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misty…

26 Thursday May 2016

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rained off and on all night… had to take a few pictures of the potted hosta in the front yard…


the drops glittered beautifully… misty in the morning and it continued during the entire day, with a bit of rain off and on…

when I got home I took a few pictures of the gladioli which I picked up yesterday…


these are in my bedroom…


and these ones are in the living room… doesn’t even matter that it is a bit dull outside…

cannot believe that the IKEA orchid has a new stem with four buds on it…


how cool is that…

recycling…

14 Saturday May 2016

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very strange to look out the front window and see garbage and recycling bins lined up along the street…

hadn’t set mine out so it was very odd to see them in the yard… first time in 43 years that they’ve been on the front street… the city has closed off a number of streets and apparently they will be working on the road for a number of months… guess I’ll be getting used to it…


last night I used the mandolin to slice some zuchinni and onions for supper… and not a scratch on me, woo hoo… I really like using the different parts of it, but have been causing injuries to my fingers nearly every time… 


happy to see this little hosta peeking through the soil, although with this crazy weather hope it doesn’t freeze…

cut a few of the mini roses and put them in vases around the house…


this one is beside my bed… so pretty…

gardening…

03 Saturday Aug 2013

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lots of work in the garden today…

planted alyssum around the pond…

adding alyssum to the landscape...

adding alyssum to the landscape…

spent a bit of time watching the fish flit around after I added water to the pond…

fish foraging for snacks...

fish foraging for snacks…

worked with Jeff to put the waterfall into the side garden… it went amazingly smoothly and hardly took any time at all… he is very talented with rock placing… I think he must have taken some lessons from George, who was amazing at getting the rocks into just the right spot…

waterfall looks spectacular... much better than the oak barrel did...

waterfall looks spectacular… much better than the oak barrel did…

moved a hosta and did a bit of weeding…

finally we worked on the tub pond, which was very entertaining as Jeff got soaked a couple of times… it is cleaned out and should be up and running on Tuesday…

vacuuming out the pond...

vacuuming out the pond…

got some work done in the house as well which is good as I only have tomorrow to finish up…

Friday fun…

19 Friday Jul 2013

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put out the garbage and watched a bit of tv… then spent the morning working in the front flower beds with two great helpers… got a lot done… the wild roses are gone for now and we moved the woman water feature into one of the beds…

the side bed got weeded and we divided and moved a hosta… then after they left I sat in the garden and read for a while… spent the rest of the day waiting for someone to come and fix the bathroom door in the basement… never did show up…

my lovely young carpenter friend came by to put a last coat of paint on the closet that George started four or five years ago… Sunday we are going to pick up doors for him to install and he is going to put the trim up around the back door too…

then the kids arrived and Jeff got the water running in the fountain… he headed to work and we headed to their house for a sleepover… picked up a few groceries and a new umbrella for the deck…

now to bed, I’m tired:-)…

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visit…

25 Tuesday Jun 2013

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had a lovely visit with a young friend who has gone through a lot recently…

it was good to spend some time together…

spent a few minutes in the garden when I got home from work… the team had been in and put in the pump, made spaces for plants and moved everything off the back deck… there are a variety of edging for me to choose from and a sample of mulch to think about…

stopped in at Rona tonight and saw a few of George’s co-workers… made me feel sad…

here’s a picture of a hosta covered in water drops…

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