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23 Sunday Aug 2015

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got home before noon after our last night of camping in the basement of my daughter’s new house… no furniture in the place other than our camping chairs and air mattresses… but it was warm, had toilets and running water… pretty darn nice…

when we got up this morning, the rain was going sideways as the wind was blowing like crazy… happy to be inside, lol… the guys ran out to check for basement flooding at one of the houses… they brought home egg mcmuffins for our breakfast… a tasty treat after the last few days of cooking on a campfire and doing endless dishes in a bucket, lol…

I brought in my gear and took a quick look around the garden as it had stopped raining during the drive…

  
this is a picture of the eggplant… when I left on Friday there were three hanging on the plant… apparently something or someone decided they needed them more than I did… hope they enjoyed them…

also picked some tomatoes while I was out there, finally ripening…a few of the Romas had blossom rot so I took the rest off…

  
had a few of them with my supper… tasted good…

it’s been overcast and windy for most of the day, but late this afternoon the sun came streaming through the window into the living room… had to get a photo…

 dahlia flower blooming on the deck…
  

harvest…

20 Thursday Aug 2015

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sitting out beside the pond as I fill it up… water is rather low again…

  
everything was thirsty so used the hose to provide drinks, lol…

here is tonight’s harvest from the garden…

  
a Roma tomato and a lovely eggplant… ate both of them with my supper… very tasty…

can’t believe that the big morning glory blossom is going to open tomorrow, while I am at work, sigh… still hoping to be here during the day when one is opening…

  
goldfinches were at the feeders when I came out…and a bunny ran off when I was getting the hose…

   
 
I think this little one is a goldfinch but am not certain…

picked up tzatziki, a lovely loaf of bread, cheese biscuits, and radishes today at the Farmers Market… had half a bagel at lunch so will save the biscuits for tomorrow and take the bread camping, lol…

there was barely room to move at the Market… clearly the harvest has been good this year…

need to go in as it is getting dark… earlier and earlier, sigh… already missing the light…

green…

19 Wednesday Aug 2015

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took a few photos of the violet blooms today… the greenery in these plants is very deep and rich looking…

  
pleased with how they came out… this was with my iPhone…

had some delicious green beans for my dinner…

  
I spent the rest of the evening preparing about seven pounds of beans, mainly green, but a few yellow… lots of work involved…

  
many minutes of “top and tailing”… that’s what my mom called it… 

she’d be so proud… I remember when we lived on the farm in La Salle and had a large garden and how she loved working in it…

  
blanched the beans…

  
popped them into cold water and filled bags to go into the freezer…

  
rather proud of myself when I put ten packages into the freezer…

that was besides eating about 3 cups and putting aside a large container for us to take camping on the weekend…

great fun… now to rest, lol…

tv…

16 Sunday Aug 2015

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woke up early this morning and turned the tv on…

well, tried to turn it on… last night it was working fine, but this morning it is completely dead… sigh… I spend a lot of time on the bed watching it… tried everything I could think of, but nothing worked…

went, did grocery shopping, brought it home and put it all away…

then I rearranged the main floor tv room so that I felt comfortable watching in there…

spent a lot of time in the garden… there are at least two baby goldfish and possibly three… must have sat at the edge of the pond for half an hour watching for them…

  
moved the lounge chair onto the back deck so I could sit in it and watch the bird feeders… might just leave it there…

  
the goldfinches have been around and about… the garden just brightens up when the little flashes of yellow and light green flit past… and I even saw the bunny in the neighbour’s yard… 

much cooler today and sort of overcast, well not sunny, for a good portion of the day…

  
did pick up a few treats for next weekend in case I go camping again with the kids… we all love chips and I got the makings for s’mores… packed them all up in a bag ready to go…

tears…

15 Saturday Aug 2015

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day started with breakfast in the garden…

there were lots of birds… chickadees, goldfinches, sparrows, a woodpecker…

   
 
and I was very excited to discover a caterpillar on one of the parsley plants…

  
was enjoying the activity around me when all of a sudden I burst into tears… never know when the grief will hit you… must have sobbed for fifteen minutes before the sadness passed… miss my beloved so much…

did some gardening… one of the jobs was to take out many of the water hyacinth in the pond… couldn’t even tell if there were fish because it was completely covered over…

and discovered two baby fish… great news and they are both very pretty… moved too fast to get a good picture, lol…

got some nice shots of flowers…  

 
these are tiny ones in the pond…
  
morning glory ready to unfurl tomorrow… can’t believe it but the big morning glory didn’t open this morning…

  
love the shape of the mandevilla buds…

out in the garden for a good portion of the day, other than a nap and when it rained a bit…

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…

bites…

12 Wednesday Aug 2015

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laying on my bed slathered in aloe… hoping it will help the crazy itching of my legs and feet…

  
apparently the mosquitoes had a good meal last night and the days before while we were camping…

when I was walking on the treadmill this morning, I realized I had worn different shoes last night at the soccer game… the shoes I had on this morning were rubbing against a number of bites… felt much better when I put on last night’s sandals…

after my walk I went into the garden and took a few pictures… 

the mandevilla is covered in flowers and blossoms…

  
I am so drawn to the morning glories, which I’m sure is a surprise for you, lol…

 looks like these morning glory flowers will be much bigger than the other plant already flowering…

 

back…

11 Tuesday Aug 2015

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back to regular life today…

spent a few minutes in the garden checking out the flowers…

  
the dahlia has more flowers on it and two other plants are budding…

  
two beautiful morning glory flowers, neither of which were damaged yet…

the pond is covered with the water hyacinth… that from three plants, lol…

  
got picked up by my daughter and we came out to Blumberg where we are watching the middle guy play soccer… teams are evenly matched and it is a good game…

  
had a salad from Subway for dinner and am drinking some water… beautiful evening even though it is quite warm, but there is a lovely breeze…

walking…

04 Tuesday Aug 2015

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after lazing around all day yesterday thought I better get out and about today… two lovely morning glories in the garden…

  
had a great walk to the Park and around the Gardens… bit of a breeze and the temperature was in the low 20s…

  
some of my favourite shots… water lilies…

  
water drops on hostas…

  
hydrangeas…

  
the very last bloom on the rose standards…

  
pretty dahlias…

  
boxwood going in where the lilacs were…

  
a few geese at the Duck Pond… last time I was there in the daytime, there weren’t any…

  
the river is quite low… not too many weeks ago you couldn’t see this island at all…

on my way back I went to the grocery store to pick up eggs and milk…

as I was walking home from there, I thought about how far I have come in the last few years… I never went anywhere by myself… George and I travelled together all the time… I would walk to the Park occasionally, but would meet him there to wander through the Gardens or have a meal… I don’t think I ever walked to the grocery store…

now I walk over to the Park often, and even to the grocery store, without a second thought… still not so fond of eating out on my own but continue to push myself to do it…

a desire to be healthy and those big girl pants…

delightful…

03 Monday Aug 2015

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except for a few chores, I have spent the entire day in the garden…

  
moved from chair to chair and from sunny to shady areas and back…

watched the critters…

  
besides this one, which practically joined me in my chair, there were red squirrels, bluejays, chickadees, sparrows, butterflies, dragonflies, bumblebees, with some wasps and mosquitoes….

the morning glories were glorious… always seems to me that they are lit from within…

  
for a good part of the day I had yoga pants and a sweater on… usually I sit in the shade but was forced to move into the sunlight to warm up a few times…

  
when I wasn’t watching the wildlife around me, I was reading, napping, or eating… not too many steps in today, but I have plans to spend some time on the treadmill once I go in…

made a lovely salad for lunch with leftovers from last night’s supper…

  
turned out delicious…

  
after realizing last night that there is less light each day I decided to enjoy every moment of it today…

and it has been quite delightful…