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anticipating…

28 Friday Mar 2025

Posted by sulis303 in garden, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

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anticipating, big girl pants, blessed, garden, giggle, in the garden, moments, mother nature, nature, snow, Spring, sticky note, weather, widow

yesterday, I took some photos of the sticky note that is on the mirror at the front door…

in the summer it is often located on the front door so that visitors know I am in the garden;-)…

I took the photos as I was eagerly anticipating spending time in the garden because this is how it was looking outside;-)…

that was at 2:45 pm when I laid down for a nap… when I looked outside at 5:45 pm it looked like this…

and this morning, this is what I saw outside…

another giggle from Mother Nature, lol…

white-throated…

12 Friday May 2023

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big girl pants, birds, blessed, garden, in the garden, listening, Merlin App, migration, moments, nature, sounds, sparrows, Technology, weather, white-throated, white-throated sparrows, widow

sitting on the deck I listened to a couple of the white-throated sparrows calling to one another from here and the neighbours’ trees… that was after Merlin confirmed which birds they were, lol…

a lovely treat…

and I got a few photos…

the last one was having a bath;-)…

blurry…

22 Sunday Jan 2023

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I was surprised to see this on the garage cam yesterday morning…

it is a bit blurry, and at first I thought it was a cat, but then I recognized the tail…

thought these guys were gone for the winter, lol… although I don’t care if they come by when there aren’t any fish in the pond for them to eat;-)…

the moment…

28 Tuesday Jan 2014

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big girl pants, conversations, find time each day, in the garden, ReImagining, snow, snow covered, the moment

 

this morning as I was leaving the house I looked up and there was a sliver of moon and Venus shining brightly… it was just gorgeous… didn’t have an opportunity to get a picture…

we talked about how beautiful it was and enjoyed the moment… my colleague had enjoyed catching glimpses of them as she was on her way to pick me up…

moon a few night's ago...

moon a few night’s ago…

reminded me of last night and the conversation we had at BS… how important it is to enjoy the moment, because there is no certainty about the next moment in anyone’s life…

this same conversation took place at the last gathering of my Reimagining friends… and how I am trying to find time each day to be in the moment and realize how special that moment is…

made me think of all the snow and very cold weather we have been having and a comment that a friend put up on Facebook about not wanting to hear anyone complain about the heat in the summer, lol… we are very good at complaining about whatever weather we are experiencing…

on the weekend I took a few pictures of the garden, with the waterfall rock nearly covered with snow… someone reminded me that in 1997 we experienced more snow than this, and another person talked about the winter of 1955-1956 when the there was twice as much snow as we have now… yikes…

snowy back yard...

snowy back yard…

when I am sitting out there in the spring and summer enjoying lovely weather I will be able to remember how beautiful and pristine it looked before and after the bunny and squirrels had made paths across it…

visit…

25 Tuesday Jun 2013

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choices, George, hosta, in the garden, Rona, sad, visit

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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went to a garden party…

05 Sunday May 2013

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frog eggs, garden party, Habitat for Humanity, in the garden, pond running, Women Build

the words to that song have been flitting about my head for most of the day…

this morning two of my colleagues met here and we headed downtown to attend the Women Build Habitat for Humanity Garden Party Fashion Show at the Delta… another colleague was the chair of the event… it was lovely… we had all stressed about what to wear so as not to embarrass our colleague, one another, or ourselves… of course there was every kind of outfit, from jeans to quite fancy dresses… lots of lovely prizes and a great fashion show…

The Garden Party...

The Garden Party…

once home I got to lay down for about 15 minutes before my family arrived for Sunday dinner… we spent a lovely few hours in the garden, raking, tidying, trimming, washing and getting the big pond running…

pond running...

pond running…

then we ordered pizza because we had all worked very hard, and sat out in the garden to eat it…  I was soooo happy because it really needed the tidy up and it will be lovely to sit and relax out there while contemplating what flowers will be planted this year…

the boys were at the creek and saw lots of frogs and went back with nets and pail to catch some, but were only able to bring home frog eggs, which went right into the pond…

frog eggs from the creek...

frog eggs from the creek…

moving frog eggs to the pond...

moving frog eggs to the pond…

although, my daughter pointed out that I couldn’t really plant anything until I return home from the cruise… maybe I will give them a list and have them do some of that work while I am gone, hmmmmmm….

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