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attempts…

13 Wednesday Aug 2025

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the work on the pond waterfall area started in early June… when the first two fixes didn’t work we moved on to more serious attempts…

the water in the upper pond was removed, and all the gunk was vacuumed out…

a group of three attempted to lift out the waterfall rock… unfortunately, it broke in the process… one of us might have had a meltdown;-(…

next the remaining blocks were removed and a new liner was installed… then the blocks were put back in… a bit of a puzzle to remember where each one went, lol… possibly they should have been numbered;-)…

the next step involved filling cracks with foam and gluing down some of the rocks…

with help from a friend the main piece of the waterfall rock was carefully lowered back into its spot…

it took three of us, but the three pieces of the waterfall rock were joined together with special rock cement and we waited a week for it to cure…

then the flat rock portion was glued down and left to cure…

next the hose was put down inside the liner and the waterfall spillway was placed back into the waterfall rock… there were a lot of crossed fingers at that point…

finally, on Sunday night, August 10th the waterfall was turned on…

it was too late for a good picture, so this one was taken the next morning…

there is no leaking 🤪…

a great job by my housemate and various friends throughout the process as issues arose and heat and rain caused stoppages…

what a treat to hear the water running and not have to worry about adding water all the time;-)…

search…

12 Tuesday Aug 2025

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had a lovely time on Monday taking photos of the water lilies in the Leo Mol Garden…

it sprinkled a few times throughout my time there, so I did end up putting on and taking off my rain jacket, lol…

there were also quite a few frogs in the pond and I do love to search them out and get a few pictures, lol…

too bad I didn’t have my Nikon so I could have gotten closer shots…the warm water in the lily pond certainly helps with all the blooms…

there are also lilies in the arbour pond, but more pads, than lilies…

reminded me of my art installation…

55th…

01 Friday Aug 2025

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today I’ve been giggling over a couple of things as I remember 42 years together, on what should have been our 55th wedding anniversary…

first thing I wandered the garden and took pictures of the morning glories…

some, where they were planted, and some that have just found a spot they like, lol…

I remember my beloved bringing me pictures of the ones blooming in the garden each day when he came to visit me in hospital around our fortieth anniversary…

he was just getting used to the camera on his phone, so it was a big deal for him to take the time to take pictures of flowers…

the second thing is the pond…

it has been leaking for ages, but only when the waterfall is running…

we had the leaking problem for a year or so before he died and it was driving him crazy, trying to figure out the problem…

finally, as I was reading on the back deck, two red squirrels were having a battle over one of the feeders… he and squirrels never got on, so it was funny to have them yelling at each other today…

sprint…

26 Saturday Jul 2025

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had a lovely time on this warm day…

started with an early morning F1 sprint race… it was too funny, because I slept in till seven which is quite unusual and the race started at 4:30, but I had PVRed it, lol…

I was outside for a good portion of the day and enjoyed the fish and morning glories…

later in the afternoon I watched diving, including some outdoors from twenty metres… yikes…

it is so high that they enter the water feet-first with their arms at their sides…

I do enjoy watching various sports;-)…

professionals…

17 Thursday Jul 2025

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had a lovely few minutes in the Tropical Biome watching one of the animal care professionals feeding the koi ;-)…

they check on the fish a few times each day to feed, as well as count, them and do a quick overview to make sure they are all doing well…

it is always great to spend a few minutes and learn something new at each opportunity;-)…

fixing???

07 Monday Jul 2025

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we’ve been working on the pond to try and fix the leak that only seems to happen when the waterfall is running…

we purchased a new hose from a pond store and it took a while to get here… then we had to wait for a good day to work on it…

took extra help to pull the old hose and insert the new one… next a new connection to the pump had to be purchased and finally on Sunday evening the waterfall was turned on… the pump hadn’t been cleaned, but the water was coming through the waterfall much stronger that previously…

we thought the problem was where the water meets the deck on the deck side…

this how it looked at the end of Tuesday…

and it was still leaking, sigh…

this is how it looked on Thursday, although we may be getting closer to the problem…

frogs…

05 Saturday Jul 2025

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big girl pants, birds, blessed, English Garden, frogs, garden, Leo Mol Garden, lily pond, moments, nature, pond, volunteer, walk, water, water lilies, weather, widow, yellow warblers

spent a morning in the English Gardens…

before I started my shift, I took photos of the water lilies and frogs in the Leo Mol lily pond…

as a volunteer, I walked around welcoming visitors, taking photos for them, and visiting with some of the guests…

I also saw many birds, particularly yellow warblers, that were flitting through the garden…

as I was leaving, it was great fun to watch a staff person catching frogs from the water lily pond and then moving them to the bigger, natural pond…

there was concern that the shallow water in the lily pond could be a detriment to their health on these hot days…

glad I got my photos when I did;-)…

larvae…

16 Monday Jun 2025

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this morning I finally got around to sorting out a working pump for the bathtub pond…

I had switched the two pumps between the main pond and the bathtub, but not long after that change the pump in the tub stopped working completely…

and because there are no fish in that pond, the chance of mosquito larvae growing in it was a problem…

happily, the first extra pump I came across worked, although it didn’t have a piece extending out of the water… luckily that doesn’t matter as the water just needs to move to ensure no larvae can survive…

hopefully this one will continue to work…

happy to get that job off the list…

Rotary…

15 Sunday Jun 2025

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Friday was a delightful day… the sun shone and the temperature rose to 25°C…

throughout the day, I prepped for a dinner party… between organizing and setting the table on the deck, there were plenty of opportunities to sit, read, and relax…

preparing a space or food for special people is always enjoyable for me as I think about those who I am doing this work for and how important they are to me…

for this gathering, it was mainly about making the space comfortable and considering what dishes we would need as the food was being picked up from a Charleswood Rotary fundraiser…

they provided a whole lobster, baked potato, fresh bun, coleslaw, brownie, small bottle of wine, with a bib and a lobster fork;-)… each person received a shopping bag with all of the goodies in it… I added a few fixings for the potatoes, warm facecloths with lemon for our fingers, and garlic butter in warmers…

once the food was warmed up, we had a lesson in how to eat the whole crustacean… I was a bit slow, lol, so had to keep having information repeated…

the weather was perfect, well, except that the wind kept blowing out some of the butter warmers… lots of conversation and story telling kept us busy throughout the meal…

my housemate took the requisite group photo which he was happy to do (and not be in) before we spent time around the pond…

happily, the fish came out for a short visit before returning to their favourite spot under the bridge…

and before you knew it, everyone headed off into the sunset;-)…

fountains…

13 Friday Jun 2025

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big girl pants, blessed, cushions, flowers, fountains, furniture, garden, goldfish, happy, moments, nature, pond, sanctuary, weather, widow

the garden looked lovely today…

all the chair cushions were out and the throw cushions as well…

the daisies were blooming and the fish were happily swimming about after I topped up the pond…

even the new bee fountains, a Christmas gift, were out…

rearranged a bit of the furniture and think I like it…

what a great day to spend time in this sanctuary😍…

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