12 Wednesday Jun 2019
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I cannot believe it…
June 11 and all of the flowers had to be covered because there was a frost warning…
sigh…
good thing there was a bag full of old sheets in the garage… and that I knew exactly where they were, lol…
not sure the temperature fell below zero, but glad I protected them…
spent some time this morning removing the sheets and hanging the baskets back up… they were a little sad to have been covered up, but they were all alive, lol…
10 Monday Jun 2019
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big girl pants, close, garden, lucky, overflow, pond, poppies, shopping, swallow, top up, water, weather, widow
turned the hose on to top up the pond again yesterday… maybe the wind has been evaporating the water more quickly because it wasn’t particularly hot…
then I got focussed on a few other things… was on my way to the garage to go grocery shopping and decided to check out the poppies before leaving…
when I got over there I realized that the water was still going… turned it off just as it was going to swallow up the bridge…
yikes… that was close…
09 Sunday Jun 2019
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beautiful, beloved, big girl pants, dahlia, flowers, garden, happy, hibiscus, mandevilla, planted, plants, pond, purple, rain, theme, weather, widow
had some fun in the garden on Saturday… the forecast was for thunderstorms and rain during the day so I got out early to plant the purchases from the day before…
trying to stick to the purple and white theme although the dahlia might be a bit on the pink side;-)…
three pots planted, a few baskets hung, the tomato and mandevilla placed… also brought out the hibiscus…
still need to bring out the Japanese Maple, but going to wait just a bit longer so it doesn’t struggle with the move…
it is looking pretty good… now just waiting to get that back flowerbed cleaned up…
missing my beloved as I work away in the yard…
07 Friday Jun 2019
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big girl pants, bunnies, dandelions, freeze, hot, walk, weather, widow
got up early and went for a walk to the Park… temperature was going to 34° and will feel like 39° Celsius…
so an early walk seemed like a good plan, lol..
by the time I got home just before 10, it was already hot…
as I was walking down the next street, two bunnies froze in place as I was coming down the sidewalk… the yard they were in was filled with dandelions which they love…
they really think if they freeze the person walking along won’t see them, lol…
as soon as I passed them, they both hopped away…
03 Monday Jun 2019
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fun in the garden…
finally got around to planting the lobelia and alyssum… the weather may have turned the corner, although it was something like 4 degrees when I got up…
decided to plant in clumps, so all lobelia in some planters and just alyssum in others…
looking forward to watching them grow and seeing how they look…
29 Wednesday May 2019
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this morning I turned the furnace off as the weather has really improved…
this was the view out the front door a few minutes ago…
and this was the view out the back… so happy that it is warm enough to have the screen open…
l really love the screen protectors… haven’t walked through the screen even once, lol…
03 Friday May 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, bliss, favourite, favourite thing, flowers, food, garden, leaves, moments, nature, orchid, orchids, photos, pictures, trees, vacation, waterfall, weather, widow
I’ve been asked by a number of people to share my favourite thing about Maui…
so I’ve been thinking about it… and I can’t come up with just one thing…
over the last week I’ve printed a group of my favourite photos… and have been looking them over and remembering the particular moments each one represents…
there were so many special times… the ocean, the beaches, the rainbows, the trees, the turtles, the vegetation, the orchids, the flowers, snorkelling, the waterfalls, the food, the helicopter flight, the cacao trees, and on and on…
it really was two weeks of bliss;-)…
02 Tuesday Apr 2019
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tonight I walked home from Portage…
it was a bit chilly, but a lovely walk… the streets were clear of snow and just a bit wet so my feet made it home unscathed…
really happy now that I know the sidewalks are in good shape so that I can start walking on a regular basis;-)…
although there is very little snow remaining on the ground, it snowed off and on for a good portion of the day… crazy…
the creek is full of water, nearly all the ice has melted… the mix of cold and warm and wind have slowed down the melt so it doesn’t look like it will overflow…
30 Saturday Mar 2019
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big girl pants, Chihuly, drawer, family, memories, pictures, quadrant, sea shells, Seattle, sunshine, table, weather, widow
sun shone all day which is great… Saturday is my rest day and I try not to leave the house…
had a fun time changing out the drawer in the living room coffee table…
put away all of the pictures of beautiful Chihuly installations and family photos… brought back some lovely memories of our meeting with him in Seattle… like shaking the hand of a rock star;-)…
pulled out the box filled with sea shells and used them to fill the four quadrants… I remember how excited I was to find this table at IKEA that the shells could go into…
of course, I’ve lost two different batches of shells since then, lol…
but it looks lovely and beach-y...
13 Wednesday Mar 2019
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big girl pants, blooming, flowers, hoarfrost, house, lovely, Spring, trees, turning, under, weather, widow
what a lovely start to the day, particularly as I was feeling a bit under the weather…
Spring flowers are blooming… even if they are in the house…
hoarfrost on the trees and I got a few pictures…
the weather is turning;-)…
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