14 Thursday Jan 2021
Posted in garden, health, life, moments, nature, Photography, Uncategorized, weather
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big girl pants, blessed, facing, flowers, garden, moments, nature, orchid, photos, purple, Shadow, sunshine, weather, widow
yesterday the quote I reviewed was about facing the light and thus putting the shadow behind…
made me think of the juxtaposition of light and shadow which had me wandering around my plants and taking photos being sure that my shadow didn’t affect the pictures…
it was was relaxing and I appreciated the time…
04 Wednesday Nov 2020
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big girl pants, corms, dahlias, eyes, flowers, garden, memories, nature, plants, sunshine, weather, widow
had a lovely time on the deck this afternoon with the dahlias…
I had watched a video from Dahlias by Julie on how to separate them and was looking forward to the process…
turned out it is much more difficult than I learned… not sure I ever spotted the eyes… it will be interesting to see if any of them grow when planted in the spring, lol…
in the end I put the corms that I separated into a paper bag which then went into a dark basement closet…
but it was a beautiful afternoon…
07 Tuesday Jul 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, caterpillars, family, fish, flowers, friends, garden, grandsons, memories, moments, nature, pond, purple, stronger, sunshine, widow
another busy day…
up early, put out all the cushions and had my breakfast in the garden… lots of visits from the house finch couple and the chickadees…
went into the pond to clean the pump and filled half a pail with string algae… waterfall is looking better now and the flow is much stronger…
then a good friend came over for a garden visit and we had a lovely time… the garden is looking nice and there are still five or six caterpillars to search out on the milkweed…
she had just left when the lawn mowing service (the middle grandson) arrived… we had a visit before he started and just as he was done the chauffeur (oldest grandson) arrived with a new umbrella which will provide shade in the afternoon sun… we couldn’t put it up as we are waiting for the base to arrive…
then, before I knew it, they were all gone and I was back in the peace and quiet;-)…
lots of reading and nature watching for the rest of the day…
29 Monday Jun 2020
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babies, big girl pants, birds, blessed, flowers, friends, garden, house finches, irises, learning, moments, nature, pond, purple, sparrows, sunshine, time, treat, widow
a few days ago a great friend came by for a garden visit…
she brought me some gorgeous dark purple Japanese irises and a branch of lovely mock orange blossoms…
we had a nice time as we checked out everything growing in the garden and then watched the birds for ages… she knows lots about birds so I even learned a little, lol…
the house finch couple came by to visit and the house sparrows had a feeding frenzy as the parents and babies flew around and parents fed some babies and encouraged others to find their own seeds…
it was such fun to watch the way the youngsters fluttered their wings… and tried to land in various places… a few times I thought they were going to land right on us…
the sound was amazing as everyone was chatting and calling their family members, clearly wanting to be recognized, lol…
great fun to spend time with someone else who can happily listen to the water and bird watch for hours at a time;-)…
06 Saturday Jun 2020
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, bushy, clematis, driveway, excited, flowers, memories, moments, pinch, plants, purple, sunshine, widow
a week ago I took a picture of the clematis growing up the sunny side of the house… it didn’t have any buds at the time…
I was very happy that it was getting bushy and doing well… after some research it appears that it needs to be pinched back so I will start doing that…
we’ve planted a number of them over the years in various spots and they have always died after a few years…
my beloved and I planted this one along the driveway before he died so I am always thrilled when it reappears…
today I spotted some buds and am very excited…
01 Monday Jun 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, cleaner, garden, moments, planting, Polished Cleaning Services, shade, sunshine, thermos, widow
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…
24 Sunday May 2020
Posted in garden, technology, Uncategorized
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big girl pants, blessed, books, comfort, friends, garden, Kobo, location, moments, paperback, read, reading, reread, shopping, sunshine, tablet, Technology, widow
I now have an interesting reading plan, which depends on location……
if I am reading in the house I go into the living room and read on my tablet with Kobo… I had purchased a great number of books a few years ago and then completely forgot about them… this has proven very useful;-)…
if I am reading outside, I use paperback books… I find it too hard to read using the tablet due to the reflection…
today I just finished the last of the books that have been lent to me by friends and my next door neighbour… going back to the bookshelf to find something to reread…
22 Friday May 2020
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beloved, big girl pants, dandelions, flowers, garden, gardening, leaves, moments, mowing, nature, pond, sunshine, widow, yard work
as I look at the dandelions blooming in the front yard and think about the yard work that needs to happen I am really missing my beloved…
he did not appreciate the dandelions and was often out digging or spraying to get rid of them, lol…
I don’t care and figure they will get cut down when the grass is mowed… I also remember all the times that kids and grandkids have brought them to me as gifts;-)…
he also spent hours in the garden, weeding and tidying and rearranging…
he loved playing in the pond;-)… it would not have near the number of leaves in it currently were he around, lol…
26 Sunday Apr 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, chewed, flowers, garden, moments, morning glories, nature, plants, purple, Spring, sprout, sun, sunshine, weather, widow
this morning, while I was searching for something in the garage, I came across an envelope of morning glory seeds that had been there for at least a year… apparently a critter had chewed open the end of the envelope, but left the seeds… not so tasty maybe…
I sprinkled them over two planters along the deck and then covered them with soil… will watch and see what happens…
no idea if they will sprout, but I thought it was worth a chance…
will be fun to watch;-)…
07 Tuesday Apr 2020
the weather has been very odd over the last week…
on Friday it snowed all day and into Saturday… everything was covered… then it started to melt and by today it is nearly all gone…
above shows the front yard Saturday on the top and today on the bottom…
the backyard has changed a lot as well… yesterday there was still a fair bit of snow on the deck and by the pond… today it is almost completely gone…
crazy, but I hope to be able to sit out there soon…
