aerated…

it has been raining for days and then it turned into snow… there are puddles (or lakes) everywhere and many people have been struggling with water in their basements…

with another gloomy day, I decided to make soup… I used up not-so-fresh zucchini, carrots, onions, celery, and the last of the frozen cauliflower in the freezer… then I added various bits and pieces to season it up…

the result came out nicely and I will have some tasty lunches over the next few days…

felt like a good use of my time on this dull day…

listened…

23 Saturday Apr 2022

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I’ve been doing a lot of reading lately…

today I spent most of the time in the living room, with the light on, as it has been raining off and on the whole time…

besides enjoying my book I’ve also watched birds and bunnies and listened to thunder roll across the sky…

there were chickadees and house finches and juncos… a squirrel has been trying to get to the feeder on the window and I kept rapping on the window to discourage it, lol…

across the street, three bunnies have spent a good portion of the day snacking on goodies in the grass… the rain has certainly melted most of the snow, so I guess new treats have come to light…

as I write this, there is even more thunder and now a bit of lightning…

not sure if I will finish the book today…

stuck…

09 Wednesday Feb 2022

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yesterday it rained… crazy eh…

I went out before it really got going to clear the snow in front of the patio door…

for the last week or so it has been stuck and only opened about six inches…

seemed like a good plan to deal with it before the rain, in case it freezes into ice back there…

took quite a while and a lot of effort to get the snow moved… it was much heavier and had more chunks in it… the hill next to the deck is high again, so I’ve had to walk along the path before throwing the snow into the garden…

but, got it done… there is still tons of snow on the deck although the rain and wind and warmer weather have certainly melted some of it…

it will be interesting to see how it is going to melt, or whether there will be more than one pond in the space..

tricks…

31 Sunday Oct 2021

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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…

nice…

22 Sunday Aug 2021

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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…

damaged…

20 Friday Aug 2021

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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…

rainfall…

13 Friday Aug 2021

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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…