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moving…

13 Friday May 2022

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well, the big excitement is that the fish are now in their summer home…

my grandson didn’t have any difficulty catching them, although he did mention that some of them were fast, lol…

we got some great photos of them sliding into the water…

the water lilies also made it into the pond… this is their third year…

I am pleased that they have overwintered well;-)… hoping they will produce flowers again this summer…

drilled…

11 Wednesday May 2022

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the large planter on the deck has been full of water from all the rain… it doesn’t have any drain holes because it was originally a barrel liner…

I dug out the drill and then did a Google search to remind me how to change the bit… after a little experimenting I was able to put in one that would make holes…

dragged the planter so it hung over the edge and drilled a number of holes in it and watched the water pour out…

hopefully, in the next few days I can pop a few of the morning glories into it, along with the obelisk for them to climb up…

not sure if they need it to be warmer, but I can always plant more, lol…

some days those big girl pants are quite comfortable…

singing…

08 Sunday May 2022

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what a lovely day… spent it in the garden…

began with a hot tub in the sunshine… used it the very first time thirteen years ago on Mother’s Day, so it seemed like an excellent way to start the day…

after breakfast, I raked up some of the leaves… well, it took a good portion of the day, as there were many reading breaks… it is a bit early, but after cleaning out the pond, I wasn’t too thrilled with all of the leaves blowing into it, lol… they went into a paper bag and I am hoping that any critters living in them will be able to escape from said bag…

even though there is no birdseed out, the white-throated sparrows have been singing all day, as they, the house sparrows and the Harris’s sparrow I spotted, wandered the freshly raked grass looking for goodies…

I was contemplating bringing out the goldfish, but think I will wait for some help catching them, lol…

there were numerous phone calls as well as texts reminding me of the special people in my life…

to top it all off, a bunny came and sat with me for about fifteen minutes…

we both had a relaxing time😊…

guttering…

07 Saturday May 2022

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a few days ago, I spotted five flickers in the field… like the robins, they never got close enough so I could get them all in one picture…

then I went searching for what a group of them is called, and found this:

it is always a treat to see them in the Spring and Fall…

while they are searching the grass for their goodies they move very quickly so it can be difficult to get a good photo… this one was photobombed, lol…

droppings…

05 Thursday May 2022

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spent some time out in the garden…

moved the pieces of furniture that were on the back deck and used the grass blower to get rid of a good portion of the debris…

then I had to use the broom for a lot of it that was stuck in the cracks… mostly bunny droppings, lol…

the wet areas dried throughout the day and will be ready for furniture…

after that was done, I sat on the upper deck and read my book for an hour or so…

saw white-throated sparrows and a Swainson’s Thrush, as well as one of my bunny buddies…

this was the first time that I was able to only have the screen open for the entire day…

so happy…

deer…

04 Wednesday May 2022

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Sunday afternoon I spent at least fifteen minutes at the front window…

I had looked up from my reading and spotted something moving in the field across the creek…

when I got up to take a closer look, I saw a deer looking around for something to eat…

as I stood and watched, another one materialized and I watched the two of them go right into the yard of the last house…

even when a person and their dog walked past on this side of the creek, they kept munching away… they can blend right in to grass or bushes…

it was a surprise to see them here, and I am thinking the winter has been hard for them and food is scarce…

I took a few photos although they were still fairly far away, but what a treat to catch the moment…

cherry…

26 Tuesday Apr 2022

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recently I came across a couple of pictures of cherry trees from April a number of years ago…

this first photo, which I took at the Filberg Festival in Courtenay, BC in 2011, won us a trip to Kingfisher Oceanside Resort and Spa to enjoy their Pacific Mist hydropath…

this photo was taken in New York, NY, in 2016… I think it was in Central Park..

cherry trees are just so beautiful, and clearly April is a blooming month for them;-)…

it is fun when memories remind me of special times…