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decisions…

07 Saturday Jun 2014

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started planting while it was still shady in the garden, but ran out of soil so couldn’t do any more for the time being…

my grandson arrived and the two of us planned next weekend’s activities around the scattering of George’s ashes…

once the plan was made we had to decide on the location which took us a while…

20140607-214109-78069509.jpgthen we headed out to do a few errands…

ate lunch, picked up some soil, checked out plants, grabbed a few things we will need on the weekend at the Dollar Store and found some fish for the second pond…

came home, had a rest and basically finished the planting…

20140607-214428-78268429.jpgthroughout the day the elm tree has been raining down thousands of seeds… the pond was full of them even though we cleaned a bunch out…

20140607-214613-78373711.jpgwe got all the planting paraphernalia put away and my helper was picked up… I sat out in the garden enjoying the day…

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20140607-215431-78871488.jpgit was lovely to have his company today:-)…

grandkids…

04 Wednesday Jun 2014

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started out the day by planting a cherry tomato before I headed off to work…

it was a gorgeous morning and I was happy to have the few minutes to get my hands in the dirt and water everything…

planned to come home and do more planting, but got a call around 3 advising of a band concert…

in the end, went to a soccer game for the youngest grandson, for about five minutes, then on to the band concert, where during a jazz band performance our guy played a super solo…

20140604-231016-83416605.jpgthen we flew out of the concert to get to the second half of a soccer game…

20140604-231222-83542380.jpgthe sky was amazing and just as the game ended, the raindrops started… happily we were safely in the car when the five minute downpour let loose…

busy day…

planting…

01 Sunday Jun 2014

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very full day… started planting after I had a lovely cup of tea in the garden…

kids came over and we went to Rona and bought an electric battery operated lawn mower… stopped and bought more plants and when we got home we continued filling planters and pots…

once the battery was charged Jeff mowed the very long grass and gave me a lesson so I could do it myself if I had to, which was the whole point of getting it…

20140601-210659-76019015.jpgdidn’t think to take a picture of it when it was all new and clean, lol…

20140601-211054-76254808.jpga lovely vignette by the back door with hibiscus, dahlia, tomato and basil in some new purple pots…

pots were planted, feeder fixed, shelf built, pond cleaned and pump working, water barrel levelled and then we enjoyed barbecued steak with potatoes, mushrooms, asparagus and Caesar salad…

shortly after supper everyone headed home and I wandered around the garden to enjoy all the work that we accomplished…

such great workers, my kids… great day…

20140601-212841-77321188.jpgGeorge would be proud…

flowers…

31 Saturday May 2014

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enjoyed a lovely morning… got my hair purpled and then went to a garden centre where I had way too much fun…

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20140531-213700-77820763.jpghad a very large cart which was hard to maneuver around the plants, but amazingly I managed…

20140531-214015-78015493.jpggot some help with what to put in the pots that are going into the front bed… hope I can remember what goes with what…

20140531-214157-78117930.jpgwas forced to stop shopping when I ran out of room in the cart… but I did get a beautiful water hyacinth and a lovely water lily for the pond…

20140531-214401-78241437.jpgunfortunately I worked on one of the ponds in the garden and spent a bit too much time in the sun… may have a touch of sunstroke as I’ve been feeling sick for the rest of the day…

20140531-215527-78927162.jpgtomorrow planting will happen… and I will work in the shade, lol…

spring planting makes me happy, but it also makes me miss my beloved…

digging…

30 Tuesday Jul 2013

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slept out under the stars and enjoyed watching the moon move through the sky as the night progressed…

bed for the night under the stars...

bed for the night under the stars…

then spent Sunday planting, reading and watching all the visitors who came by…

before I started planting...

before I started planting…

took a few shots of the landscape before making all the changes…

decided I liked where the plants were sitting and started to get them into the ground…

after planting...

after planting…

worked on one or two and then took a break, to read and watch the various flying friends who stopped by…

behind the waterfall...

behind the waterfall…

there were goldfinches and purple finches and lots of sparrows of various sorts… there were bees and wasps and a couple of butterflies and dragonflies…

once the planting was done I tidied up the bench which had been covered with pots during the construction…

then I took it easy… lots of work, but was very happy with the results… looks much better now…

planting…

27 Saturday Jul 2013

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got up and headed to Shelmerdine’s to get there right after they opened…

wanted some baskets to set in pots to fill up some of the empty space around the new pond area…

after talking with a very helpful woman I bought a shrub and a number of smaller plants to fill in the area…

had a lot of fun… barely stuffed everything into the car… then I stopped at Paterson’s and bought two more baskets, lol…

got home and had to dig out the hydrangeas, which have been dying… likely because they don’t like full sun, sigh…

set the new plants in the garden and have left them until tomorrow to be sure they are in the right spots… don’t want to have to plant them more than once…

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beautiful day…

13 Saturday Jul 2013

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had a wonderful day in the garden…

the weather was hot but a breeze blew for most of the day, making it comfortable…

weeded along the driveway and finally planted the two tomato plants… one of them has fruit that is heart shaped…

continued with planting some purple and white coneflowers that I picked up yesterday…

watered the sod and dug up quite a few dandelions which were trying to take over the yard during the construction… consulted with a neighbour about how to raise the level where the sod has been put down as it is a little low and I keep tripping when I walk over it, lol…

in amongst all that, I finished book 3 and started on book 4 of Game of Thrones…

had a nap and a lovely dinner of Goldeye and Caprese salad with my fresh basil…

lots of time remembering fun in the garden with my beloved, particularly when I was trimming the Virginia creeper by the hot tub:-)…

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planting…

15 Saturday Jun 2013

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ran to Rona this morning to look for plants… didn’t have exactly what I wanted, but I did find two lovely orchids, a nice tomato plant and some begonias…

white begonia and rose waiting to be planted...

white begonia and rose waiting to be planted…

after lunch I went to D J Paterson’s on Portage and found the alyssum and impatiens I wanted as well…

more things to plant...

more things to plant…

and then to Woodhaven Toyota to get a little refresher on how the air conditioner worked… then I headed home to have a nap…

went out later and planted the impatiens around the white tub pond…

bed filled with impatiens... mainly white with a hint of pink...

bed filled with impatiens… mainly white with a hint of pink…

as I was closing up the garage I discovered a little wasp nest which we will have to get rid of… picture’s a bit fuzzy but a little something was flying around it and I didn’t want to take it again, lol…

wasp nest starting in the garage...

wasp nest starting in the garage…

those darn big girl pants seem to be going on easier and easier…

 

preparing…

19 Sunday May 2013

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ran out with Crystal and the boys this morning to find a few last items for the garden… couldn’t find exactly what I wanted and when we got home it was rainy and cool so we didn’t do any planting after all…

picked up a few items that I still needed for the trip… got a great rain jacket, some bigger sticks for both cameras, a battery for one and a cute little tripod to replace one that George had given me and I passed along to Cyndi…

new jacket and bits and pieces for the cameras...

new jacket and bits and pieces for the cameras…

spent a good portion of the day laying things out to take… tonight I put the majority of them into the suitcase… spent quite a while decided on which suitcase to take, thinking a little one might do, lol… the big one is just about full to bursting…

suitcase is filling up fast...

suitcase is filling up fast…

still have to figure out what I will use for the carry on and how much needs to go in it… let’s see, two cameras, tripod, meds, contacts, yikes, still have quite a bit to do…

don’t know how one minute it was months to wait to go on the cruise, and now I leave in just a few days and don’t really appear to be ready…

getting excited…