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drummers…

19 Sunday Jun 2022

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began the day listening to the drummers at the Park as they welcomed runners participating in the Manitoba Marathon…

then I put out all the cushions, made breakfast and sat in the garden, listening to the drums and the waterfall…

although we only did it for a few years, I always remember the early morning trips to the UofM when the girls took part in the Marathon… it is such a wonderful reminder of what great dads do to ensure their kids get all the opportunities… and on Father’s Day, lol…

sure do miss that great dad, but am spending the day reminiscing about all the things he did to make their lives better and the life lessons he taught them…

debris…

06 Friday May 2022

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it has been a long, but productive, day and the weather has been amazing, around 22 Celsius…

I brought out the pump for the pond, hooked it up to a different hose and used it to empty the water… it doesn’t take too long with the big hose…

thanks to a great idea that my grandson had last year, I used the wet vac to suck up leaves and debris from the bottom… eventually I put on my water shoes, climbed in and got the last bits out…

I attached the pump to the waterfall and placed all the rocks back to hide it, hoping that there wouldn’t be any leakage, lol…

then ran the hose across the garden and filled the pond up… it took just over an hour and I finally plugged in and turned the pump on…

and it worked;-)… with no leaks…

we also got the hammock out and assembled, put up three umbrellas, and moved two of the chairs for the back deck out from the shed…

spent the whole day outside… how blessed am I…

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;-)…

gold…

04 Sunday Jul 2021

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I spent a lovely and quiet hour sitting right next to the pond this morning…

I had planned to turn the waterfall on as soon as I got into the garden, but decided to sit close to the pond and watch the fish…

yesterday, when I was in the pond cleaning it up, I spotted a baby swimming by… they move really quickly, so I only saw it for a moment…

my goal this morning was to check for any others that might be there…

and I spotted two… maybe the whitish one I saw yesterday and an actual gold one… they are much harder to spot in the pond as they look black… of course I didn’t get any pictures, lol…

great excitement and I will keep watch for more;-)…

sure miss the water hyacinth as its roots were a wonderful safe hiding place for babies as they started their journey as the goldfish eat them when they are very small…

over…

31 Monday May 2021

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today I took care of a few jobs in the garden…

I watered the grass seed twice and visited with my baby bunny buddy while I was at it;-)…

I levelled the water barrel, which was a fairly heavy job, but managed to get it done…

and finally, I cleaned the pump so the waterfall works better… every three or four days it gets clogged and needs to be cleaned out… when it is warmer, I sit on the bridge and clean it standing in the water… the water is still rather cool, so I’ve had others do it when they are over…

today, I put down a cushion and laid on it as I leaned way over the stones and was able to grab the bits and pieces stuck in the filter… almost immediately the sound of the waterfall improved… I was even able to get back up without too much difficulty;-)…

lattice…

24 Monday May 2021

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spent the entire day in the garden… nice to enjoy the warmth and sun…

my grandson came over and a contractor friend of his arrived to do some work on the decks… we had arranged the appointment before the newest regulations were out… I was very happy that he wore his mask the whole time he was here…

he fixed a piece of the decking beside the hot tub, which was falling apart… then he tacked up loose boards under the main deck and finally he repaired a loose piece under the gate pergola which is going to make opening the hot tub much easier…

then the two of them made sure that all the lattice along the garage was in the proper spot… it was quite a process and looks so much better now…

after lunch our contractor friend left and my grandson cleaned the pump in the pond, mowed the grass, trimmed up some cedars, and dug out a bunch of flower pots from the shed…

after he left, I moved and rearranged pots, and planted a few items which can go in and out of the garage until the weather warms up…

I am truly blessed…

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;-)…

skewer…

14 Monday Sep 2020

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spent a good portion of the afternoon in the garden… I was particularly watching the birds as I thought I’d spotted a rose-breasted grosbeak at the feeder from inside the house…

it was a lovely time… lots of bird and fish watching…

one of the things I’ve noticed is that the waterfall sounds different depending on how clear the line is…

when there is no debris in it it is quiet…

when there is algae and the odd stick in it, the sound is much louder…

I usually have a large skewer behind it that I use to clean the waterfall mechanism, but it appears to be gone… wondering if a crow came by and took it, lol… today I used a twig that had come down from the elm tree next door…

garden…

23 Tuesday Jun 2020

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after the busy day yesterday with the boys here, today I spent a fabulous time in the garden…

the grass is beautifully manicured and the sound is quite wonderful… the waterfall looks great and I am so happy to have it running at full capacity again thanks to my son-in-law… even the rocks have been placed perfectly to cover the new pump…

the pump in the bathtub pond looks and sounds lovely as well… it was a little cool but the wind wasn’t blowing so it felt calm…

to top things off, a house finch couple stopped by for lunch…

because I am not leaving the house, this time in the garden is even more special and I am enjoyed reading and listening to the sounds in the garden…

what a blessing retirement is proving to be…