After putting kibble out for the outside cats, I was about to leave the sun room with bird seed, when I startled something small and white. I stayed in the sun room long enough for the brave baby to return! I could see no sign of the other two of Junk Pile's babies. They hang … Continue reading Brave Baby
Month: July 2020
Finally out
One thing about the new washing machine taking a while to come in (still no word on a new delivery/pickup date!) is that moving the old machine kept getting delayed. Yesterday, my younger daughter wrestled it out of the house, and we "walked" it over to the junk pile. Unfortunately, it was impossible to completely … Continue reading Finally out
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Evening visitors, and growth progress
Yesterday evening, I happened to glance out my window facing the garden and saw a deer making its way into the yard. Something startled it and it ran off, but I figured that would be a good time to do my evening rounds - and check the sunflowers! I headed out through the sun room … Continue reading Evening visitors, and growth progress
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Quiet Sunday, and thinking seeds
I was feeling a lot like this, today! We normally try to keep Sunday as a day of rest, and today, it seemed I really needed it. It's as if the heat from the past couple of days have sucked the energy right out of me! 😦 Thankfully, today has been a much "cooler" 24C/75F. … Continue reading Quiet Sunday, and thinking seeds
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Another scorcher
Well, the heat wave is back! When I headed out to do my rounds this morning, it was already 26C/78F. When I grabbed the hose to use it briefly, before topping up the cats' water bowls, the water was almost hot! So I decided to water a bunch of things, using up the warmer water … Continue reading Another scorcher
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Running on empty
I guess it's a good thing our washing machine didn't come in. It means we are NOT driving to the city today. Right now, I'm glad to not have to make the trip. For some reason, I had a sleepless night, and am running on empty. I did finally get a few hours of sleep, … Continue reading Running on empty
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Reclaiming space: sun room part 2, and the old kitchen
Before I start on how things went with the clean up, I have another update. I just got off the phone with Canada Cartage - the company shipping our new washing machine. They didn't receive it at this end, so they will call us with a new delivery date when they have it. I might … Continue reading Reclaiming space: sun room part 2, and the old kitchen
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Two kinds of babies
With Junk Pile's babies starting to use the spirea to hide in, I moved a food dish near the area. This morning, while Junk Pile was by the house, waiting for me to refill the kibble, I saw her mostly white kitten, sitting on the mulch by the grapes. It's not the white kitten in … Continue reading Two kinds of babies
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Clean up: reclaiming the old kitchen
The girls took care of a huge job for me, in emptying out the old kitchen! Well. As much as it will be. Here is how it looks now, while we take a break and get out of the heat. When we first moved here, my younger brother had his larger freezer where the one … Continue reading Clean up: reclaiming the old kitchen
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The (crab)apples of my eye
It looks like we're going to have lots of crabapples this year! The trees seem to be happy with both their pruning, and the increased rains we have had this year. The Re-Farmer
