the clematis is starting to bloom…
I have to remember to go out to the driveway to see how it is doing…
when I was working I would drive by it every weekday, lol…
driveway…
17 Wednesday Jun 2020
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cats…
17 Wednesday Jun 2020
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big girl pants, birds, blessed, cats, frog, garden, moments, nature, pond, quiet, sparrow, weather, widow
there has been lots of activity in the garden recently…
these critters were photographed over the last few days…
today the forecast mentioned thunderstorms and rain but I decided to put out all of the cushions anyway… it ended up sunny and hot for most of the day…
looks very quiet, lol…
but this morning there were red and gray squirrels, the frog, chipping sparrows, a bunny that shot across the garden, dragonflies and two cats, one that I haven’t seen previously…
and during that entire period a robin, that I couldn’t see, sang…
I am enjoying every moment that I spend here…
toppled…
14 Sunday Jun 2020
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big girl pants, birds, blessed, blowing, chickadees, elephant ear, garden, moments, nature, pond, sparrows, toppled, trees, weather, widow, wind
the wind has been blowing a lot in the last few days…
today, it was so strong that it toppled the elephant ear plant in the pond… I had thought it was secure, but all of a sudden it blew over… dug out my water shoes, found some very large rocks, and climbed in and stood it back up, circled it with the rocks as well as adding a few on top of it…
the rocks were so big, it raised the water level and a few of the lily pads went back under the water, lol…
I didn’t spot the frog, but a number of house sparrows and a few chipping sparrows stopped by to drink and have a bath…
the chickadees have returned and two of them were really looking around… I was wondering if they were searching for a spot to nest as I hadn’t seen this particular behaviour previously…
froggie…
12 Friday Jun 2020
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beautiful, big girl pants, blessed, common frog, fish, frog, froggie, garden, hiding, leaves, lilies, lily pads, moments, nature, pond, quiet, time, widow
saw the frog a number of times yesterday while I was listening to a program on my iPhone…
it has hopped past me a few times over the last while but never when I have a camera in my hand…
yesterday froggie was out sunning on the rocks around the edge of the pond… when it jumps in it swims across in just a few seconds…
according to research it appears to be a common frog… interesting, as for the last few years we had leopard frogs…
got some nice pictures;-)…
and another exciting thing is that the water lily leaves are just starting to rise above the water… this first photo was from last night and only the top corner of one lily pad was peeking out of the water…
now four lily pads are above water on one plant and two on the second plant…
outing…
11 Thursday Jun 2020
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big girl pants, birthday, blessed, BS, campfire, car, drive, food, friends, memories, moments, nature, Outing, physical distancing, pictures, treat, weather, widow
just home from a wonderful gathering with my best buddies… we haven’t been together since my birthday in April, when they came and wished me a happy birthday at a distance with signs and a card…
this was the first time that I have left the house, and driven the car, since mid-March…
everyone brought their own dishes, silverware and mugs, and I even brought my chair, which worked out really well as it has a little table attached where I could put my tea and camera…
we sat – physically distancing, of course – around a lovely fire in our host’s backyard, celebrating another birthday and enjoyed a visit while eating lemon cake with fresh raspberries which she had baked for us… (cake photo from the chef)…
we talked about birds, celebrations, family and wind chimes… and we learned that wind chimes can have different sounds attributed to them… the ones we were listening to were the song of a meadowlark…
it was cool, but we all brought warm clothes and were quite comfortable… a bit crazy that gloves were needed…
it was an excellent first outing and I felt good about getting out for the first time since the pandemic began, although I did wash my hands as soon as I got into the house, lol…
my clothes smell like a campfire… what a treat…
fluff…
09 Tuesday Jun 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, cottonwood, dandelions, flowers, fluff, garden, moments, nature, snow, sticker book, widow
started one of the sticker pages in my book… and worked on it between tasks in the kitchen…
I chose the dandelion because as I sat in the garden yesterday the fluff from the cottonwoods made it look like it was snowing…
not sure where the tree or trees are, but they sure are producing a lot of fluff, lol…
when I look out the front window it would be easy to imagine that it is the seeds from the dandelions…
plug…
04 Thursday Jun 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, butterflies, dragonfly, frog, garden, hot tub, moments, monarch, nature, plug, pond, widow
had the most wonderful morning in the garden…
when I went out for a hot tub first thing I realized the pump had stopped in the pond…
before I went in, I pulled the plug and then spotted a dragonfly sitting on a rock in the pond…
took my breakfast outside and sat and watched it for quite some time… wondering if it had come up from the water and was drying its wings…
it was windy and I watched two butterflies flit past… an orange one, maybe a monarch although it wasn’t close enough to confirm… and a black one… it had some yellow along the outside of the wings…
went into the house for a cup of tea and when I came back, noticed the dragonfly in the pond and thought it might be dead, but then its wings fluttered… I found a stick and pulled it out and set it down in the sun… after about half an hour it flew away;-)…
a short while later I saw my buddy the frog jump in and swim across the pond… and finally the fish came out from under the bridge…
ferns…
02 Tuesday Jun 2020
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big girl pants, ferns, flowers, garden, lily of the valley, moments, nature, photos, planting, poppies, reading, widow
a very quiet day…
slow to rise and made french toast with the last of the whole wheat bread…
watched a few morning shows and then headed out to the garden…
planted the last of the flowers still in the garage and spent time reading…
have not seen a single bird today, but I did get a few nice photos…
happy with this great shot of the ferns which are growing so quickly…
the poppies are getting closer and closer to opening and I check them out every morning…
I also cut some lily of the valley for the bedroom… they have finally opened and the scent is lovely…
dredged…
31 Sunday May 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, Chinese food, dredged, family, fish, frog, garden, grandsons, leaves, lunch, moments, mowing, nature, pond, supper, treat, visit, water, widow
sitting by the pond after my visitors have left and enjoying the last bit of sunlight…
my water shoes are on the deck because I went into the pond once again and dredged up another pailful of leaves… the fish are still not coming out, but I did see the frog hop by earlier in the day…
all three of my grandsons came by just after noon… I made them grilled cheese sandwiches with the wonderful La Belle Baguette whole wheat sourdough that was delivered yesterday…
the oldest left, the middle one mowed the grass, front and back, while the youngest watered plants and pulled weeds…
some days it is hard to realize he is eleven and can reach and do more things…
after the work was done, relaxing happened and visiting took place…
this was the first time I’ve had people in the house and the system was they had access to the basement for cooling down and using the washroom and I had the main floor… worked perfectly…
we ordered Chinese food for supper and it arrived just before the daddy, who had been at work all day… afterwards my downspout got fixed, a stair board tightened and then off they went…
it was a treat to see them and I enjoyed every minute… I missed my nap, but plan on making it an early night;-)…
garage…
30 Saturday May 2020
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big girl pants, clematis, cold, flowers, garage, garden, mandevilla, morning glories, nature, plants, poppies, weather, widow
took this photo of one of the poppies that is growing in the garden…
I am hoping that all of these buds will continue to grow and bloom although the temperature has been a bit crazy the last few days…
Thursday night I brought some of the plants into the house and covered those around the deck…
last night I put all of them into the garage, except for a couple of heavy ones just outside the kitchen… happily, the clematis seems to be doing fine…
I left them there all day because the temperature is going down again tonight…
I think the weather is going to be improving so they can all move back outside tomorrow…
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