03 Monday Jun 2019
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fun in the garden…
finally got around to planting the lobelia and alyssum… the weather may have turned the corner, although it was something like 4 degrees when I got up…
decided to plant in clumps, so all lobelia in some planters and just alyssum in others…
looking forward to watching them grow and seeing how they look…
21 Tuesday May 2019
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alyssum, available, big girl pants, flowers, fuchsia, garden, lobelia, peaceful, petunias, planting, purple, widow
went to look at what plants were available in the stores on Sunday…
it is too soon to do any planting so my goal was to see what is out there…
but then I bought a few things…
picked up a flat of white alyssum and one of purple lobelia… I’ve used these for a number of years in the planters around the deck… the colour and scent add to the peaceful feeling in the garden…
then I chose a basket of midnight stars petunias… petunias have not been one of my favourites, but the flowers on this plant are amazing… this will go into the planter right outside the front door…
finally, a hanging basket of fuchsia, red and purple, which will hang close to the hot tub…
considering that I wasn’t going to buy anything, I guess I did well to stop when I did, lol…
04 Thursday Jun 2015
spent a few minutes this morning pulling grass out of a flower bed and topping up the water in the pond…
sun was shining all day and it was warm…
when I got home I sat outside for a while and talked with my daughter about my upcoming visit…
the pond was looking good…
and the fish appeared happy… lots of chasing around so maybe we will have babies before too long…
things are starting to bloom…
a bit amazed that the Veronica is blooming before the poppies… sadly it looks like there will only be seven poppies… the first summer after George died we must have had fifty blooms…
glad to have spent time in the garden before organizing supper… have to take every opportunity to be outside when there is a nice day…
the planters around the deck are doing nicely… first time I’ve had this colour lobelia… looks good…
the pond may still be leaking a bit but I am thrilled with the sheet of water falling from the rock… think I will run a hose under the deck and just below the grass to the edge of the pond… then when it needs to be topped up, it will be a simple turn of the tap to fill it…
feeling more energy and getting the odd job done during the week, which has been unusual for quite some time…
18 Monday May 2015
woke up to this…
part way through the night the wind finally died down… apparently it was gusting into the 90 km per hour range at the airport, which is close to where I live… the whole house shook for a good part of the evening… didn’t really sleep well until it slowed down…
cold with a bit of wind during the day, but eventually the sun came out and melted the majority of the snow…
my daughter and the little boys came over for supper and she helped me put the swing back on its feet… sadly one of the spokes on the umbrella part of it broke, so we will have to see about getting that repaired…
the ground is covered with elm seeds, leaves, twigs and small branches that have come down… good news is that the tree stayed right where it was supposed to…
didn’t get out today but had a good walk on the treadmill…
had a fun time taking a few shots of the lobelia… I do love the flowers and enjoy taking the pictures…
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