17 Friday May 2019
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today we got the waterfall going in the pond…
to do it, we had to go and get a new pump, as apparently the old one died about the time in came out of the pond in the Fall…
the water is still murky and it is full of leaves…
going to have to do some research to find something that might dissolve some of the sludge…
but I am so happy to hear the sound of the running water…
29 Monday Apr 2019
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barbecue, big girl pants, croaking, frogs, garden, grandson, pond, Sargent Sundae, son-in-law, spawn, steak, walk, widow
yesterday my son-in-law and youngest grandson came over…
we ran out and got a few errands done and then made a late lunch…
my son-in-law barbecued steaks and my grandson sliced mushrooms and chopped lettuce for our salad…
first barbecue of the year and it was delicious…
while the steaks were cooking my son-in-law cleaned up a bit of the yard and the pond… and he found three clumps of frog spawn…
been listening to frogs croaking since I’ve been home, so very excited and hopeful that we will have lots of tadpoles and frogs…
then we walked over to Sargent Sundae for ice cream, although it was a bit chilly, lol…
27 Saturday Oct 2018
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bench, big girl pants, camera, empty, English Garden, Fall, flowers, friends, Leo Mol Garden, moments, photos, pond, scaffolding, walk, widow
our walk through the English and Leo Mol Gardens was lovely…
it was cool and overcast but it was nearly empty… hardly anyone else in the entire space…
fabulous to get a bit of exercise and spend time catching up…
it looked like one of the statues was holding up the scaffolding, lol… had to work a bit to get a photo that wasn’t too risqué… looking forward to seeing what changes will be made…
easy to spot our bench, but it looks a bit dull… well, the whole place looks that way…
fun to take pictures with my new camera and see how the plants are preparing for winter…
pleased to finally make it to the Gardens… sorry that it has been so long and I have missed all the Fall beauty…
very happy that we got through the walk without any mist…
03 Wednesday Oct 2018
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beloved, big girl pants, calendar, Chihuly, condo, family, fish, garden, George, pond, remembering, tank, turned, widow
turned the calendar over on Monday and found this lovely picture…
on Sunday the kids caught most of the fish;, emptied, cleaned and filled the tank; and later in the evening I poured them into their condo…
we think there are still a few in the pond, although I haven’t spotted any when coming or going through the garden…
made me think of the year that George brought them in the first week of December and had to break the ice on the pond;-)…
06 Monday Aug 2018
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big girl pants, camping, Chinese food, family, feeder, garden, goldfinch, grandson, hot tub, leftovers, memories, pond, selfie, widow
today I continued with the packing…
my youngest grandson came over for a few hours and we spent time in the hot tub and filled the pond… we also counted down the days till we go camping…
we had Chinese food leftovers and managed a selfie… took both of us to get it, lol… it was lovely because he usually doesn’t want to be in pictures…
after he was picked up I went outside and watched two gold finches fly away from the feeder… so I sat outside for half an hour, but they did not return…
03 Friday Aug 2018
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barrel, baskets, big girl pants, flowers, garden, inconsistent, moments, planters, pond, water barrel, watering, weather, widow
out into the garden this morning…
watered all the planters and baskets using water from the new water barrel…
watering by hand works much better than using the hose as I am able to see exactly how much each plant is getting…
also topped up the pond… seems like it needs filling about every third day…
this basket is doing the best… some of the others are a bit sad… the weather has been odd with boiling hot days and then really cool ones…
we won’t talk about the inconsistent watering, lol…
29 Sunday Jul 2018
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Assiniboine Park, big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, duck, family, Friday, garden, pond, treat, visit, walk, widow
Friday morning got to spend time with my sister-in-law who was in from Calgary for the weekend…
picked her up at the airport and headed over to the Park Cafe for breakfast and a wander around the Duck Pond and Gardens…
was able to see the new island in the Duck Pond… it will filter the water in the pond and help with algae control… looks really neat… a duck or two came up to us as we were admiring the pond…
had a wonderful visit as we checked out the Gardens… got a fun shot of three wheelbarrows lined up as a crew of gardeners were weeding a bed at the entrance to the Leo Mol Garden…
haven’t seen my sister-in-law for ages so it was a real treat to spend time with her… she was married to my brother and when they divorced we kept her and let him go;-)…
22 Sunday Jul 2018
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big girl pants, critters, English Garden, fly, frog, hot tub, hydrangeas, Leo Mol Garden, lilies, Park, pond, walk, wasp, widow
this morning after a hot tub I walked over to the Park, and then around the Gardens…
found a few critters in my travels…
first was a frog in the lily pond… only one I spotted today… there were many open lilies but no other frogs…
took quite a few photos of this cool flower and found this wasp… 
the hydrangeas are blooming everywhere and when I took this shot caught a fly in amongst the flowers…
no spiders today;-)…
13 Friday Jul 2018
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big girl pants, family, flowers, garden, mandevilla, moments, Park, phone, photos, pond, time, walk, widow
spent quite a while on the phone with my daughter this morning… our conversation started as I was walking home from the Park…
finished the call relaxing in the garden before it got too hot…
and how exciting is this;-)…
finally the first flower on the mandevilla opened today…
there are dozens of buds so it will be interesting to watch them all open…
10 Tuesday Jul 2018
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big girl pants, boost, computer, cyclamen, flower power, flowers, garden, moments, offset, orchids, pond, violets, widow
such a boost today… flowers everywhere I was…
quick peek at the pond and as I backed out of the driveway the sky cleared and the flowers in the front garden all smiled at me…
at the office, there were violets, two different orchids and cyclamen…
all that flower power certainly helped offset the occasional computer difficulty that I came across throughout the day…
