Tag Archives: weather

hardening…

29 Friday May 2026

Posted by in family, garden, health, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , , , , , , ,

Tuesday afternoon the majority of the larger house plants made it outside…

they have just made it onto the deck and a few will be moved elsewhere soon…

the smaller ones will come out in the next few days as space is made for them in the garden…

I’m being wild and crazy this year and not hardening any of them off…

this is also the first year in quite a while that I didn’t start any plants in the house…

we will see how they adapt to the rather warm weather and bright sun… 🤞

double…

22 Friday May 2026

Posted by in family, garden, health, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , , , , , , ,

got more done in the garden on Wednesday… thankfully the weather cooperated and the sun was out for most of the day and the temperature was in the double digits…

we figured out how to make the planters fit better around the deck and even used up some wood that we had saved from a bed;-)…

another piece of the bench got replaced which made me happy…

planters were moved and others brought out of the shed as I work on where to put them this year…

a few plants went into the ground and the rhubarb got moved to a much better location…

looking forward to some rhubarb crisp;-)…

ladders…

19 Tuesday May 2026

Posted by in family, garden, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , , , , , , , ,

my middle grandson came over on Saturday to help with some projects…

it started with removing the virginia creeper from the house and garage eavestroughs which involved a few ladders, big boards, buckets, and a number of yardwaste bags, lol…

from there he worked with his brother on adding copper mesh to boards to go along the garage to keep the squirrels out… hopefully it works…

the final piece of work was helping with getting the sails up in the garden…

happy we got so much done, particularly since then the weather has been cold🤪…

blocks…

17 Sunday May 2026

Posted by in family, garden, health, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , , , , , , , ,

I can’t explain how happy I am…

Wednesday, after hours of work in and around the pond we got it cleaned, filled with water and the waterfall and second pump going;-)…

a hose was dug into the dirt and blocks tidied up from last year’s construction…

there were a dozen various sparrows snacking on the grass and clover seed that went down last Saturday, lol…

they have also been enjoying the water with baths and drinks…

the back deck is not quite set up, but I managed to get a cushion on one of the chairs and sat out enjoying the wonderful sound of the water cascading from the waterfall and over the rock…

and while we were working on the pond, Hilda the Gardener was tidying up all the flower beds, in the hope that someday we will be able to plant, lol…

cucumbers…

15 Friday May 2026

Posted by in family, food, garden, health, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , , , , , , , ,

next part of the project was to install two arches where I am hoping to grow cucumbers and beans and morning glories;-)…

they will be located between the pond and the deck…

I’m hopeful that the light will help grow more veggies and brighten up that section of the garden;-)…

now the arches are in, two planters from other areas of the garden will be placed under them to hold the plants, once the grass/clover comes through the dirt/compost/sand… fingers crossed…

we picked up some wire and fastened it to the arches using zip ties…

it will be interesting to see how long it takes to cover the arches with greenery…

pump…

03 Sunday May 2026

Posted by in family, garden, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , , , , , , , ,

spent time in the garden on a lovely day…

used the pond pump to empty the water on top of the tarp and then took the tarp off the pond…

took a few minutes to lay it out on the grass to dry out…

we moved a few planters to new places and will see if they stay in those spots…

did a little bit of raking of leaves, but there is still a lot to do…

and also spent some time reading in one of the chairs which recently came out of the shed…

blew…

26 Sunday Apr 2026

Posted by in garden, health, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , , , , , , , ,

sat out on the deck on Thursday morning…

it was fairly warm, but windy…

I took my slippers off to get some sun on my feet and had one foot on a slipper, but crossed my leg with the other…

all of a sudden the second slipper blew right off the deck, lol…

I hopped on down, brought it back up onto the deck, and slid both of them under my foot;-)…

tails…

25 Saturday Apr 2026

Posted by in business, garden, health, life, moments, nature, Photography, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , , , , , , , ,

went for a walk to the English Garden on Thursday morning… it was so windy that I couldn’t wear my hat, and my scarf ended up with the tails blowing behind me…

had a little break beside Sargent Sundae as I waited for my walking buddies…

hadn’t been yet this spring so it was interesting to see the state of the gardens as it has not been long since the snow melted…

the gardens were clean and tidy, but not much was growing yet, lol…

we did come across some photographers who were looking for birds;-)…

the most fun was counting the frogs by the pergola… in just a few minutes I saw at least twelve…

got all my steps in between walking to, around, and home from the Gardens…

electric…

24 Friday Apr 2026

Posted by in health, life, moments, nature, Uncategorized, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , , , , , , ,

there was a lovely electric storm late Wednesday evening…

it lasted for quite a while, with lots of thunder and lightning…

I watched it from the open patio doors as well as the living room window and the bedroom…

it lit up the neighbourhood like daylight a number of times, and the lightening flashes were beautiful… although I hope they didn’t hit anything…

eventually it rained, but not for too long or too hard… I heard from a friend that it rained like crazy where they live, not that far from here…

I was so busy watching that I didn’t take a single picture, lol…

here’s how the garden looked the next morning…