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17 Sunday Sep 2023

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Monday and Tuesday night I went out and covered the mandevilla as there was a chance of frost…

it looks like the rest of the week will be warmer so rather than start the process of bringing the plant in, it seemed better to protect it and keep it outside for the next week…

it has been filled with blooms and looks wonderful… unfortunately, once it comes into the house the unopened buds will likely fall off…

but, it looked a lot like a ghost in the garden…

visible…

16 Saturday Sep 2023

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a neighbour is growing sunflowers…

for the longest time we couldn’t figure out what the plants were, lol…

they are as tall as their house and just recently the sunflower head became visible… obviously, these plants have enjoyed the weather…

picnic…

14 Thursday Sep 2023

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finally went for a walk a week ago…

took a few books and dropped them off at a Little Library…

on my walk I got a few nice photos…

this flower bed had purple in it and on the planter and behind is a purple picnic table;-)…

didn’t go all the way to the Park, but want to get back into the habit, so decided to start small…

felt good;-)…

somewhere…

12 Tuesday Sep 2023

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went for a drive with my adventure partner…

drove just outside the city to Jonathan’s Farm to collect the veggies we both ordered online…

it was a sunny day and the drive was relaxing…

there was no one around when we arrived although I spotted someone in the field way down the way, lol…

we gathered up our produce and headed home…

the one thing we noticed was all the crazy drivers on the road, lol… Friday and everyone was in a hurry to get somewhere 🤪…

looking forward to some delicious meals…

faded…

07 Thursday Sep 2023

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on Monday night, just before supper, I looked up and spotted a beautiful rainbow…

it faded and then a double one started up, and after it faded, there was a third one, with very bright colours…

what a treat…

reminded me of our time in Maui when we saw five different rainbows in an hour…

rootball…

06 Wednesday Sep 2023

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had some fun on the deck…

brought out the pothos vine from the dining room… it had overgrown its container and really needed to be repotted…

pulled out one of the purple pots that I bought from the Dollar store months ago and filled it with compost and soil…

before setting the plant in, I loosened the roots which were circling the rootball… centred it in the new pot and filled it up with soil… gave it a good water and wound the vines around the pot…

and finally, moved it back to its spot on the shelf;-)…

I think it will look better in a few weeks when the leaves turn to the light…

guide…

03 Sunday Sep 2023

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Tuesday, a friend picked me up and we had a wander through the Diversity Gardens…

it was her first time there and I enjoyed being the tour guide, lol…

we were so busy catching up that I barely took any photos…

I did take some of a few grasses we thought might work in the garden between the cedars which might cover it a bit more of the chain link now that the neighbours have removed their planters…

from there, we drove over and walked through the English sand Leo Mol Gardens…

we spent some time relaxing on a bench by the pond and learning about Pokémon as I have just started playing again and now have my own account;-)…

nectar…

02 Saturday Sep 2023

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had a wonderful day Monday…

it was overcast but I put out all the cushions and set up the chairs for the afternoon gathering with my buddies…

then I sat quietly in the garden as a sweet little hummingbird flew around gathering nectar from a few flowers… it particularly liked one of the hanging baskets that has deep purple flowers… it came and went a number of times before heading off to its next destination…

of course I didn’t have the camera out so the photos I got with my phone were pretty bad, lol…

after lunch my friends arrived and we had a great visit together… these days I make suntea and we always have pistachios as a snack, maybe with some chocolate;-)…

once everyone left, I followed the shade around the garden, enjoyed my book and the visit from one of my bunny friends…

I am certainly savouring these beautiful days in the garden…

deeper…

01 Friday Sep 2023

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a few days ago my grandson dug the hole deeper where the mandevilla has been residing for most of the summer… it lives in the house during the winter months and has just started to bloom…

it has also been blowing over fairly regularly and I’ve had to bungee cord it to the upright umbrella on really windy days so it wouldn’t fall over again… I had dug the hole to what I thought would work, but it wasn’t deep enough, lol…

Thursday, the wind was very strong and the mandevilla stayed put with no leaning or falling at all;-)

allée…

30 Wednesday Aug 2023

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on Sunday we went for a walk around Assiniboine Park to catch Pokémon… apparently it was a special event around the world… it was hot and sunny…

there were people everywhere… many of them with their heads down, focussed on their phones, with cords connecting to power packs in their pockets, lol…

we walked around the allée that circles the Diversity Gardens… it was fully shaded and there were many people along the way…

from there we walked across the Park to the English and Leo Mol Gardens… it was a long way, lol… we stopped now and then for a rest and sip of our water, and got to walk down one of my favourite paths…

it has been months since I’ve been to the Gardens, so it was a treat… besides all the people, there were lots of flowers in bloom with beautiful water lilies, and frogs, in the English Garden…

the cricket fields had some good items as we headed back to the car…

nice to enjoy a walk, although my feet were a little tired;-)…