16 Sunday May 2021
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air, big girl pants, blessed, flowers, fresh air, garden, hibiscus, leaves, moments, morning glories, nature, plants, purple, shade, sunshine, weather, widow
this morning the plants went out for a breath of fresh air…
I managed to get them all into the shade where they spent most of the day…
so far they look pretty good… hope they are as good in the morning, lol…
I’ve just moved them into the garage for the night and will bring them back outside in the morning…
15 Saturday May 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, harden, moments, nature, plants, pond, seedlings, Sentruhl, sunshine, widow
lovely day in the garden…
read, ate a delicious chowder from Sentruhl and napped…
did not plant anything, although I really wanted to;-)…
thinking I will start to harden off the seedlings tomorrow… I’ve learned that the plants which are growing in the house need to go out a bit longer each day for a week or two, out of the sun and wind, to acclimatize them for the outdoors…
I see lots of lifting and carrying in my future;-)…
10 Monday May 2021
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actual, big girl pants, blessed, chocolate, friends, Hummingbird Chocolate, moments, orchid, plants, sunshine, weather, widow
two friends dropped by at different times a few days ago…
one brought me a sad orchid she had which I am going to try and perk up… we both had masks on and she left the plant on the bottom step while I stood on the top… she moved close to the road and we spoke for a few minutes before she headed home…
about half an hour later anther friend brought me some chocolate which she had added to an online order and which had arrived… it is always fun to see what mask we each are wearing… we visited for a few minutes… she sat in a chair on the lawn while I sat on the steps…
I was happy to see actual people;-)…
09 Tuesday Mar 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, deck, garden, happy, light, moments, nature, Spring, sun, sunlight, sunshine, weather, widow
over the last week I’ve been enjoying the sunlight…
in the morning it is shining into the den, which it hasn’t done for months…
and in the afternoon it now shines on the spot where I usually sit…
yesterday, I sat on the deck in the sunshine for an hour… and the sun was warm on my body…
spring is coming;-)…
14 Thursday Jan 2021
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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…
