06 Wednesday Jul 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, family, flowers, happy, moments, nature, subscription, Sweet Petals Farm, treat, widow
yesterday my grandson picked up my first bouquet of the subscription from Sweet Petals Farm that my kids gave me for my birthday…
it is for eight weeks of bouquets (July and August)…
he had my car and so went and collected them for me…
they are quite beautiful and smell delicious…
what a lovely treat…
27 Monday Jun 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, family, formula 1, grandson, happy, home, moments, Montreal, travel, widow
and look who is home…
for the summer at least;-)…
lots of miles have been put on and a quick trip to Montreal to see the Formula 1 race on the 19th…
had to make room in the garage so she could fit, lol…
26 Sunday Jun 2022
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, clematis, driveway, garden, happy, moments, nature, plants, purple, spot, time, time flies, widow
recently I wrote about how well the clematis is doing along the driveway…
now it is blooming… and I think this is the most blossoms since we planted it many years ago…
it has more stems and leaves too…
now that I’ve done the math… 🤪… I realize that it is about twelve or thirteen years old… I am actually surprised as I hadn’t realized how long it has been in this spot…
time flies;-)…
25 Saturday Jun 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, blue cedar, bonsai, dinner, family, garden, happy, irrigation, moments, nature, plants, Technology, widow
I am beyond happy…
Thursday the kids came over and we spent most of the late afternoon in the garden…
my grandson started work on a bonsai tree and it was great fun to see him trim a blue cedar into something resembling a small tree…
it is going to live in the garden for the summer…
then, we finished the irrigation system… yay… the hose was straightened, holes were punched in various places and tubes with sprinklers were connected… they had no trouble connecting the tubes to the hose, sigh… we ran a test and made sure each little piece was spraying appropriately…
we need a few more pieces of tubing, but most planters, baskets and perennials now will be watered when I turn on the tap… I am sure they will all be happy about this, lol…
so excited to see how well the garden will grow when it is watered regularly…
then we had barbecued steak and asparagus, baked potatoes and a salad on the deck…
what a treat;-)…
19 Sunday Jun 2022
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, cushions, drummers, family, Father's Day, garden, happy, home, marathon, memories, moments, remembering, waterfall, widow
began the day listening to the drummers at the Park as they welcomed runners participating in the Manitoba Marathon…
then I put out all the cushions, made breakfast and sat in the garden, listening to the drums and the waterfall…
although we only did it for a few years, I always remember the early morning trips to the UofM when the girls took part in the Marathon… it is such a wonderful reminder of what great dads do to ensure their kids get all the opportunities… and on Father’s Day, lol…
sure do miss that great dad, but am spending the day reminiscing about all the things he did to make their lives better and the life lessons he taught them…
12 Sunday Jun 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, happy, lilacs, moments, nature, neighbours, purple, treat, widow
Friday I went shopping for lilacs… at my neighbour’s… with permission, lol…
they were heading away for the weekend and she texted me to offer them up… she knows how I love lilacs… and I think theirs are so pretty with the white around the edges…
I had just come home from an appointment and noticed that the bushes on the next street over were blooming and I was contemplating asking if I might cut some…
I got a pailful and filled two vases… one has been outside with me and the other has perfumed the main floor;-)…
happy days;-)…
10 Friday Jun 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, enjoy, garden, happy, intentional, moments, nature, plants, purple, weeding, widow
I am being intentional about spending as much time as possible in the garden…
it feels important to enjoy every minute when the weather is good…
I’ve also been doing a bit of weeding whenever I feel so inclined, lol…
although weeding hasn’t been one of my favourite pastimes, I am beginning to enjoy it… the satisfaction of a tidy area that I cleared is rather nice… although I am also thrilled after Hilda the Gardener has been by and tidied the beds and paths…
now that the front beds are complete, I am thinking of using some of the landscaping fabric around the Inukshuk… just have to get more mulch before that can happen…
here are a few spots I recently cleaned up…
the garden is definitely my happy place;-)…
08 Wednesday Jun 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, happy, moments, nature, pond, reminded, rocks, serenity, time, widow
as I enjoy time in the garden I am reminded of how blessed I am…
yesterday I worked on hooking up the pump to the waterfall… the rocks that go around and over the pump were very heavy…
all of the cushions went out and looked good, although those darn elm seeds seem to be neverending and cover everything, lol…
had a meeting in the garden and was pleased with how well it went…
spent the rest of the day reading and maybe having a little nap…
the squirrels have been chatting a lot but there haven’t been many birds around… I did spot a neighbourhood cat having a sleep on the bench in the side garden, lol…
how blessed am I to have this beautiful space and the opportunity to sit and enjoy the serenity it provides;-)…
07 Tuesday Jun 2022
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Amy came by to update my lawn chairs…
she sanded rust spots… washed and rinsed all four chairs… let them dry in the sun… moved them into the garage… and spray painted them…
we had subs for lunch and a great visit on the deck… possibly we sat in the sun for too long😳…
she also painted the little frog water chimes that welcome people to the garden…
the chairs stayed in the garage for two days to be sure they were dry (and stopped smelling) and I put them out today…
they look amazing…
01 Wednesday Jun 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, butterfly bush, dahlias, dynasty, flowers, garden, happy, milkweed, moments, nature, purple, weather, widow
great wander around the garden before the rain a few days ago…
excited to discover the milkweed is growing in the ground and in the planter where it did very well last year…
it appears that one of the dahlias may be poking through the soil…
and most exciting of all, the Monarch Dark Dynasty Butterfly Bush has new growth on it… this is huge as I’ve tried to overwinter them before without success…
right now only one of the pair shows any signs of buds, although that one came outside earlier than the other… fingers crossed…
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