13 Saturday Jul 2019
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big girl pants, couple, feeder, finch, garden, pond, purple finch, quiet, widow
quiet day by the pond…
had some lovely visitors…
maybe a purple finch couple;-)… they stayed for quite a while…
01 Monday Jul 2019
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banned, blessed, fun, garden, goldfish, grandson, memories, Parrot, parrot feather, pond, shubunkins, time, water hyacinth, water lettuce, water lilies
my grandson and I went out for sushi and then we picked up some goldfish and shubunkins for the pond, and a few more pond plants…
the crazy thing is that the Manitoba government has banned floating water hyacinth and water lettuce after deciding they are invasive plants… and in the Amazon and southern USA, they are… but here they cannot survive the winter, even in the house… very frustrating as these plants really provide protection for baby fish in the pond… and help with slowing algae growth, sigh…
anyway, we put a few water lilies in and some parrot feather so hopefully the little fish will use those and be safe from the big fish until they grow a bit more;-)…
once he got all the fish into the pond, he worked to make sure the plants won’t fall over and the pots aren’t visible…
looks great and I think the fish are happy…
really enjoy spending time with him…
30 Sunday Jun 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, English Garden, flowers, friends, fun, garden, Leo Mol Garden, pond, shopping, sprinkled, therapy, treat, walk, widow
had a spur-of-the-moment walk and breakfast with a friend…
she texted me early to see if I wanted to go for a wander through the English and Leo Mol Gardens… of course I did;-)…
threw on my clothes, walked over and met her at the Park…
we had a lovely visit as we circled the Gardens being careful not to get sprinkled on as many sections and paths were getting misted, lol…
from there we moved over to the Park Cafe for a great breakfast…
and then we enjoyed a little retail therapy…
lovely treat to start the day…
28 Friday Jun 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, blissful, company, garden, hot tub, mowing, pedicure, pond, reading, widow
such a lovely day…
was up and in the hot tub while the moon was a crescent in the sky… then I went back to bed and slept for another three hours…
in the garden and had all the cushions out before breakfast, after mowing the grass… spent the entire morning reading and listening to the waterfall…
after lunch had a nap and went for a pedicure…
company for dinner and then spent the remainder of the evening in the garden…
blissful…
21 Friday Jun 2019
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big girl pants, English Garden, eyes, friend, looking, lunch, photos, pond, waiting, walk, water lily, widow
today I had an eye appointment… good news is that my eyes are looking great… not so good news is that I probably need to consider new glasses… had to wait for a while to see my eye doctor…
spent a few minutes waiting by Sargent Sundae…
then met a friend and we went for lunch at the Park Café and a walk around the English Garden… it was overcast and a bit windy, but it was nice to be outdoors…
one of my favourite photos from our time in the Garden… I’m always looking for flowers and frogs in the ponds, lol…
first water lily of the season…
16 Sunday Jun 2019
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this morning I had a cup of my favourite tea with a bowl of red curry lentils and rice… not my usual breakfast…
yesterday I made the curry as a gift, and kept a tiny portion for me… and apparently was craving it…
we had ribs and potato salad for supper… delicious… always love the first potato salad of the year;-)…
so happy about the tea… great to have a full box… it makes it even more special and I enjoyed every sip…
also got the waterfall running, and the fish are in the pond…
my grandson and I are planning to pick up some new goldfish in the next few weeks as we are down to three… it will be nice to have a small school, lol… hopefully the big ones won’t eat the new little ones…
10 Monday Jun 2019
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big girl pants, close, garden, lucky, overflow, pond, poppies, shopping, swallow, top up, water, weather, widow
turned the hose on to top up the pond again yesterday… maybe the wind has been evaporating the water more quickly because it wasn’t particularly hot…
then I got focussed on a few other things… was on my way to the garage to go grocery shopping and decided to check out the poppies before leaving…
when I got over there I realized that the water was still going… turned it off just as it was going to swallow up the bridge…
yikes… that was close…
09 Sunday Jun 2019
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beautiful, beloved, big girl pants, dahlia, flowers, garden, happy, hibiscus, mandevilla, planted, plants, pond, purple, rain, theme, weather, widow
had some fun in the garden on Saturday… the forecast was for thunderstorms and rain during the day so I got out early to plant the purchases from the day before…
trying to stick to the purple and white theme although the dahlia might be a bit on the pink side;-)…
three pots planted, a few baskets hung, the tomato and mandevilla placed… also brought out the hibiscus…
still need to bring out the Japanese Maple, but going to wait just a bit longer so it doesn’t struggle with the move…
it is looking pretty good… now just waiting to get that back flowerbed cleaned up…
missing my beloved as I work away in the yard…
02 Sunday Jun 2019
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big girl pants, hose, lawn, leaking, pond, productive, steak, water, widow
out and about in the sunshine for a good portion of the day yesterday…
ran a few errands, grocery shopped, got the lawn mowed… and had a wonderful steak dinner…
trying a different method of running the water in the pond… currently I need to top it up every few days so I’ve only been turning it on when I am home and in the garden… hoping that this new system will show us if the water is evaporating or leaking through the hose…
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…
