06 Tuesday Jul 2021
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for my birthday I received an egg carton with four little eggs of wildflower seeds to plant…
I started two in a pot I had and they are starting to bloom;-)…
no idea what any of them are, but these are lovely little cuties… I’ve also got some sweet little bachelor buttons…
wonder what else will flower;-)…
06 Tuesday Jul 2021
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big girl pants, bloom, buds, flowers, garden, hardened, hibiscus, leaves, memories, moments, nature, plants, red, remembering, sunburn, weather, widow
my hibiscus only bloomed one time over the winter… usually it blooms at least twice…
I have had this one for at least three years and usually it loses its leaves when it comes into the house in the fall, and when it comes back into the garden in the spring…
this year I hardened it off and then put an umbrella over it so it wouldn’t get a sunburn…
it didn’t lose many leaves, but it also didn’t look like it was getting any buds…
a week or so ago, I spotted a few just starting…
yesterday, I spotted something red when I looked outside and there they were… the first two flowers…
yay… and there are lots more getting ready;-)…
02 Friday Jul 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, blooming, flowers, garden, moments, nature, plants, pond, purple, teasing, widow
the butterfly bushes are so close to opening, although it feels like they are teasing me…
when I come out in the morning, I think, today’s the day…
but no…
finally, they are starting to bloom, although still not completely open;-)…
they are a stunning deep purple…
24 Thursday Jun 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, disintegrate, family, flowers, garden, lazy, memories, moments, nature, plants, purple, turntable, widow
we’ve had a turntable on the table on the deck for at least twenty years…
the rolling piece finally disintegrated over the winter… my grandson found a different replacement part for it and it looks and works perfectly…
I also had him pick up an old Bundt pan… with help from the neighbour we cut out a slightly bigger hole in the centre and a young friend painted it for me…
while Hilda the Gardener was here the other day, she planted it and then I put it on the table…
it looks great and I can’t wait to see it filled out…
20 Sunday Jun 2021
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action, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, elm, elm seeds, flowers, garden, laughing, memories, moments, nature, plants, remembering, weeds, widow
I was thinking of my beloved on this Father’s Day as I wandered around the deck pulling weeds… currently ninety-nine percent are elm seedlings…
I always gave him action for not carrying around a pail to put the debris into and there I was today, pulling weeds and putting them on the ground or deck to be picked up later…
I bet he is laughing now;-)…
18 Friday Jun 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, designer, flowers, friends, garden, grandson, moments, nature, plants, pond, purple, reorganize, weather, widow
what a wonderful afternoon yesterday… although it was hot, my garden designer came and spent a few hours rearranging pots and plants and other goodies…
we moved, and moved items again, until the garden looked just so…
a few jobs left for my grandson when he comes next… lifting a few heavy things and digging in a few lights…
what fun to have a fresh set of eyes… and someone who is perfectly fine if I don’t care for the placement of items…
I think the garden is happy too…
11 Friday Jun 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, dahlia, flowers, garden, iris, memories, moments, nature, photos, plants, purple, widow
last year I almost missed this little iris… so I was watching for it this year…
it sits right up next to a flower pot which I hope is going to have a dahlia growing in it…although currently there is no sign of said dahlia;-(…
but the iris is beautiful…
07 Monday Jun 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, bush, flowers, garden, moments, nature, online, plants, purple, shopping, Technology, weather, widow
I’ve been checking around for purple butterfly bush with no success… last year I was able to get some from a local nursery, but they haven’t been able to acquire any this season…
eventually I found some online at Home Depot, so I ordered them… wasn’t sure what I would get, but was hopeful…
Friday, two boxes were delivered and the plants looked good…
I decided to keep them in the house until later in the day, when I put them in a shady spot to get used to being outside…
very happy with the purchase… hoping they enjoy their new homes in the garden…
03 Thursday Jun 2021
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big girl pants, fell, garden, injuries, moments, nature, plants, pond, twenty-five years, widow
well, the day didn’t start off so great…
I had made breakfast and brought it out to the back deck to enjoy…
I realized that a plant pot next to the waterfall needed to be turned so that more sunlight would encourage the dahlia to grow…
I stood on one of the blocks surrounding the waterfall area and a stone and started to turn the pot…
and I fell backwards into the top portion of the pond… in an effort to save myself, I grabbed the waterfall rock… it broke off in my hands and I ended up sitting in the water…
as you can imagine, I was rather shocked… I quickly removed my phone from my back pocket and put it on the stone surround as I tried to figure out how to get out…
there was blood on my hands and when I lifted my right foot there was blood on my toes as well…
after I removed my flip flops, I was able to slowly and carefully get out…
I went into the house, took off the wet clothes and sat down for a few minutes… eventually I called and spoke with my daughter and settled down, lol…
after a shower to get rid of the pond smell I sat in the garden and texted with a friend about what I needed to do for my hands and foot…
polysporin for my hands, soaking and more polysporin for my foot and quiet time for the rest of the day, trying not to use my hands too much or get them dirty…
over twenty-five years with ponds in the garden and this was the first time I fell in…
01 Tuesday Jun 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, combinations, flowers, garden, moments, nature, plants, purple, shape, white, widow
work in the garden continues…
yesterday, the remainder of the plants were put into pots, including some new plants;-)…
there are baskets everywhere and the various pots are filled with lovely combinations…
the garden is taking shape…
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