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01 Wednesday Jul 2026

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it always amazes me how much better plants do in the place they like…

a perfect example is the coneflower…

previously we had tried one in the bed by the pond and it died off…

last year we planted one along the driveway, beside the chimney… it had two flowers, which made me very happy…

this year I counted at least a dozen blossoms… looking forward to seeing them as they open…

the blossoms are different sizes, so they should open over a period of time;-)…

clearly they like the strong sun in that spot and are very happy 😁

toddle…

27 Saturday Jun 2026

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was out for a hot tub a few nights ago… I had twisted my knee, woke up around 2, and went out to soak in the heat…

as I was preparing to slowly and carefully step out of the tub, I looked over and watched a chubby skunk toddle about two feet from me, on its way to the back lane…

using this old picture, I was kitty corner from where I am in this photo… the skunk came through the gate and was just a foot away from the bottom step when I saw it👀…

reminded me of an encounter with another skunk in August of 2015:

after supper last night at the campsite, all the boys and dogs went for a walk to the beach to catch frogs…

it was dark and nearly eleven when a skunk came to visit we three women as we sat around the campfire…

one ran into the tent, another climbed on top of the picnic table… I sat in my chair as the skunk came and sniffed my toes before moseying along to the next site…

was going to take a picture but decided not to in case it got nervous and sprayed, lol…

that was quite a memorable experience;-)…

heat…

26 Friday Jun 2026

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had a lovely walk to the English and Leo Mol Gardens, where I met up with my adventure buddy…

as I waited, I sat with the woman who spends all her time reading… I wasn’t able to see the name of the book, lol…

the gardens are looking much nicer than the last time we walked through them, although everything is still a bit behind…

after we’d been around both areas, we popped over to the Park Cafe and had the Berry Good Sundae, which we had enjoyed just the week before when we were there for a birthday celebration;-)…

tasted like a lovely treat after all that walking in the heat;-)…

then a walk home… and a nap😄…

guzzle…

23 Tuesday Jun 2026

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so, the other day my adventure buddy brought me some beautiful peonies and they looked and smelled delicious…

what I didn’t know about peonies is that they guzzle water like crazy and just possibly they ran out of water…

I added more water when I realized what had happened, but most of them didn’t perk up…

eventually, I tossed out the very dead ones and cut back the few remaining…

and I also put some of the dead ones into a small vase to put in the den because they still smelled delicious…

a few buds went into a small container and they have opened;-)…

hardware…

16 Tuesday Jun 2026

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a few days ago, I planted morning glory seeds in the pallet planter box…

had some strange idea that the squirrels wouldn’t want to eat the seeds, lol…

checked it yesterday only to discover that the squirrels like to dig in the fresh soil, even if they ignored the seeds…

found a piece of hardware cloth that fit perfectly, so pinned it in…

let’s see if they can get past that;-)…

monstera…

14 Sunday Jun 2026

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the monstera has been struggling and leaning forward…

we picked up hardware cloth and made a tube for moss which apparently the monstera will cling to and grow up higher…

then we wedged in a few 2x4s to keep the moss tube centered in the pot…

the plant was divided into two pots and fastened to the pole… rocks, soil, and coconut husks were added and the two new plants moved into the living room…

we will see how they do;-)…

marble-sized…

11 Thursday Jun 2026

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the storm on Tuesday was quite something…

I was worried the hail was going to come right through the windows even though it was only marble-sized in our neighbourhood…

yesterday when I wandered around the garden, I could see how much the hail had damaged the plants…

the hostas took a real beating and the poppies were knocked over by a branch which fell down from the elm tree next door…

but their colour still popped;-)…