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shock…

13 Tuesday Jun 2023

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Saturday morning I was surprised and amazed to spot a water lily flower popping up in the pond…

the reason I am surprised is that this water lily was in the pond all winter…

when I closed up the pond in the fall, just before I put a tarp over it, I was only able to bring out two lilies… this one was so stuck in the bottom I couldn’t remove it…

when I uncovered everything this spring, before I put water in, it had already started to sprout a bit, but was purpley-red…

it stayed that colour for weeks and only recently turned green… some of the leaves still have the purple colour around the outside edges…

and there is a second bud now… two buds at once has never happened before;-)…

what a shock…

so this fall I am going to leave all of them in the pond and see what happens, lol…

working…

14 Sunday May 2023

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Friday was a great day in the garden…

first time this year I took the time to put out all the cushions… and then Hilda the Gardener arrived and began cleaning up the space… yay…

while she was working away, I climbed into the pond to reset the second pump and cover the cords…

next I brought out the water lilies from the tanks in the house and set them in the pond…

finally I caught and put three goldfish into the pond to see how they fared… maybe next week the rest will move out of the condo…

all in all a great day…

dissuade…

04 Monday Jul 2022

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last Thursday night I think a raccoon (or more than one) came into the garden and attacked the pond…

they got at least two fish and tossed around the water lilies… they don’t care for fish scales, so end up leaving them on the ground… I found two piles on the stepping stones alongside the pond…

the fish were clearly traumatized and have barely come out from under the bridge…

after doing some research, I put down epsom salt all around the pond and hoped that would dissuade them from finding their supper in my garden…

I also put on the motion sensor at the back door and the one on the garage…

since then, they have come back a few times, although I am starting to wonder if it might be the coyote that has been wandering in this area… the plants have been disturbed, but I haven’t found any fish bits…

this Thursday I put up a new wireless camera to see if I can spot whatever has been coming by…

so far, nothing has been spotted…

pads…

23 Thursday Jun 2022

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I am so excited to finally see pads (leaves) from the water lilies on the surface of the pond…

they spent the winter in the fish tanks, but did not appear to be growing at all since they’ve been back in the pond…

this was the second year they had been overwintered, so it was very disappointing that nothing was happening…

but a few days ago, the first of the pads floated to the top of the water…

now I am hopeful that they will bloom this summer as well… they did a great job last year;-)…

girl…

23 Wednesday Mar 2022

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it has been two and a half years since I last saw this girl in person…

and something like four years since she’s been home…

I am delighted and look forward to making the most of these next few days…

so far, we’ve eaten chocolate and macarons and I got the cutest tray from Paris with Monet’s NYMPHEAS (water lilies)… it was a lovely reminder of a wonderful visit the two of us had to a museum in New York…

more lazy days, tons of conversation, favourite foods, and walks outside are on the agenda;-)…

what a wonderful treat this is…

draw…

20 Tuesday Aug 2019

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spent a lot of time with the water lilies in the Gardens… went from one to another, viewing and taking pictures… many of them had tiny frogs sitting on the lily pads…

water has always been important to me and it always draws me in…

wasn’t sure that the two lilies in my pond were going to have flowers, but I remained hopeful…

and this morning I spotted a bud;-)… woo hoo… excited to see the flower…

parrot…

01 Monday Jul 2019

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my grandson and I went out for sushi and then we picked up some goldfish and shubunkins for the pond, and a few more pond plants…

the crazy thing is that the Manitoba government has banned floating water hyacinth and water lettuce after deciding they are invasive plants… and in the Amazon and southern USA, they are… but here they cannot survive the winter, even in the house… very frustrating as these plants really provide protection for baby fish in the pond… and help with slowing algae growth, sigh…

anyway, we put a few water lilies in and some parrot feather so hopefully the little fish will use those and be safe from the big fish until they grow a bit more;-)…

once he got all the fish into the pond, he worked to make sure the plants won’t fall over and the pots aren’t visible…

looks great and I think the fish are happy…

really enjoy spending time with him…

insecta…

04 Tuesday Jul 2017

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I’ve noticed quite a few dragonflies flitting around the garden recently…

on Sunday, when I was taking pictures of the water lilies in the Leo Mol Sculpture Garden, I caught a dragonfly on the lily pad…

and yesterday I spent a short time in the Shirley Richardson Butterfly Garden… it was sunny so the butterflies that were there were very active…

there weren’t many there but I got a few pictures… 

butterflies and dragonflies are part of the family of insecta…

I might have a small collection of memorabilia, but no actual butterflies or dragonflies…

hoping for some monarchs in the garden…

littering…

02 Sunday Jul 2017

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was a bit behind this morning but eventually headed over to the Park for my weekend visit…

spotted this flag on the sandbar in the river by the walking bridge to the Park…

there were likely thousands of people in the Park last night for the fireworks and during the day for all the Canada Day activities and they hadn’t yet got it cleaned up…  garbage bags were piled around the garbage cans but there was also lots of trash along the paths… I should have taken a bag and collected as I walked because I am a bit crazy about not littering, just ask my kids, lol…

happy to see water lily flowers in the Arbour Pond…

the main lily pond is not doing nearly as well… only spotted one bud where usually by now there would be dozens of blooms…

once I got home I spent a few minutes admiring the clematis… it has exploded…

finally spent some time in the garden reading and watching the fish in the pond…