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05 Saturday Sep 2026

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got up early and went outside for a look at the lovely sky and my flowers…

the previous evening I’d noticed that one of the buds on a morning glory plant was getting ready to open…

I’ve been waiting for these ones as they are quite stunning but seem to take an extra long time to open…

sure enough it had opened to a beautiful flower… happily I took a few photos before going back inside and back to bed…

when I next got up it had just stopped raining so I went out to check on the bloom…

of course it was a little worse for wear after the rainfall…

so happy I went out early 😊…

clover…

24 Sunday May 2026

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the clover is just beginning to pop through the soil after being spread out mid-May…

and it was raining yesterday, so expecting the grass to show up before too long as well 🤞…

testing…

04 Monday May 2026

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chair covers, clogging, fingers crossed, rain, testing

the chair covers have not really been doing their job so the cushions have been inside the patio doors and kind of clogging up the kitchen…

I am testing using both covers on one chair to see if that will protect the cushions and keep them dry…

fingers crossed…

we will see how it works out;-)…

electric…

24 Friday Apr 2026

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there was a lovely electric storm late Wednesday evening…

it lasted for quite a while, with lots of thunder and lightning…

I watched it from the open patio doors as well as the living room window and the bedroom…

it lit up the neighbourhood like daylight a number of times, and the lightening flashes were beautiful… although I hope they didn’t hit anything…

eventually it rained, but not for too long or too hard… I heard from a friend that it rained like crazy where they live, not that far from here…

I was so busy watching that I didn’t take a single picture, lol…

here’s how the garden looked the next morning…

self-sown…

23 Saturday Aug 2025

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the self-sown morning glories in the front flowerbed have exploded with all this rain and cooler weather…

I took this first photo yesterday and the second one this morning;-)…

search…

12 Tuesday Aug 2025

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big girl pants, blessed, frogs, Leo Mol Garden, moments, nature, photos, pond, rain, search, water lilies, weather, widow

had a lovely time on Monday taking photos of the water lilies in the Leo Mol Garden…

it sprinkled a few times throughout my time there, so I did end up putting on and taking off my rain jacket, lol…

there were also quite a few frogs in the pond and I do love to search them out and get a few pictures, lol…

too bad I didn’t have my Nikon so I could have gotten closer shots…the warm water in the lily pond certainly helps with all the blooms…

there are also lilies in the arbour pond, but more pads, than lilies…

reminded me of my art installation…

point…

09 Saturday Aug 2025

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was up early this morning and went out to sit in the garden… it was a bit chilly, so I had a blanket around my shoulders…

it was sunny at that point, although the weather network was suggesting it would rain for a good portion of the day, so I decided to enjoy the weather while I could…

usually I would read, but instead, this morning I just watched the antics of the critters in the garden…

as I sat there the birds were visiting the suet and a bunny was snacking on the clover close to me…

what a treat;-)…

things…

29 Tuesday Jul 2025

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the lawn didn’t get mowed last Sunday because the grass hadn’t grown much, and this Sunday because it rained most of the day…

my friends were coming over yesterday afternoon so I decided to mow and whipper snip the garden… I waited until just before noon to give it more time to dry out…

moved a chair and some tables and then figured out how to get the mower going (been a while since I used it)… there are many things in the garden so it takes a bit of effort to get around them, even though it is a small space…

once that was done I pulled down the whipper snipper, found the battery, attached it, and went around all the edges… apparently, at some point I should have tapped it on the ground to extend the line that does the cutting…

I was rather pleased with the result, and then put the furniture back…

just before I brought out the cushions, it started to rain😣…

so we met in the house, lol…

things…

28 Monday Jul 2025

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the lawn didn’t get mowed last Sunday because the grass hadn’t grown much, and this Sunday because it rained most of the day…

my friends were coming over this afternoon so I decided to mow and whipper snip the garden… I waited until just before noon to give it more time to dry out…

moved a chair and some tables and then figured out how to get the mower going (been a while since I used it)… there are many things in the garden so it takes a bit of effort to get around them, even though it is a small space…

once that was done I pulled down the whipper snipper, found the battery, attached it, and went around all the edges… apparently, at some point I should have tapped it on the ground to extend the line that does the cutting…

I was rather pleased with the result, and then put the furniture back…

just before I brought out the cushions, it started to rain😣…

so we met in the house, lol…

disappointed…

27 Sunday Jul 2025

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I was disappointed today… plans had been made for weeks to have my middle grandson come and help the oldest prep and lay new carpet on the front steps…

I was up at 7:30… it was overcast, but not wet, and I took some nice photos of various morning glories…

then, it rained (which we needed) for most of the day… didn’t stop until around three… that of course destroyed all of the morning glory flowers🥺…

made me sad as I was looking forward to this project getting finished… it had already been delayed once and we’ve had the carpet and glue all ready for ages…

now we will have to wait for another opportunity to make the carpeting happen, sigh…

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