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the pond…

01 Sunday Sep 2013

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big girl pants, dimsum, floats, Grandpa, hot tub, lovely day, morning glories, pond, sleep over friend, steak, the "A"

had a good time with my sleepover friend… we counted morning glories (8)… we walked to the A for “the special” and got the rye toast that Grandpa liked… we worked in the garden, like Grandpa would have… one of us had a hot tub while the other continued with the garden work, like Grandpa would have…

rearranged floating objects in the pond...

rearranged floating objects in the pond…

had a couple of helpers throughout the day and one of them did some work in the pond… got one of the plants to stay upright, trimmed up some dead material, pulled out a broken glass ball and rearranged all the floats and glass balls…

lily pads and floats...

lily pads and floats…

fish were fed and numbers of people tried to find them, although they really hide well under the slate bridge…

got a couple of good shots of the floats and balls…

close up of floats and glass bubbles...

close up of floats and glass bubbles…ad 

went for dimsum and after the kids left, watched some TV and made a lovely dinner of pan seared steak with pan-fried potatoes, mushrooms and onions, and fresh tiny tomatoes from the garden…

a lovely day all around…

 

Friday…

30 Friday Aug 2013

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Friday, hibiscus, morning glory, pond, pond float, wings and coleslaw

yay, it’s Friday… been quite a week…

and, I think the pond might be fixed…

light shining through morning glory...

light shining through morning glory…

got some good shots of the morning glories this morning… and a couple of the hibiscus beginning to unfurl…

hibiscus bud early this morning...

hibiscus bud early this morning…

when I arrived home it was open…

hibiscus when I arrived home...

hibiscus when I arrived home…

as I was driving home I was craving the wings I never got earlier this week, and coleslaw, for some reason… in the mail was a flyer from a local place and they had both items so I called, ordered and had a lovely dinner, with enough leftovers for tomorrow’s lunch…

float in the pond that doesn't seem to be leaking...

float in the pond that doesn’t seem to be leaking…

:-)…

sky…

27 Tuesday Aug 2013

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enjoy time in the garden, five morning glories, garden, pond, sky, too hot

tonight, after supper and a nap, I headed into the garden to take a few pictures of the opened up area of the pond…

waterfall after the fix...

waterfall after the fix…

apparently, while I was napping, my pond guy came by and put it all back together… looks good… now we will have to see if the leak is fixed…

the sky was beautiful and I took a quick pic…

gorgeous sky this evening...

gorgeous sky this evening…

tomorrow morning I will add water to the pond to top it up when I water all the plants…

this morning I got up, dressed and went out and watered everything… it is just too hot to do it at night when I get home…

some of this morning's purple morning glories...

some of this morning’s purple morning glories…

there were five morning glory blooms this morning… and it looks like there will be a number tomorrow morning as well…

closing up and opening...

closing up and opening…

I do enjoy time in the garden… a lovely way to start and end the day…

water lily…

24 Saturday Aug 2013

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big girl pants, dry garden, morning glories, pond, water lily

hurried out to sit and admire the morning glories… and there weren’t any… hadn’t watered the garden and it was rather dry out there…

got out the hose and gave everything a nice drink… then sat by the pond and read and watched the water lily open up…

it was lovely to watch it open… could almost see it moving…

got pics on my phone and with the Nikon… sadly, tonight the laptop would not connect to the Internet so I am only putting up a couple of shots from my phone…

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duckies…

22 Monday Jul 2013

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duckies, great start to the week, her big girl pants, Millennium Library, pond

today when I arrived at the office I was a little early so I walked over to the Library and checked out the pond… my colleague had mentioned it just last week…

lovely pond on the Millennium Library grounds...

lovely pond on the Millennium Library grounds…

there was a lovely little duck family there…

duck family...

duck family…

what fun to watch them flit about the area…

great start to the week…

 

today’s pond construction…

08 Monday Jul 2013

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big girl pants, bridge, pond, pond construction, rock dust, see what tomorrow brings, sod, soil, water not running

today I got home and was excited to see that more sod had been put down… to deal with the grass that was destroyed by the construction…

some of the items in the yard have been cleaned up from all the rock dust and… the bridge has been put down…

I didn’t walk over it just yet… want to be sure it is ready…

more soil has been arranged and I am looking forward to the landscaping…

the one sad thing is that the water isn’t running and I am missing the beautiful sound…

we shall see what tomorrow brings…

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blooming…

21 Friday Jun 2013

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beloved, big girl pants, blooming, clematis, filled with rain water, pond, wild roses

took a picture of the pond this morning, filled with the rain from last night… they haven’t been to work on it for a few days but they are waiting for the slate and pump to come in…

pond after rain storm...

pond after rain storm…

as I was driving out of the garage I stopped and took a quick pic of the clematis ready to bloom…  we must have planted a dozen clematis over the years, but this one seems to be happy…

clematis ready to bloom...

clematis ready to bloom…

and the wild roses at the front of the house, in the right bed… once they bloom will need to cut them back… they really like to take over, lol…

wild roses in front bed...

wild roses in front bed…

couldn’t manage to get those big girl pants on today… really missing my beloved…

pond day 4…

19 Wednesday Jun 2013

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basement work, big girl pants, gravel, plants, pond, Service Masters

eager to arrive home each day to see what has happened with the pond…

today I found a fellow out front moving the dirt, sand and rocks onto a trailer… went into the back yard and saw this…

pond, construction day 4...

pond, construction day 4…

wasn’t very happy because there was a lot of gravel around the outside of the pond where I thought there was going to be soil and plants…

spoke to the fellow and he contacted Doug the person in charge of my project…  Doug called and came right on over…

we talked about the gravel which I did not want and the fact that I couldn’t see any flat spots in the pond for plants… and we agreed to some changes which will look after my concerns…

it was great to meet him in person and no doubt we will meet again to check out mulch and other things…

then I met with Mike from Service Masters and signed off on the basement work… busy day…

Diary Day 14

06 Thursday Jun 2013

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Cathedral Grove, Coombs, Free Spirit Spheres, goats, Japanese Maple, Melody, pond

had a much better sleep and got up just after 7… we packed our bags, tidied the house and headed off…

arrived in Coombs and saw some goats on the roof… had a lovely lunch of crab linguini and Cyndi had salmon 5 or 6 ways… bought a few provisions for our night in Melody, one of the Free Spirit Spheres… and I bought a small Japanese Maple for the garden… my wonderful children will drive it across the country when they travel east later in the summer… I am sooo happy… it’s name is cascading waterfall and I will put it in the back corner by the pond and bring it into the house for the winter…

we drove on to Cathedral Grove to soak up the beauty… this is such an amazing sanctuary and I will miss coming here…

fries and tea in Qualicum Beach and stopped to pick up a bottle of wine…

found our way to the Spheres… they are quite lovely… birds are singing and I can hear Cyndi chatting with the person in the next sphere, but can’t see them or the sphere… there was a lovely basket of treats waiting for us and kind hosts… took some pictures and am sitting looking across the pond… how could I not love such a place:-)…

the game…

14 Tuesday May 2013

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blessed, Charleswood, enjoyed, George, Googled, Nanny and Grandpa, pond, soccer, the game

got to spend an evening watching my eldest grandson play soccer… had never heard of the field where he was playing but it was in Charleswood and we found it without a problem as Crystal had Googled it…

had to take a few shots of the pond...

had to take a few shots of the pond…

was a bit windy and for the first half of the game we were looking into the sun, but the second half we could see better…

running toward our goal...

running toward our goal…

the field is huge… but it was fun to get some action shots as the game went on… Nanny and Grandpa were there as well so we had a great cheering section…

middle of the action...

middle of the action…

we were kind of cool by the end of the game but it was lots of fun… was thinking how George would have enjoyed the evening…

watching intently...

watching intently as the sun goes down…

way to go Cobras…

grandson in motion...

grandson in motion…

I truly am blessed…

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