31 Sunday Oct 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, family, garden, grandson, halloween, moments, nature, rain, snow, treat, tricks, weather, widow
so, there were some Halloween tricks, but no treats…
the kids were over this morning and we were working in the garden…
just after they left I was in the dining room and looked out the window to see this…
that would be snow pelting down like crazy…
of course, it is Halloween…
and a short time later it looked like this…
eventually it all melted…
22 Sunday Aug 2021
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babies, big girl pants, blessed, garden, goldfish, moments, nature, nice, pond, rain, relaxing, water, weather, widow
spent a relaxing morning in the garden, sitting close to the pond…
counted ten babies who are growing every day, and got to watch them swimming around looking for food…
it was particularly nice because it was supposed to rain all day, but it held off until around one pm…
not sure how the pond will look tomorrow because it is already very full from all the rain we’ve already had…
20 Friday Aug 2021
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big girl pants, damaged, flowers, garden, hibiscus, moments, nature, plants, rain, sad, storm, weather, widow
for the last week or so I’ve been wondering why the hibiscus is getting all these yellow leaves… I’d been watering it and had even given it some banana peel water…
this afternoon, between rainfalls, I put a chair up alongside it as the wind is supposed to get crazy tomorrow and I didn’t want it to blow over again…
and spotted this…
this is very sad… I hope I will be able to remove the broken portion and that the other two stems will remain healthy…
it may have been damaged during the big storm last week… the tree had blown over and I didn’t check the stem when I put it back up… too bad, maybe it could have been repaired…
13 Friday Aug 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, family, food, friends, garden, moments, nature, Pho Hoang, pond, rain, rainfall, sky, time, weather, widow
Sunday to Wednesday life was very busy…
Sunday, a friend, her husband and daughter came over for lunch… the garden looked beautiful and we had a lovely visit…
lunch was a delightful collection of goodies from Pho Hoang… everything was tasty…
on Monday morning I had an early meeting in the garden and the rain held off just long enough for us to finish…
Tuesday morning, when I woke up after the storm in the night, I discovered that the hibiscus and dahlia planters were both tipped over from the strong wind… when I looked at the neighbour’s yard I discovered a large branch had fallen right next to their house… thankfully, nothing was damaged…
Wednesday morning a friend stopped by and we had a great catch-up…
in the evening my grandson came for his birthday dinner… delicious steak, lobster, mushrooms and twice-stuffed potatoes were on the menu…
once again, great timing… as we were cleaning up the sky turned very dark… we just got all the cushions inside when the wind and rain arrived…
we have certainly appreciated the rainfall;-)…
23 Friday Jul 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, dahlia, flowers, food, garden, moments, nature, plants, pond, rain, spitting, The Dahlia Expert, tomatoes, water lily, weather, widow
a few days ago, I spent the day in the house, other than a few short walks around the garden when it wasn’t raining…
I was happy to find one of the tomatoes starting to turn colour… there are a lot, so it is going to be fun to snack on them as they ripen…
the water lily opened again, even in the rain… I took this picture from upstairs…
and I brought in the Mick’s pepper dahlia bloom to enjoy inside…
seemed odd to not be outside much… but, every time I stepped out the door it was spitting…
16 Friday Jul 2021
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barbecue, Barbie, big girl pants, blessed, clap, delicious, garden, hail, moments, nature, rain, sky, steak, thunderstorm, weather, wet, widow
I was laying on the bed upstairs yesterday watching the end of a movie when I heard a huge clap of thunder…
jumped up and ran outside to put away the cushions… I don’t like it when they get wet and they were on all of the chairs…
almost got the last ones into the garage when the downpour began… I stood in the garage doorway and watched rain and hail pelt down for a while and then, when it slowed down a little, made it into the house…
all of the windows were wide open as well as the screen door, but luckily only the kitchen and bedroom had issues…
had to take up the rug at the door and wipe up the water in the kitchen… the other rooms were pretty good… thankfully, the blinds were down in the bedroom so the water only came in a bit in one corner of the frame… once I wiped it up it didn’t take long to dry…
it remained overcast for a while, but then the sun came out and it was beautiful…
brought Barbie the barbecue out and grilled a steak for my dinner to go along with the potato salad I had made earlier in the day…
then I sat on the deck and read;-)… crazy weather…
21 Sunday Mar 2021
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this morning the sky was very gray and a bit of rain came down…
a short time later the sun burst through to light up the trees, and then it was dull again…
now the sky has cleared and the sun and a few clouds are my view…
been a changing day…
15 Friday Jan 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, contemplating, garden, happy, hear, memories, moments, nature, pond, rain, weather, widow
I’ve been contemplating the thought that nature makes music, if you take time to listen…
reminded me of early mornings when I hear the birds outside… in the spring, summer and fall, I listen to the water flowing into the pond and the great variety of singing going on as the birds welcome the new day…
the geese, the rain, the wind… the quiet after the snow falls…
so much to listen to…
30 Sunday Aug 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, coverage, garden, moments, nature, rain, shade, sky, sun, test, turn, umbrella, weather, widow
not too long ago we got a new shade umbrella… it has worked well for a portion of the day, providing shade for one chair but I was hoping it might adjust to provide more coverage, depending on the time of day…
yesterday I learned how to turn it, which I didn’t think was possible… very exciting…
unfortunately, the sun had already put the whole backyard in shadow so we couldn’t test it out… I’d hoped to see what it could do today, but it has been overcast followed by a thunderstorm… no sun expected, but tomorrow should be sunny all day;-)…
no testing today, lol…
23 Saturday May 2020
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it has been very hot the last few days and the forecast keeps mentioning rain and possible thunderstorms…
had a few sprinkles in the night, but no real rain…
tonight the sky changed rather drastically in about 45 minutes…
took these photos out the front window… looked like it was going to pour... but then it cleared…
and these were out the back…
once again there were some sprinkles, but not a good rain… hoping for a good soaking… maybe later…
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