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flowers…

31 Saturday May 2014

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enjoyed a lovely morning… got my hair purpled and then went to a garden centre where I had way too much fun…

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20140531-213700-77820763.jpghad a very large cart which was hard to maneuver around the plants, but amazingly I managed…

20140531-214015-78015493.jpggot some help with what to put in the pots that are going into the front bed… hope I can remember what goes with what…

20140531-214157-78117930.jpgwas forced to stop shopping when I ran out of room in the cart… but I did get a beautiful water hyacinth and a lovely water lily for the pond…

20140531-214401-78241437.jpgunfortunately I worked on one of the ponds in the garden and spent a bit too much time in the sun… may have a touch of sunstroke as I’ve been feeling sick for the rest of the day…

20140531-215527-78927162.jpgtomorrow planting will happen… and I will work in the shade, lol…

spring planting makes me happy, but it also makes me miss my beloved…

almost…

29 Thursday May 2014

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the uv filter is in, almost…

20140529-224335-81815313.jpgbut I can’t turn the waterfall on until tomorrow night to be sure the glue has time to dry…

20140529-224517-81917676.jpgvery quiet out there, lol… spent an hour reading on the deck and listening to birds and squirrels…

20140529-224725-82045533.jpgvery excited that two of the hydrangeas I moved at the end of last year are both sprouting leaves…

looking forward to many hours in the garden…

algae…

27 Tuesday May 2014

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last year the pond had some serious algae growing in it…

the landscaper who built the pond was here late in the fall and suggested a uv filter to deal with the problem…

so, I’ve been doing some research and calling various places to find one…

I thought it just got tossed into the pond and did its thing, but not so…

I spoke with one of the owners of Pet Traders and he came out to see if the filter he had would work…

then I had to be in touch with the pond folk to be sure they thought it would work too…

finally everyone agreed and I purchased the filter and it is going to be installed tomorrow…

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fish…

20 Tuesday May 2014

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this is too silly for words, but I am feeling lonely in the house now that the fish have moved out to the pond…

I’ve been feeding them first thing in the morning and last thing at night and usually talked to them at that time…

last night and this morning I headed to the tank before realizing they weren’t there…

I checked on them when I headed out to work… they were under the bridge and weren’t moving very much… it was obviously quite chilly in the pond… but the good news was that none of them were floating, lol…

on my way in from work I wandered by the pond and found them swimming around very happily…

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maybe I’ll start chatting with the house plants…

snakes…

19 Monday May 2014

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well… today we drove to Narcisse to see the garter snake dens…

just to be clear… I am afraid of snakes, very afraid…

we spotted this crocus on the way in…

20140519-200210-72130909.jpgit was raining when we arrived and there were very few snakes and they weren’t moving much…

20140519-200300-72180667.jpgeveryone touched and/or held one… the boys had great fun…

20140519-200939-72579182.jpgthen I held one for just a couple of seconds… was rather proud of myself…

20140519-201032-72632987.jpgwe were lucky to get a couple of shots with the tongue out…

20140519-201245-72765205.jpgeventually the rain stopped and the snakes appeared to materialize out of nowhere and were writhing all over each other…

20140519-201558-72958973.jpgwhen we got home – without any snakes, although many in the vehicle thought we should bring one home – Jeff caught the fish and took them out to the pond…

20140519-201820-73100578.jpgI hope they are not frozen out there…

gardening…

17 Saturday May 2014

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what a beautiful day…

spent it outside… the new cushions are very comfy, but I still have to figure out what to do with the stools…

spent some time reading and some time working in the garden…

I work in short spurts and then rest a bit and then work a bit more…

20140517-215439-78879318.jpgit always amazes me how grass can get into the flower beds so easily…

the pond guy came by and we both think that the leak is fixed… he will come and cover up some of the liner that is showing and glue down a loose stone sometime this week…

20140517-221041-79841214.jpghoping to move the fish from their condo to their summer home in the next few days…

20140517-221912-80352817.jpgthere are brown bits everywhere as the buds open on the trees…

enjoyed every minute…

prep…

14 Wednesday May 2014

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woke up to a skiff of snow on the bench that circles the deck… it is May 14 people!

it was still cool when I got home from work, but I took the time to finish filling the pond…

20140514-224445.jpgwas running in and out to be sure it didn’t overflow because it was too cold to stand out there…

20140514-224612.jpg in between the running out I made pasta with the leftover crab and asparagus from Sunday’s dinner… it was delicious…

20140514-224842.jpgbeen thinking of George a lot lately… he would have been out in the garden and the garage puttering and getting things ready for spending time outside… I just need someone to come and do some of that work, lol…

renewed…

10 Saturday May 2014

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took back the brown cushion this morning and bought myself a few baskets of flowers…

came home, set out the cushions and moved the very big hanging lounger…

20140510-215509.jpgspent some time reading and enjoying the garden…

was very happy to discover poppies coming up in the garden beds that were redone last year during the pond reconstruction…

20140510-220429.jpgGeorge loved them and we spent many hours watching them grow and bloom… watching them pop open was always such fun… the year he died we had more blooms than we ever had…

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chosen…

09 Friday May 2014

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finally a decision has been made about the cushions…

tonight we went to two different Target stores to get the cushions for the rest of the chairs…

going with the green ones…

20140509-221346.jpgthink they will work very well and have saved the price of redoing three of the previous ones, yay…

last night I got this lovely shot of the sun shining on the neighbour’s tree…

20140509-221615.jpgthis morning I looked outside and saw what appeared to be a pond covered in soap suds…

20140509-222151.jpgnot exactly sure what that is about…

pump…

07 Wednesday May 2014

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when I was working in the garden on the weekend I was thinking I needed to call the pond people about coming to put the pump in and see if the leak is fixed…

been really busy so hadn’t gotten around to it, but as I was heading out this morning I thought about it again…

was very happy to get a call from one of the pond guys to say he was going to come tomorrow and could I put the pump out for him…

this is hopefully the last picture of the pond without the waterfall running…

20140507-221141.jpgmaybe spring is really here, lol…