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All Hands on Deck!

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What does one do when unexpectedly faced with a free weekend because soccer games were cancelled and no errands to run? Why, get out and clean the backyard deck, of course!  It hadn’t been maintained for a couple of years … okay, several years :(

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It was also a hot and humid day – perfect for playing with water :)  We borrowed a power washer from a friend, and everybody took a turn with it. There was something soothing about walking the deck from one end to the other, watching the layers of dirt and grime stripped to show the true colour of the wood …

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And while it was in use, the others took a break from the hot sun …

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And then Tropical Storm Andrea came along …

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Now we have to wait a couple of days before we can start the stain and seal stage!

Stay tuned …

Veined Petals

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My current colour obsession
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I know that the Pantone colour of the year is emerald, but my eyes are drawn more to this combination more than other colours.

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The roses are about a week old, but I think that helped highlight the veins and threads through the petals.

I need to take up dyeing and painting again … so I can recreate something like this …

 

 

Rambling Again

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My allergies are back … this must be a particularly bad allergy season, because the last time I had seasonal allergies was about twenty years ago, and all of a sudden, my nose and head are all stuffed up, and I’m walking around in a daze and dozing off at odd moments … I suspect as a result from the allergy medicines …  and I woke up just in time to get off my bus stop, or else I would have had to call somebody at home to come and pick me up in some other town …

I’m rambling again, aren’t I?

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Here’s some flowers to start off your weekend … maybe I’ll feel up to posting again next week.

Have a good weekend, all!

 

 

 

 

Leaves Within Leaves

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It occurred to me as we walked through the garden that I don’t pay much attention to the greens … the leaves, the grass. The flowers are always the main attraction, with their colours and their beauty. I look at leaves and appreciate their beauty as well. But I don’t focus on them as much.

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This year, I decided that I would pay more attention to them.  And discover this design of a leaf within a leaf.   And these colourful bed of leaves.

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So have a second look at leaves.  They’re beautiful in their own way too.