09 Monday May 2022
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looking at this section of the garden makes me very happy…
most of the greenery is composed of poppies coming up…
sometimes there are lots of the plants, but not too many flowers… fingers crossed…
we will see what happens;-)…
08 Sunday May 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, bunny, garden, hot tub, moments, Mother's Day, nature, pond, raking, singing, sparrows, weather, widow
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😊…
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…
05 Thursday May 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, deck, droppings, garden, grass blower, happy, lunch, moments, nature, screen, sun, weather, widow
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…
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…
02 Monday May 2022
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01 Sunday May 2022
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just possibly Spring might be here…
watched six robins across the street in the field… only managed to catch three together…
they were moving quickly and spent most of the day searching for yummy things to eat…
certainly a sign of warmer weather…
26 Tuesday Apr 2022
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April, big girl pants, blessed, blossoms, Central Park, cherry, cherry tree, flowers, Kingfisher Spa, moments, nature, pictures, widow
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…
23 Saturday Apr 2022
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I’ve been doing a lot of reading lately…
today I spent most of the time in the living room, with the light on, as it has been raining off and on the whole time…
besides enjoying my book I’ve also watched birds and bunnies and listened to thunder roll across the sky…
there were chickadees and house finches and juncos… a squirrel has been trying to get to the feeder on the window and I kept rapping on the window to discourage it, lol…
across the street, three bunnies have spent a good portion of the day snacking on goodies in the grass… the rain has certainly melted most of the snow, so I guess new treats have come to light…
as I write this, there is even more thunder and now a bit of lightning…
not sure if I will finish the book today…
22 Friday Apr 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, Earth Day, forests, happy, healing, memories, moments, nature, reconciliation, remembering, SCO, Technology, trees, walk, widow
this morning I received an email from the David Suzuki Foundation about Healing Forests…
forests are one of my favourite places and I had already been thinking of Cathedral Grove and the banyan tree in Lahaina on Maui…
as a matter of fact I chose a tree mug for my tea…
for years I have walked through a portion of the forest at Assiniboine Park on my way to the English Gardens…
after making a donation to the Healing Forests, I came across an IG Live as they were broadcasting a ceremony from The Bay where it was transferred to the Southern Chiefs Organization…
the project looks amazing and is supported by all levels of government…
I have always found forests, whatever their size, to be restorative and healing, so these two things that came to me on Earth Day made me very happy…
happy earth day 🌏🌍🌎…
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