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wondered…

21 Monday Oct 2024

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yesterday, I gathered up most of the bird feeders, filled them with the last of the birdseed, and hung them onto the front pole…

wondered how long it will take the birds to find it here and hoping the deer won’t be coming by;-)…

well, by this morning, the chickadees, nuthatches, and sparrows had found it…

was excited to see that I caught two of the nuthatches snacking at the same time…

thrived…

20 Sunday Oct 2024

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another delightful visit to The Leaf…

we arrived around 4:30 pm Thursday and the biomes were nearly empty of people… which was wonderful for us;-)…

it really is astonishing how the plants have thrived since the opening in December 2022…

the Tropical biome is lush with greenery and it was fun to notice changes since I was last there…

then we moved into the Mediterranean biome… for the first time ever, it was very cool…

the Yasuragi display is lovely… we spent quite a bit of time studying the bonsai and noting how old many of them were…

what an amazing art-form…

can’t wait to go back and enjoy this beautiful space…

inhabitants…

19 Saturday Oct 2024

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today the three fish in the bathtub pond moved into their winter condo… one of the rocks that had been in that pond was also brought in to provide a tunnel for the fish…

the tanks have been filled and running since September 30th, although the biggest one has a lot of algae in it so these fish will be testing whether it is ready for inhabitants…

we will likely wait another week or so before moving the rest of the school…

so far, they appear happy;-)…

varieties…

12 Saturday Oct 2024

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finally got around to digging up the dahlias…

took some time because many of them were root bound and did not want to get out of the pots, lol…

I brought in a container with the three varieties in it…

they will sit and dry for a few days before I try to separate them before packaging in brown paper bags and putting away for the winter…

brought one last blossom in to enjoy;-)…

out-of-town…

09 Wednesday Oct 2024

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another wonderful visit to The Leaf… this time with family from out-of-town…

we were there Monday, just after eleven and it wasn’t crowded… we began with a quick walk through the Diversity Gardens…

inside the Tropical Biome, we stopped to visit the three cacao trees, lol…

we had a great time in the Mediterranean Biome checking out the new display – Yasuragi: The Gardens of Japan…

I will be coming again and again to enjoy this serene spot…

from there we had lunch at Gather Craft Kitchen & Bar… delicious, as always…

a visit to the Shirley Richardson Butterfly Garden, where there were many varieties of butterflies, ended our time before we walked home…

certainly a delightful way to spend the day…

sapling…

08 Tuesday Oct 2024

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well, this was a lovely treat…

I’ve been wanting this sapling alongside of the garage to be cut down for ages…

it seems to get cut down on a fairly regular basis, but then grows back, lol…

now it has been chopped…

the trick will be to see if we can stop the stump from growing more branches, lol…

thirteen…

06 Sunday Oct 2024

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sat in the sun on the deck listening to the visiting birds as they stop by on their way south…

it was lovely to hear all their little voices…

Merlin told me it heard thirteen birds in fifteen minutes…

and a yellow rumped warbler…

not long after, I had spotted ten of them, coming and going to the feeder or snacking on goodies on the ground…

reminded me of all the birds we heard and saw at the cottage in June…

sprinkler…

05 Saturday Oct 2024

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for the last few weeks I have been annoyed by a sound I could hear on the deck…

it sounded like wood rubbing against something…

I have walked all around, looking and listening with no success as I’ve tried to figure out what it was…

on Friday I asked my housemate if he could figure it out…

it took him all of two minutes to point out the solar floating sprinkler, which was sitting upside down on a corner of the deck, mainly in the shade…

apparently, a bit of it was catching the sun’s rays and causing it to attempt to run, which caused the sound…

it has now been moved into the garage and there is blissful silence on the deck;-)…

orange…

03 Thursday Oct 2024

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on Monday we gathered at our usual time, all wearing our orange shirts…

before we started, my grandson took a few minutes to take our photo…

we do like to commemorate our gatherings, lol…

during the previous week there had been some interesting TRW lunch and learns which provided some information we hadn’t known before…

it is always good to come together and share our lives and talk about what is going on in the world…

lively…

02 Wednesday Oct 2024

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Wednesday was a lively day…

started off with an early breakfast and quick inspection of the house to make sure everything was tidy as the cleaners were coming at nine…

it was raining out when they arrived so I headed up to the computer room to get out of their way… while there I filed paperwork, put items in a pass-along box and tidied the desk… it always surprises me how that desk can get cluttered, all by itself, lol…

as they left, Hilda the Gardener arrived for a final cleanup of the garden… pots and planters were emptied in preparation for our next season, irises were planted around the garden, and the strawberry plant went back into the ground to overwinter…

while she was here, my grandson’s grandfather arrived to work a bit on the newly drywalled sections of the basement…

as they were working inside and outside, I began bringing in the plants that will live indoors during the next few seasons and setting them up in their winter locations…

this year I have set up a few grow lights in the spot where the small fish tank had been located… it will be an interesting experiment to see how they will do in this location…

so, the inside and outside of the house are both lovely, tidy, clean and organized…

then I had a nap;-)…

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