21 Sunday Aug 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, family, garden, moments, nature, plants, son-in-law, tamed, virginia creeper, weather, widow
here is my son-in-law trimming up the Virginia creeper which has absolutely loved the weather this year, lol…
but, it has been tamed…
for now…
04 Thursday Aug 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, butterflies, caterpillars, eggs, flowers, friends, garden, luck, moments, nature, parsley, photos, plants, swallowtail, widow
besides being my support group, my friends bring me good luck…
I’ve only spotted swallowtail butterflies two or three times so far this summer and two of those were when they were over…
a few days ago I caught this long shot of one on the deck…
and then I found eggs on both of my parsley plants… which I only buy for the butterflies;-)…
maybe, just maybe, there will be caterpillars…
then I spotted this one… they sure move quickly, lol…
woohoo…
23 Saturday Jul 2022
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basil, big girl pants, blessed, dinner, food, friends, garden, happy, Hilda the Gardener, moments, nature, plants, pond, ripe, tomatoes, visit, waterfall, widow
Wednesday was another beautiful day…
put out all the cushions as a dear friend was coming over later in the day, and it always looks so much nicer when they are all set out…
Hilda the Gardener came and weeded and moved a few plants… we had a lovely visit while that was happening…
I climbed into the pond and cleaned the filter which made the waterfall happy;-)…
read a good book and had lunch on the back deck with some of my ripe tomatoes and fresh basil…
had a delightful supper and visit with a friend I haven’t seen for ages and toured the garden with her…
also shared some poppy and morning glory seeds…
19 Tuesday Jul 2022
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16 Saturday Jul 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, dinner, flowers, food, garden, moments, nature, plants, purple, taller, veggies, weather, widow
had a morning walk around the garden the other day…
it is doing very well with lots of purple and green…
the side/vegetable garden is very happy… the peas and cucumbers in the new planter are especially happy… they are taller than me…
gathered fifteen pea pods from the vegetable garden and added the peas to my new potatoes and slice of ham for my dinner…
tasty…
08 Friday Jul 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, moments, move, nature, plants, purple, rearranged, shade, widow
moved a few planters and a chair on the lower deck…
haven’t decided if I like it or not…
and then this morning I rearranged again… I put the dahlia by the door and moved the begonias and columbine to the back of the garden where they will get the necessary shade… I may end up moving that planter beside the rain barrel, but will need help to get it up there…
guess I will live with it for a while and see…
04 Monday Jul 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, camera, dissuade, fish, garden, moments, motion, nature, plants, pond, Technology, water lilies, widow
last Thursday night I think a raccoon (or more than one) came into the garden and attacked the pond…
they got at least two fish and tossed around the water lilies… they don’t care for fish scales, so end up leaving them on the ground… I found two piles on the stepping stones alongside the pond…
the fish were clearly traumatized and have barely come out from under the bridge…
after doing some research, I put down epsom salt all around the pond and hoped that would dissuade them from finding their supper in my garden…
I also put on the motion sensor at the back door and the one on the garage…
since then, they have come back a few times, although I am starting to wonder if it might be the coyote that has been wandering in this area… the plants have been disturbed, but I haven’t found any fish bits…
this Thursday I put up a new wireless camera to see if I can spot whatever has been coming by…
so far, nothing has been spotted…
02 Saturday Jul 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, friend, garden, moments, nature, planting, plants, pond, thin, wasp next, widow
Monday, a friend dropped off some alyssum and lobelia and Wednesday I got around to planting them…
opened the shed to discover a small paper wasp nest attached to the door… I used the recycling bin to hold the door open and went in carefully to find some pots…
happily there were no injuries and I pulled out a couple of pots and a hanging basket…
got each one filled and popped them over by the garden bed…
this was good as the beds look a little thin now that all the poppies have been removed, lol…
next project will be to get rid of the nest…
26 Sunday Jun 2022
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, clematis, driveway, garden, happy, moments, nature, plants, purple, spot, time, time flies, widow
recently I wrote about how well the clematis is doing along the driveway…
now it is blooming… and I think this is the most blossoms since we planted it many years ago…
it has more stems and leaves too…
now that I’ve done the math… 🤪… I realize that it is about twelve or thirteen years old… I am actually surprised as I hadn’t realized how long it has been in this spot…
time flies;-)…
25 Saturday Jun 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, blue cedar, bonsai, dinner, family, garden, happy, irrigation, moments, nature, plants, Technology, widow
I am beyond happy…
Thursday the kids came over and we spent most of the late afternoon in the garden…
my grandson started work on a bonsai tree and it was great fun to see him trim a blue cedar into something resembling a small tree…
it is going to live in the garden for the summer…
then, we finished the irrigation system… yay… the hose was straightened, holes were punched in various places and tubes with sprinklers were connected… they had no trouble connecting the tubes to the hose, sigh… we ran a test and made sure each little piece was spraying appropriately…
we need a few more pieces of tubing, but most planters, baskets and perennials now will be watered when I turn on the tap… I am sure they will all be happy about this, lol…
so excited to see how well the garden will grow when it is watered regularly…
then we had barbecued steak and asparagus, baked potatoes and a salad on the deck…
what a treat;-)…
