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pump…

07 Wednesday May 2014

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big girl pants, garden, pond, pump, waterfall

when I was working in the garden on the weekend I was thinking I needed to call the pond people about coming to put the pump in and see if the leak is fixed…

been really busy so hadn’t gotten around to it, but as I was heading out this morning I thought about it again…

was very happy to get a call from one of the pond guys to say he was going to come tomorrow and could I put the pump out for him…

this is hopefully the last picture of the pond without the waterfall running…

20140507-221141.jpgmaybe spring is really here, lol…

bunny…

10 Thursday Oct 2013

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big girl pants, bunny, flowers, garden, sunset, walked home

last night I got dropped off at the end of the street and walked the rest of the way… it was gorgeous and I was happy to spend a few minutes in the fresh air…

was thinking about the bunnies that I have been seeing lately and looked up to see one sitting in the road, right in front of the house…

bunny from a few months ago,,,

bunny from a few months ago,,,

I think they are very cute and enjoy having them on the street and in the garden… apparently I don’t plant anything that they think is yummy so I haven’t felt any desire to get rid of them…

I do have friends though who have a big problem with bunnies eating their vegetables and flowers…

but, for now, I just think they are cute…

as the light left the sky I stood still and watched the little fellow as it watched me… finally a car came down the street and away went the bunny…

yard work…

22 Sunday Sep 2013

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big girl pants, difference a year makes, gaggle of geese, garden, last year, recovering, Snow Birds, yard work

spent some time in the garden today…

weather was very nice… it was warm, but there was a lovely breeze which kept it cool…

cleaned out the planters around the deck and watered the remaining baskets…

then emptied and refilled the hot tub…

I think the Snow Birds flew out of the city, because there were three batches of jets that left in twos and threes, making a lot of racket… by the time I had my camera out the third batch were leaving and they weren’t visible… they were the red and white of the Snow Birds but I hadn’t heard that any events were on in the area…

while I was making my dinner, a great gaggle of geese flew over and again I didn’t have time to get the camera and take a picture…

i have been hearing the geese daily for the last while as they head out to the fields for their last feeds before heading south…

here’s a picture of the geese that I took last year about this time…

geese in the Park, September 2012...

geese in the Park, September 2012…

just realized that last year at this time I was on my last few days of sick leave, following my surgery, before getting back to work…

I spent the majority of the summer in the back yard recuperating… what a difference a year makes…

glory in the morning…

20 Friday Sep 2013

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big girl pants, cooler weather, frost, garden, glory in the morning, morning glories

got a few pics on my way to the garage this morning… the morning glories are really enjoying this cooler weather and I am enjoying them… they really are one of my favourites…

there were a number of blooms when I left…

love the two-tone quality of this one...

love the two-tone quality of this one…

even four or five when I got home, which is unusual, as they are normally done by about noon… today was quite overcast and cool so that must have encouraged them to bloom longer…

couldn't decide if the lighter coloured one was opening or closing...

couldn’t decide if the lighter coloured one was opening or closing…

the weather people are forecasting frost tonight… I hope they are wrong… but it does encourage me to get out into the garden and do some cleaning up…

being sure to take a moment whenever I go by them to enjoy their beauty as soon they won’t be blooming :-)…

sunflower…

10 Tuesday Sep 2013

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big girl pants, flowers, garden, nature, sunflower, weeding

yesterday I took a picture of the sunflower in the front garden starting to open…

sunflower just starting to open...

sunflower just starting to open through the window…

I didn’t plant it there, but apparently I haven’t done any weeding for a while and all of a sudden there it was big and bold in the garden… couldn’t pull it out after that…

sunflower starting to open...

sunflower opening…

so I’ve been watching it and this morning as I was leaving the driveway I took a couple of pictures…

close up of sunflower opening...

close up of sunflower opening…

as I wasn’t home, I couldn’t see if it swivelled around to follow the sun, but maybe I will be able to see that on the weekend…

it is always such fun to see a field of sunflowers turning their faces to follow the sun…

sky…

27 Tuesday Aug 2013

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enjoy time in the garden, five morning glories, garden, pond, sky, too hot

tonight, after supper and a nap, I headed into the garden to take a few pictures of the opened up area of the pond…

waterfall after the fix...

waterfall after the fix…

apparently, while I was napping, my pond guy came by and put it all back together… looks good… now we will have to see if the leak is fixed…

the sky was beautiful and I took a quick pic…

gorgeous sky this evening...

gorgeous sky this evening…

tomorrow morning I will add water to the pond to top it up when I water all the plants…

this morning I got up, dressed and went out and watered everything… it is just too hot to do it at night when I get home…

some of this morning's purple morning glories...

some of this morning’s purple morning glories…

there were five morning glory blooms this morning… and it looks like there will be a number tomorrow morning as well…

closing up and opening...

closing up and opening…

I do enjoy time in the garden… a lovely way to start and end the day…

nearly blooming…

14 Wednesday Aug 2013

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big girl pants, Courtenay, dry waterfall, garden, mandevilla, nearly blooming, purple dahlia, purple hand blown float, quiet week, recover from excitement, water hyacinth

had a little wander around the garden tonight…

red mandevilla, although my favourite is white...

red mandevilla, although my favourite is white…

the mandevilla is just about ready to bloom… I had been hoping that it might have been open for the Bubble Party which was over a week ago and it is still waiting…

purple dahlia...

purple dahlia…

the dahlia has been getting ready for days but now I can see a few purple petals ready to burst open… it is nearly as tall as me… some of the others are just getting buds on them… I purchased most of them when I was in Courtenay…

dry waterfall...

dry waterfall…

the pond is still losing water, even with the waterfall turned off… got a few good pics of the fish and a great shot of my purple float from Seattle…

fish under the water hyacinth...

fish under the water hyacinth…

watered a few baskets and plants and then had a nap…

my hand blown purple float...

my hand blown purple float…

looking forward to a quiet week and weekend as I continue to recover from all the excitement over the last few weeks…

beautiful day…

13 Saturday Jul 2013

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beautiful day, Caprese salad, garden, Goldeye, her big girl pants, my beloved, planting, reading by the pond, tomatoes, weeding

had a wonderful day in the garden…

the weather was hot but a breeze blew for most of the day, making it comfortable…

weeded along the driveway and finally planted the two tomato plants… one of them has fruit that is heart shaped…

continued with planting some purple and white coneflowers that I picked up yesterday…

watered the sod and dug up quite a few dandelions which were trying to take over the yard during the construction… consulted with a neighbour about how to raise the level where the sod has been put down as it is a little low and I keep tripping when I walk over it, lol…

in amongst all that, I finished book 3 and started on book 4 of Game of Thrones…

had a nap and a lovely dinner of Goldeye and Caprese salad with my fresh basil…

lots of time remembering fun in the garden with my beloved, particularly when I was trimming the Virginia creeper by the hot tub:-)…

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the garden…

11 Tuesday Jun 2013

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bleeding heart, columbine, dahlia, eat and rest, garden, more flowers, wild rose

all the plants I bought before I left are still not in the ground so the garden looks rather dreadful…  the kids were busy while I was gone and although the grass has been cut a few times there are weeds everywhere… Jeff dug up some grass and dead plants in the front bed which was a great help… the wild roses have taken over the other front bed so that is going to take a fair bit of work, lol…

wild roses overrunning the front garden...

wild roses overrunning the front garden…

this feels particularly funny, because when we brought the little wild plant in from the lake it took about 4 years before it even had one blossom and hardly grew at all… now it is trying to take over the whole place…

lobilia wanting to be planted, maybe tomorrow night it will make it into the flower boxes...

lobelia wanting to be planted, maybe tomorrow night it will make it into the flower boxes…

I wandered around the garden tonight and took a few pictures… it looks very sad…

columbine in the side garden, blooming while the rest is taken over with weeds...

columbine in the side garden, blooming while the rest is taken over with weeds…

my goal had been to come home and do some planting but it seemed more important for my body to eat and rest… maybe I will do some planting tomorrow…

bleeding hearts and ferns are happy...

bleeding hearts and ferns are happy…

I may need to go and buy some additional flowers to add to those I have and I did bring home a bunch of dahlias so on the weekend I can get those planted…

torenia, one of my favourites in a hanging basket, a bit of what will make them a bit happier...

torenia, one of my favourites, in a hanging basket, a bit of water will make them a bit happier…

hoping that a few good hours of work with a couple of helpers will get it looking better…

preparing…

19 Sunday May 2013

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excited, garden, months to days, packing, planting, suitcase

ran out with Crystal and the boys this morning to find a few last items for the garden… couldn’t find exactly what I wanted and when we got home it was rainy and cool so we didn’t do any planting after all…

picked up a few items that I still needed for the trip… got a great rain jacket, some bigger sticks for both cameras, a battery for one and a cute little tripod to replace one that George had given me and I passed along to Cyndi…

new jacket and bits and pieces for the cameras...

new jacket and bits and pieces for the cameras…

spent a good portion of the day laying things out to take… tonight I put the majority of them into the suitcase… spent quite a while decided on which suitcase to take, thinking a little one might do, lol… the big one is just about full to bursting…

suitcase is filling up fast...

suitcase is filling up fast…

still have to figure out what I will use for the carry on and how much needs to go in it… let’s see, two cameras, tripod, meds, contacts, yikes, still have quite a bit to do…

don’t know how one minute it was months to wait to go on the cruise, and now I leave in just a few days and don’t really appear to be ready…

getting excited…

 

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