serenity…

24 Friday May 2019

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pretty pleased because, thanks to a friend, I might just have found a gardener…

we walked around the front yard and garden and reviewed all of the things that needed to be done… it is quite a list…

at first I thought she was overwhelmed with how much needs to be done, but I mentioned I would be happy if just the garden was looked after…

although it was raining and the garden looks rather sad, she said she felt the serenity of the space…

we made a plan and she is going to get started when she has an opening in her schedule… this might not be for a few weeks, but I am thrilled that the work is going to get done eventually…

before then I’m hoping that someone can come and move some rocks…

so exciting;-)…

maintenance…

22 Wednesday May 2019

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been thinking about what to plant in the garden this year…

wondering about doing something a bit different… maybe only choose three or four types of plants and using them in multiples…

have someone coming over to see if they might help me with the maintenance of the garden… excited to see how that turns out…

available…

21 Tuesday May 2019

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went to look at what plants were available in the stores on Sunday…

it is too soon to do any planting so my goal was to see what is out there…

but then I bought a few things…

picked up a flat of white alyssum and one of purple lobelia… I’ve used these for a number of years in the planters around the deck… the colour and scent add to the peaceful feeling in the garden…

then I chose a basket of midnight stars petunias… petunias have not been one of my favourites, but the flowers on this plant are amazing… this will go into the planter right outside the front door…

finally, a hanging basket of fuchsia, red and purple, which will hang close to the hot tub…

considering that I wasn’t going to buy anything, I guess I did well to stop when I did, lol…

sludge…

17 Friday May 2019

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today we got the waterfall going in the pond…

to do it, we had to go and get a new pump, as apparently the old one died about the time in came out of the pond in the Fall…

the water is still murky and it is full of leaves…

going to have to do some research to find something that might dissolve some of the sludge…

but I am so happy to hear the sound of the running water…

empire…

14 Tuesday May 2019

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I was up before the alarm… and saw this lovely view out the stairwell window as the sun was rising…

as I turned my head I spotted this squirrel that was clearly overseeing its empire…

just like I was, lol…

finches…

12 Sunday May 2019

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spent some time in the garden reading this afternoon…

I’ve also been watching the birds…

yesterday I spotted a couple of finches and have been hoping to get a photo of them so I can identify them… I even took my camera upstairs and left it on the landing hoping I might spot them again when going up or down the stairs…

no luck so far, but there are at least four different types of sparrows out there;-)…

and the creeping Charlie is starting to bloom…

birdseed…

04 Saturday May 2019

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a beautiful day out…

it was fairly windy so I wasn’t going to go and do anything outside, but had a conversation with my Ottawa daughter who had been busy in her yard…

so, I had a nap and then went out for a bit…

brought up the birdseed from the basement and filled the feeders as well as the two pails that live in the garage…

then I did a little cleaning on the back deck and moved the furniture around to get the garden ready…

and finally, I spent some time reading in the sunlight…

favourite…

03 Friday May 2019

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I’ve been asked by a number of people to share my favourite thing about Maui…

so I’ve been thinking about it… and I can’t come up with just one thing…

over the last week I’ve printed a group of my favourite photos… and have been looking them over and remembering the particular moments each one represents…

there were so many special times… the ocean, the beaches, the rainbows, the trees, the turtles, the vegetation, the orchids, the flowers, snorkelling, the waterfalls, the food, the helicopter flight, the cacao trees, and on and on…