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chores…

19 Saturday Sep 2015

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lovely Saturday…

the morning glories didn’t realize I was home all day and started opening early, lol…  

they looked like velvet today…

 finally moved the bed and found the missing dragonfly… tidied up the bedroom and had breakfast watching some of my PVRed shows…

  
did a number of chores around the house and spent some time reading an actual paper book out by the pond…
  
napped and got dinner in the oven as the kids were coming over… able to spend a bit more time outside with the book as I waited for their arrival…

morning glories stayed open quite late in the day…

  
the little boys are so cute… they remember our conversations about the garden and were excited that the flowers were still open, even though it was supper time…

after supper they watched tv while we sat out in the garden…

  
getting a bit cool in the evening… the Virginia creeper is changing colour and many of the leaves have already dropped…

we are looking forward to next weekend when the boys will all be staying with me while their parents go out of town…

greenhouse…

08 Tuesday Sep 2015

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gorgeous day off…

walked over to the Park and through the Gardens…

got a few nice shots during my walk…

  
lovely dahlia…

  
monarch on a butterfly bush… well more like a tree… they have quite a number of plants which spend the winter in the greenhouses… the butterfly bushes and datura are obvious ones… they are all very large… think that many of the plants get an early start there as well…

  
the rose standards were filled with nearly spent blooms… was surprised to see so many because last time I was there only a few were budding…

the pond in the Leo Mol Garden was nice but it is a bit cold for the water lilies to open…

  
always so peaceful in that portion of the Garden…

heard the horses while I was there which was cool… first time I’ve heard them in the Park… don’t think they made any sounds when we were in their area on Saturday…

  
this was what I saw as I was exiting the English Garden… great view of the fountain in the Duck Pond…

giggled when I got home because the pump in the small pond decided to shoot up higher than required…

  
the cold weather is clearing up the water…

had to top up the pond again this afternoon… won’t be long before we shut it down and do some reorganizing of the rocks… and I will have have to ponder what to do with the garden…

water…

04 Friday Sep 2015

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quite a day…

had to top up the water in the pond, so I spent a few minutes enjoying the fish… always makes me feel calm and relaxed…  

  

overcast when we headed to work… but still nice…

around two our fire alarm went off…

  
out we went, and across the street to the approved gathering spot… started to spit while we were out there… 

three fire trucks and two other fire vehicles arrived to check things out… work in the basement may have caused the alarm, so we were back inside within half an hour, once they were able to find the alarm panel and turn it off… that bell is very loud…

within five minutes of our return to the office the sky went black and the heavens opened…

  

picked up by my daughter and grandson and we went to The Burger Place for supper as the concert they were going to was cancelled due to the storm…

  
it was still raining and the puddles were amazing…

  
my daughter took this great shot of the corner where we were having our supper… one of George’s favourite places…

got home and was happy to discover that, although water had come into the basement, it had mainly been soaked up by the towels that I leave on the floor…

  
a bit had run across the floor to the drain, but nothing had gone as far as the carpet…

  

probably didn’t need to top up the pond, lol…

simple…

01 Tuesday Sep 2015

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a gorgeous evening… 

  

the temperature right now is 27 degrees and I am sitting on the back deck by the pond enjoying the sounds…

well not really… as I write this an ambulance is going by and the neighbour is running his shopvac, lol… up until that point I was listening to the waterfall and chickadees flitting about the garden and watching a little red squirrel dash across the main deck…

the canna is blooming again… bright and beautiful, it was the first thing I saw when I looked out the window this morning…

  
I am continually surprised by how much happiness a blossom or two can give me…

  
on a recent walk through the English Garden at the Park I got a lovely shot of some Lisianthus…

  
next year I am going to grow some, although I’m not sure where I will find plants…

there were very few water lilies open but this one caught my eye…

  
some of them have the most interestingly patterned leaves while others are simply green…

simple things really do make me happy… 

once again, as I spend these precious minutes steeped in the beauty of a late summer evening, watching the fish swim around the pond as the light fades, I realize what a gift my life is and how blessed I am…

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…

creepy…

27 Thursday Aug 2015

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started the day with a lovely photo of the pond… spent some time talking with a friend about possibilities for this area as I am still not happy with how it looks…

  
had a lovely lunch out and supper at IKEA…

very happy because I also picked up some of the potato pancakes they have… I love them and had run out…

also picked up a couple of plant pots…

  
on our way home the sun was quite lovely with a bit of a haze…

 
was having a lovely phone conversation with my daughter in Ottawa when I felt something brush against my arm… 

I looked down thinking it might be a ladybug only to discover a huge spider which was on the side of the couch…

screamed a bit and ran around trying to figure out how to deal with it… tried a Kleenex which didn’t work and then lost sight of it… finally found it again on the side of the couch… took a shoe and didn’t care if it was going to leave a mark because I wanted to be rid of it…

thankfully my daughter stayed on the phone, even if she was laughing… felt much better having someone with me…

still feeling kind of creepy…

harvest…

20 Thursday Aug 2015

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sitting out beside the pond as I fill it up… water is rather low again…

  
everything was thirsty so used the hose to provide drinks, lol…

here is tonight’s harvest from the garden…

  
a Roma tomato and a lovely eggplant… ate both of them with my supper… very tasty…

can’t believe that the big morning glory blossom is going to open tomorrow, while I am at work, sigh… still hoping to be here during the day when one is opening…

  
goldfinches were at the feeders when I came out…and a bunny ran off when I was getting the hose…

   
 
I think this little one is a goldfinch but am not certain…

picked up tzatziki, a lovely loaf of bread, cheese biscuits, and radishes today at the Farmers Market… had half a bagel at lunch so will save the biscuits for tomorrow and take the bread camping, lol…

there was barely room to move at the Market… clearly the harvest has been good this year…

need to go in as it is getting dark… earlier and earlier, sigh… already missing the light…

tv…

16 Sunday Aug 2015

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woke up early this morning and turned the tv on…

well, tried to turn it on… last night it was working fine, but this morning it is completely dead… sigh… I spend a lot of time on the bed watching it… tried everything I could think of, but nothing worked…

went, did grocery shopping, brought it home and put it all away…

then I rearranged the main floor tv room so that I felt comfortable watching in there…

spent a lot of time in the garden… there are at least two baby goldfish and possibly three… must have sat at the edge of the pond for half an hour watching for them…

  
moved the lounge chair onto the back deck so I could sit in it and watch the bird feeders… might just leave it there…

  
the goldfinches have been around and about… the garden just brightens up when the little flashes of yellow and light green flit past… and I even saw the bunny in the neighbour’s yard… 

much cooler today and sort of overcast, well not sunny, for a good portion of the day…

  
did pick up a few treats for next weekend in case I go camping again with the kids… we all love chips and I got the makings for s’mores… packed them all up in a bag ready to go…

tears…

15 Saturday Aug 2015

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day started with breakfast in the garden…

there were lots of birds… chickadees, goldfinches, sparrows, a woodpecker…

   
 
and I was very excited to discover a caterpillar on one of the parsley plants…

  
was enjoying the activity around me when all of a sudden I burst into tears… never know when the grief will hit you… must have sobbed for fifteen minutes before the sadness passed… miss my beloved so much…

did some gardening… one of the jobs was to take out many of the water hyacinth in the pond… couldn’t even tell if there were fish because it was completely covered over…

and discovered two baby fish… great news and they are both very pretty… moved too fast to get a good picture, lol…

got some nice shots of flowers…  

 
these are tiny ones in the pond…
  
morning glory ready to unfurl tomorrow… can’t believe it but the big morning glory didn’t open this morning…

  
love the shape of the mandevilla buds…

out in the garden for a good portion of the day, other than a nap and when it rained a bit…

tgif…

14 Friday Aug 2015

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early this morning I got a picture of the large morning glory blossom…

  
thank goodness it’s Friday… looking forward to seeing one open completely tomorrow when I will be here all day…

  
more dahlia blooms… very pretty…

other excitement was that I spotted a frog in the pond… let’s hope this one stays healthy…

been very hot here for the last three or four days… supposed to be the same tomorrow as well…

been eating fish a lot to help raise my good cholesterol, and tonight I had falafel in cute little cheese buns which I got yesterday at the Farmers Market… also put some of the tzatziki on them… cute and very tasty…

  
hard to believe there were only four working days, cause I am quite tired…

think I am going to enjoy these next two days filled with quiet and peace…