04 Thursday Oct 2018
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big girl pants, blooms, chocolate, cookbook, great day, hibiscus, present, video, weekend, widow
had a great day…
started out with two beautiful blooms on the hibiscus…
got a lovely present… tasty chocolate and a cookbook… looks like there are a couple of recipes that I am going to need to try soon… they can all be made in 15 minutes…
took part in a video with my colleague… we laughed quite a bit…
and that was all before noon…
now for a four day weekend;-)…
21 Friday Sep 2018
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big girl pants, delicate, garden, hibiscus, Japanese Maple, leaves, mandevilla, morning glories, stress, widow
put a note in my calendar the other day so that I would remember to bring the Japanese Maple in from the garden…
doesn’t look like it was affected by the cold weather which makes me happy… will watch and see how stressed it will be from the move… it is a bit delicate and often drops all of the leaves when moved…
still have to bring in the hibiscus and mandevilla… maybe on Sunday…
right now the morning glories are wrapped all around the mandevilla, lol…
16 Monday Jul 2018
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beloved, big girl pants, flowers, garden, hibiscus, memories, roof, squirrel, taunt, upset, widow, yelling
just heard one of the squirrels outside yelling at something or someone…
reminded me of a couple of things…
first was the squirrel on the roof this morning as I was taking a picture of the hibiscus flowers…
it was quite upset that I was standing there and I suggested that it could stop the yelling as it was my roof and I wasn’t doing anything to cause a problem…
got the picture of the hibiscus, the cloudy sky and the pond that is losing water at an alarming rate again… could just be the amount of water falling with the wind and heat… we shall see…
was also thinking of the squirrel that used to holler at my beloved every time he would walk out of the house… or when he came out of the garage… just to taunt him, lol… eventually he caught it and we drove out to a forested area and dropped it off…
so, yelling squirrels bring back many memories, lol…
09 Monday Jul 2018
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big girl pants, blessed, budding, datura, flowers, garden, hibiscus, moments, pictures, plants, purple, water, widow
had a lovely time in the garden this morning…
instead of walking on the treadmill I watered all the pots and planters one by one with a bucket… I find this very helpful because it ensures that each one gets the correct amount of water…
the daturas are looking stunning… seems like I couldn’t get enough pictures of them this morning… lots of buds and opening flowers…
the mandevilla continues to tease me by slowly getting closer to opening every day…
and the big excitement was the hibiscus beginning to open… took the open shot when I arrived home after work… it is so much happier in this space, just about four feet from where it was… amazing what finding just the right spot can do for the plant’s happiness;-)…
19 Friday Jan 2018
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27 Wednesday Dec 2017
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enjoyed some beautiful flowers today…
was at the office for a few hours and the African violet was still blooming and looked so nice…
I was laughing when I got home to see that the hibiscus was blooming again… the buds started opening when my daughter arrived in the city… she and my son-in-law have been house-sitting for a friend and while she’s been gone it has not bloomed… she arrived home about five minutes before I took this shot…
finally, while I was out today, I picked up this cute little tree that was on sale at Safeway… I bought it instead of flowers;-)…
a lovely addition to my tree collection;-)…
27 Monday Nov 2017
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yesterday my hibiscus started to bloom…
when it moved into the house in late September it lost some of its leaves…
it didn’t bloom outside until really late in the season, so I was very happy when the buds started to form in the house…
it always takes a long time from the first bud to the blossom so I was surprised when I found it open yesterday and this morning the second bloom opened…
sure does brighten up the living room;-)…
a touch of red for the season…
11 Saturday Nov 2017
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big girl pants, buds, flowers, happy, hibiscus, paper whites, perk, perk me up, planting, widow
great time with plants…
yesterday I potted some paper whites…
set them in the living room hoping to get flowers at some point…
also saw some lovely flowers when we were out for lunch…
really is quite amazing how flowers can perk me up;-)…
this morning I spotted buds on the hibiscus…
24 Sunday Sep 2017
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big girl pants, family, flowers, garden, grandsons, hibiscus, memories, purple, quiet, rainy, shopping, supper, weather, widow
mostly a quiet day, except when I went out to grocery shop and run a few errands…
it rained on and off the whole day…
was chilly too… the late blooming hibiscus doesn’t seem to be minding the colder weather…
had been planning to pick up some flowers but instead picked up this water bottle which jumped right off the shelf into my cart:-)… and it was on sale, so I really had no choice, lol…
my grandsons came for dinner and we had a good time… dad was working and mom was home sick… they helped get supper ready and with clean up…
a minute ago the oldest was being born… now the three of them come and visit on their own… time flies crazy fast;-)…
18 Monday Sep 2017
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stayed home to rest and recover from this silly cold and plugged ear…
looking out the bedroom window I noticed a wasp on the outside… tried to get a picture but that apparently scared it…
I went outside once to take a few pictures of the hibiscus and discovered another wasp on it…
happy with the pictures…
did eventually get one of the hibiscus flower, lol…
