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13 Sunday Jan 2019

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attention, big girl pants, fed, greenery, grown, hibiscus, ignored, Japanese Maple, mandevilla, trimmed, widow

late in the fall my grandson brought in a few of the plants…

one was the mandevilla… it had grown long and through some of the bench on the deck so was very messy when it came into the house…

I ignored it until the other day… took the time to cut it back and feed it… looking forward to watching it over the next few months…

also trimmed and fed the hibiscus and Japanese maple…

I am sure they all appreciated the attention… we will see how they all do…

nice to have greenery in the house… makes it feel summery…

delicate…

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…

bush…

03 Sunday Jun 2018

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so excited to take photos of the lilacs in the garden…

they are beautiful and I plan to cut some for the office tomorrow morning…

I did have a little giggle when I looked across the street and saw the lilac bush filled with blooms…

when we removed the lilacs from the backyard, many years ago, our neighbour planted one small piece and this is what it has grown into… we used to laugh when one of her boys would take a golf club to it occasionally when he was having a bad day, lol…

had lunch out with my daughter and eldest grandson and we picked up a few items for the garden…

most excited with the Japanese Maple bowl I discovered… will put it out in the garden once the weather stays more on the warm side…

ended up with three hanging baskets, some lobelia, a fancy eggplant, and a little white hydrangea… also found a water lily and a few other water plants…

apparently the province has banned water hyacinth which is crazy… although it is a noxious weed in the south, it dies here in the cold… I haven’t even been able to get it to stay alive in the aquarium over the winter… very disappointing as the water hyacinth multiply and cover the top of the pond providing protection from the light/algae and a safe place for baby fish to grow…

while we were shopping, saw these cute little three year old parrots that were riding on their owner’s shoulder as she wandered around the garden centre…

canopy…

12 Thursday Apr 2018

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when I opened the door to head to work for an early event today, this is what I saw…

people, it is April 12th, sigh… even wore boots because I didn’t want to slip and twist my knee…

sat in the living room for a few minutes when I got home and enjoyed the full canopy on the Japanese Maple and the lovely little rose which I am hoping to plant in the garden whenever it gets warm enough… what a difference a few weeks have made…

had breakfast while I was out, so for supper I had a smoothie… fancied it up with some 100% chocolate squares… and finished the meal off with the last two Christmas shortbread cookies which I found by accident in a kitchen drawer…

what a treat…

maple…

31 Saturday Mar 2018

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big girl pants, bud, Fall, happy, Japanese Maple, leaves, maple, prairies, Spring, tree, widow

so happy to see the Japanese Maple budding out with new leaves…

for a little while there I was thinking that it was really done…

this maple has travelled from Vancouver Island across the prairies in the back seat of a car, which makes it special… sometimes I have been a bit slow to bring it into the house in the Fall… thought for a short time I’d really messed up…

so I was very happy to see those leaves…

Spring really is coming…

butterflies…

19 Friday Aug 2016

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big girl pants, butterflies, canna, caterpillar, garden, grandson, Japanese Maple, widow

had some fun in the garden…

my grandson came over and worked at cleaning out the side garden… already looking much better…

the canna which over wintered in the house and looked rather sad this spring is blooming beautifully…

the Japanese Maple is very happy behind the waterfall…

caught these two butterflies flitting about…

they landed for an instant…

found two caterpillars and put them in the parsley… hope they are still there tomorrow…

warmth…

26 Tuesday Apr 2016

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big girl pants, bunny, canna, Japanese Maple, outside, squirrel, warmth, widow

started the day by spotting these two out the window…

  
a squirrel under the feeder and a bunny across the street… can you see his ears by the sidewalk…

the Japanese Maple is so ready to move out into the garden…

  
can’t take it out too soon because it isn’t fond of the cool weather…

nearly missed the canna blooming…

  
was thinking that it had just put out a new leaf at the top, lol…

  
think it wants to be outside as well… mushed right up against the glass…

we all want to get outside into the warmth… 

now, if it would just get warm;-)…

pain…

11 Monday Jan 2016

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took a picture of my Japanese maple this morning… wanted a baseline for the next few months as the leaves start to produce again… poor little thing struggles every fall when it comes into the house…

  
lots of conversation tonight about some of the things I learned after George’s death… the discussion brought back some of the pain from those early days… 

we talked about the importance of sharing our thoughts about our final wishes with our family and friends – if and when to pull the plug – what we would hope for in a funeral/memorial/ gathering – where needed information is located… made me think that I should review the when mom dies file that I’ve prepared for the girls… when the time comes it should be as easy as possible for them…

  

on our way home caught this great shot of the sky… excellent to have things to remind me of my wonderful life…

trees…

03 Sunday May 2015

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mainly a sunshiny day but I spent a bit less time in the garden…

made potato salad this morning and cooled it in the fridge… have read a number of articles suggesting that cooking potatoes, rice or pasta and then cooling it, does something that changes the structure to “resistant starch” which reacts like fibre and doesn’t cause a spike in blood sugar…

took out the Japanese Maple and set it behind the waterfall…

  
sadly, had to bring it back in when I noticed that the temperature is going to 2 Celsius tonight… don’t want all those lovely leaves to die back…

not quite as warm as yesterday…

 
needed a blanket while I was reading, but I stayed outside as long as I could…

got this shot of the tree next door as the leaves come out… lots of the seeds are coming down too… 

 
still see a gaping hole in the sky when I look up even though it has been at least seven years since the other elm tree had to be taken down… it had provided shade in our backyard from the time we moved into our house in 1973…

trees are so special…

beauty…

27 Friday Mar 2015

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A1C results, beauty, big girl pants, fish tank, Japanese Maple, sky

was fasting for blood work this morning so I had a bit of extra time as I wasn’t rushing to get breakfast eaten……

got some shots of the fish tank which is finally clearing up after about two weeks of serious merkiness…

  

and was very excited to see the leaves starting up on the Japanese Maple…

  

as we were heading downtown the sky was spectacular…

  

beautiful start to a Friday…

and the day ended as I walked home along the street and got a few pictures of the creek slightly frozen over…

looking forward to some warmer weather over the weekend…

was pleased to get the blood work done today as I see the doctor next week and we will be able to review my A1C numbers… anticipating that they will be much better than the last time they were taken…

lots to think about…

 

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