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sunshine…

02 Wednesday Jul 2014

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fireworks, hibiscus, sunshine, trees

the sun shone all day… quite wonderful…

the rain doesn’t appear to have bothered the hibiscus… has lots if new blooms on it…

20140702-204306-74586039.jpglast night I did go outside and watch the half hour of fireworks… really noticed how much the trees have grown… the view is not what it used to be, but still great… the street was completely filled with cars… haven’t had that for many years… maybe there were lots of people at the Park…

20140702-205927-75567843.jpgthe very full pond this morning as I was leaving for work…

20140702-210010-75610414.jpgthe sun shining in the garden when I looked out the window after changing when I got home…

bit of sunshine sure brightens one’s mood…

beauty…

02 Monday Jun 2014

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beauty, big girl pants, hibiscus, purple

was so happy yesterday to get a new hibiscus… looked lovely in the vignette on the deck…

20140602-223511-81311031.jpgthis afternoon when I got home it had two beautiful flowers on it… didn’t get out for a picture till dusk, but it still looks great… it is supposed to be a tri-colour so will see if some yellow and light pink blossoms turn up…

tonight I also had on the big girl pants when I removed an old scale off the wall and put up a very slim purple one…

20140602-224011-81611632.jpgit looks great with the lotus blossom bowl covers… useful and decorative…

blooming continued…

27 Wednesday Nov 2013

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African Violet, big girl pants, blooming, celebrate every moment, hibiscus, morning glories, open for a day, poppies

today the African Violet blooms were open…

African Violet blooming...

African Violet blooming…

talked with a friend about how flowers can open so quickly…

thought about the morning glories and how they are all closed up in the morning and then by mid day are all open… hibiscus open in a similar fashion… and they are usually only open for one day…

you have to be paying attention or you can miss the whole thing…

my absolute favourite to watch though are poppies… if you sit quietly and watch you can actually see them open and the cover pop off…

always a wonder to spend the few minutes it takes for them to open…

makes me think about life and how we need to enjoy and celebrate every moment as we don’t know what is in store for us, or for others…

just spent an hour searching for four pictures of George to use for a project… was bittersweet… I miss him so much…

remember to tell the important people in your life that you love them… never know if you will have another opportunity to do that…

Friday…

30 Friday Aug 2013

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Friday, hibiscus, morning glory, pond, pond float, wings and coleslaw

yay, it’s Friday… been quite a week…

and, I think the pond might be fixed…

light shining through morning glory...

light shining through morning glory…

got some good shots of the morning glories this morning… and a couple of the hibiscus beginning to unfurl…

hibiscus bud early this morning...

hibiscus bud early this morning…

when I arrived home it was open…

hibiscus when I arrived home...

hibiscus when I arrived home…

as I was driving home I was craving the wings I never got earlier this week, and coleslaw, for some reason… in the mail was a flyer from a local place and they had both items so I called, ordered and had a lovely dinner, with enough leftovers for tomorrow’s lunch…

float in the pond that doesn't seem to be leaking...

float in the pond that doesn’t seem to be leaking…

:-)…

nature…

18 Sunday Aug 2013

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Apple Store, barbecued steak, big girl pants, flying squirrel, hibiscus, morning glories, murky pond, nature, new mouse, purple, thunderstorm, water in basement again

this morning I got up, put out the cushions in the garden and had a hot tub… it was lovely and the sun was shining… by the time I had searched for my book, the sky was overcast and after a short time we had a big thunderstorm…

water came into the basement again, but I now keep towels on the floor and because of the direction of the rain anticipated the problem… all cleaned up now but it does make me think that I will need to get someone in to look at this, sigh…

waited for quite a while before going out to do some shopping because I wanted to be sure everything stayed dry downstairs…

squirrel jumped from garage to tree, couldn't believe it...

squirrel jumped from garage to tree, couldn’t believe it…

 

saw a squirrel jump from the corner of the garage to one of the trees along the fence… have never seen that before…

went to a number of stores… BestBuy was one because the wireless mouse on the laptop just stopped working on Friday, and I really dislike using the mouse pad… got me a beautiful white one with some lovely purple on it… working very well…

then I went to the Apple Store looking for a genius because I’ve been having a couple of issues with my iPhone 5… pictures that I send to myself from my phone are all of a sudden embedded in the email and no longer attached… this is quite a pain as I often take pictures for the blog with my iPhone… have a short term solution but no one really seems to know why this happens…

second problem is that I can’t iMessage one of my girls… works fine for everyone else, except her all of a sudden… they couldn’t figure that one out and have sent a request to the engineers to see if they can figure it out…

barbecued steak for my dinner...

barbecued steak for my dinner…

this evening had barbecued steak for dinner, which doesn’t sound like that big a deal, except that I did the barbecuing… first time since George’s death… it was excellent and I was able to get it going without a problem…

those big girl pants…

first morning glory buds, one of my favourites...

first morning glory buds, one of my favourites…

wandered around the garden and spotted some buds starting on the Morning Glories and the Hibiscus has finally got a couple as well…

first buds on the hibiscus as well, very late in the season...

first buds on the hibiscus as well, very late in the season…

the pond is murky from the storm… will see if it is clear tomorrow…

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