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…
23 Monday Oct 2023
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acclimatized, big girl pants, blessed, condo, family, fish, goldfish, house, leaves, moments, nature, neighbours, pond, tank, test, tree, water, weather, widow
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;-)…
22 Sunday Oct 2023
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spent the morning in the garden…
we blew out the irrigation system, and put the caps in a clear bag on the side of the fridge so I can see them and remember where they are come spring, lol…
we stacked lawn furniture and got it ready for the tarp which will go over it in the next week or so…
we used the leaf blower to move many of the elm leaves into the flower beds so bugs and other things have a place to over-winter…
we moved flower pots under the deck and into the shed… and took apart the hammock stand to go in there as well…
two umbrellas came down, but because it had rained not long before we started our work, they went into the garage open to dry before making their way to the shelves…
we hooked up one of the bird feeders so I can get to it from the deck once the snow starts…
the pump came out of the bathtub pond and made it into the house, was cleaned and is ready for storage…
phew…
20 Friday Oct 2023
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big girl pants, bird feeders, blessed, decorations, detours, geese, halloween, leaves, moments, nature, walk, weather, widow
it didn’t rain, as the weather report had suggested for Thursday, so I went for a walk…
I went a block further than normal and walked in the opposite direction, lol…
once again I had to take a few detours to check out more Halloween installations…
even got to see a few geese this time…
later, I filled the bird feeders and was able to spend time on the deck reading and noticed many more leaves on the deck…
the temperature has been around 16 or 17 degrees Celsius and I’ve been taking the time to get outside and enjoy;-)…
beautiful fall day…
17 Tuesday Oct 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, blower, cake, deck, food, friends, garden, gathering, happy, home, leaves, moments, nature, October, sun, sweeping, time, treat, weather, widow
because it was another gorgeous day, our Monday gathering took place on the deck for one last time…
I moved the furniture, swept all the leaves off, cleaned the glass table, and put cushion covers on the chairs…
as I was sweeping the lower deck, it occurred to me that I could have used the leaf blower, lol… oh well, good exercise, lol…
and, we were treated to a freshly baked Bundt cake;-)… yum…
the sun shone and it did cool off a little, but we were very comfortable… what a treat in the middle of October…
30 Saturday Sep 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, drop, Fall, leaves, moments, nature, oak, street, trees, walk, weather, widow
as I was heading out for my walk on Wednesday, I stopped to take a photo of the oak tree just down the street…
seems like every single leaf had fallen off and was on the street…
most of the other trees along the way drop bits and pieces for quite some time…
not this one…
06 Wednesday Sep 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, leaves, moments, nature, plant, pothos, purple, repotted, rootball, water, widow
had some fun on the deck…
brought out the pothos vine from the dining room… it had overgrown its container and really needed to be repotted…
pulled out one of the purple pots that I bought from the Dollar store months ago and filled it with compost and soil…
before setting the plant in, I loosened the roots which were circling the rootball… centred it in the new pot and filled it up with soil… gave it a good water and wound the vines around the pot…
and finally, moved it back to its spot on the shelf;-)…
I think it will look better in a few weeks when the leaves turn to the light…
08 Tuesday Aug 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, blooms, flowers, garden, leaves, left-out, lily, memories, moments, nature, photos, plants, pond, remembering, water, water lily, weather, widow
been looking through my photos and came across a few pond pictures which demonstrate how crazy the water lily has gone, lol…
this is it yesterday…
this was last year about the same time…
and the year before…
still not sure if it is the weather or a response to being left-out over the winter…
10 Wednesday May 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, deck, garden, gloves, hard work, leaves, moments, nature, planter boxes, raking, twigs, widow, yardwaste
last week, after aquasize, lunch, and a nap, I got to work in the garden…
first up, all the planter boxes under the deck came out and went into their spots around the deck… will need to add some compost and additional soil in them before too long so they will be ready for plants…
after a break to do some reading, lol, it was on to raking up some of the leaves… wore my new Christmas gardening gloves… not only are they made from recycled material, they are purple and fit nicely…
filled a yardwaste bag with the dead cedar and elm leaves… looks better but will still need a bit of work…
02 Tuesday May 2023
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had a great day in the garden on Sunday…
spent most of it on the deck, reading in the sunshine…
I also spent time working at the pond… we tried to take off the tarp a few days ago but it was too heavy as it still had a lot of water and a ton of soggy leaves in it… the plan was to wait for another person to help us…
I put the pump in the pond again… the other day when I tried this the hose popped off and gave me a pond-water shower;-(… this time I got rid of most of the water… then I put it into the tarp and got a fair bit of water out of it…
after that I was able to drag it out of the pond and bag the leaves… they filled half of a garbage can, lol…
then the tarp was spread out in the grass, hopefully drying, so it can be folded up and put away…
maybe in the next few days I will vacuum the bottom of the pond and fill it with water…
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