hamburgers…

09 Tuesday Jun 2026

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since our new bbq – Glowy – arrived in April, we (my housemate!) have been barbecuing much more often…

recently we had hamburgers which were delicious… I’ve gotten a bit more lazy and have been buying premade patties, but they are much tastier than previous versions…

this bbq has extra btu, so it is easy to get good heat for searing and lovely grill marks;-)…

we’ve also done chicken, steak, lobster, sausage, and lamb, as well as zucchini, potatoes, and onions…

wondering what we might try next;-)…

hardening…

29 Friday May 2026

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Tuesday afternoon the majority of the larger house plants made it outside…

they have just made it onto the deck and a few will be moved elsewhere soon…

the smaller ones will come out in the next few days as space is made for them in the garden…

I’m being wild and crazy this year and not hardening any of them off…

this is also the first year in quite a while that I didn’t start any plants in the house…

we will see how they adapt to the rather warm weather and bright sun… 🤞

fewer…

27 Wednesday May 2026

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Monday morning it was warm and sunny, so we went plant shopping…

two different places and many plants purchased…

this year I’ve decided to go with fewer varieties, but more of them…

in the end I chose petunias, salvia, and fuchsia…

added a few creeping phlox to go with what I already have, as well as three different varieties of hostas…

finished up with a few vegetables…

pleased that I was able to stick to the plan…

now, they are all laid out in the spots where they will go and will be planted before too long…

spatchcocked…

20 Wednesday May 2026

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on Sunday we (well, my housemate) cooked a spatchcocked chicken on Glowy for dinner…

afterwards I took the leftover bones and meat and started chicken soup…

finished it in the morning and had a delicious cup of soup for lunch;-)…

ladders…

19 Tuesday May 2026

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my middle grandson came over on Saturday to help with some projects…

it started with removing the virginia creeper from the house and garage eavestroughs which involved a few ladders, big boards, buckets, and a number of yardwaste bags, lol…

from there he worked with his brother on adding copper mesh to boards to go along the garage to keep the squirrels out… hopefully it works…

the final piece of work was helping with getting the sails up in the garden…

happy we got so much done, particularly since then the weather has been cold🤪…

threshold…

12 Tuesday May 2026

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for many, many, months the threshold on the front door has been loose…

this week my housemate removed the metal and the old wood…

there was a bit of laughter regarding the tiny size and rustiness of the screws that were taken out…

a new piece of wood was positioned, which sits on the top step of the stairs and should provide more strength in the future… stronger screws and the metal strip reinstalled…

looks great and there is no longer any movement when it is stepped on…

woohoo;-)…

of course, this all took place while I was on a video call with my kids in Ottawa… there was hardly any noise, except for drilling and hammering 🤪…

spread…

11 Monday May 2026

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spent time in the garden Saturday morning…

the job was to level out the ground as much as possible…

soil, compost and sand were mixed by the wheelbarrow full and then dumped and levelled across the grass using a handmade levelling rake…

it took quite awhile but eventually the space seems much flatter…

next, a mix of grass and clover seed was spread over the entire area and then gently raked in…

finally, the entire area was watered…

now to wait for it to grow…

t-shirt…

08 Friday May 2026

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last week I bought a lovely scarf at The Leaf…

today, while I was working my shift at the Mediterranean Biome exit spot, I watched a woman unfold a purple t-shirt in the Gift shop which is just outside the exit and perfectly in my view, lol…

so at the end of my day, I went and found one for me…

it is lovely and I know I will enjoy wearing it this summer;-)…

I may have to stop looking through those doors, lol…

a bit later, after I got home, a friend stopped by with a delicious piece of cake… we’d talked earlier in the week about this exact dessert… a lovely treat and visit…