26 Monday Sep 2022
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over the last week or so I’ve been making sure to have a hot tub each night…
I find that the quiet time in the water clears my mind and makes sleep come easier, last longer, and be more restful…
getting back into a habit is always a bit of a process, lol…
21 Wednesday Sep 2022
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I got swallowed up in the events around the Queen’s death and eventual funeral…
reminded me of the way I fall into the Olympics, lol… I always want to watch everything as it happens…
the good news is that these days I am able to be up in the middle of the night and sleep during the day if needed…
now to catch up on a bit of missed sleep…
17 Wednesday Aug 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, friends, garden, interruption, moments, nature, pond, time, weather, widow
on Monday had a great time in the garden with 3/4 of our BS group…
I had moved the car to the driveway and put chairs into the garage on the chance that rain or a thunderstorm decided to cause an interruption during our gathering… I didn’t rearrange the chairs and put out the cushions until a few minutes before they arrived as the sky was still covered in clouds…
while we visited, we saw a monarch flit about and land on the milkweed flowers… then a baby bunny stopped by…
the sparrows came by for drinks and baths…
and the fish were swimming all around the pond, including at least one of the babies…
the babies move amazingly quickly, and I spent quite a while trying to catch a photo of one of them…
in the end, the sun came out and it got kind of hot, lol… then, about 7:30 pm we had a huge thunderstorm…
strange weather day…
12 Friday Aug 2022
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my Fitbit has been nearly impossible to read for the last while, so I went online and found directions to reset it, which was supposed to fix the problem…
followed the directions but it didn’t make any difference…
dug out my old one and charged it and added it in the app and happily it is working, even saved my steps… and I can see it, lol…
hope it lasts for a while…
01 Monday Aug 2022
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started the day looking at photos of my beloved…a few tears were shed in the process… we were married 52 years ago today… I still remember looking out the window of the apartment to see him dropping off the decorated car… in those days, getting the car turned out with paper flowers was the thing to do, lol…
then I had a walk around the garden… in the 49 years we’ve been in this space, it has morphed from a square green grass covered area, to a swing set with some cedars, to a small swimming pool space, to a huge sandbox with a two story playhouse, to a parking area for a camper trailer… to a space filled with ponds and lovely gardens…
thanks to the help of Hilda the Gardener, a lawn service, and the kids, it is looking wonderful and I know that he would be pleased…
I am truly blessed, but I miss him every day…
26 Sunday Jun 2022
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recently I wrote about how well the clematis is doing along the driveway…
now it is blooming… and I think this is the most blossoms since we planted it many years ago…
it has more stems and leaves too…
now that I’ve done the math… 🤪… I realize that it is about twelve or thirteen years old… I am actually surprised as I hadn’t realized how long it has been in this spot…
time flies;-)…
08 Wednesday Jun 2022
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as I enjoy time in the garden I am reminded of how blessed I am…
yesterday I worked on hooking up the pump to the waterfall… the rocks that go around and over the pump were very heavy…
all of the cushions went out and looked good, although those darn elm seeds seem to be neverending and cover everything, lol…
had a meeting in the garden and was pleased with how well it went…
spent the rest of the day reading and maybe having a little nap…
the squirrels have been chatting a lot but there haven’t been many birds around… I did spot a neighbourhood cat having a sleep on the bench in the side garden, lol…
how blessed am I to have this beautiful space and the opportunity to sit and enjoy the serenity it provides;-)…
29 Sunday May 2022
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brought all the plants out of the garage the other day… I had put everything in after concern that the bunnies might stop by for an expensive dinner, lol…
I have decided that I will be in the garden as much as possible, whenever possible… what with the odd weather I think it will be important to enjoy each moment…
sat by the pond for awhile, although I had a blanket on, before doing a bit of planting…
put in three of my dahlias hoping they will produce again this year…
in the pot on the deck, planted an Eveline and added morning glories to grow up the trellis… this is my favourite dahlia and I’m happy to have two corms that look like they will grow… fingers crossed…
the second one went into the pot in the middle of the garden… last year it did amazing in this particular spot… will add something else to trail down a bit in this planter…
also planted two strawberry plants and a few morning glories in the Bundt pan on the table… hoping the morning glories will climb up the umbrella pole and greet me with many flowers in the morning…
the other dahlia went into a pot that is currently sitting on the deck, but it can easily be moved elsewhere in the garden… I put in two tubers and if them both come up, one will be moved…
of course that bit of planting still left a table full waiting for their new homes…
28 Saturday May 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, expedition, family, garden, grandson, irrigation, moments, repair, shopping, time, widow
what a busy day we had on Thursday… didn’t even have time for a nap, although I did manage a short sit down in the garden before my grandson arrived…
he and I spent the day getting jobs done around the yard, and even a few in the house…
we ran out and were able to get all the necessary items at Canadian Tire, so it was a one stop shopping expedition…
things came out of and went into the shed… leaking hoses were repaired… an irrigation system semi-installed… pots moved… trellises put into a planter that had a bit of paint touch up done… and the fire pit problem solved…
what a treat it is to spend time with him… I try to savour every minute;-)…
03 Tuesday May 2022
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today I ate my lunch on the deck… first time this year…
yay… it has been a very, very long winter and spring has not been welcoming…
afterwards I sat, enjoyed some tea and read for a while…
looking forward to many more such opportunities…
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