Thursday Chit Chat

 Lovely morning. There was one boat on the lake. The high-rise made quite a reflection!!

Two goose families appear to have joined forces. Grandson said he counted 23 goslings all together.
 

 Catherine (My Home and My Garden is her blog) had a question about my teacups in the garden.
 I hope this picture  is  a help.

 
I'm sad today because a number of beautiful old trees are being cut down to make room for a building that will house medical offices. So often before I go to bed I look out the bathroom window and say Good Night to those trees.  Not only will I miss seeing them but after this  the view will be of the hospital and parking lot. I know it makes sense to build this new building close to the existing hospital but did they really have to take down all the trees?

Sorry for the awful picture with the neighbour's basketball hoop and fence.  If you look carefully you can see the fellow with the saw up in the bucket of a truck.

It was 11C this morning with clear skies. As the day goes on it will no doubt be warm as it has been for the past few days. Tonight clouds move in and Friday, Saturday and Sunday will have showers. Doesn't matter to us but I do feel sorry for people who wait for the weekend to enjoy the outdoors only to have rain.

Thanks for visiting,   GM

 

In the Garden

 

 Middle of the week again...the days pass so quickly.  I try to get outside every day to try to keep the jungle under control.  BTW, scalding weeds works very well and it's gratifying to see them shrivel up immediately!
Tulips are at their best right now.....

 

 I put out the teacups like I do every year.

The cat tea pot is still a favourite.

A couple of lavender plants needed replacing so I did that.

I'm off to sit on the porch before it gets uncomfortably warm out there. I hope your day is good.

Thanks for visiting

May Day

Good Morning!  Happy May Day.
It's Monday once again and I'm doing laundry. After several lovely sunny days we're back to overcast and 12C  which is actually a good temperature for working outside. I did some weeding after we got back from our walk. I don't think there's much use weeding if it's going to rain though. I have 2 kettles of water set to boil and after I finish here I'll go scald weeds that are growing in cracks that I can't get out otherwise. Nothing much else going on. 

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Gardening Help

 

We are enjoying another lovely sunny day!  Yesterday eldest daughter and youngest son came to do some much needed ( and much appreciated) gardening for me. Even youngest grandson helped. If it wasn't for all the help I get I would either have to downsize my flowerbeds or let them become a jungle.
The Leopard's Bane is at its best right now. Lots of tulips are blooming; the few daffodils that I had are now done.

 We did the grocery shopping this morning. We don't go for our walk when we've shopped....not enough energy to do both. I think I'll take my second ( or maybe it's my third) cup of coffee and go sit onto the porch..
I hope you have a lovely day!   Thanks for coming by,   GM

Geese and Flowers

 We were caught in an unexpected shower on our morning walk. A lot of others were as well!  I think by noon it will have cleared up and we'll see the sun.

Remember that very first goose family of this year? There were 3 goslings then 2 then sadly, only one.
It has really grown!

Now there's a second little goose family; we counted 7 babies. Papa goose was being very vigilant and I didn't risk getting any closer.

I know I've shown this twisted old Weeping Willow many times but I never get tired of seeing it. I dread the day it gets too heavy and topples over.
 

The Daffodils we got on Monday have opened and fill the house with their lovely scent as do the Hyacinths that I got.  They were marked down to 3 for $5.  When they are done I'll plant them outside so they can grow and bloom for years to come.
 

Thanks for visiting,

GRANNY M.

 

Flowers

It was a day for flowers!  I took this picture in the park this morning.

 We planned to go to the plant shop and stopped on our way to buy some daffodils at a roadside stand.

We arrived at the shop just as it opened at 9. There were just 4 other vehicles in the parking lot. By the time we left 40 minutes later the lot was getting full!  We were surprised that so many were out on a Monday morning.

I know it's too early to be buying most plants but I got some that were on my list:  2 Early Girl tomatoes, 2 Hidcote lavender, 2  Heucheras, a mixed pot of  herbs ( mainly mint and Basil and something I can't identify) and a pack of tiny lettuces. These I have planted out in my little raised bed in the back.  Yesterday at the market I bought onion sets ( both red and regular yellow onions). I put those in the raised bed as well.

We've had  sunshine on and off today and the week's weather looks much more promising than what we've had so far. As we move into this last week of the month we can finally look forward to some fine days.

Thanks for coming by,  GM

Books and Blooms

 

 

I've mentioned that I'm going through my collection of children's books and then donating them in the hopes that children still read!  An author whose books I am now going through is Jean Little. She wrote over 50 books in her lifetime, mainly for young readers I'd say between 10 and 14. She herself was blind and many of her books feature children with physical disabilities  or facing difficult personal circumstances. I just finished Willow and Twig and I highly recommend  it for all ages. Willow and Twig's mother is a drug addict and they live a precarious life until they find their grandmother and go to live with her.  Jean Little died on April 6, 2020 at the age of 88.

 

You can hardly see it but there's a tiny bird on the very top of my latest bouquet..

I hope you're having a lovely weekend and that wherever you are the sun is shining.  We are having yet another damp day. We've had 18 days so far this month with measurable precipitation.   At least it isn't SNOW.

Thanks for visiting,   GM

picture from the internet