushes close by…

a beautiful day with a few opportunities to spend time outside… hoping that the warmer weather stays around…

it has been so cold that I turned the heat back on in the bathroom floor…


not going to turn it off for a while…

gardens…

01 Sunday May 2016

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always great fun to turn my beautiful Chihuly calendar from one month to the next…

  

these orbs make me very happy… remind me of the lovely purple ones that the kids gave me for Mother’s Day…

  

still have to put a bit of water in them and then silicone the small hole in each one so they will float… also think I might join the three of them together with some fishing line through the silicone…

had a decadent lunch… hard to believe that a chicken sandwich on flax bread with chips and a salad is decadent, lol… 

bread is really one of the most problematic foods for me… makes my sugar levels go up all of the next day so I have to be very careful how much of it I eat…

  
when I was shopping today the bread really jumped out… my favourite technique is to buy bread, have some, and then feed the rest to the kids when they come for dinner or take it to work the next day… that way I can have the treat but not overdo… the last few days have been quiet as I saw the kids and had dinner with them on Friday… bread’s going to work tomorrow, lol…

have been watching the information about the new Chihuly opening at the Atlanta Botanical Garden… today I came across a great article in Houzz showing pictures of a number of the installations… sure looks awesome…

  
my new frog friend is very talkative… there is a lot of noise coming from the pond area… not sure if there are more there, or whether it can throw its voice…

restful time in the garden…

  
loving the beautiful weather…

relaxing…

30 Saturday Apr 2016

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had a great sleep… yesterday my son-in-law fixed the flapping piece of siding on the house that has been loose for months…

  
it was amazing how noisy it was… the silence is lovely…

while they were cleaning out the pond, he discovered this little guy at the very bottom…

  
I am always excited when we come across critters in the garden… hope he hangs around for the summer…

  
spent the day reading and eating and napping after putting out all the cushions…  

  
moved from chair to lounger to chair throughout the day…

could have just vegged, but went for a walk in the sunshine while my dinner was cooking…

very relaxing day…

tgif…

14 Friday Aug 2015

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early this morning I got a picture of the large morning glory blossom…

  
thank goodness it’s Friday… looking forward to seeing one open completely tomorrow when I will be here all day…

  
more dahlia blooms… very pretty…

other excitement was that I spotted a frog in the pond… let’s hope this one stays healthy…

been very hot here for the last three or four days… supposed to be the same tomorrow as well…

been eating fish a lot to help raise my good cholesterol, and tonight I had falafel in cute little cheese buns which I got yesterday at the Farmers Market… also put some of the tzatziki on them… cute and very tasty…

  
hard to believe there were only four working days, cause I am quite tired…

think I am going to enjoy these next two days filled with quiet and peace…

problems…

23 Thursday Jul 2015

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this morning I watered everything in the garden and finished filling the pond… it has been very warm and was going to continue that way today… all the plants were parched… had wondered why it had taken so long to fill yesterday and realized that both taps were open so it was trying to send the water down two hoses at the same time…

  
as I was watering, the pond stopped running again… big problem… waited for it to fill up but it didn’t start even with lots of water in it… lifted the float and nothing happened… uh oh… thought I was going to have to call my son-in-law to come and figure it out, sigh…

then I realized that the second pump had stopped as well, so I ran downstairs and checked the fuses… they were all fine… took out the plugs and tried to reset the power box… didn’t work… tried one more time and success… felt very big girl pant ish and rather proud of myself for figuring it out… still going when I got home… yay me…

  
also spotted two frogs in the bathtub pond beside the garage… very exciting to see them, but worried that they might not be able to get out… now I like frogs but I have no plan to pick them up, lol… think tomorrow I will search out a board I can put into the pond that will offer a path for them to use to get out… I’d love them to stay but don’t want them to be trapped…

the mandevilla is enjoying the heat…

  
took the hot peppers to the office so someone would use them, lol…

  
lots going on in the garden…

water…

31 Sunday May 2015

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ran out and picked up groceries and then home to spend the day in the garden…

quite a few geese flying today and I caught these ones as they went over honking all the way…

  
lots of reading and relaxing… was so quiet that this guy didn’t even know I was in the garden when he came by for a drink of water…

  
also saw the cutest little brown frog in the pond but didn’t get a picture… very few birds around today…

  
my son-in-law spent some time fiddling with the pump and replaced the fancy one with the sump pump we had used before, and the sheet of water coming over the rock was beautiful… much nicer than the “special” pump produced…

  
he also put in a second pump to be sure the water is cycling through properly… 

had a lovely supper that I cooked on the barbecue and we sat around the pond for a while before they headed home… front and back yards look great as well, now that they’ve been mowed and whipper snipped…

  
kind of like this little bubbler now that I’m getting used to it…