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03 Wednesday May 2023

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spent Tuesday in the garden… the first part on the deck reading in the sunshine…

there was no wind, so I was able to flatten out and fold up the tarpaulin…

then I moved to the back deck and did a bit of reading before starting to remove the last of the leaves and water from the pond with the wet vac… it took a number of trips to get it done… but, I did it, yay…

next, I found the hose, hooked it up and started the water running… finally I hooked up the pump and finished filling it…

so happy when the waterfall started up… worth all the work…

what a treat to sit, watch and listen to the sound;-)…

garden season has begun…

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28 Friday Apr 2023

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Wednesday is the day I water my plants… I have quite a few, lol…

I combine tap water with some banana skin water and wander around the living room, dining room, kitchen, bathroom, and den, with constant trips to the kitchen to refill the watering can…

I have had this watering can forever and have repaired the handle a few times as I enjoy the feel of this one…

seeing all of the blooms on the African violets and orchids, and the lovely purple anthurium blossom brings me so much happiness and makes me smile…

and currently, there are the seedlings that need attention as well…

it is quite a meditative experience and I enjoy the weekly time spent doing this…

mushrooms…

26 Wednesday Apr 2023

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Tuesday we went to aquasize as my buddy had an appointment on Thursday…

from there we drove to Oak Bluff, where we had lunch at Roxy’s Restaurant & Lounge… I was very excited to find battered mushrooms on the menu, so we started with those… and they were delicious;-)… then I had a tasty beef dip with Caesar salad… the service was excellent, the food good and it was a nice spot…

onward to Carman where we visited the Golden Prairie Arts Council to see an exhibition by Connie Bart Hamel which was filled with a variety of mediums… she is very talented and a neighbour of my friend…

we stopped at Syl’s for ice cream and had a lovely drive home in the sunshine…

wonderful day;-)…

miraculously…

19 Wednesday Apr 2023

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had a lovely day yesterday…

started with an early morning hot tub as the sun shone… then had pie for breakfast…

there were phone calls, text messages, visits, it was great and a DQ blizzard miraculously appeared;-)…

I spent time reading, napping, and watching a few programs…

we had steak and lobster for supper and I didn’t even have to clean up;-)…

my kids gave me another subscription for eight bouquets this summer… I loved the ones last summer… and this afternoon flowers arrived to brighten the dull day…

all in all, a pretty fine few days…

birthday week’s are fun;-)…

pie…

17 Monday Apr 2023

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as the birthday week celebrations continue, today I gathered with my BS buddies and they brought the birthday bag, a beautiful card, and cherry pie…

we have used the birthday bag for maybe twenty years… found this old photo from 2014 that has the bag in it, lol…

it used to hold a gift, but at this point in our lives we really don’t need anything, so now it contains a card…

this one was a beautiful painting by one of our group… it is a park bench and represents the bench that my beloved and I would sit on in the Leo Mol Garden during our walks…

happy birthday was sung and we had cherry pie with whipped cream… sooooo delicious;-)…

lots of conversation, laughs, and good eats…

now to be sure I don’t lose the bag before it is needed for the next birthday…

patio…

13 Thursday Apr 2023

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Tuesday, the patio door was open for a good portion of the day… guess it is time to connect the spring again…

always such a treat when that day arrives each spring… spent a good portion of the day sitting on the deck…

started the morning in one of the new deck chairs… after I pulled out one of the cushions from the garage… needed a blanket and jacket, but the sun was shining;-)…

then I brought out the wicker set from under the tarp on the back deck… I purchased and put them together last year…

and got very comfortable… by that time the jacket was off and the blanket put to the side…

wonderful way to spend the first day that was warm and sunny enough to be outdoors…

chairs

12 Wednesday Apr 2023

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on March 12, this is how the deck table looked covered in snow and with the very dilapidated old umbrella… and then on the 2nd of April when the new umbrella was installed…

Sunday, the chairs made it onto the deck… and Monday, the table got washed and the chairs set around it…

starting to look like spring;-)…

daturas…

10 Monday Apr 2023

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finally got the seeds into the soil…

so far, there are morning glories as well as purple and white daturas planted… last year I didn’t remember to start any of the daturas, so am excited to see how they will do this year…

started with plastic wrap on top, but then I found some glass in the basement which covers the pots nicely…

I am turning the light on first thing in the morning, and off just before I head to bed;-)…

now to wait for some sprouts…

pens…

07 Friday Apr 2023

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while going through stuff in the computer room, I came across a few items from my work life…

was so excited to find two Pentel RSVP pens… it wasn’t till I tested to see if the ink still flowed that I remembered how much I loved them… I made it a habit to be sure there were a couple of the purple/violet ones in my desk at all times, lol…

now I have one in the computer room and one in the kitchen, so I can access them at any time…

simple things can make me so happy…

pallet…

03 Monday Apr 2023

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was making my morning tea the other day, when I looked outside and noticed a delivery truck slowing down and stopping in front of the neighbours’ house…

kept watching, to see what they were getting, lol… then he pulled out a pallet with four chairs on it…

they were for me, but there were vehicles in front of the house so they had to park that little bit further…

the driver got them down and brought them up the driveway, but felt he couldn’t carry them along the path between the driveway and house because it wasn’t shovelled to the ground… so he left them there…

I put my coat on, went out, cut away the plastic holding them to the pallet, and carried them in, two at a time… then I brought in the pallet… at which point my grandson came up the basement stairs to see what was going on, lol…

I am very happy to get them because I’ve been looking for replacements since the fall for the 13 year old ones on the deck which have given up the ghost… all the ones I had seen couldn’t be delivered so I was very happy when I found these on sale the other day… and there was no delivery fee;-)…

I think I will make a planter with the pallet… bonus…