16 Saturday Jul 2022
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had a morning walk around the garden the other day…
it is doing very well with lots of purple and green…
the side/vegetable garden is very happy… the peas and cucumbers in the new planter are especially happy… they are taller than me…
gathered fifteen pea pods from the vegetable garden and added the peas to my new potatoes and slice of ham for my dinner…
tasty…
08 Friday Jul 2022
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moved a few planters and a chair on the lower deck…
haven’t decided if I like it or not…
and then this morning I rearranged again… I put the dahlia by the door and moved the begonias and columbine to the back of the garden where they will get the necessary shade… I may end up moving that planter beside the rain barrel, but will need help to get it up there…
guess I will live with it for a while and see…
30 Thursday Jun 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, moments, nature, peace, pond, purple, Technology, tranquil, waterfall, weather, widow
the weather was a bit odd on Saturday… I put out a few cushions, and then brought them in when it started to spit, then put them out, and brought them back in… and so on… kind of a game…
when I was out, I had a blanket on as it was cool and a touch windy…
my grandson had put the old waterfall up on a for sale board and a couple were coming by to pick it up… I rinsed it off before they arrived and was happy that the garage camera got a shot of it because I didn’t think to, lol…
their plan is to add it to their current pond in Beausejour…when they arrived, it was sunny and we had a little tour of the garden… it was wonderful to hear others’ thoughts on how tranquil the space really is…
another reminder of how blessed I am;-)…
28 Tuesday Jun 2022
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, family, flowers, garden, hospital, memories, moments, morning glories, nature, photos, purple, special, Technology, treat, widow
as I wander around the garden every day and spot the morning glories, I am reminded of our fortieth wedding anniversary…
I spent six weeks in St. Boniface Hospital with pancreatitis and then gall bladder surgery ~ instead of a trip to BC ~ and each day when my beloved came to spend time with me, he brought photos of whichever morning glories were in bloom…
using the camera on his phone was not something he did regularly, so it was special when he brought these to me…
it also meant that he took the time to check out the garden as he knew how I loved these flowers… and they had just started to bloom after I ended up in the hospital…
a very special man, my beloved…
26 Sunday Jun 2022
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, clematis, driveway, garden, happy, moments, nature, plants, purple, spot, time, time flies, widow
recently I wrote about how well the clematis is doing along the driveway…
now it is blooming… and I think this is the most blossoms since we planted it many years ago…
it has more stems and leaves too…
now that I’ve done the math… 🤪… I realize that it is about twelve or thirteen years old… I am actually surprised as I hadn’t realized how long it has been in this spot…
time flies;-)…
18 Saturday Jun 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, drill, garden, irrigation, moments, nature, obelisk, pruned, purple, widow, work
was able to complete a few jobs in the garden although not the irrigation system… I am going to need a second pair of hands for that one…
using landscape fabric, I was able to turn a very cute, but not useful, bird feeder into a little planter… think it came out rather nicely… found a couple of morning glory plants, a sweet potato vine and a spider plant to go in it…
then there was quite a production to get a hook up on the garage and put up the planter… the drill, ladder and I had to sort through some stuff, but eventually it was up…
after all that I don’t like it there, but haven’t quite decided where to move it, lol…
reconnected two parts of a little planter that has an obelisk on the top… used zip ties to connect… it looks good and isn’t going to fall apart…
I also did a bit of pruning of the cedars along the back fence…
that’s it for work today;-)…
15 Wednesday Jun 2022
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the baskets and planters are doing well and filling out nicely… I had planned on purple and white, but there are pops of yellow and even red…
the poor mandevilla has a bad sunburn and has been covered with a purple umbrella to protect it from further sun damage… I have begun to let it sit with no covering on overcast days and hope it will recover…
the hibiscus spent a number of days in the shade of one of the cedars and has finally moved into a spot along the edge of the pond… I hope it likes it there as most summers it has lived on the deck…
it is fun to look at photos from previous years and see how the garden has changed…
12 Sunday Jun 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, happy, lilacs, moments, nature, neighbours, purple, treat, widow
Friday I went shopping for lilacs… at my neighbour’s… with permission, lol…
they were heading away for the weekend and she texted me to offer them up… she knows how I love lilacs… and I think theirs are so pretty with the white around the edges…
I had just come home from an appointment and noticed that the bushes on the next street over were blooming and I was contemplating asking if I might cut some…
I got a pailful and filled two vases… one has been outside with me and the other has perfumed the main floor;-)…
happy days;-)…
10 Friday Jun 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, enjoy, garden, happy, intentional, moments, nature, plants, purple, weeding, widow
I am being intentional about spending as much time as possible in the garden…
it feels important to enjoy every minute when the weather is good…
I’ve also been doing a bit of weeding whenever I feel so inclined, lol…
although weeding hasn’t been one of my favourite pastimes, I am beginning to enjoy it… the satisfaction of a tidy area that I cleared is rather nice… although I am also thrilled after Hilda the Gardener has been by and tidied the beds and paths…
now that the front beds are complete, I am thinking of using some of the landscaping fabric around the Inukshuk… just have to get more mulch before that can happen…
here are a few spots I recently cleaned up…
the garden is definitely my happy place;-)…
05 Sunday Jun 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, friends, garden, Leclerc, moments, nature, plants, purple, shopping, treat, widow
I was sitting on the back deck reading on Saturday, after doing some weeding, and heard a car in the driveway…
a friend was running errands nearby and stopped in for a quick visit…
then we went to Leclerc Greenhouses for a spot of plant shopping;-)…
as time goes on, I am feeling a little more comfortable about going out and about…
I found a hanging basket, some alyssum, a trailing tomato that goes in a basket and a couple of other small plants…
once I arrived back home, I hung up the basket, planted the fuchsia, ivy and tomato… but still have to decide where the alyssum is going to go…
lovely treat;-)…
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