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09 Tuesday Aug 2016

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last night my BS buddies came over and we had a hot tub while we caught up with one another’s lives…

although the wind had been whipping around the house not too long before they arrived, it calmed down and we had a lovely time…

we settled on the top deck to continue our visit…

I was admitting to not watering as much as I need to so the plants are a bit sad… been spending all my time in front of the tv watching Olympics, lol…

next time I go away, I will have to find someone to come and water, so the plants don’t give up on me…

so, tonight, while my supper was cooking, I went out and watered everything…


the Mandevilla is very happy with the heat and being a bit dry…

plants…

25 Saturday Jun 2016

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another lovely day…

up early, had a smoothie for breakfast, and made potato salad – at my son-in-law’s request, for a birthday party tomorrow… 

took a few shots of the first bloom on the hibiscus… very nice…


then I was picked up and went plant shopping at three different garden centres… amazingly I was able to find something at each place, lol…


one of the most exciting purchases was a purply-blue water fountain for the front step… been watching it for awhile and today it was on sale, yay…


found a few plants to add to the garden and a couple of hanging baskets…  one is going to go into a planter at the front… really enjoyed the time with my friend…

topped it off with fresh peas, new potatoes, radishes, dill and tomatoes from the J & H Garden Centre… 

such fun to shell the peas once I got home…


after a nap and a few chores, ended the day with a fabulous dinner of smoked goldeye, with tiny new potatoes, peas and dill… yum…


ahhhhh… 

lots of work to do tomorrow…

plants…

28 Saturday May 2016

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early morning again, but chose a hot tub as I was awake anyway… even though it was overcast, the birds sang the entire time I was outside… lovely start to the day…

great brunch with friends at a location I hadn’t been to yet… nice… also good to catch up…

my daughter and I went to Shelmerdine to pick up the last few plants for the garden… so happy to get the butterfly bush and milkweed… while we were there picked up four shubunkins for the pond… 


these should encourage the monarchs to visit the garden this summer… hoping my grandson comes by tomorrow so he can dig these in, lol…


although all the rain has been a bit of a downer for me, all of the plants are very happy… they’ve grown tremendously in just a week…

the fish went into the winter condo as we are waiting for the tadpoles to turn into frogs before they move out to the pond…

ended the day weeding – a tiny bit – and reading in the garden…

never did rain… ended up a great day…

helpers…

21 Saturday May 2016

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spent a good portion of the day in the garden…

finished the plant shopping with my daughter and youngest grandson…

everyone spotted at least a few tadpoles… they move through the water quickly but when sitting still they look like seed husks…

while we were shopping, the oldest helped his younger brother mow the backyard… a bit difficult due to the terrain and the great quantity of furniture in the space, lol…

when they left, the oldest grandson stayed to help me with gardening… 

lots got done… he moved a lot of rocks so they weren’t blocking the path and deck…


it was very hot and he worked hard… he added more stones in the pond as well as making sure that the two plant additions won’t move from their new spots… 

he evened out the gravel in the floating basket so it stays level and made sure all of the water hyacinth were right side up…  


dug out dandelions and planted two empty pots so that we can change the plants going into them…


still lots to do but he made a big dent in the list…

I filled pots and baskets and watered everything… still have planting to do tomorrow but for now am enjoying the tidy space… all those disorganized rocks and stones were making me a bit crazy…


really appreciated all of their help…

plants…

09 Monday May 2016

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happy with all the new plants… can hardly wait to get them outside…

the gardenia smells delicious…


and the flowers are very pretty…

the two tropicals are ready to get into the garden…


they are going to make it a bit more lush… not exactly sure where they will end up,  and will likely move them around a bit to find the best spot…

the mandevilla looks great and I can hardly wait to get it planted…


very happy with the fire table…


been looking for months for just the right one… saw this on Friday and met the kids to actually buy it on Saturday and they brought it home in their vehicle…

was able to get it going easily… simple to turn on and off and I think it is going to be just the right thing for me…


sat in the hot tub and watched the flames for ages… very nice…

looking for a bit of help with the gardening I think…

lazy…

27 Saturday Feb 2016

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lazy day…

spent the day watching sports… some great figure skating and speed skating on… also watched a few cooking shows…

  
only actual chore I managed was to water my plants… noticed that my amazing orchid, which I bought mid-October, has finally started to drop some of its flowers…

  
it has bloomed for over four months…

decided to make the red lentil curry for supper… and to double the recipe as the can of tomatoes was twice what I needed… was putting everything together after I cooked all the lentils, only to discover that I had green curry paste not red… oops… so I made it with what I had…

  
not quite the same but still tasty… a bit more spicy than the red version, lol…

  
enjoyed it with brown basmati rice, cilantro and brussel sprouts on the side…

return…

02 Saturday Jan 2016

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decided that today was the day to put away all the Christmas decorations…

for the last few days I’ve taken pictures of many of the ornaments as I knew they’d be coming down soon… used one of my apps to make a nice collage…

  
got my exercise as I brought up boxes, put away ornaments, and took them back downstairs… 

always a bit sad to take everything down… and it took a good portion of the day… maybe because I took a few breaks for reading and napping, lol… did spend some of the time thinking about the fun I had with my friend when we put all the decorations up…

the living room has returned to normal… my plants are happy because they’d been relegated to a back room for the duration…

was happy to get a few pictures of the orchid… it really is amazing…

  
enjoyed seeing the sunshine again…

  
the paths continue to be used constantly… recently the bunny spent a good portion of a day sitting in the garden so I saw it a number of times… it is really big…

tomorrow is my last day before going back to work… gonna try a lentil recipe and get in a bit more reading…

transitions…

04 Sunday Oct 2015

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early this morning the sky was beautiful with some lovely clouds…

  
checked on the morning glory and mandevilla… still trying to bloom even though it is getting colder as we transition into the fall season…

  
not long after that, caught a Flicker at the pond getting a drink…

  
the weather wasn’t so great and for the rest of the day, it was overcast with a bit of rain now and again…

when the kids came over, the boys worked to catch and bring in fish…

so far we have four or five fish who have made the trip into their winter condo… the rest were doing a great job of hiding… there must be at least a dozen left out there…

  
lovely to have some buddies in the house…

the guys also brought in some of the pond plants and they look nice in the front window…

 
will be interesting to see if they make it through the winter… 

gardening…

29 Saturday Aug 2015

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made myself bacon and eggs for a treat this morning… used Campfire brand bacon which reminded me of our breakfast around the campfire just last Saturday…

then I headed out into the garden where I spent most of the day… the morning glories were lovely, although the large ones didn’t open today, lol…

  
dragged out the lawnmower and mowed… what an improvement… looked like an overgrown meadow before… this new Black and Decker model is battery powered and plugs in when done… had to scrape down the inside when I was done because it had been damp earlier…

put seed in the feeders… trimmed back some of the sad looking plants and pulled out others in overgrown areas… the birds were happy with new snacks…

  
took out a pail full of water hyacinth from the pond…

  
now I can see the fish again… and discovered five baby fish… 

  

maybe there have been two or three batches of them because there is one black one which is the biggest with two coloured ones about the same size and finally another teeny black one… the black ones are actually gold but appear black in the water…

spent time relaxing after the gardening… read my book, watched the birds and had a lovely nap to the sound of the waterfall…

  
also made chicken soup and walnut pesto…

  
wonderful summer day…

zero…

29 Friday May 2015

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cool day and overcast for a good portion of it but mid-afternoon the sun came out… still a biting wind though…

picked up at work by my daughter and we gathered up the rest of the family and went to Fun Days at their school…

kind of chilly but the little boys had fun…

 
 then I came home, having remembered, after a text and phone call, that I was supposed to be home at six for a friend to pick something up, oopsie… luckily they went out for dinner so were able to stop by on their way home…

since then, I’ve been bringing in plants and covering up the ones left outside, because the temperature is supposed to go below zero tonight…

 
not much room at the back door…

 pots in the sink…

  and on the dining room table… 

absolute craziness that it is supposed to freeze on the second last day of May…

beautiful moon tonight…

  
looking forward to the pictures I took with the camera…

been a long day and I am going to bed right now…