Just a sec… · Seven Day Weekend

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July 23, Wednesday. 10:05am

Outside my window… heavy rainfall. It is expected to rain all day today.

I am thinking… consistently about my mom and siblings in Manila. I’ll see you guys again this December. I talked to my mom the other day for about 45 minutes and she told me about how Cassy’s (Liezl’s second daughter) christening went last Saturday and new plans for a family get-together on my Dad’s birthday.

I am thankful for… the world wide web. It makes maintaining long distance communication so much easier.

From the kitchen… fresh fruits, fresh cut flowers, tea, grilled cheese, and kare-kare in the making for dinner.

I am wearing… lavender nail polish.

I am creating… a garden.

I am reading… flipboard. It’s a morning and an evening habit.

I am hoping… for good weather this weekend. We’re to visit a good friend in Quebec City.

I am hearing… Morning Drive on TV… then flipping to CNBC for business news.

Around the house… errr, boys and dust?

One of my favorite things… a good cup of coffee in the morning.

A few plans for the rest of the week… music school, dentist, road trip.

A story to tell… how does my garden grow?

One morning in late June… workers came to remove the front hedge between our house and the neighbor’s.

It made the space clean and airy… and less insects to boot.

A few days later, work started in our backyard. This guy was cutting a strip of our hedge to make space for a new fence.

I enjoyed observing from the outside, eating my pasta lunch and watching the work in progress.

Our backyard has seen better days as there were more weeds than grass.

Then they put my garden frame and topped it with soil.

Nice, eh? I could stay outside the whole day.

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It even looks nice at night time. I’m almost tempted to camp outside.

My flowers were in abundance. It’s a different kind of fulfillment to see flowers on plants you started from seeds.

I got pansies from seeds I harvested last year.

They adorned my window box.

A columbine from seeds I bought from The Butchart Garden in Vancouver.

Foxgloves, also from seeds from The Butchart Garden. Only $1.35 a packet, for approximately 500 seeds per packet!

And lupins, also grown from seeds.

Sweet Williams from seeds I bought from the dollar store. Surprisingly, it had the best germination rate.

In late Spring, my iris bloomed.

Such a lovely color. It should bloom again come fall.

I also have roses that I bought on sale. I ordered it late in the season, only $6.00 per bareroot compared to $19.99 on regular price. They fill my garden with their sweet scent.