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scurrying…

14 Sunday Mar 2021

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had some fun watching this little critter…

all of a sudden another came along… turned its head to stare them down… and there was some serious scurrying;-)…

they look so cute, but they are a lot less friendly than the gray squirrels and run everyone else off from the feeders…

pose…

19 Saturday Dec 2020

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had some fun watching the visitors to the feeders today…

saw chickadees, nuthatches and woodpeckers at the front feeders… at one point all three were there, although only the woodpecker decided to pose, lol…

lots of sparrows as well as this guy on the deck…

at the end of the day, the sky was stunning…

nature was everywhere;-)…

sensor…

07 Saturday Nov 2020

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I’m enjoying my motion sensor camera, lol…

I had no idea how many cats and squirrels walk up and down the driveway…

but it is fun to watch…

except for when the snow and wind set it off, lol…

after…

05 Monday Oct 2020

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spent an hour in the garage sorting and organizing… I laughed because I always think about the before picture after I’ve done the work, lol…

also was in the garden for a couple of hours watching the goldfish and birds move about…

I filled feeders and put them in different spots…

it is always interesting to see how long it takes the birds and squirrels to find them again, lol…

sanctuary…

23 Sunday Aug 2020

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spent the morning in the garden watching chickadees, monarchs, nuthatches, squirrels and fish…

the nuthatch was not interested in a photo op and even the chickadees were not particularly cooperative…

the monarch was happily guzzling nectar from the butterfly bush, so I was able to get a number of photos… I am very happy to finally have this plant in the garden and hope that I can get some seeds from it for next year or maybe even try to bring it into the house to see if it will overwinter…

it looks like there will be two more water lily flowers with a possible third one… very exciting…

I hadn’t been out in the garden for a few days and really enjoyed time with the members of my garden sanctuary;-)…

entertain…

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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big girl pants, blessed, camping, deck, garden, memories, moments, sleep, space station, squirrels, widow

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…

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