27 Monday Feb 2023
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had some fun with shadow pictures… it reminded me of the great photography class I took with a colleague many years ago… we had so much fun…
the vase looks pretty cool in these photos…
enjoying the afternoon sunshine…
29 Sunday Jan 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, butterflies, flowers, garden, moments, Morpho, nature, plants, search, Shirley Richardson Butterfly Garden, sunshine, Technology, widow
lots of butterflies in the Shirley Richardson Butterfly Garden… also many people…
the sun was shining so they were flitting about the whole space…
the blue Morpho butterfly is very sneaky and would not let me catch a single photo of it with the gorgeous blue when the wings are open…
next time I will take a video and then a still from that, lol…
the butterflies arrive as chrysalis from Costa Rica on a regular basis and are released into the space once they emerge…
so, each time you are in the Garden, there will likely be different varieties…
it is such fun to search for them in amongst the foliage…
07 Wednesday Dec 2022
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stood at the window and watched chickadees, a nuthatch, and sparrows at the feeders…
and my neighbour shovelling his sidewalk… he is very particular and does a great job every time… it is fun to watch and makes me giggle every time, because my beloved would have been very impressed;-)…
besides shovelling, he also swept the front steps…
14 Thursday Jul 2022
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big girl pants, birds, blessed, fish, garden, moments, nature, pond, raccoon, rain, squirrels, sunshine, turkey, weather, widow
had a good morning on Tuesday…
listened to house sparrows, chickadees and a few crows… I am just loving the sound ID on the Merlin app…
spotted the wild turkey that had been wandering the street yesterday, thanks to my neighbour knocking on the door…
and apparently the turkey frightened one of the neighbourhood bunnies…
there was no sign of the raccoons and the fish appear happy and all present… one of the biggest ones has been scraped up though… not sure if it was from the raccoon the night before last or from hiding under a rock, sigh…
the red and gray squirrels have been wandering around and threatening one another…
but the sun was out, except for a ten minute shower, and I was able to eat outside…
07 Tuesday Jun 2022
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Amy came by to update my lawn chairs…
she sanded rust spots… washed and rinsed all four chairs… let them dry in the sun… moved them into the garage… and spray painted them…
we had subs for lunch and a great visit on the deck… possibly we sat in the sun for too long😳…
she also painted the little frog water chimes that welcome people to the garden…
the chairs stayed in the garage for two days to be sure they were dry (and stopped smelling) and I put them out today…
they look amazing…
18 Wednesday May 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, connectors, flowers, garden, moments, nature, peas, planters, plants, popsicle sticks, sunshine, tags, weather, widow
spent time in the garden on Monday, even though the temperature was cool…
found the trellis pieces and the connectors for my planters and put them up… was worried for a few minutes because those connectors did seem to be hiding… my neighbour was out and helped me fasten them to the chain link fence so they won’t blow over…
added a bit more soil to each of the nine pots and then planted three of them with peas… apparently they like the cold to get started…
brought out the purchases from last week so they could get a bit of sun and set an alarm to remind me to put them back into the garage before bed…
and then yesterday I found popsicle sticks and made tags so that I can remember what got planted where, lol…
still have to get out there and pop them in…
15 Sunday May 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, moments, nature, plants, pond, sunshine, weather, weaving, widow
although it wasn’t very warm I went out and worked in the garden for an hour or so…
most of that time was spent weaving the Virginia creeper into the lattice along the garage and removing bits that were in the wrong places… it will be interesting to see if this makes any difference to how it looks throughout the summer as I’ve not done this before…
mixed up eggshells and some leaves with the soil that we picked up the other day although I didn’t put it into any planters yet…
moved a floating basket from one pond to the other and added a tiny piece of floating water lily to anchor it… no idea if it will grow in this, but will watch and see…
the sun was out for a portion of the time… I still needed a light jacket, but sure enjoyed being outside;-)…
27 Sunday Feb 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, keep learning, learning, moments, nature, seasons, snow, sunlight, sunshine, warm, weather, widow
following my learnings from the webinars I’ve been watching, I had a bit of fun taking some photos of me sitting and reading in the sunshine…
it is wonderful when the sun starts to feel warm when sitting in it…
these photos were taken with my Nikon on the tripod… it was fun to play with the lighting and timer, lol…
the sunlight is also coming back into the kitchen, and I took a few shots there using my iPhone…
as long as I don’t look outside and see all the snow I can celebrate that spring really is on its way…
22 Tuesday Feb 2022
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11 Friday Feb 2022
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enjoyed some lovely time in the living room this afternoon with the sun shining in, highlighting the amaryllis flowers…
the first one started blooming around January 17th and right now has four blooms on its second stalk…
the three that arrived and were planted on January 21st are doing well… of them, one is down to its last bloom and one is just thinking of opening…
happy they have stretched out their growth… they have brought much joy and I have spent time with them every day…
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