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vanishing…

13 Thursday May 2021

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this afternoon my son-in-law came over and got the waterfall going… looks like he has also solved the vanishing water problem by moving the large standing stone and levelling it… this is very exciting as we’ve been struggling for a few years trying to fix it…

he also spent a bit of time in the garage sorting the tools to give away, toss, and the items he wants to keep… we already have a couple of toolboxes with most of the things I might need…

finally, he did a quick fix of the step so I can use it until he brings over the board to repair it properly…

so happy to hear the water running in the garden;-)…

tools…

28 Sunday Feb 2021

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my grandson came over to shovel today… and pick up a few woodworking tools for his online woods class…

just before he arrived I watched a couple of bunnies eating on the deck…

it was much easier to clean up the snow as it was fairly fresh… the last time it was a few weeks before he was able to get here, mainly due to the crazy cold we went through…

today, he was dropped off and wasn’t picked up for a few hours, so after he finished shovelling, he came inside and we had a visit… we sat as far as possible from one another in the living room and both wore masks…

I learned about his classes and what he has been up to, as well as how he is planning to make money in the future…

we talked about how he will go about taking drivers Ed in these strange times, and it is hard to believe that he will be driving this summer;-)…

it was lovely to spend time with him, even just sitting playing on our phones, lol…

he was picked up, the tools were gathered into the vehicle, and off they went…

looking forward to seeing what he makes…

done…

26 Friday Aug 2016

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finally… the front flower bed is done…

my grandson, and a friend of his, started work around 10:30… we had planned this for a while and set today as the day to get it done… the weather was cooperative as the sun came and went behind clouds and there was a very nice breeze…

they removed all the pots and the heavy bird bath… made me giggle a bit because it looked like they were wearing a uniform…

they took out the grass, removed all of the mulch, and then levelled the soil…

there were tools and equipment everywhere as they worked… they laid down landscaping cloth and shovelled the mulch back into the bed…

putting the bird bath back was hard work as it is really heavy and I wanted it in just the right spot…

then they placed the pots individually while I stood back and had them move an inch this way or that, lol…

finally they cleaned up the edges and made sure the landscaping cloth was all covered… we will need to pick up a few more bags of mulch to finish it off…

all the tools, containers and garbage were put away by 3… they are teenage boys, so this was rather amazing… it looks great…

once the trim and door are freshly painted it is going to look super, although we need to do a little work on the other side…

I am very happy…