08 Tuesday Aug 2023
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been looking through my photos and came across a few pond pictures which demonstrate how crazy the water lily has gone, lol…
this is it yesterday…
this was last year about the same time…
and the year before…
still not sure if it is the weather or a response to being left-out over the winter…
04 Friday Aug 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, bridge, crickets, frogs, garden, happy, lily pad, moments, nature, pond, sound, treat, widow
been wondering if the evening sounds I’ve been hearing are crickets or frogs…
pretty much came to the conclusion that they were crickets as I haven’t seen any signs of a frog around the pond…
and then…
Wednesday morning, look who popped up on the bridge;-)…
the sound might still be the crickets, but what a treat to spot this little leopard frog;-)…
and in the last few days it has been all over;-)…
03 Thursday Aug 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, chair, cushions, garden, moments, nature, plants, pond, rigged, shade, sun, umbrella, widow, woolly thyme
spent a bit of time getting all the chairs out, as well as cushions, for our Monday afternoon gathering…
even rigged an umbrella over an additional chair to be sure everyone had shade…
before that, I used the same umbrella to provide a bit of shade for the creeping thyme that we moved on Saturday… hoping it likes the new spot and starts to cover a bit more ground, lol…
19 Wednesday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, butterflies, caterpillars, change, colours, flowers, garden, milkweed, moments, monarch, multiply, nature, plants, pond, purple, widow
strange happenings with the milkweed…
I am very happy as they continue to multiply…
not too many caterpillars, and they seem to nest on the plants closer to a wall rather than the ones nearest to the pond… maybe there is more protection from predators there… too bad for me, as pictures are easier beside the pond, lol…
the odd thing is that the plants along the edge of the pond, all with the same origin, have produced two different coloured flowers…
the usual pink/purple flowers…
and these white ones which are turning yellow…
will be interesting to see what they do next year, lol…
17 Monday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, changes, fish, garden, goldfish, iteration, leaks, memories, moments, nature, planting, plants, pond, remembering, rocks, Technology, ten, time, water lilies, waterfall, widow
the current iteration of the pond is ten years old…
hard to believe that much time has passed…
this is how it looked just as it was completed…
after it was finished, they had to come back and deal with leaking and runoff…nearly all of the plants have changed over time, lol… and I have changed the slate around the edge of the pond for large river rocks…
it still loses water when the waterfall is running and this year I have left if off for a good portion of the time… I also think the fish are out and about more when it isn’t running, lol… I do have a bubbler going all the time…
this year the water lilies are extremely happy… they continue to produce blooms daily, it is both amazing and delightful…
today, I turned the waterfall on and realized that I’d been missing it, and how well it dilutes other sounds in the neighbourhood…
09 Sunday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, cupcakes, food, friend, friends, garden, High Tea Bakery, home, moments, pond, sharing, time, treat, walk, weather, widow
enjoyed the sun in the garden on Saturday and had a visitor who brought cupcakes from High Tea Bakery…
we shared two of them and they were very tasty…
really, there is nothing better than spending time in the garden with a good friend;-)…
08 Saturday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, family, favourite, garden, happy, home, moments, nature, pond, rug, weather, widow
pleased to get back to my usual schedule…
my daughter had been staying with friends and my grandson was working so I’ve had the house all to myself…
finally got everything put away from the trip and was able to set up the new chair cushions and the cute little rug I picked up…
I am loving how the garden is looking and have been spending as much time as possible in this, my favourite space…
07 Friday Jul 2023
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this afternoon, as I was sitting in the garden trying to read my book, dozens of house sparrows took over the space…
some were searching for sunflower seeds, some were getting drinks from the pond, while others were having dust baths…
and they were all chattering…
kept having to stop reading and watch to see what they were up to, lol…
03 Monday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, blossoms, flowers, garden, happy, moments, nature, number, plants, pond, water, water lilies, widow
I continue to be surprised by the number of blooms on the water lily…
there have been flowers every day since June 10th;-)…
I think there have been fifteen so far…
such an amazing treat to enjoy each day;-)…
18 Sunday Jun 2023
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, cushions, dad, dressed, family, fish, flowers, garden, happy, memories, moments, nature, pond, remembering, water lilies, widow
spent a beautiful, quiet day in the garden…
I always start with putting all the cushions out so that the space feels dressed…
I watched baby house sparrows, at the pond for drinks, flutter as they learn to use their wings… one tried to have a dust bath on the table, lol…
a few nearly flew into me…
the fish are enjoying the shade of the water lily leaves and spent lots of time out and about the pond…
and the two water lily flowers opened slowly and looked so pretty…
yesterday I spotted another bud and this morning I found a fourth one…
heard the drums at the park as the marathoners went through and thought of my dad and my beloved…
it was a lovely day;-)…
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