27 Saturday May 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, cold, cover, dahlia, garden, mistake, moments, morning glories, nature, weather, widow, wind
just possible that I made a mistake when I brought out the morning glories and the dahlia from Lily Stone Gardens and planted them last Saturday…
the wind has been very strong and it has been cool in the evenings…
the dahlia hasn’t been looking at all happy and on Wednesday evening I covered it with sheets hoping to block the wind…
it is still not happy… we shall see…
26 Friday May 2023
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25 Thursday May 2023
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big girl pants, broken, garden, hammock stand, moments, nature, repaired, umbrella, weather, widow, wind
I was surprised yesterday morning when I looked out the window to see the hammock stand on its back against the planter… clearly the wind had lifted the umbrella and blew it over…
when I went out I saw that the umbrella on the top was perfectly fine so I took it off… the wind has been very strong since Tuesday and may continue for a number of days… a section of the edging had broken right off…
the umbrella went into the garage and I was able to put the stand back up… not going to put the umbrella back on until the weather improves…
now to arrange to have the planter repaired;-)…
24 Wednesday May 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, blossoms, covered, flowers, garden, lilacs, moments, nature, scent, trees, walk, weather, widow
had a lovely walk on Tuesday;-)…
spotted lilacs everywhere I went, and enjoyed the scent…
and also saw a beautiful tree covered in white blossoms…
and finally spotted one of the mallard families;-)…
22 Monday May 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, bridge, clean, fish, garden, goldfish, happy, moments, nature, pond, pump, water, widow
happy that the fish have finally decided to come out from under the bridge during the day;-)…
climbed into the pond as the pump that went into it last week was barely running…
after taking all the bits out, washed them in a pail, and then went back into the pond to return them…
when I turned it back on, it burbled just like when it first went in…
always careful when I go into the pond, but it also makes me happy;-)…
19 Friday May 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, bunny, burbling, garden, goldfinch, happy, home, moments, nature, pond, quiet, Technology, water, weather, widow
early Tuesday morning I was sitting on the back deck, listening to the burbling of the pond, as a bunny came right up next to me… we chatted, well I chatted and the bunny twitched its nose for a few minutes, before it hopped away… pleased that it felt comfortable as I sat there reading quietly… well, maybe it didn’t notice me, lol…
reminded me of how truly blessed I am… and what a wonderful life I lead…that I can sit in the sunshine and shade in my garden and enjoy the nature around me – the birds, and squirrels, and bunnies, and bees – every day that I want…
and while I was there, to hear about the ducklings that hatched yesterday, and today crossed a busy street with their momma, (protected by two different people families) in Ottawa to find a swimming pool to start the next portion of their journey…
later in the day I stood up from a chair on the upper deck and spotted a goldfinch at the feeder… it flitted about nervously for a few moments and then, when it felt safe, called its partner to come and eat… they were happy for a while, until a squirrel came and chased them away…
if I hadn’t stood up at just that moment I would have missed them… a lovely treat…
made chicken soup from the leftovers of Sunday’s dinner and tested out a few new purchases which arrived at the door…
nice…
17 Wednesday May 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, friends, garden, gather, Lily Stone Cafe, memories, moments, nature, pond, reminisced, summer, sun-tea, Tea, together, widow
Monday was our group’s first gathering in the garden this year…
we started out by the pond and when it got too hot and sunny, we moved to the upper deck… I am going to put out a few more umbrellas next time…
there was sun-tea, snacks and lots of conversation… I didn’t take a single picture, not even of the garden, lol… I did find this one of the five of us after our fancy tea…
we reminisced about our fabulous High Tea at Lily Stone Cafe the week before and began considering where we might go next;-)…
one of the loveliest things that has happened over the last few years is that we have been able to meet throughout the summer… for many years, everyone would have places to go and things to do, so we wouldn’t gather from July until September… now it has worked out that we are able to be together for most weeks of summer…
what a treat these women are…
16 Tuesday May 2023
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beautiful, big girl pants, blessed, connections, cushions, deck, family, fence, fish, food, friends, garden, meals, Merlin App, moments, most, nature, neighbours, pond, sound, sparrows, Technology, time, weather, widow
Sunday, spent the entire day in the garden… it was warm and sunny…
set out all the chair cushions and even brought out the decorative ones…
then, most of the fish came outside… a few just wouldn’t be caught, lol… apparently a project for another day…
tea, reading, and bird watching took up a good part of the day… I am loving the sound portion of my Merlin App… it has come in especially helpful for me to identify the many sparrows that come and go…
White-Crowned, White-Throated, Harris’s, Song, and Chipping Sparrows have all been around for the last week or so…
checked out the fence with the little person and his daddy on one side, as I contemplate the style of the new fence that is in the works, and had tea and snacks with the ones on the other side… they enjoy sitting by the pond and the sound of the running water…
ate all my meals on the deck, breakfast and lunch on the back, and supper on the upper…
phone calls, emails, in-person visits, and text messages came throughout the day…
truly, I am blessed;-)…
15 Monday May 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, chimes, garden, grandson, happy, moments, nature, weather, widow, wind, wind chimes
we ran to the store recently and picked up a wind chime I’d been looking at for a while…
it is hanging close to a corner so it gets a bit of wind and sounds beautiful…
recently a neighbour commented on how nicely it pealed…
14 Sunday May 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, clean-up, condo, cushions, garden, goldfish, happy, Hilda the Gardener, moments, nature, pond, water lilies, widow, working
Friday was a great day in the garden…
first time this year I took the time to put out all the cushions… and then Hilda the Gardener arrived and began cleaning up the space… yay…
while she was working away, I climbed into the pond to reset the second pump and cover the cords…
next I brought out the water lilies from the tanks in the house and set them in the pond…
finally I caught and put three goldfish into the pond to see how they fared… maybe next week the rest will move out of the condo…
all in all a great day…
herbiggirlpants 