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flora…

20 Tuesday Feb 2024

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had a fun time at The Leaf today…

went with a friend to see Flora of the Philippines…

we couldn’t figure out the new markers on many of the plants in the Tropical Biome, but eventually realized they represented the flag of the Philippines and demonstrated how many of the plants in the biomes originated there…

besides seeing where so many plants came from, there were hundreds of orchids… heaven for me…

what a treat…

after our wander through the biomes, we had lunch at Gather…

what a delightful way to spend time together;-)…

fifty-seven…

19 Monday Feb 2024

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a few days ago a friend dropped by with some books for me and in the process brought me a couple of my JD Robb favourites…

we have both read the entire series and she has the collection, so now I am going to start collecting the series…

two down and fifty-seven left to collect…

longest…

18 Sunday Feb 2024

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so happy to see that all the solar lights came on after a day filled with sunshine…

what a treat…

the funny part is that this one set wasn’t working for the longest time (as in, over Christmas) but started up in the last few weeks…

and is doing a blinking pattern…

it is such fun to see them light up as it gets dark out…

at some point I guess I will need to turn off the trees in the planters, but I am enjoying them too much right now;-)…

doldrums…

06 Tuesday Feb 2024

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yesterday I picked up tulips when I was at the grocery store… I was very happy about that…

when I got home they went into a single large vase, but this morning I took the time to separate them into four containers…

one is on the stairs to go up to the bedroom…

one has gone onto the kitchen counter…

one is in the bathroom…

and one is next to where I sit to watch TV in the Den…

what a lovely treat… flowers are what help me get through the doldrums of February;-)…

Awakening…

03 Saturday Feb 2024

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I spent a good part of Wednesday and basically all of Thursday reading The Awakening by Nora Roberts…

I literally couldn’t put it down, lol…

it was delightful and I enjoyed every page…

now to get the next book in the trilogy;-)…

caddy…

28 Sunday Jan 2024

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not too long ago I saw a cool use of a shower caddy…

it had been tucked in a corner of a room and had puck lights under the shelves to provide light for each of the plants…

I’d been looking online but hadn’t yet ordered one… here’s the spot where it will go…

today I got a shelf from Home Depot and we made a few adjustments as we put it together;-)…

ended up leaving the top portion of the pipe off and using some cord holders and zip ties to attach the pipe to the wall…

I decided not to use any additional lights as the spot this is set in gets a lot of light…

I am pleased with how it came out… and may have to get a few more plants, lol…

beams…

27 Saturday Jan 2024

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at last the sun came out late yesterday afternoon…

instead of a nap, I decided to read in the beams of light… and when I went out for my hot tub, the full moon was visible, woohoo…

this morning the sun was out again and I was so excited that I took a few photos in the bedroom as I admired the sunshine on the bed…

that sunlight makes the flowers even more beautiful;-)…

I have spent as much time as possible in the light, even spent some time on the deck…

hyacinths…

24 Wednesday Jan 2024

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it smells delightful right now in the living room as both of the hyacinths are blooming…

spent the majority of the day there so I could enjoy the scent;-)…

I am so happy to have flowers in these dark days of winter…

pot…

23 Tuesday Jan 2024

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on Sunday we took a trip to Safeway to find some spring plants… this is the time of year that I need lots of things blooming around me…

we found individual pots of hyacinth and crocus… then a pot with tulips, daffodils, primrose, and hyacinth in it… I got them all, lol…

I am enjoying watching them as they open and anticipating the scent;-)…

happy…

22 Monday Jan 2024

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Wednesday was my last visit to The Leaf for Voyage and after our visit we stopped at the gift shop and checked out the merchandise…

I found this Fleurs de Villes t-shirt…

the saying on it is “flowers make me happy”…

this has been one of my hashtags since I started on Instagram, so I had to get it…

what a wonderful surprise and whenever I wear it I will remember what a wonderful time I had at The Leaf;-)…

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