interested…

22 Wednesday Jul 2026

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a number of monarchs (or the same one numerous times) have visited the garden and stopped to snack at the ageratum…

unfortunately, none appeared interested in the milkweed…

I’ve been checking it for the last week, but have not seen any eggs…

yesterday, when I was inspecting the plants which had a number of holes in them, I spotted two tiny caterpillars;-)… only got one in focus, lol…

today, they have already grown a lot…

so excited to see them;-)…

wondering if I need to put the hamper net, which is currently covering the strawberries, over this plant, so the birds don’t get them 🤔…

humming…

19 Sunday Jul 2026

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I was up at 6:30 to watch the F1 pre-race show, and then the race, when the power went out…

I reported it and then went outside to read, happy that the race would be recorded on the PVR…

it is always so quiet when this happens, and, as it was very early, there were few people or cars up and about…

enjoyed a delightful couple of hours in the cool weather, with my book, and the fish, who actually made noise as they were eating and searching for food in the pond…

usually you never hear them…

all of a sudden water came spurting out of the waterfall and the sound of air conditioners humming ended the quiet…

then it was time to make tea and breakfast and get back to the schedule…

peapod…

15 Wednesday Jul 2026

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had a quiet day… only outside for a little while as it was overcast and spit a fair bit…

but did get some reading in… also got to see more morning glories on the deck…

also ones that I planted on the new trellis, and flowers on more of the cucumbers there;-)… so far the morning glories have all been purple 😂…

and I spotted a number of bachelor buttons in the side garden…

and the biggest surprise was the cute little sweet pea flower, next to an actual peapod, woohoo…

things are moving along😊…

everywhere…

14 Tuesday Jul 2026

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well, this is funny… I planted morning glories everywhere around the garden…

Sunday evening I spotted a blossom on one of the volunteer plants that had grown in the planters around the deck…

this is the first one to show up🤣…

ripening…

13 Monday Jul 2026

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I’ve been watching the strawberries, which have been under netting so that I get the berries, not the birds or squirrels, lol…

on Sunday I took the netting off and collected the dozen berries that were ripe, although two weren’t completely finished…

I did remove them and have them in the window to finish ripening…

took off the stems and added some whipped cream to them for a tasty dessert after supper…

the plant has a number of flowers on it so that’s why the netting needed to come off, so that insects could pollinate them…

delicious… I haven’t had that many at once since I started growing them a few years ago…

I think they are enjoying the spot they are in this year😊…

humidex…

12 Sunday Jul 2026

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spent time in the garden fairly early as the temperature was going to 37°C before adding in the humidex…

only put out the cushion I was sitting on, lol… with the huge humidity yesterday, stepping into the garden fairly early, even in the evening, was like hitting a wall…

made sure to water all the plants, and if it doesn’t rain today, I will also water the new grass tomorrow…

sat out on the back deck until close to noon and then moved into the house…

had a monarch visit for a while, just before I went in, but still have no eggs or caterpillars;-(…

came back out just after supper for a short while…

still crazy hot 🥵…

humidity…

11 Saturday Jul 2026

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it was hot and humid out there today…

I didn’t spend much time in the garden, although when I first got up and ran the irrigation system, I did put out the cushions, but didn’t sit out for too long…

even at 7 when it is usually quite pleasant, with the humidity, it felt like 42°C, sigh…

may have to leave the air conditioner on all night…

decorative…

10 Friday Jul 2026

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even though I am alone in the garden, it makes me happy to put out all of the outdoor chair cushions as well as the decorative ones…

recently, I walked around the space and took photos of the various seating options…

there are lots of places to sit and many are little groupings…

during the day I tend to move from area to area depending on the weather…

this last one is probably the most used in the late afternoon and evening as it is in the shade by then…

I also spend a great deal of the morning by the pond as it is shady in that location in the earlier part of the day and a great spot to watch the fish😊…