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stripped…

01 Monday Jul 2024

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yesterday I moved five monarch caterpillars from one area of milkweed, where all of the leaves had been devoured across the path to the group that were caterpillar-free…

this picture is before every single leaf had been gobbled up…

I used a stick to move them because I didn’t want to get injured, lol…

at least one of the caterpillars was miffed because it opened its mouth wide and felt like it was hissing at me…

I guess they also travelled on their own, because today I discovered eleven on those plants… and I moved another one that seemed to be trying to eat the stem of the stripped milkweed…

hope there are enough leaves to get them to the correct size to move into the chrysalis phase;-)…

thermos…

11 Saturday May 2024

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for the last little while the outer shell of the buds on the elm trees have been coming down…

then, when I looked outside on Friday, the ground and decks were covered with elm seeds…

after I put out the cushions and went to sit down, they were already covered, lol…

used a thermos for my drink to keep the seeds out…

spent time with the net to collect as much of the debris as possible from the pond… filled two nets, lol…

shelf…

02 Thursday May 2024

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spent a little time the other day cleaning the shelf beside the hot tub…

there were tons of vines from the Virginia creeper and dead leaves around the circle of friends…

it looks so much tidier now…

thinking about what plant might go on the shelf when the weather starts and stays warm…

stretched…

27 Saturday Apr 2024

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Wednesday, after I skimmed off as much of the floating bits as possible, I brought out the pond pump and attached a hose that stretched to the fence…

had to hold the float up so it took a while, but finally most of the water was emptied from the main part…

when I tried to work on the waterfall area the pump kept coming apart… luckily I was far enough away that I didn’t get drenched, lol…

that was it for the day…

Thursday I put on my watershoes, went into the pond, and pulled up two pails full of leaves and other debris… I also removed many big rocks and cut back a portion of the pond grass which was trying to take over…

my grandson set up the new wetvac we had purchased last week and vacuumed up more leaves and a few rocks, lol…

nearly ready…

raking…

15 Monday Apr 2024

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spent a good portion of the day on Sunday in the garden raking up leaves… there were a lot of them as well as dead cedar bits…

I know it is a bit early for the bugs, but I want to be able to sit on the back deck…

I left an old garbage can filled with some of what I’d picked up open so the little critters could still get out;-)…

what a difference this has made… it still needs another good going over, but I can now sit comfortably on the back deck and think about how it is going to look with flowers and the fish in the pond…

rearranging…

25 Thursday Jan 2024

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I am getting very tired of the overcast days;-(… today it was dreary even though the temperature was near 0°…

I spent time rearranging some of the plants in the living and dining rooms…

I added a couple of plants to the area around the Japanese Maple…

the fern from the den was taken outside and shaken because it was losing fronds like crazy…

after getting the loose pieces off, I moved it to the living room, hoping it might like the new spot better, although I’m not sure I like that spot, lol…

the dracaena got moved into a less bright space and I am contemplating a stand to go where it had previously been that would hold more plants, lol…

after that I rearranged and put away pillows…

now, if we could just have some sunshine…

details…

19 Friday Jan 2024

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Wednesday was my third and final visit to Voyage at The Leaf…

took another friend who hadn’t been to The Leaf previously…

the parking lot was beyond crazy, apparently there was a big event on in the building… thankfully there weren’t tons of people going through the biomes…

we had a great time and a fabulous visit;-)… I keep seeing new things in many of the displays, and got a few interesting photos of details…

we had fun deciding on our favourite display, and this time I chose the Japanese display, prepared by Fache Floral… I liked the simplicity and the amount of work it must have taken to strip the colour out of the leaves…

we also found the cutest T-shirts with the saying – flowers make me happy – which happens to be the first hashtag I have used since I started on IG…

watering…

17 Wednesday Jan 2024

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Wednesday is watering day and it is a treat to wander around feeding the various plants… currently they all reside on the main floor in different rooms…

I enjoy taking the time to remove dead leaves, watch for new flower buds, turn them as needed, and move them around as they (and I) need…

and, of course, chatting with them the whole time, lol…

brings me such happiness;-)…

bodes…

11 Monday Dec 2023

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so, the strangest thing happened…

I looked out at the bird feeders and discovered this…

I think that maybe the squirrel has stuffed the feeders full of grass and fur…

I have never seen this before…

wonder what it bodes for the winter…

acclimatized…

23 Monday Oct 2023

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when we were in the garden on Sunday, we removed a ton of leaves from the pond… always makes me think of the lovely neighbours we have had over the years, being as how the tree that sheds those leaves is located in their yard, lol…

there were still numerous ones left, but we were able to dig down past them and catch three fish to bring into the house…

I wanted to do a bit of a test in the biggest tank to be sure that the water was safe for them…

after they acclimatized to the house temperature they made it into their condo…

so far they seem happy and healthy;-)…