11 Tuesday Nov 2025
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amaryllis, big girl pants, blessed, bulb, heat, moments, nature, planted, sceptical, shrivelled, widow
picked up an amaryllis when I was out grocery shopping on November 8th…
I am a bit sceptical whether it will do anything as it did not look very good…
the bulb was shrivelled with some dead bits at the top…
but, I planted it and put it close to a heating vent and have my fingers crossed;-)…
17 Saturday May 2025
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alyssum, big girl pants, blessed, cold, flowers, garden, moments, nature, pansies, planted, purple, rain, sun, tomato, weather, widow
did a bit of planting on Wednesday, on one of the warm and sunny days, lol…
added pansies to a section of the bathtub area as well as two pots on the stairs… included a bit of alyssum in the pots… looking forward to the scent as I walk up and down the steps…
the tomato went into one of the planter boxes in the side garden… I tried to get the calla into a floating container, but it didn’t want to cooperate so I left it for a bit, lol…
03 Saturday May 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, cold weather crop, crop, garden, moments, nature, peas, planted, plants, Technology, trellis, weather, widow
a few days ago, after I read something about cold weather planting, I spent time in the side garden…
after I removed a trellis from the file cabinet planter, I fluffed the soil (lol), and then planted a row of peas…
some of the seeds were from last year’s crop and some new ones from a box…
can’t wait to see what happens with them;-)…
10 Monday Apr 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, datura, garden, glass, happy, light, moments, morning glories, nature, planted, plastic, seeds, sprouts, time, widow
finally got the seeds into the soil…
so far, there are morning glories as well as purple and white daturas planted… last year I didn’t remember to start any of the daturas, so am excited to see how they will do this year…
started with plastic wrap on top, but then I found some glass in the basement which covers the pots nicely…
I am turning the light on first thing in the morning, and off just before I head to bed;-)…
now to wait for some sprouts…
25 Wednesday Aug 2021
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beans, big girl pants, blessed, food, garden, happy, moments, nature, planted, plants, weather, widow
big excitement when I discovered 2, yes 2, beans growing, lol…
I had planted a number of seeds but thought that none of them had survived… I’m not sure whether the crazy hot weather affected them…
happily, my neighbour brought me another feed which I had with my supper…
not exactly sure what I will do with two as they still aren’t quite ready, lol…
27 Monday Apr 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, dahlia, flowers, garden, growing, planted, purple, rain, tubers, weather, widow
had a busy morning in the garden yesterday…
opened my box from The Dahlia Expert and took out my eight new tubers… I’d set it on the floor out of the way for a few days after it arrived to be sure it was safe;-)…
found pots, cleaned them out and matched the tubers with the appropriate pot…
left them outside for the rest of the day hoping that the rain might give them a drink… it did rain for a very short time but not a lot…
took quite a while, but eventually all eight were nestled in their new homes…
brought them in just before dark and put them back out for the day this morning…
they will be coming in and going out for the next while as I wanted them to get a head start on growing before they can live outside permanently;-)…
so excited to watch them grow…
09 Sunday Jun 2019
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beautiful, beloved, big girl pants, dahlia, flowers, garden, happy, hibiscus, mandevilla, planted, plants, pond, purple, rain, theme, weather, widow
had some fun in the garden on Saturday… the forecast was for thunderstorms and rain during the day so I got out early to plant the purchases from the day before…
trying to stick to the purple and white theme although the dahlia might be a bit on the pink side;-)…
three pots planted, a few baskets hung, the tomato and mandevilla placed… also brought out the hibiscus…
still need to bring out the Japanese Maple, but going to wait just a bit longer so it doesn’t struggle with the move…
it is looking pretty good… now just waiting to get that back flowerbed cleaned up…
missing my beloved as I work away in the yard…
26 Saturday May 2018
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arranged, big girl pants, garden, Grandpa, grandson, hot tub, mowed, planted, pond, talk, widow, worked
well, what a busy day… woke up at 4:20 am and went out for a very early morning hot tub… the sky was already getting lighter so I could barely see the last of the stars…
when I woke at 7:25 I went out and set up the cushions on the chairs and loungers, had a smoothie and tea… beautiful morning… arranged for my middle grandson to come and help me in the garden and then spoke with my Ottawa daughter, who was in Kingston…
the kids arrived and we went to the “A” for breakfast… then my grandson and I walked around Bruce Park to catch a few Pokémon and headed home…
we worked in the garden for the rest of the day with sitting and water breaks as well as a quick trip to pick up subs for lunch… we drove, even though it is only a few blocks away, because we were both hot and tired, lol…
often when we are together we share stories about Grandpa… today we remembered how he could be a bit scary when he lost his temper, how he liked to keep busy in the garden, would pull weeds and toss them on the ground and have to go back to pick them up and put them in the yard waste bags… that is the preferred method for my grandson as well, lol… we also talked about how long we have lived in this house and some of the fun times we’ve had… we shared things that make us nervous and traits that we both have…
we spotted a chipping sparrow having a bath and earlier I had seen a small frog hopping in and out of the pond…
the garden is taking shape… we cleaned out one flower bed, filled fourteen planters, mowed the front and back, brought out the hibiscus and put everything we had used away… whew…
by the end we were both hot and exhausted but had a blast together;-)…
he was picked up by my son-in-law who fixed one of the pumps while he was here… once they left I sat and read for a while…
going to have a hot tub soon and maybe head to bed early…
06 Saturday Jul 2013
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big girl pants, breakfast at the "A", fresh beets, George, goldfinch, kept house cool, laughter and lazing, my beloved, planted, red=winged blackbird, running and rolling, squirrels, without air conditioning, wonderful memories
got up at eight with the boys… they had cereal on the deck and we discussed our plans for the morning… decided to see if Daddy wanted to meet us for breakfast at the “A”… then we watered the new sod and some plants before everyone but me got bored… cartoons for them and tea on the deck for me… we did spot a goldfinch and some squirrels in the garden…
before we knew it, it was time to head over for breakfast… as we walked down the back lane by the toboggan hills I thought of George walking along holding their hands just a few years ago and how excited they were to be with him…
they ran up the hill and rolled down on our way to breakfast… lots of laughter and even spotted a red-winged blackbird for me… if you move through the pictures fast enough you can almost see the motion… should have taken a video, lol…
running and rolling 1…
running and rolling 2…
running and rolling 3…
running and rolling 4…
running and rolling 5…
after breakfast – Mommy came too – they headed home and I had a little lay down… then did some planting and rested for most of the day…
tested out not using the air conditioning and kept the house cool by closing windows when the sun was shining on them… worked very well…
had a lovely dinner of pickerel with fresh beets and greens and potato salad… again was thinking how much George loved beets…
I have wonderful memories of my beloved…
01 Monday Jul 2013
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lovely day spent in the garden…
last night I slept on the deck under the stars… Sadly there were lots of mosquitoes…
goldfinch boy…
this morning I planted and repotted and rearranged… and sat in my chair in the shade…
goldfinch girl…
had beautiful visitors… the goldfinch couple and a lovely purple finch and a mostly black butterfly… the neighbours’ cat stopped by a few times for a drink and to wander through the garage…
purple finch…
had a nap, watched some tv and got dinner ready for the kids who came in from a day of boating in Gimli…
kids having a hot tub…
great dinner, then we walked to Sargent Sundae’s for ice cream, and got home just in time for the fireworks…
everyone is gone and I am heading to bed…
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