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cool…

26 Wednesday Jul 2017

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last week I gave in and turned on the air conditioner to cool down the house…

George and I would always struggle over when to put it on, at what temperature and when to turn it off…

at night I would want to turn it off and open the windows to let in fresh air… he would want to keep it on with all the windows closed to keep the cool/cold air in the house…

made for interesting conversations, lol… I would be so happy to still be able to have one of those conversations…

another negative is once you get into the cool house you don’t want to go outside again…

since turning it on, I’ve been leaving the house closed up during the day and the temperature not too cold… at night I’ve been opening the windows to let in the fresh air…


this shot of one of the morning glories today reminded me not to hide in the house but to get outside and enjoy the peace and beauty of the garden…

dragonflies…

25 Tuesday Jul 2017

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every morning I am so eager to go out and see which morning glories are blooming…

when I looked out today I couldn’t see any and wondered if the huge thunderstorm in the night had beaten them down, as they are rather delicate… seems if something touches them they will mark very easily…

but, when I headed out on the way to the garage, I found lots…


I can’t get enough of the light that glows from deep within them…

my son-in-law in Cold Lake sent me some shots of a dragonfly tonight after supper… added one I’d taken a few days ago, lol…


dragonflies are so cool and beautiful… and wonderful how they eat the mosquitoes…

so important to take the time to savour the moments in life…

haul…

14 Friday Jul 2017

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started yesterday with a morning glory sighting… 

they are just so stunning… make me smile every time I see one… I am always astonished at the light that seems to pour out of the centre of them…

it was a lovely day so we had lunch in the Millennium Park… the sun was shining and Emptyful was misting rather nicely over us…

another colleague walked by and took this great shot of the four of us…


once we were finished eating a few of us walked over and around the Downtown Farmers Market… we were pretty quick but I was so happy to have found peas and small cucumbers…


what a haul… had a few last night and they are delicious…

ah, summer…

nothing…

17 Saturday Jun 2017

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had decided to do nothing today… just rest up…

but, I headed into the garden and filled three more pots with the last of the plants I bought weeks ago…

the darn squirrels have already dug out one of the lobelias… shoved it back in, so hope it grows… 

pleased with the morning glories that I planted around the deck… looks like the majority are growing… sadly most of the alyssum did not make it, so will need to replace it…

the garden is a bit overgrown but looks beautiful in pictures, lol…

still plan on trimming the daisies soon…

been having trouble getting into gardening this year… missing my beloved and not enjoying my time in the garden so much… 

think I need to find a gardener to come and get some of the major weeding done as my grandson is not going to be available nearly as much as last year… I like to do a bit of weeding but am feeling overwhelmed with the amount of work required now…

walked to the grocery store and got some shots of a tree down the street which had blown over… bunny stopped by as I was taking my pictures, lol…

so apparently I did stuff most of the day… even made potato salad for tomorrow’s dinner…

now to get to that do nothing place;-)… tv, a snack and bed…

order…

13 Saturday May 2017

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started my day with Pancake House chicken livers, bacon and potato pancakes via SkipTheDishes… one of my favourite meals and I am so happy that I can just pick up my phone and order using the app…

they arrived within twenty minutes of ordering, were hot and delicious…. my own little Mother’s Day treat…

was waiting for my new BBQ to arrive so had to spend some time watching a few of my PVRed shows, lol… was a bit worried it might not arrive at all… when I ordered it last Saturday they advised they would put it together on Tuesday and then deliver it… called yesterday and they thought it should be delivered today…

pulled a few weeds in the driveway and cleaned up the clematis while waiting for the delivery truck… it arrived and they brought the BBQ into the yard… so cute…

and the sides fold down so it barely takes any room in the garage…

went wild and crazy and planted some dahlia tubers and included some of the morning glories that I started a few weeks ago… the planter will stay in the kitchen until it gets a bit warmer out…

then I’ll add the trellis once it goes outside… considering putting some of the morning glories in the planters that go around the deck… will need to put some filament up for them to climb…  just not sure they will get enough sunlight…

lots of yellow flowers in the front yard… kind of pretty but my beloved would not be pleased…

maybe when the kids are here tomorrow they can do something about them…

got a few things done, chatted with a neighbour and rested… 

another great day… life is good…

wildfire…

04 Thursday May 2017

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tonight I took a picture of my seeds with a dark chocolate bar… ate a few pieces of a different bar, which was already open…

most of the seeds have been growing like wildfire…

the morning glories are doing amazingly… sadly, the moon flowers seem to be growing at a much slower rate…

this is my Friday off and I am looking forward to three days full of relaxing in the garden…

temperature…

28 Friday Apr 2017

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hurray, its Friday… very happy about this… been a long week…

sunshine started early…

this morning I finished planting the morning glories and moon flowers…

excited to see if I will get blossoms earlier than usual this year…

was bright and sunny the whole day and the temperature was 12 degrees when I was heading home… so nice to be a bit warmer…

made Japanese Ginger Pork Burgers with Bok Choy  and carrot salad for dinner… instead of the brioche bun, used romaine lettuce… how good am I;-)…

tasty and healthy…

hoping for warm and sunny days over the weekend…

wishing you sunshine and rest…

seeds…

24 Monday Apr 2017

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on Saturday I picked up a little greenhouse to start plants in… seems like this should be neat and tidy…

didn’t get around to starting anything on Sunday, but this morning I put 10 cups of water into the container before I left for work…

seemed like a lot of water… when I got home it had all soaked into the mix…

have a headache so the seeds are not getting planted tonight…

gonna have lots of morning glories this year… and maybe they will start blooming earlier:-)… woo hoo…

playing…

07 Saturday Jan 2017

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spent some time today reorganizing the living and dining rooms…

put away a few last Christmas decorations and got to try out a few of my Christmas presents…

first I played with these nifty gloves that were in my stocking…

they are waterproof and make scrubbing much easier… had a bit of fun cleaning the top of the stove with them…

after I put some of the plants back in their places I played with another of my presents… a can of morning glories...

apparently they will start to sprout in 3 to 5 days… I am really excited to see if we get flowers…

couldn’t put everything away… kept out the glitter trees once I stacked them… and just took a few photos with another of my gifts…

hoping to get there soon…

been a busy day and now to bed…

market…

10 Thursday Sep 2015

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laughed out loud this morning when I popped outside to look at the morning glories before leaving for work…

  
because of course there were four of them opening… not sure how the plant knows which days I will not be home for the day…

  
at lunch walked over to the Farmers Market with a colleague and brought back some corn on the cob and tzatziki…

had already taken out falafel for my dinner, so decided to add corn to the menu…

 

made some corn chowder with a whole wheat pita filled with tzatziki, spinach, tomatoes and baked falafel…

   
delicious… learning to enjoy whole wheat… much better than when I first tried it, lol… continue to eat in a more healthy manner…

  
multiple colours blooming… I love morning glories…