This and That

 It's a fairly nice day and the temperature is in the low 20'sC.  A perfect day to putter outside ( which I've been doing).  Remember those Canna Lily seed pods I was thinking of collecting? Well, when we went for our walk the Parks crew were digging all the Cannas out in preparation for planting Spring bulbs.  I asked if I could have some ( they were just going to throw them away) so we carried them home. Must have looked odd but who turns their nose up when offered free plants?

On the subject of plants....my Hibiscus are both blooming!!  The one on the left has done so well since I bought it at Home Depot greatly marked down. This is the first time it has bloomed for me.
 

We made a quick trip to the plant shop this morning. I bought 2 more Dahlias, 3 small houseplants, and some Tulip and also Daffodil bulbs. The bulbs were available either from open bins or prepackaged.

I promised I wouldn't be in the store long so DH amused himself watching the various animals that  are in the fenced area next to the shop. Mainly goats and chickens.

Thanks for visiting today,   GM

Teacup # 8

Houses

 

 

 The rain storm we had last week must have been too much for this neighbour's eaves troughs. The fascia board and all came down.

 On my walk I took some pictures of the houses that I pass on my way to the park. This is the latest one to be built.  The style is so boxy and not to my liking at all.  Look at all the reinforcement in the driveway. That's surely not going to crack no matter what gets parked on it.

 

The house above is across the street but one and the one below is right beside us.  To the left you can just see a corner of our house.

Enough about houses.  DH comes home later today and that will be great. I managed to get all the things done that I wanted to while he was gone. Now to keep things that way!

Here's another teacup. I believe it is # 7.

Thanks for coming by,  GM

First Day of Fall

 I know, I've been going on about how it's Fall already but officially I think it's the 22 this year.  

I went out earlier and looked at the moon. I forgot to yesterday but I doubt it could have been any more beautiful than it was today.

On my walk this morning I noticed that the Canna lilies in the park have these weird pods which I assume are their seed pods. I may cut a few of the brown ones and see if I can germinate them next Spring.  Anyone have any idea if it would work?

I brought more cherry tomatoes in today. I need to pick the Early Girl ones too but I'll do that tomorrow. We had such a lovely day today. 24C and a few summer clouds in that blue sky. When  you' live somewhere where it tends to be solid clouds for weeks on end you don't take clear skies for granted.  The forecast for the tomorrow is showers again.

Thanks for visiting, GM

teacup #6

Monday again

 

 Good Morning, Another week begins. It's cloudy but not raining today and I hope to go walking shortly.  It being Monday I'm doing laundry and later I hope to do one more of the tasks I had set for myself this week with my hubby gone. I left this one to the last because I've been dreading it. Making sense of a stack of photos from the past year which I haven't put into albums. Oh well, it will keep me busy and once it's done I'll try not to let things get into such a mess again.

Not much in the way of pictures this morning so I thought I'd show some pages from one of my Smash books ( much like scrapbooks in case you are not familiar with the term). I believe these were from the 1950's.  GM

 

  teacup #5

 

A Different Day

 

 It's a different day here. First of all the weather.  Our drought is definitely past and we're in for a day of heavy rain and strong winds.  Secondly, DH flew to spend a week with his family in Manitoba. I have lots of plans what I'm going to accomplish. It remains to be seen if indeed I'll do them. At least I won't be tempted to go putter outside because clouds and showers are in the forecast even after today's rain.

Something unusual yesterday. We were on our way home from Walmart and 3 deer ran out of a yard right onto the busy street. Fortunately none was hit but it's not often we see deer right in the city.

 

teacup #4

 Thanks for coming by. Hope your day is a good one.

GM

Wordless Wednesday

 

 

Thanks for visiting today,  GM

Fall comes to the Doll House

 Fall has come to the Dollhouse.

 

I took out the Fall things that I use every year to bring a touch of Autumn to the Dollhouse.

It feels very Fall-ish here today. Cloudy and cool with showers in the forecast. I hope you have a great day.  G.M.

 Tea Cup # 3