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fencing…

15 Thursday Jun 2023

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the latest project around the house has taken a little while… we began discussing it in February, lol…

the actual work started on Thursday, June 8th, when my grandson and son-in-law took down the back fence as well as the small one in the front yard…

it involved hammering, using the car jack and a great deal of muscle… once it was down, all the pieces were loaded into a truck… then we moved soil, cleaned up the leaves from the cedars and Virginia creeper, and filled many bags of yardwaste…

midway through the day the lumber was dropped off, but had to be brought onto the driveway a few pieces at a time, and by the end of the day we were worn out, lol…

on Friday, my grandson met our handyperson at the hardware store where they rented an auger and picked up a big bag of screws and nails…

they used more muscle to get the old holes redug and finished the day with all posts installed…

Sunday, the oldest dug up excess dirt around the shed while we waited for the rest of the crew to arrive, including one of his brothers…

they worked well together and got the back fence 99.9% finished, with a nice wide gate and the framework up for the front portion of fence…

on Wednesday and Thursday my oldest grandson put the finishing touches on the fencing and both sections look great…

so pleased with the final result as well as how smoothly the process went and what great help we had from everyone…

tour…

14 Wednesday Jun 2023

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it has been fun watching neighbours check out the construction of the new back fence…

from stepping into the lane to see what was happening, to offering advice and tools to aid in the process, to checking out the ponds when they were easy to see without any obstacles in the way, to sweeping up some of the final debris…

I met a few that I hadn’t known before and enjoyed a tour of one of their gardens… wow, it certainly puts mine to shame, lol… flowers everywhere and dear little wooden items they build to add to the beauty of the garden…

it is quite amazing what can be found behind garden gates;-)…

chats…

10 Saturday Jun 2023

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I woke up rather early and was laying in bed trying to decide whether to get up or try to go back to sleep…

as I lay there I heard my sixteen-month-old neighbour chatting with one (or both) of his parents… there weren’t distinct words, just the sound of his voice;-)…

I don’t usually hear anything from him so the windows and wind must have been in just the right configuration…

made me think of when the girls were that little and the early morning happy chats;-)…

trunkful…

03 Saturday Jun 2023

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enjoying every spring/summer day;-)…

last Sunday I set out the cushions and had breakfast on the back deck… followed that up with some reading…

headed out to look for a few plants and found a whole trunkful…

on our way home we stopped at Tim Horton’s and picked up chicken and cilantro wraps… very tasty… the kids are always introducing me to new things…

once home, the baskets were hung up and then a bit more reading happened on the back deck…

bounds…

26 Friday May 2023

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the clematis is growing by leaps and bounds…

here it is on Friday, May 12th…

and on Friday, May 19…

and Tuesday, May 23…

motorcycle…

23 Tuesday May 2023

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the car was gone for the weekend and I think the motorcycle was kind of happy to have the garage to itself, lol…

it is usually stuck between the side door and the car;-)…

bridge…

22 Monday May 2023

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happy that the fish have finally decided to come out from under the bridge during the day;-)…

climbed into the pond as the pump that went into it last week was barely running…

after taking all the bits out, washed them in a pail, and then went back into the pond to return them…

when I turned it back on, it burbled just like when it first went in…

always careful when I go into the pond, but it also makes me happy;-)…

beefsteak…

21 Sunday May 2023

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Saturday was another glorious day in the garden…

and I started planting… yay… I added compost and fresh soil to the veggie gardens and then planted seeds as well as a pepper, some squash, cucumber and the beefsteak tomatoes… the seedlings came from Jonathan’s Farm and were in great shape…

excited to see if anything grows up and over the arch…

brought out the dahlia tubers and got them into planters as well as the new dahlia that I got from Lily Stone Gardens… it has been growing very fast… and finally put in a number of the morning glory seedlings that have been growing in the house…

perfect…

20 Saturday May 2023

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Friday was a beautiful semi-warm and sunny day…

I spent some time reading on the upper deck and when it warmed up a bit I found the screws for the hammock, removed the umbrella, laid the whole thing down, and attached all four legs tightly… put everything back together and then added a couple of cushions to the hammock chair and it is now perfect;-)… I may have had a short nap in it while taking a break from reading…

I am very happy as the shape of this chair is much more comfortable than the previous one… I think it will get more use, but we shall see…

a little later, I used the fishnet in the bathtub pond to clean out all the dead water hyacinths from last year… then I brought out the wet-vac and sucked out the dead leaves and water… next I put together the pieces for the new pump and set it into the pond… after filling it up, turned on the pump and it worked… yay…

now it is burbling nicely…

feels like I got quite a bit done;-)…

burbling…

19 Friday May 2023

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early Tuesday morning I was sitting on the back deck, listening to the burbling of the pond, as a bunny came right up next to me… we chatted, well I chatted and the bunny twitched its nose for a few minutes, before it hopped away… pleased that it felt comfortable as I sat there reading quietly… well, maybe it didn’t notice me, lol…

reminded me of how truly blessed I am… and what a wonderful life I lead…that I can sit in the sunshine and shade in my garden and enjoy the nature around me – the birds, and squirrels, and bunnies, and bees – every day that I want…

and while I was there, to hear about the ducklings that hatched yesterday, and today crossed a busy street with their momma, (protected by two different people families) in Ottawa to find a swimming pool to start the next portion of their journey…

later in the day I stood up from a chair on the upper deck and spotted a goldfinch at the feeder… it flitted about nervously for a few moments and then, when it felt safe, called its partner to come and eat… they were happy for a while, until a squirrel came and chased them away…

if I hadn’t stood up at just that moment I would have missed them… a lovely treat…

made chicken soup from the leftovers of Sunday’s dinner and tested out a few new purchases which arrived at the door…

nice…

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