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Roma…

20 Tuesday Sep 2016

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my daughter brought me Roma tomatoes from her garden on Sunday and I finally put them on a plate and took some to work to share while they are at their best…

had a few with my lunch… they went well with the zuchinni basil soup… 

my colleagues enjoyed them too…  

sliced some on the mandolin – without cutting any of my appendages – and added them to the pita pizza for my supper…

included the last of my basil, some pistachios, and Brie cheese… and a few radishes on the side to get my veggie quotient… delicious…

have to remember not to eat too many tomatoes… although they are delicious, they are also filled with sugar…

the mandevilla still seems very happy… can’t even count the blooms…

lazy…

17 Saturday Sep 2016

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I’ve been using Saturday as my lazy day… 

trying to make time on Fridays to have a meal or visit with friends and book any appointments I may need, so relaxing on Saturday makes sense… 

soccer is over so the kids will be coming again for dinner on Sundays… I try to do grocery shopping and a few chores around the house that day as well…

today I barely got off my butt… it was beautiful outside but couldn’t even get up the energy to go out to sit for a while…

eventually I went out and brought in the six plants that need to overwinter in the house… 

not sure how I feel about the ones I’ve put in front of the living room window… could be blocking the view too much…

think these might be okay, although I may move the one in the dining room…

will see how it goes…

did have some fun with my lunch… read that today was guacamole day so decided to have it as part of my meal…

used roast beef slices as the bread and made a sandwich with guacamole, lettuce and tomatoes… tasty, lol…

even managed to fit in some chips…

rather fun…

squirrels…

13 Tuesday Sep 2016

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a few days ago I noticed that the impatiens plants have been decimated in the garden… all that is left are the stems… not a leaf or a flower in sight… at first I thought it was the bunnies…

then I noticed that the hibiscus had broken branches…

yesterday while I was making supper in the kitchen a squirrel jumped onto the rail right beside the patio door…

they have broken branches on one of the cedar trees by the bird feeder, which they think is their personal food container…

I had wondered how the birds were emptying the feeders and then noticed this… they are jumping up from the ground… yikes…


they are everywhere…

fluid…

31 Wednesday Aug 2016

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yesterday I took a few photos before I turned off the pump in the pond…

the waterfall is not flowing very well and I am going to be away for a few days, so I turned it off… I don’t want the pump to burn out if too much fluid evaporates…


this begonia has just been growing like crazy… apparently it has enjoyed the rain and heat…

first thing tomorrow I will water everything before I leave…

wonder how the garden will look when I get home…

butterflies…

19 Friday Aug 2016

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had some fun in the garden…

my grandson came over and worked at cleaning out the side garden… already looking much better…

the canna which over wintered in the house and looked rather sad this spring is blooming beautifully…

the Japanese Maple is very happy behind the waterfall…

caught these two butterflies flitting about…

they landed for an instant…

found two caterpillars and put them in the parsley… hope they are still there tomorrow…

15,193…

01 Monday Aug 2016

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today marks 46 years since we were married…

did the math and it has been 1,609 days since my beloved died which means we were married for 15,193 days…

spent my day recovering from our camping trip and remembering many of the special times during those 41 plus years…

was in the garden for the morning… we moved into this house three years after we were married and have spent many hours in the garden…

it has changed from a lawn to a playground, to a garden filled with ponds and decks… when I spend time in the garden it feels like he is close…


this morning Mr and Mrs Goldfinch stopped by and I caught a picture of him… she flew off before I took the shot… thought it was cool that they came as a couple on this day…

for the rest of the day it rained and was overcast so I took it very easy, did a few chores and thought about many of the special moments in our life together…

and so it began;-)…


memories, light the corners of my mind...

 

travelling…

09 Saturday Jul 2016

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had a great little wander around the garden this morning…

the mandevilla is getting ready to bloom… it hasn’t done that well so I am very happy that there are finally buds, at least 8 of them… mandevillas take a long time for the flowers to open and they are very architectural…

these fushia are a different colour than my usual red and purple ones… two of those have already died… too much rain I think… will see how these ones do…

these daisies are in the grass in the neighbour’s yard… I think they may have travelled over from my garden and they look very cute… glad I caught them before they are mowed down… the daisies in our garden have travelled across the yard at least three or four times over the years…

spent time reading and watching these two squirrels at the feeder… they’ve been spending lots of time eating and fighting over who gets to stay there… most of yesterday they were tossing one another off the feeder… couldn’t tell if they were taking turns or if the same one was always left on it… today they seem to have come to an agreement and have been sharing the space…

peaceful…

01 Friday Jul 2016

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been a quiet Canada Day for me… 

spent the day in the garden and did some final planting, a tiny bit of weeding and lots of reading and relaxing…

watched at least three squirrels at the feeders… they were the only wildlife in the garden for a good portion of the day… quite entertaining as they fought over who would be at the feeder… one was literally tossed off by another…


the hibiscus has a ton of buds and this lovely bloom early in the day…


sitting in the shade reading and enjoying the peaceful sound of the waterfall…

then I spotted this little beauty as it came in for a drink…

the next thing I knew the couple were at the feeder…


a bit later a chickadee stopped by for a snack too, and as I was cooking my dinner they were all taking turns, although they weren’t pleased that I kept going into the garage…


decided to barbecue my dinner… went well, other than the fact I over cooked the steak, lol… tasted good anyway…

the burners are rusted through so I may need to watch for a small barbecue on sale to replace this one…

off and on throughout the day the music from the celebrations at the Park have wafted over…

well, back to my book…

treasures…

27 Monday Jun 2016

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started the day with this beautiful orchid…


so lovely and perfect… a friend says it looks artificial…

on my way out to the car, got this great picture of the datura, which is opening up more every day…


this morning at work a colleague brought me this adorable purple African violet… what a wonderful way to start the week…


tonight a couple of my BS friends came over and we spent time in the hot tub… it was delightful…

while we visited, the goldfinch and his partner came and ate at the feeder right where we could watch… when he first arrived, he sang a song to his lady to come over…

a wonderful moment in time to treasure…

ended the evening sitting by the pond as the lights began to come on, writing my blog post…


didn’t make it till the post was finished because the mosquitoes chased me into the house…

plants…

25 Saturday Jun 2016

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another lovely day…

up early, had a smoothie for breakfast, and made potato salad – at my son-in-law’s request, for a birthday party tomorrow… 

took a few shots of the first bloom on the hibiscus… very nice…


then I was picked up and went plant shopping at three different garden centres… amazingly I was able to find something at each place, lol…


one of the most exciting purchases was a purply-blue water fountain for the front step… been watching it for awhile and today it was on sale, yay…


found a few plants to add to the garden and a couple of hanging baskets…  one is going to go into a planter at the front… really enjoyed the time with my friend…

topped it off with fresh peas, new potatoes, radishes, dill and tomatoes from the J & H Garden Centre… 

such fun to shell the peas once I got home…


after a nap and a few chores, ended the day with a fabulous dinner of smoked goldeye, with tiny new potatoes, peas and dill… yum…


ahhhhh… 

lots of work to do tomorrow…