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25 Tuesday May 2021

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Hilda the Gardener came by today and filled the front planters, a couple of hanging planters on the side of the house, a bed next to the garage, and moved ferns from one area to another…

everything looks great…

there is a threat of frost (for the next three nights), so I have just come in from putting sheets over all of the areas, lol…

excited to see how wonderful it is all going to look;-)…

she also brought me some lilacs, because she knows I love them…

basil…

23 Sunday May 2021

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took a walk around the garden this afternoon to see how everything is doing in this rather chilly and wet weather…

over the winter the bunnies were nibbling on the lilac so I was worried as to whether it would survive… last week I saw a few bits of green on it and today it has tiny buds… yay;-)…

the two morning glories and basil seem to be doing okay… they were the only plants I have left out… although I did read today that basil doesn’t like the cold and may end up stunted, so we will see…

spent a few minutes in the garage to see how all the plants are fairing in there… it isn’t heated, but certainly warmer than the garden, lol…

happy to spot a little morning glory blooming there…

it is supposed to be warmer tomorrow… maybe I will be able to plant a few baskets…

air…

16 Sunday May 2021

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this morning the plants went out for a breath of fresh air…

I managed to get them all into the shade where they spent most of the day…

so far they look pretty good… hope they are as good in the morning, lol…

I’ve just moved them into the garage for the night and will bring them back outside in the morning…

rack…

12 Wednesday May 2021

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the garden looks amazing…

yesterday, Hilda the Gardener came and spent a number of hours cleaning it up…

afterwards I spent time sitting out on the back deck… the weather has been delightful…

today I spent the day in the garden, moving pots around, and planting dahlias and some of my flower eggs…

I used a cookie rack over top of the flower eggs to keep the squirrels out, lol… wish I had more for the dahlias, but hopefully they won’t be too interesting for the critters…

when I wasn’t planting I finished a good book and started another…

enjoying the days…

actual…

10 Monday May 2021

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two friends dropped by at different times a few days ago…

one brought me a sad orchid she had which I am going to try and perk up… we both had masks on and she left the plant on the bottom step while I stood on the top… she moved close to the road and we spoke for a few minutes before she headed home…

about half an hour later anther friend brought me some chocolate which she had added to an online order and which had arrived… it is always fun to see what mask we each are wearing… we visited for a few minutes… she sat in a chair on the lawn while I sat on the steps…

I was happy to see actual people;-)…

buds…

08 Saturday May 2021

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so excited to see two buds on the morning glories in the living room window…

had not expected flowers before the plants were moved outside…

usually it takes weeks before the first bud shows up, so this was amazing…

since then, those two have opened and many others have bloomed as well…

making me think that I might try to grow some over the winter… I could start them in the fall and then see what happens;-)…

juncos…

02 Sunday May 2021

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spent the most wonderful hour in the garden…

it was chilly, but I’d seen numerous birds at the feeders so I moved a lounge chair next to the garage door, wrapped myself up in a blanket and sat still and watched for the visitors coming to the feeders…

there were juncos, white throated sparrows, maybe a song sparrow, a couple of chickadees, and either male and female purple or house finches… they were all over the feeders and on the ground…

there were also two mice… which is okay, as long as they are outside…

I was thrilled to sit and watch and didn’t take out the camera until just before I came in…

this is one of my favourite pictures…

drove…

30 Friday Apr 2021

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cannot remember the last time I walked outside…

I drove to my appointment and giggled as I realized I hadn’t driven since September or October… haven’t forgotten how to drive, lol…

I always park the car a good distance from the clinic so I can get steps in… today I came across a bunny on my walk…

after I got home my grandson rode his bike over to pick the car back up… while he was here he played with the dog next door for a few minutes…

it has been close to a year since he has had the car… crazy…

overnight…

28 Wednesday Apr 2021

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busy day yesterday…

spent time in the garage bringing the floor back into view…

the car hasn’t been here for an overnight since the fall so the garage has filled up with a number of things… a couple of the chairs waiting for their new brackets, a table with bits and pieces on top, numerous boxes, a few cushions not put into their proper place and some pumps…

I had moved a few items around the day before and yesterday I finished and was able to put the table away…

then I even swept the floor… Indi may not have recognized the space when she showed up this afternoon… my grandson didn’t even open the door when he arrived because he had been in it recently, lol…

had him put her into the garage and I opened all the windows and hope that any aerosols will be gone by morning when I need to head to an appointment…

vinyl…

27 Tuesday Apr 2021

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a week or so ago, the doorbell rang and a person asked if I wanted my vinyl siding fixed as they had noticed a couple of loose pieces…

I was thrilled, as in the fall my son-in-law and a neighbour had both tried to fix a couple of pieces on the front…

this person was working on a house down the street and came back on Saturday to do the fixes…

they also added more flashing to the garage so that the water won’t drip down behind the eavestrough…

so happy to have these pieces of siding put back into place and that I won’t have to listen to flapping in the wind anymore;-)…