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Abkhazi High Tea…

01 Thursday Oct 2026

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we arrived at the Abkhazi Tea Room just in time for our reservation… our Uber driver had a little trouble finding it, lol…

which was fair as it looked like a house on the street…

it was my favourite high tea spot… more relaxed, but also set in the garden…

I wore my fancy hat, but it caused problems with taking pictures as it put my face in the shade…

the umbrella over our table had me in shade and sun, so I ended up moving my tea items into the sun for photos…

once again we had a wasp visitor, but not quite as serious as the one at the Butchart Gardens, lol…

our server was very attentive and quick to change out one of the items that could have caused an allergic reaction for my daughter…

a delicious and very relaxing tea😊…

partially…

27 Sunday Sep 2026

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what a delightful day…

I spent a good part of it in the garden, moving from one area to another…

at first it was because I was trying to stay partially in the sun… then out of the sunshine as it was very bright and a bit warm…

then, later it was to get into the sunshine to keep warm again, lol…

and I had some fun taking photos of various flowers…

what a lovely treat, particularly as the weather has been dull, overcast, and rainy for the last few days…

I am blessed…

rainfall…

05 Saturday Sep 2026

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got up early and went outside for a look at the lovely sky and my flowers…

the previous evening I’d noticed that one of the buds on a morning glory plant was getting ready to open…

I’ve been waiting for these ones as they are quite stunning but seem to take an extra long time to open…

sure enough it had opened to a beautiful flower… happily I took a few photos before going back inside and back to bed…

when I next got up it had just stopped raining so I went out to check on the bloom…

of course it was a little worse for wear after the rainfall…

so happy I went out early 😊…

met…

31 Monday Aug 2026

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I’m so happy with how the plants are growing on the new arch…

the scarlet runner beans have been flowering for a while, but the actual beans have only just begun to appear…

the morning glories have now met up with the scarlet runners at the top of the arch…

it looks so nice from everywhere in the garden 😊…

settings…

28 Friday Aug 2026

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last night there was a partial lunar eclipse and, since it was lovely out, I sat on the deck with my camera and tripod and got a few pictures…

had some fun with different settings on the camera…

I spent about an hour and a half enjoying the show and only went in once it had reached the peak and my camera battery died, lol…

shore…

22 Saturday Aug 2026

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every morning, while at my friends’ cottage, when I woke up, I would walk down and sit on the steps leading to the beach…

usually I’d spend an hour or so watching and listening to the waves…

it was always fun to watch the shore birds as well as the gulls and pelicans in the early morning quiet…

the first and last thing I did was to run down to the beach to say hello and goodbye😊…

unbearable…

30 Thursday Jul 2026

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up early on Wednesday to tidy the garden and water everything… even gave the new grass a dribble…

started with the hose and gave big drinks to all three pots in the front yard, and those in the garden…

then, while the irrigation system and drip hose did their thing, I filled a bucket with overly eager virginia creeper and did some deadheading…

finally, the cushions came out and I was able to sit, read, and enjoy the garden before it became unbearable outside…

ripening…

13 Monday Jul 2026

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I’ve been watching the strawberries, which have been under netting so that I get the berries, not the birds or squirrels, lol…

on Sunday I took the netting off and collected the dozen berries that were ripe, although two weren’t completely finished…

I did remove them and have them in the window to finish ripening…

took off the stems and added some whipped cream to them for a tasty dessert after supper…

the plant has a number of flowers on it so that’s why the netting needed to come off, so that insects could pollinate them…

delicious… I haven’t had that many at once since I started growing them a few years ago…

I think they are enjoying the spot they are in this year😊…

humidex…

12 Sunday Jul 2026

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spent time in the garden fairly early as the temperature was going to 37°C before adding in the humidex…

only put out the cushion I was sitting on, lol… with the huge humidity yesterday, stepping into the garden fairly early, even in the evening, was like hitting a wall…

made sure to water all the plants, and if it doesn’t rain today, I will also water the new grass tomorrow…

sat out on the back deck until close to noon and then moved into the house…

had a monarch visit for a while, just before I went in, but still have no eggs or caterpillars;-(…

came back out just after supper for a short while…

still crazy hot 🥵…