26 Wednesday Jun 2019
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big girl pants, garden, gardener, landscape, perennials, removed, weeds, widow
great excitement when I got home…
the back garden looked very different than first thing this morning…
before I left home…
and this is how it looked tonight…
all the weeds have been removed… next step will be to place landscaping cloth down around the perennials and then cover the entire area with rocks or mulch…
so happy that my gardener has been here to get things done…
11 Friday Jan 2019
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took a few pictures today of the neighbour’s front yard…
it is very sad…
the big elm tree was cut down a few days ago… I hadn’t noticed until a while after I got home that night because it was late and dark out…
will be missing the shade this tree provided… and all the seasonal beauty…
another big hole in the neighbourhood landscape…
24 Friday Jun 2016
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up early, took a walk to the Park, and had breakfast and a walk through the Gardens with a friend…
arrived home about the same time as my grandson… we worked in the garden for hours…
mowed, dug, planted, weeded… ended up with a lot of yard waste…
ran out for lunch with my daughter and son-in-law and then back to work… pulled out tons of string algae from the pond…
then we tackled one of the front flower beds… we cut down just about everything… I have to pick up something to deal with the grass and next week we will put down landscape cloth and mulch…
put some of the pots in it to get them out of the way for now…
after he left and I’d done a bit more weeding, I took a break and got to spend a few minutes enjoying how much better the space looks…
excellent day…
02 Tuesday Jul 2013
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big girl pants, colleague, electrical, hmmm, kitchen sink, landscape, mow the lawn, plumbing, purple finch
first thing this morning I spotted a purple finch at the front bird feeder… from there the day went downhill a bit…
Purple Finch…
the kitchen sink appeared to be blocked, even though I thought I had unblocked it on Sunday, what with the big girl pants and all… my son-in-law came over to check it out and discovered it was actually broken and leaking when the tap was running… he found George’s plumbing supplies and picked up a few things and thought he had it fixed, but not so… so he contacted a plumber friend of his to stop by and see if he can sort it out… now the plumber needs to come back in the next few days to fix it, sigh…
Jeff couldn’t even mow the grass while he waited, because the pond guys were busily working and had blocked the entrance to the shed where the lawnmower lives…
trying to sort out the landscaping for the new pond area seems to be a bit difficult as well… not sure exactly what plantings are included so look forward to getting this sorted out…
and their electrical guy is very busy so I am trying to connect with my guy to see if we can get this piece done in the next few days…
feels like the money is flying out the doors and windows, lol…
good news is that my colleague is back from a few days away and another colleague who has been off for a few months has also returned…
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