spent a lovely time today going through books searching for the best perennials to add to one section of the garden…
I’ve been thinking that a spot where I’ve been putting annuals yearly would be a good place for some perennials, but now I need to figure out which one, lol…
they need to be short and fill in the space around the hostas and ferns that are already there… and, I would like them to flower as long as possible… that is going to be the trick…
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;-)…
last night my grandson arrived with the four base pieces so we could put it together…
one of the crosspieces on the bottom didn’t fit correctly so he had to take that piece back to the store and have it replaced… happily they had one available…
back home he finished putting it all together and I think it is going to be perfect…
now I will be able to have visitors to the garden at any time of the day… really looking forward to more garden visits…
after supper I tried opening and closing it a few times before he left, lol… let us hope I can remember exactly what to do;-)…
big day for me today… I had the cleaners in to deal with the dirt, lol… it has been three months since they’ve been so it really needed the cleaning… only one person came and I was the first job of the day…
what made it such a big deal was the fact that this was the first time someone had been in the house, other than me, since the middle of March… a few times my kids have come in the back door and gone into the basement, but then I have not gone down there for a few days…
I was up in enough time to be sure everything was tidy and I had everything I would need as my plan was to spend the time they were here outside… when I first woke up it was drizzling a bit and I was thinking about spending the time in the garage, lol… of course it would have been an opportunity to do some tidying/organizing in there…
happily the sun came out, I had my thermos of tea and set out all the cushions… I read, planted a few containers, took out dandelions and watched for birds…
in the end she was here for 3 hours… clearly the place needed work top to bottom… when there are two people it gets done in half the time…
when she left I was happy to get into the house for lunch and a bathroom break… then it was back outside for more reading… came in for a short nap and then more time in the outdoors…
although it was hot it was a beautiful day in the garden and I was able to follow the shade around the space…
I spent the day in the garden… I stayed in the shade but eventually put on my sun shirt and a pair of long pants to be sure I didn’t get too much sun, as I was feeling it, even in the shade…
I’d sent my grandson a list of things I needed from various stores… currently our deal is that he has the use of my car and acts as my personalshopper;-)… he spent a good portion of the morning gathering things I haven’t been able to order online and then brought them to me in the afternoon…
we put away all of the goodies, made some adjustments to the bird feeders – excited to see if the slinky keeps away the squirrels – and had a wonderful visit… nice to have someone to talk with in person (at a safe distance)…
I was very clever and made an oriole feeder;-)… apparently they like oranges…
after supper he put the Inukshuk back together for me, as it had been in pieces, lol… too heavy for me to lift…
am blessed to have such a great kid in my life;-)…
