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02 Sunday Aug 2020

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a lovely Sunday…

spent most of the day in the garden, watching squirrels, chickadees, butterflies and goldfish…

watched a little red squirrel make hundreds of trips across the upper deck to collect sunflowers for its stash… saw the frog and a purple house finch, read and napped in the garden…

brought out some of the flowers I received yesterday to enjoy…

so happy to have this space to entertain and was pleased to have visitors from out of town… enjoyed steak and lobster for dinner and some quiet late night star gazing…

we were quite late in eating and I giggled a bit when I realized that I didn’t remember to take a picture of my supper…

track…

30 Thursday Jul 2020

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went for a half hour walk this morning and spotted six bunnies…

they were everywhere…

only saw one squirrel until I got home, and then easily six in the garden within about twenty minutes, lol…

I was about fifteen minutes later than normal and there seemed to be way more people out and about… my walking partner slept through the alarm so I was on my own… I am pleased to be getting back on track with movement;-)…

started out with a puffy vest and long sleeved shirt because it was 13 degrees Celsius, but less than halfway through the walk I wanted to strip down… it got really hot in the sun…

the morning glories were very happy…

talking…

19 Sunday Jul 2020

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I’ve been talking with the squirrels a lot lately… I’ve put a small table under the bird feeder and have been putting seed out every morning and explaining to whichever one comes around that the food on the table is for them and the feeder is for the birds…

sometimes it takes quite a few conversations… other times it feels like they get it, lol…

as I’ve mentioned previously there are many squirrels that come into the garden… I haven’t decided whether the gray squirrels or the red squirrels understand better…

and they are not good at sharing, lol…

and, of course, eating from the table is easier…

deck…

09 Thursday Jul 2020

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last night I went camping on the deck…

instead of putting out the big air mattress, I brought up the lounge chair, put two cushions on it, brought out a quilt, a throw and a pillow and settled down for the night…

the space station was going to be visible at 3:22 a.m. so it seemed like a good idea;-)…

I did wake up around 3, but the sky was covered in clouds so I went back to sleep and when I woke up this morning it was clear again…

as I lay there I could feel the squirrels running over the deck beside me, lol…

such fun;-)…

deliveries…

26 Tuesday May 2020

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two deliveries on Monday… the big excitement for the day…

one from Saje Natural Wellness… it included more of the Sleep Well oil which I have been rolling on my feet at bedtime to help me sleep… and wool dryer balls for the laundry… I am excited to give these a try… up until now I’ve been using and reusing dryer sheets… the package is more than eight years old and still has a few in it, lol…

I also received a parcel from Shoppers Drugs with my medications for the next three months, as well as some vitamins and Vaseline (for the pole that holds the front bird feeder)… I am hoping that all the Vaseline that I slathered on the pole will keep the squirrels from climbing up and eating all the seeds…

since I put the Vaseline on the pole I’d seen the squirrel on the feeder but hadn’t seen how it got there… yesterday I stood and walked on the spot while watching to see if I could figure out if this was working…

finally I watched a squirrel try to climb up the pole and then slide down, lol… he seemed rather surprised;-)… after that, I went out and adjusted the feeder to make it a bit higher so that the bigger squirrels won’t be able to jump from the ground…

patiently…

04 Sunday Aug 2019

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had a fun time in the garden this morning…

when I walked out I frightened the baby bunny, but it came back a bit later for a snack…

and then the squirrels started running around… one was digging in the hibiscus pot… not sure what was going on, but went over and encouraged it to leave, lol…

a gray squirrel and a little red squirrel chased one another all around the garden to decide who got to be at the feeder… the red squirrel won that particular round…

the sparrows were in and out of the pond as they had drinks and baths…

and I spent the longest time waiting patiently for a black swallowtail butterfly, that was flitting around the garden, to land so that I could take a photo… eventually I got a few good shots…

two or three cabbage butterflies fly through the garden on a regular basis, but I’ve yet to catch one sitting still long enough to get a picture…

fought…

26 Friday Jul 2019

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had a great few minutes this morning in the garden… checked out the flowers and watched for birds… lots of flowers, no birds…

as I waited for my ride, at least three squirrels fought over the feeder in the front yard…

I cannot explain how much I love spending time enjoying nature…

I miss being able to share this love with my beloved…

savouring…

20 Tuesday Jun 2017

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it is a beautiful evening… the sun is shining and there isn’t a cloud in the sky…

the squirrels have been eating at the feeder… not sure if the birds are getting any seeds…

the sound of the waterfall is soothing and relaxing…

I am savouring every moment… 

over the last few days I’ve been struggling with some stomach issues and tonight am finally feeling better… being under the weather brings to mind all of the serious illnesses that I’ve dealt with through the years…

a reminder to celebrate the good times… 

puddles…

20 Monday Feb 2017

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out for an early morning hot tub and was listening to the squirrels chattering away… 

as I looked out into the yard – which didn’t get quite as cleaned up for winter as my beloved would have done – I remembered how the garbage can was damaged by an angry squirrel… George had cleaned out a nest the squirrels had made in the shed… he’d put a ton of peanuts and leaves and various bits of stuffing into the garbage can… a few days later we discovered that the squirrel had chewed through a corner of the can… it is very thick plastic and we couldn’t believe they could actually get through it, lol… and all the peanuts were gone… 

was remembering many of the fun times that have taken place in the garden… 

headed out to the Formal Gardens at the Park a bit later to get a walk in, and gather some poke balls… 

dull sky but warm… lots of puddles to go around… 

on the way home stopped at the Tuxedo Safeway and picked up flowers… they looked lovely and perked me right up… 

I’d tried to get some at the Madison Safeway yesterday but their supply was decimated from the Valentine’s Day rush…

a restful Louis Riel day…

greenery…

24 Thursday Nov 2016

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as I was leaving the house this morning spotted this on the deck…

thinking that the squirrels were looking for a snack and pushed the alyssum, that was still blooming, off the deck… sad because I really liked that pot…

at noon I got this shot of the tree in City Place… quite lovely…

and tonight, this cute tree…

a lot of greenery in my day, lol…