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siding…

03 Friday Jul 2020

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my grandson and one of his friends came over yesterday afternoon…

they were here to finish trimming the Virginia creeper and put the piece of siding back up…

it was quite the process as a door was put onto the hot tub, then a ladder on top of the door and then one would climb up and remove bits and pieces of the vine… then they worked from the driveway side to finish… once the vines were removed, they had to do some fancy work to get the siding back up and properly attached…

eventually it was all done and the area cleaned up…

we had a laugh as this particular friend had also helped with landscaping work in the front yard a number of years ago;-)… nice to have him back and helping…

it looks much tidier and more spacious now… after they left I finished cleaning the hot tub and filled it with fresh water… it takes an hour to get it to the top…

it took until around noon to heat it up, although I’ve set the temperature at 99℃ to see if that might be a nice temp for cooling down in this very hot spell we are dealing with…

creeper…

01 Wednesday Jul 2020

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my grandson came by today for lunch and to do some trimming of the Virginia creeper for me…

I had emptied the hot tub as we had planned to move it out of the way so that a ladder could go up next to the house…

unfortunately, it wasn’t being cooperative so he ended up climbing onto the tub and reaching as high as he could…

it was a stretch but he was able to remove most of the overgrowth… it already looks much better…

I think the plan is for he and Jeff to come by on Friday to move the tub, make a few repairs to the deck and finish the trimming…

the light is already much brighter in the main floor tv room…

one of the things they will do on Friday will be to put that piece of siding back where it belongs, lol…

guess I won’t be refilling the tub for a few days, lol…

vines…

09 Saturday May 2020

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got a text this afternoon from a wonderful friend advising she was going to drop something off…

one day last week I had gathered up some Virginia creeper vines and she had picked them up, so I think this was a little thank you…

I was excited because she makes the world’s best scones… and I was hoping that was what she was bringing…

we had a lovely chat and exchanged items… she got a card from my stash for Mother’s Day, and I got craisin scones, made with sweetener, and some purple napkins… I think I got the best of the deal, lol…

I said I wasn’t going to eat them until tomorrow, but I had to have a taste, lol…

what a lovely surprise…

flicker…

22 Sunday Sep 2019

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for the last few days I’ve been watching the flickers on the roof of the garage enjoying the berries on the Virginia creeper… it has been a nice distraction as I go up and down the stairs, still using the cane…

they seem to gather around this time of year to fill up on ants and berries before heading south…

the other interesting thing about them is although they are woodpeckers, usually I see them on the ground, or in this case, on the garage roof…

trimming…

11 Sunday Aug 2019

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the Virginia creeper had completely taken over beside the hot tub… the tv room was basically always dark because the window was covered with vines…

I’ve tried to get it trimmed down by others, but timing hasn’t worked…

today I did it myself… put on those big girl pants and climbed onto the edge of the hot tub…

afterwards I went back into my photos to find some I knew were there of my beloved trimming the same area…

these photos were from July 2011… it is always bittersweet when I look through old pictures… fun to see and relive the memories, but missing him at the same time…

addictive…

25 Saturday May 2019

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I think Spring has finally hit me…

spent time cleaning a cabinet and shelf unit in the bathroom…

also did a bit of work in the garden…

cut back some of the Virginia creeper… always feel such satisfaction trimming it, and find it rather addictive, lol… sometimes it is hard to stop…

and then, while I was watching some tv, I touched something on the remote and the screen misbehaved for a while… eventually I unplugged everything and when it started up again it was fine… not that I am addicted to tv…

sucker…

09 Tuesday Oct 2018

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an elm tree seed started growing a few years ago and had gotten really big right up against the garage wall…

my son-in-law and I have been talking about cutting it down, but hadn’t got around to it…

last weekend he brought the right saw and cut the sucker down…

took a little while before all the bits died back… what a difference it makes and I am sure that the garage floor is also very happy…

the Virginia creeper has also died back over the last week so the garage is looking kind of naked, lol…

street…

17 Monday Sep 2018

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looking forward to spending the evening with my BS buddies… we haven’t met too often over the summer…

ah, the summer… took this picture yesterday as I was coming home from the grocery store…

many branches on the trees are bare… and the street is covered with leaves… when I took the picture I was focusing on the leaves on the street… only discovered the bare branches when I was preparing the picture… yikes…

and the Virginia creeper is moving into its fall stage…

not only is it changing colour… something is enjoying it as a snack!

must continue to take the time to focus on special moments because time is whizzing by…

vibrant…

01 Sunday Oct 2017

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full day… my grandson came over and worked in the yard for me… then we ran out and did a few errands…

as we left the driveway, got this shot of the Virginia creeper growing alongside the house…

the red is vibrant against the green on the cedar…

returned home and my daughter and the two younger boys arrived and we headed out for more shopping… this time to IKEA… it always amazes me how much time can get eaten up in that store, lol…

had a roast planned for dinner but as we left the store there wasn’t going to be time to cook and eat it before they needed to head home…

so, we ordered Panago pizza… it was delicious along with the salad we made to to go with it…

here’s the newest Chihuly page from my calendar…

omg… October already… how did that happen…