hostas…

31 Saturday Jul 2021

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today I did some actual gardening, lol…

for some reason I do not like hosta flowers, even though they are purple… odd, because I like the plants…

I got my pail, gloves and pruners and tidied up each of the hostas that had flowers hanging over them… the most difficult was the one behind the waterfall… it is a bit tight in that corner and I didn’t want to fall into the pond again, lol… they look so much tidier now…

I moved a couple of impatiens from a spot where they weren’t visible into a pot that the squirrels had dug up and destroyed a plant… I also repotted a dahlia corm that was in a pot and hadn’t done anything…maybe it was planted too deep… if it doesn’t peek through in the next week I will put something else in the pot…

then it was onto my book and relaxing;-)…

odour…

29 Thursday Jul 2021

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I was up at 6:30 am watching the Olympics;-)…

I had made my mind up to water the garden first thing because it has been getting hot so early in the day…

I think the temperature only reached 28 Celsius which feels cool after the hot days we’ve been dealing with…

it turned out to be a beautiful day, other than the odour of smoke in the air… luckily, you could smell the smoke, but the sky was clear…

after watering, I put out all the cushions and wandered around checking out flowers…

the planter with the milkweed and morning glories in it was looking spectacular as the morning glories have overtaken the container… not sure that the monarchs can find the milkweed anymore…

the dahlias are doing well and one of the buds on the Robann Regal plant has started to open…

excited to see it fully open…

I also realized that there are more buds starting on the Mick’s Peppermint… that plant is huge and didn’t look like it was going to have more than a few flowers… interesting that the second flower was about half the size of the first one, although it is hard to see that in my photo… and the colours are different on every flower;-)…

sat and enjoyed the view…

I love my garden sanctuary…

link…

25 Sunday Jul 2021

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been wishing that I didn’t have to climb behind the planter every time I need to turn the waterfall on and off…

I decided to look online to see if there was something I could use outside to control the plug…

I was so excited to find a KASA TP-Link outdoor plug… KASA is part of my Google Home system, and the plug was reasonably priced…

my grandson picked it up for me and it was easy to add to my Google Home… well, he added it, lol… I can even add another item to the plug as it has two outlets…

this is going to make dealing with the waterfall so much easier, and I’ve been having fun turning it on and off;-)…

lilies…

21 Wednesday Jul 2021

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was very surprised to see a water lily flower in the pond a few days ago…

I’d been watching for buds, but hadn’t spotted any… these two lilies had overwintered in the aquarium so I wasn’t sure how they would do, which made it even more thrilling…

I took many, many pictures trying to get just the right one… it is difficult to take one that shows the yellow in the centre of the flower correctly…

eventually, I put down a cushion and laid on it taking pictures and then watching the fish…

the waterfall has been off for a few days and they seem to come out from under the bridge more often…

I must have laid there for half an hour watching to see if I could spot the babies…

so far, I’ve seen two shubunkins (the multi-coloured ones) and at least two goldfish… the goldfish (yellow) are hard to spot as they look black… I tried to get pictures but they hide really well and are also very quick…

but what a fun time watching…

pool-net…

20 Tuesday Jul 2021

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my net for cleaning out the pond is a bit short so I ordered a pool-net from Krevco and had my grandson pick it up…

it is 8 feet long and can extend to 16 feet… perfect for a pool, but a tad longer than I need…

I have put tape on the one piece as I try to figure out the best length for me…

as my son-in-law pointed out, once we cut it we can’t add any length back on…

vegetable…

19 Monday Jul 2021

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I’ve been watering my neighbour’s vegetable garden when they are away, since it has been so hot…

it makes my few tomatoes, cucumbers and basil look like a joke, lol…

there are raised beds filled with beans, dill, cucumbers, peas, beets, carrots, lettuce, potatoes and tomatoes of all kinds…

it has been fun to watch the growth when I am giving them a drink…

and look what I received;-)… a bag filled with beans, ready to cook… they will be tomorrow’s supper along with some new potatoes and chicken… yum…

they have shared cucumbers and tomatoes over the years, but it was a lovely treat to get the three types of beans…

beach…

14 Wednesday Jul 2021

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I spent five glorious days with friends’ at their beach cottage…

the first thing I always do is jump out of the car and run down to be sure the beach and lake are still there, lol…

what a wonderful time it was… delicious food (that I didn’t have to prepare); wonderful conversations, stories, and laughter; listening to birds and the waves; lots of time on the beach and in the water; relaxing, reading and sleeping…

what more could you ask for;-)… I am restored…

such a gift…

leak…

05 Monday Jul 2021

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silly waterfall continues to leak so I am now turning it off at night…

it had been working perfectly until I fell in and messed it up…

the nights are much quieter…

between it and watering the grass every day my water bill is going to be a bit high, lol…

tonight as I was doing a final walk through, I heard running water and realized that water was pouring out of the neighbour’s hose… gave them a quick call and they were able to get it stopped…