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mowing…

27 Saturday May 2017

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big girl pants, dandelions, fish, garden, mowimg, plants, read, shopping, widow

spent some time in the garden this morning… the dandelions were so tall that I couldn’t bear to sit outside looking at them so I mowed the grass…

then I pulled weeds and set out the cushions before I sat and read for quite a while…

this robin came to visit a few times while I was reading… didn’t mind my being in the garden at all, lol…

the most exciting thing was that I saw the fish for the first time since they moved outside… the water is so high in the pond that I can’t look under the bridge and that is where they usually hang out… been worried that something had got them because I haven’t seen a single one of them for weeks… all of a sudden, there they were at the base of the waterfall searching for something to eat… and then they were gone again…

it was lovely… and then it started to spit so I ran around putting everything back into the garage… by the time I’d done all that, the rain had stopped but I went in and had a nap, lol… seemed like the thing to do…

got up and went plant shopping with my daughter… we went to a few places and found a couple of plants…

hung the baskets, had supper on the deck and finished my book…

planning on doing some planting in the morning… not supposed to be too warm or sunny but will set up in the garage and work on pots and planters…

really…

20 Saturday May 2017

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big girl pants, Chicago, colours, garden, mug, mussels, plants, purple, really, shopping, widow

started my day with tea in my newest mug… it’s the one my grandson brought me from Chicago…

feels nice in my hand and keeps the tea warm…

out for lunch with my daughter…

had spicy mussels with flash fried Brussels sprouts… yummy…

went window shopping for plants for the garden… did pick up a couple of butterfly bushes… they are white and will smell like vanilla… not exactly the type I was wanting but these are supposed to be perennials… we will see… also got two water hyacinth… will keep them in the house till it is just a bit warmer…

have decided that I am going to focus on white, purple and blue for the colours in the garden…

thanks to both of my girls I found some purple pots… been looking for a while and haven’t seen any… on the phone this morning with my Ottawa daughter she mentioned that she’d seen some at Loblaws… my Winnipeg daughter took me to Superstore this afternoon while we were out and about and I found a bunch…

very happy because my pots have been cracking and breaking for the last year or so…

now to fill them up… as soon as the weather makes up its mind that it really is Spring, lol…

emerging…

05 Friday May 2017

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had the most wonderful day off…

got up early, had a cup of tea, and went for a walk to the Park… it was a beautiful morning…

I’ve never seen debris up against the bridge before…

had breakfast on my own and watched geese and ducks while I enjoyed my meal…

then I wandered through the English and Leo Mol Gardens with my camera in hand…

plants are springing up and the daffodils were blooming… haven’t been for a while and happy to spend time in the Gardens and see the life emerging…

got home, had a nap and lunch… then I went out for a hot tub and enjoyed watching the waterfall…

air dried on a lounger in the sun and spent some time reviewing my photos from the morning…

watched a bit of tv… had another nap and made one of my ChefsPlate meals…

finished the day with chocolate and chips…

couldn’t have been better…

wildfire…

04 Thursday May 2017

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big girl pants, chocolate, Friday, garden, morning glories, seeds, widow, wildfire

tonight I took a picture of my seeds with a dark chocolate bar… ate a few pieces of a different bar, which was already open…

most of the seeds have been growing like wildfire…

the morning glories are doing amazingly… sadly, the moon flowers seem to be growing at a much slower rate…

this is my Friday off and I am looking forward to three days full of relaxing in the garden…

bunny…

27 Thursday Apr 2017

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big girl pants, bunny, garden, infestation, moments, smoothie, widow, wildlife

as I was gathering the items for my breakfast smoothie I looked out the window and spotted this bunny…


so cute… 

reminded me that last summer there were two in the garden… did make me wonder if there was going to be an explosion of them, lol…

have heard from various people that they have had bunny infestations in different areas of the city…

happily the ones who visit my yard haven’t eaten my plants… well, not too much…

it is wonderful to have wildlife in the garden… looking forward to getting the fish back out there and seeing what type of birds are going to come and visit…

chores…

21 Friday Apr 2017

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beloved, big girl pants, chores, garden, grocery shopping, recycling, widow, yard waste

the ordinary chores of life are becoming easier…

putting out the garbage and recycling, and even the yard waste, is now just another item on the list of things to do on Thursday evening… or sometimes on Thursday morning when I’m really organized…

I’m already making plans with my grandson for work we need to do in the garden… he has been a great help with the maintenance of the yard…

even making all the meals is getting easier as I am much more organized with shopping for groceries and being sure to have what I need in the fridge and pantry…

still there are days that I don’t want to wear those big girl pants… 

miss my beloved…

accidents…

17 Monday Apr 2017

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had a couple of accidents recently…

a few weeks ago this happened…

I was opening a cupboard and this tiny vase fell out and broke… it was made for a single bloom and I really enjoyed it… sadly I can’t even remember where it came from so won’t be able to replace it…

the second oopsie is due mainly to laziness I think… I didn’t empty the rain barrel before the weather changed and the water inside froze and now it is trashed…

pretty sure we aren’t going to be able to fix this, sigh… and it had taken so long to find one that I liked… 

because it is all one piece don’t even think I can use it for anything else…

will need to be careful in the Fall with whatever I replace it with…

but I am excited that the weather is warming up and before long we’ll be sitting out in the garden…

weekend…

09 Sunday Apr 2017

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big girl pants, blessed, cleanup, dimsum, family, garden, grandson, hot tub, pond, projects, tradition, weekend, widow

I should be completely worn out because it’s been such a busy weekend… but I’m not…

up and out for an early morning hot tub and took a picture of the garden before I came in…

it needs the spring cleanup…

was picked up and met the rest of the family for dimsum… this is one of our traditions when my sister-in-law comes to town… and we all love it… well most of the time… sometimes the younger ones don’t want to have anything, but another time they eat everything in sight… 

that black blob on the bottom right is the youngest not participating, lol… but he did eat…

my oldest grandson came home with me and did some cleanup in the garden, although it was rather cold… he raked and swept and moved furniture and took dead plants to the composting barrels… then we sat down at his suggestion, and made a list of projects for the garden this summer…

we didn’t get everything we wanted done today, but it looks much more ready to be in…

I am so blessed to have this young man help me with the garden maintenance… and of course my son-in-law does lots of the work with the ponds;-)…

looking forward to warm days and hours spent by the pond…

blessed…

23 Thursday Feb 2017

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big girl pants, blessed, chocolate, City Place, flowers, garden, health, money, solar lights, widow

enjoying my flowers…

been thinking about how blessed I am…

have enough money to be able to go and pick up a few things at the Farmers’ Market if I want…

and so I did today… got some Stak Company soup mix, some micro greens for today’s lunch and a couple of chocolate bars just for me…

my health is good and I am able to get out and about whenever I want… did all that walking downtown on Tuesday with the kids…

was very excited to see the solar lights shining through the snow in the garden…

usually a sign that the sun is getting stronger and it is getting warmer;-)…

I am ready for Spring…

puddles…

20 Monday Feb 2017

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big girl pants, flowers, Formal Gardens, garden, hot tub, Poke Balls, puddles, Safeway, squirrels, walk, widow

out for an early morning hot tub and was listening to the squirrels chattering away… 

as I looked out into the yard – which didn’t get quite as cleaned up for winter as my beloved would have done – I remembered how the garbage can was damaged by an angry squirrel… George had cleaned out a nest the squirrels had made in the shed… he’d put a ton of peanuts and leaves and various bits of stuffing into the garbage can… a few days later we discovered that the squirrel had chewed through a corner of the can… it is very thick plastic and we couldn’t believe they could actually get through it, lol… and all the peanuts were gone… 

was remembering many of the fun times that have taken place in the garden… 

headed out to the Formal Gardens at the Park a bit later to get a walk in, and gather some poke balls… 

dull sky but warm… lots of puddles to go around… 

on the way home stopped at the Tuxedo Safeway and picked up flowers… they looked lovely and perked me right up… 

I’d tried to get some at the Madison Safeway yesterday but their supply was decimated from the Valentine’s Day rush…

a restful Louis Riel day…

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