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Daily pic: 05 Oct 14

Full day of cooking and dishes... Glad I went out to catch the late afternoon light on our sunflowers.

Daily pic: 28 Sep 14

S pulled this carrot from our garden. We thought it looked like a moustache!

Daily pic: 18 Sep 14

G decided to start pulling carrots this evening. We're amazed by their width! The younger girls pulled a few dozen and there's plenty more for another day. I love growing food!

Daily pic: 08 Sep 14

I'm glad Neil decided to plant sunflowers in our back yard this year!

Daily pic: 25 Aug 14

We might get this yard weeded before the end of summer!

I was looking at my photos from several years ago and thought I haven't been taking enough pictures of my girls lately. I took a lot more back then!

Daily pic: 23 Aug 14

I'm embarrassed to say these flowers - my favourite - were completely obscured until I spent two hours pulling weeds today. Their leaves are littered with weed seeds. So glad to see these! I thought we had lost all of our echinacea over the winter. There are several more volunteers, too. I think they'll bloom next year.

Daily pic: 19 Aug 14

A pretty volunteer poppy in our yard, with lots of Virginia Creeper behind it.

Daily pic: 29 Jul 14

S found two ripe strawberries! First harvest from these plants, which are new this year.

Daily pic: 28 Jul 14

Another glimpse of our garden. Lovely lilies! (Analog: Booster filter)

I have to focus on enjoying small pieces of the yard as it's not looking good as a whole. I need time to pull the weeds! Perhaps next week when I'm off work.

Daily pic: 17 Jul 14

A little bit of our garden (sedum) from above.

Daily pic: 03 Jul 14

We lost a few perennials over the harsh winter, but our trusty Sweet Williams came back strong as ever.

Daily pic: 29 Jun 14

Nice second harvest of rhubarb today. Picked in the rain while waiting to move a water pump -- which is really the story of the day: 3+ inches of rain so far and no end in sight. We spent much of the day dealing with water in the basement and yard. I also took a picture of a window well full of water. Yuck. This picture is much happier!

(Our third day of deep cleaning the girls' rooms came to a sudden halt when the water problems started. Hope we can get back to it tomorrow. But we have other commitments, too.)

Daily pic: 24 Jun 14

Just a bit of our garden that I enjoy... three kinds of sedum.

Also: Daisy went home today. The girls have started packing for their summer vacation. G's hair is free of knots.

Daily pic: 15 Jun 14

Father's Day... While doing yard work and finally getting some pots planted this afternoon, I managed to get this treasure! In one shot. 

Daily pic: 12 Jun 14

Our lilies are coming along. Looking forward to those blooms! Our yard looks awful as we haven't had time to do any yard work. For now, this is about all of the yard I'm willing to share. Hoping to get out there and make a real difference on Sunday. A free day, finally.

Daily pic: 03 Jun 14

The girls were delighted to take home these cute table centrepieces from their Auntie's wedding shower on Saturday. The plants are Orange Mint, Melissa All Gold Lemon Balm, and Oregano.

Sophia participated in the first day of the city track meet and earned a 4th place in triple jump. She's looking forward to high jump, long jump, and relay tomorrow. Madeline is in high jump tomorrow, too. Neil is helping with Mosaic set up today and tomorrow, as well as working extra hours at Prairie Sky and serving Grocery Freedom customers every weekday. The girls have stage rehearsal tomorrow night. Busy week!

Daily pic: 26 May 14

G wanted our strawberry bedding plants in a pot, so we did that. Maybe we'll plant them in the ground later. She also took this little chime ornament from one of the house plants and put it here.

Daily pic: 19 May 14

It'll still be awhile before my rhubarb is big enough to cut. Can't wait - I love it!

Today was Victoria Day, and I'm off all this week. Lots to do around the house and yard. (I could easily fill three weeks!) Sophia is excited and getting ready for Outdoor Ed at Camp Monahan (3 days and 2 nights).

Daily pic: 11 May 14

We have a tradition of visiting greenhouses on Mother's Day so I wanted to capture this. The girls were fascinated by water plants at the Plant Ranch.

We didn't buy much today. The girls picked 3 small strawberry plants and Neil picked a 4-pack of Prairie Pride tomatoes. We've never grown strawberries before. I hope they do well!

Daily pic: 23 Apr 14

Green! Chives. A sight for sore eyes.