09 Saturday Jul 2022
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well, had a great day…
sat in the garden and read for a good portion of the day…
made potato salad and coleslaw…
spotted house finches and a goldfinch at the feeders…
and saw my little frog friend again;-)…
such a pleasure to be able to enjoy these moments;-)…
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…
30 Thursday Jun 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, moments, nature, peace, pond, purple, Technology, tranquil, waterfall, weather, widow
the weather was a bit odd on Saturday… I put out a few cushions, and then brought them in when it started to spit, then put them out, and brought them back in… and so on… kind of a game…
when I was out, I had a blanket on as it was cool and a touch windy…
my grandson had put the old waterfall up on a for sale board and a couple were coming by to pick it up… I rinsed it off before they arrived and was happy that the garage camera got a shot of it because I didn’t think to, lol…
their plan is to add it to their current pond in Beausejour…when they arrived, it was sunny and we had a little tour of the garden… it was wonderful to hear others’ thoughts on how tranquil the space really is…
another reminder of how blessed I am;-)…
23 Thursday Jun 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, growing, moments, nature, pads, plants, pond, water lilies, widow
I am so excited to finally see pads (leaves) from the water lilies on the surface of the pond…
they spent the winter in the fish tanks, but did not appear to be growing at all since they’ve been back in the pond…
this was the second year they had been overwintered, so it was very disappointing that nothing was happening…
but a few days ago, the first of the pads floated to the top of the water…
now I am hopeful that they will bloom this summer as well… they did a great job last year;-)…
22 Wednesday Jun 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, cherish, flowers, garden, moments, nature, plants, pond, weather, widow
summer is here and I am doing my best to cherish every minute of it…
spent the day in the garden… a bit of deadheading and weeding, and lots of time enjoying my current book, which a friend just gifted me a few days ago…
after the crew came and mowed, whipper snipped, and tidied the grass, I put back a few pieces of furniture that I’d moved to make their job easier…
the clematis is filled with buds and I expect they will open in the next few days…
even managed to water the houseplants and produce a few meals… all of which were eaten outdoors…
the weather was lovely… sunny and warm, not too hot, with a slight breeze…
the poppies are nearly done… they don’t particularly enjoy rain…once they are finished the rest of the perennials will show themselves, lol…
the sounds of the two ponds running and the odd bird made for a relaxing time…
to top off the day I received three water hyacinths which have gone right into the pond;-)… the fish are going to enjoy them and maybe babies will hide amongst their roots…
I am blessed…
16 Thursday Jun 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, gusts, hibiscus, mandevilla, moments, nature, obelisk, pond, weather, widow, wind
yesterday the wind came up late in the afternoon and I decided to protect a few spots…
put chairs around the obelisk on the deck so it wouldn’t fall over…
then I took a chair and propped it against the hibiscus… not only didn’t I want it to fall over, I didn’t want it to fall into the pond…
I didn’t feel that the mandevilla needed any protection so left it alone…
everything made it through fine although I have left the chair by the hibiscus as there are supposed to be strong wind gusts tonight…
09 Thursday Jun 2022
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bathtub pond, big girl pants, blessed, bunny, garden, grass, moments, pond, pump, stability, water, wet-vac, widow
today’s project was getting the bathtub pond emptied, cleaned, filled, and the pump going…
I used the wet vac and it took a while, but eventually the tub was empty…
I brought out the pump and filter from the basement and put a large rock in it for stability… last year it kept falling over as the water rose… looks like a great fix…
sprayed it down and filled it with water… turned on the pump, and away it went…
I found a large round piece of Tyndall stone and set a basket with some pond grasses into the pond…
it looks good and sound excellent…
after it was all done and I was reading, a bunny friend had snacks and then stretched out for a rest under one of the chairs…
another beautiful day to enjoy…
08 Wednesday Jun 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, happy, moments, nature, pond, reminded, rocks, serenity, time, widow
as I enjoy time in the garden I am reminded of how blessed I am…
yesterday I worked on hooking up the pump to the waterfall… the rocks that go around and over the pump were very heavy…
all of the cushions went out and looked good, although those darn elm seeds seem to be neverending and cover everything, lol…
had a meeting in the garden and was pleased with how well it went…
spent the rest of the day reading and maybe having a little nap…
the squirrels have been chatting a lot but there haven’t been many birds around… I did spot a neighbourhood cat having a sleep on the bench in the side garden, lol…
how blessed am I to have this beautiful space and the opportunity to sit and enjoy the serenity it provides;-)…
03 Friday Jun 2022
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big girl pants, broken, bruises, edges, fell, garden, memories, moments, pond, shock, walk, widow
it was a year ago today that I fell into the pond…
I must say that I am still very careful when I walk around the edges of it…
wonder how long it will be before I am not so deliberate about moving in that area…
I can still feel the shock… and now I laugh when I think how I pulled my phone out of my back pocket, in the water, and dried it on my shirt even before trying to get out🤪…
the other memory involved the huge bruises that came up across my breasts days later from where I hit the waterfall rock… although they were a beautiful shade of purple… apparently I really hit it hard, lol…
