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August OMG, Solidarity Blocks, My Selfie from Canadian Needle Nana

"And into the garden I shall go

To lose my mind and find my soul"

My garden is overblown these days...all the beds have so many interlopers I don't know where to start with the weeding. I actually enjoy a chaotic garden so this isn't bothering me that much. I did pull out the Wild Grape Vine that had wound its way through the daisies. But even that has pretty leaves to my eye.

Above is a Cedar Waxwing with its gorgeous lemon belly I captured down by the pond a few years back. The sun is ...

added by Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana 8 months, 3 weeks ago. under birds , books , omg , shows to watch , solidarity blocks

Flower Basket Runner, Family Times, Quiltmania Blocks from Canadian Needle Nana

I guess the humidity and high temperatures are good for flowers. I've never had such huge blooms on the Hydrangeas...totally smothering flowers I've planted around them. I must make a note to move these in the fall.

The wonderful Day Lilies are blooming. There are many scattered about.

Tony turned 84 last week and we had a wonderful family celebration for him. He enjoyed the attention and especially the food. Bruschetta to start and then a steak and shrimp meal most of it barbequed by SIL, Brad, with sides by Beth, the cake maker.

He doesn't ...

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Pinks Everywhere, Basket Blocks, Free EPP Patterns from Canadian Needle Nana

A tiny rabbit appeared in the front yard one day when the sun was scorching the grass. It stayed in this position long enough for me to get the camera ready. I got excited at the possibility of this being a brilliant photo with the little guy paused amidst an arbor of colours, pinks above and greens below. I took a number of photos. The light was horrible and this is best of the shots. Sigh But the little fellow looked so cute. I wished I could hold it.

I spent an enjoyable hour combing the stacks at the local ...

added by Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana 9 months, 1 week ago. under books , free patterns , solidarity blocks , wildlife

Solidarity Flimsie #1, A Special Book, Everything's A' Bloomin' from Canadian Needle Nana

Everything is blooming!

Including a Clematis Sapphire bush in a shady spot.

I'm trying to "tend the garden" these days. Short spurts of weeding here and there; it has to be short as the heat has been killing. We are just not acclimatized to this kind of humidity either. But the flowers love it. The soil in the beds is very rich which means the weeds love it as well.

I've thought of my Dad's mother, my grandmother, who had not only a flower garden but a vegetable garden to tend each summer. In that outport it ...

added by Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana 9 months, 2 weeks ago. under books , flowers , gardening , solidarity blocks

Time Wasters, Geraniums, Fair Food, Solidarity Blocks from Canadian Needle Nana

Philip Jacobs, a designer for Free Spirit, puts such detail into his flower renderings. Here is his "Geranium" fabric beautifully defying the old adage that blue and green should never be seen except together in the washing machine.

And here are my winter geraniums enjoying the sun on the back deck.

Coming into a second blooming. I pinched them back so they would bush out and not grow up and leggy.

I'm reading Emma Donahue's Haven. So far about a quarter in, I am enjoying it. Three Irish monks trying to survive on an isolated island during a ...

added by Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana 9 months, 3 weeks ago. under books , flowers , food , solidarity blocks

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