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22 Thursday May 2025

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drove out to Shelmerdine last Friday, to pick up a water lily for the pond, and may have picked up a few other items, lol…

I picked up two different impatiens plants which I am going to put into the pond;-)…

also found a beautiful spiral begonia…

I found a variety of morning glory seeds, as well as some for cucumbers and beans…

once home they went into the garage because the temperature was threatening to go to 0°C…

and then I moved all the plants waiting to be planted into the garage…

found a small pail and covered the tomato which had already been planted…

since then the plants have all been moved outside and are doing well;-)…

gauge…

17 Thursday Apr 2025

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went to Shelmerdine with friends on Sunday…

after checking out all the plants, we sat in on a workshop about using all your outdoor space…

and I won a prize;-)… because it is almost my birthday… woohoo…

a rain gauge with solar flowers;-)…

lovely to be in a space filled with so much greenery…

and the flowers lit up after a sunny afternoon;-)… gotta find just the right spot for this in the garden…

porcelain…

28 Thursday Nov 2024

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visited Shelmerdine to pick up their special ornament for this year…

in previous years I had got a beautiful porcelain dove and one year I got the beautiful heart for some of my friends;-)…

the one for this year is holly leaves and berries in silver metal…

a friend had picked me up to go and afterwards we went out for lunch… I had bruschetta and it was very tasty…

then it was home for a nap, lol…

such a lovely treat…

beardstongue…

16 Thursday May 2024

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yesterday we went to Shelmerdine…

I had called and they had a new shipment in, which included butterfly bush…

they are referred to as delicate perennials or hardy annuals, lol… that means you have to bring them in over the winter if you want them to survive… I managed to get one to survive one year, but it didn’t make it the following year…

I also picked up some beardstongue – which hummingbirds like, and has purple flowers…

finished up with cucumbers, dill, a tomato and a couple of waterplants…

the butterfly bushes went right into areas around the pond and the rest into the garage to harden off… likely the water plants will make it into the pond in the next few days…

wax…

29 Wednesday Nov 2023

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had a fun trip to Shelmerdine today…

wasn’t going to get anything, but three Christmas gifts jumped right into the cart…

and I found one of the amaryllis plants coated in wax, that grow without water… hummed and hawed, but in the end had to get one…

it is now sitting on the living room table and I can’t wait to see it grow and produce some flowers;-)

succulents…

10 Friday Feb 2023

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had a tasty snack on our way to Shelmerdine… haven’t had fresh McDonald’s French fries in I don’t know how long… had a couple of nuggets to go with them, but it was the fries that made my day;-)…

had fun wandering amongst the plants… it was surprising how many varieties of succulents were available…

here’s a photo my friend sent of the two that she picked up and transplanted;-)…

got a few photos of some of their bonsais to share with my grandson…

lovely to spend a bit of time enjoying the greenhouse and I even left without purchasing anything…

when I was searching the internet for a link to their website, I came across this great information on plant care;-)…

fries and gardens… doesn’t get much better than that…

raining…

27 Wednesday May 2020

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more deliveries yesterday…

Shelmerdine delivered plants and two new bird feeders… it was raining when the truck arrived and the driver offered to put everything in the garage, which was very nice…

not much later UPS arrived with the items I had purchased online from Costco about ten days before…

this one really made me laugh because the parcel came from Airdre, Alberta, rather than the store that is less than four kilometres from my house… don’t think I will be ordering from there again;-(…

today I called and spoke with someone at Costco to see if my grandson could shop using my card and it is possible, so I won’t have to get things sent all the way from Alberta… I will call and let them know the date he will arrive to shop each time, but that is much better than having things travel from two provinces away… the person I spoke with advised that they are currently testing Instacart…

planter…

29 Tuesday Nov 2016

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great fun tonight… quick trip to Shelmerdine to pick up greenery to make a planter for the front step…

here’s the designer and the container before she started work… then she spent an hour using her magic fingers…

and here’s the gorgeous result…

looking forward to taking a few shots on the front steps in the daylight…

light…

07 Wednesday Jan 2015

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Shelmerdine spent weeks working on a corner of the Millennium Library Park as the weather turned cold and the snow began to fall… we think part of the construction was a pad for food trucks to park on, but we won’t know until Spring comes… this portion is right behind our building…

the other thing we noticed was balls hanging from the trees…

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they weren’t lit for quite a while but about a week ago they started to light up the area… got this shot on the way into the office this morning… still rather dark as you can see…

have been using my SAD light and I think it is helping keep me happier…

came home a bit later tonight and did notice that it is staying a bit lighter in the evening…

looking forward to each additional minute of light…

walking…

16 Saturday Aug 2014

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first thing this morning I walked over to “the A” to have breakfast with my son-in-law on his way home from work… spotted this bunny, just sitting there watching me…

IMG_7282.JPGI also spotted this new Little Free Library… there are more and more of these popping up…

IMG_7283.JPGsat out in the garden for a while and even did a bit of weeding…

my daughter picked me up and we went to Shelmerdine where I had some fun wandering around… picked up two butterfly bushes as well as some blue Veronica to replace the pink ones in the garden that I want to dig out… also found a few pots and house plants… then we stopped at a market garden and got peas, tiny potatoes and fresh bread… made myself grilled cheese and onion and sat out in the garden to eat…

IMG_7286.JPGnow I just need to get them planted…