Just going to put those off until Monday and fill the day with busy work.
TGIF
Tag: right now
TGIF
Sometimes it’s a struggle to get through the week.
Good thing there’s Saturday breakfast to look forward to.
So much for Sunday
Here’s three.
Pretty sure that “absolutely certain”, like most things, is not only relative but also time sensitive.
✍️ Ward Churchill
TGIF
Only critters now.
After much ado about everything for the last few years, the backyard crew finally packed up their tools and remaining construction materials and left. For a variety of reasons, the whole project has been riddled with delays, setbacks and change, so I can imagine they are just as relieved as I am to see the end of it.
The neighborhood cat is thrilled, coming to hunt and avail himself of the soft, fresh earth in the two large, unplanted flower beds. I can live with that – his activities don’t need my supervision 😆
Mandala Monday
Temporarily blue.
Clearish skies and a l’il heatwave had me out tamping down the flower beds before Beryl brings us some heavy duty rainfall. Perhaps not the smartest activity for late morning as a second shower was in order before starting any real work 🙄
So much for Sunday
Double bonus points for me today: moved all the leftover pavers from one side of the yard to the other so that the construction crew will be able to finish what they are still buggering around with…
One good thing
Strangely, not seen on the menu this time
I always seem to get embroiled in things that aren’t necessarily my purview, often because I have some previous experience or know the best, fastest, and cheapest way to do it (yes, my way). Things usually roll merrily along until someone refuses to listen, is obstinate about following instructions or just takes me and my POV for granted.
It has been said that being less instantly reactive can be beneficial – I’m not so sure about that. Tonight I am like an unstirred pot of tomato sauce left on the stove on low heat for too long, where the bottom eventually burns – a state that is, unfortunately, irreversible and leaves a sourness in the mouth. No amount of immediate palate-cleansing helps, so you ditch it and start fresh. Or order out.
TGIF
As with most things, being proactive is a step in the right direction.
Lotsa Hosta
Not even July and they’re blooming.
Going to be another scorcher again except today we get bonus blazing sunshine. In backyard news, while the poor flowers struggle to gain a decent foothold the hostas are gigantic – who knew that potting them for the duration of construction would be so beneficial.
TGIF
It’s all coming back out anyways.
Super-long, steamy week with tropical temperatures and the occasional monsoon downpour make towelling off after that morning shower futile 😆
Wild and woolly
Feeling a bit prehistoric this morning.
Nothing a bout of busy can’t cure.
📍 Royal BC Museum, Victoria
Almost June
Another Monday trying to figure out which direction to go in.
While I am lucky enough to work at home and be able to choose how I allot my time this also means I’m unlucky enough to get distracted by small, unfinished personal projects, the internet, snacks, noises in the backyard and any other random interruptions that may occur throughout any given day. 🐿️
Summer is often slow work mode for many people, a reprise from the routine, but it can also be a time of regrouping and getting things in order for when the days get shorter and we are stuck with the more mundane aspects of daily life. Good or bad, we all seem to have been through alot lately – moving forward is good.
So no matter how small the task or effort, if you can think of it, now is probably a good time to do it.
No green thumb
Happy hydrangea.
I was gifted a glorious, very large bright blue hydrangea that I anticipated putting in the backyard but that’s not going to happen now for a variety of reasons I won’t go into here. I tried putting it on the third floor balcony but it wasn’t very happy with both the stiff breeze and the stifling heat and humidity of recent days – it wilted and drooped pathetically in the space of a few hours. I brought it inside, put it in the bathtub under the skylight and gave it a cold shower and soaking – along with some climate-controlled temps courtesy of the AC and it was back to its perky self by the next day. It seems supremely happy there.
Now what do I do? 😆
So much for Sunday
Today is a good day to catch up on much needed rest.
✍️ Friedrich Nietzsche
🖼️ Dans le lit, “In Bed’
🎨 Henri de Toulouse Lautrec
🕰️1892
📍Musée d’Orsay, Paris
White no more
No solution in sight.
I actually have one of these and am guessing that you probably do too. Giving it one last chance in the laundry to become a thing of beauty again before I pass it along to someone in my family that won’t notice.
🖋️ Bruce Eric Kaplan, The New Yorker, 2019
TGIF
To change or not to change
The good thing about SoMe is that your friends can call anytime and it doesn’t matter what you’re wearing.
Blue blue
No edits/no filters because they are already perfect
Absolutely huge pot of bright blue hydrangeas living in my dining room because the backyard is still under construction. Does anyone know what to feed them to retain the colour?
Happy Mothers’ Day
Everyone should think about a day off today and take some time to stop and smell the roses.
TGIF
Looks like a good spot.
Garden helpers always have their own ideas that might not be according to your plan 😆
Spring forward
Playing with other blooms.
Not a whole lot coming up in the backyard but the hostas transplanted to big pots last year – that’s ok, they’re green and happy and right now that’s all that counts.
Just sitting here
My hero.
Got to love black birds. Put some treats out for your feathered friends on National Bird Day! Have a look at the link for more animal hijinx.
TGIF
Trying really hard.
Feeling a bit like a pinball these past few weeks but guessing that it’s better to be in motion than not 😆
Water issues
It’s always something
Plumbing is all fixed just in time as Saturday night brought biblical proportion rains. So nice to be able to enjoy a hot bath, no matter what the weather, but perhaps not immediately as there is a full load of soaking-wet, half-done laundry sitting in the tub. Oh joy, the 15 year-old washing machine is officially on its last legs. I can’t even anymore…
In the light of day
Internal landscape
So that’s the culprit in all of the recent plumbing woes, an impressive 6’ long crack in the cast iron stack that has been leaking in secret for who knows how long and only recently came to our attention thanks to the deluge of rain last week.
Kudos to the plumber who did a fantastic job and had a sense of humour to boot. Encourage kids to go into the trades – as long as there are old houses there will always be work.
TGIF
Another perspective
Things should be easing up a bit now that Mercury retrograde has released its stranglehold on communication and general life glitches. Don’t rush, perhaps consider last month’s setbacks from a different angle and take some advice from the Farmer’s Almanac – “Use your energy towards intelligent changes”.
Not yet Spring
Indoor bouquets only
Still too cold here for anything but hostas to be happy in the ground . Keeping my fingers crossed May will bring warmer temperatures.
So much for Sunday
Time flies
Who knew seven years could go by so fast. Dipping my toes in the waters once more – lots to catch up on.
FORTUNE COOKIE 108
I don’t even know where to begin with this one…
Think on your Feet
In these days where much seems orchestrated, improvisation should be a welcomed part of our required skill set.
Gimme Shelter
Hope the roof on this baby wasn’t built by the same contractor who installed the one on the Olympic Stadium 
I really wish local government would get with the program and accept that not all tourists to our fair city are francophone: Such a great PS installation should at least be bilingual and then everyone could go home and say they saw the world’s largest 
and not wonder what that was all about.
ACROSS THE BORED 