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July 19th – Monday Magic

July 19, 2021July 24, 2021 by annemariedemyen, posted in Magical Moments - July 2021

I hope everyone had a nice weekend! Dan went golfing yesterday, but while he was gone I had a couple of unexpected visitors. Son Mark came by with his son Dom. We were so busy visiting, and snacking, and splashing in the pool that I forgot to take any photos.

Our day is beginning a bit cooler and overcast today. I started my meditation outside in my special place under our big spruce tree, but it started to sprinkle a bit so decided to come inside. I got comfortable and we had the wildest crash of thunder! I thought the upgrader outside of town had exploded. Then it rumbled on for a bit and there were no sirens, so it was obviously just thunder. 🤷

I have a few new photos of our yard to share. I hope you enjoy!

**Between our cucumbers and our tomatoes, I almost need a machete to get around our garden.**

**Anything but portulaca fries in this planter on the east side of our garage, but, the portulaca thrives all summer.**

We have two lemon trees that we started from seed about three summers. They spend the summer outside and winter inside. They are both going nuts this summer. At some point, wintering them in our house is going to become problematic. 🙄

**First sunflower to bloom and it is twins!**

**I have no idea what these are but they are suddenly thriving. 😉**

**Our money tree finally decided to come back to life.** **Yay!** 👍💵🥂

**This begonia has been struggling but it is starting to come back, as well. 💞**

That is all I have for today! I hope all is well with everyone. There’s a full moon this week, so if you are prone to moonly disasters you might want to lay low and hide your electronics. 😉

Take care and see you tomorrow💞

Day 12 – Weathering Saskatchewan

June 12, 2021June 14, 2021 by annemariedemyen, posted in Accentuate the Positive - June 2021

Day twelve of my June ‘Accentuate the Positive’ celebrates the diversity of our Saskatchewan weather.

We seldom have dangerous weather but we do get damaging hails, occasional tornadoes, and our roads get treacherous during a winter storm.

In the past 14 days we have had +31c days, snow, more +31c, fog, thunder, lightening and rain, flash flooding, and wind! Now it is calm and sunny. 🌞

Wind gusts of 84km yesterday afternoon

After the rain yesterday morning. Our walkway beside the channel. We walk ***BETWEEN*** the two metal posts.

Rain yesterday morning. ☔. We needed the moisture. We also need to mow the lawn!

This snow was actually in mid April (this landing is about three feet off the ground). We did also have snow at the end of May but I did not take a picture of it. Snow is snow. 😬

Fog alert! This photo was taken about one short block to busy train tracks.

Sun shining down on the birdbath. It is usually a busy place on hot sunny days. 🌞

With the weather passed, our squirrel dropped by for a few peanuts. 🤗

Twelve days down, eighteen to go!

Wishing you a wonderful day, regardless of the weather and I hope to see you tomorrow. 💞

The Upside of Retirement

September 2, 2020 by annemariedemyen, posted in retirement

I am kidding! Retirement is the upside😂

Back in the day, walking from my vehicle to my office on a rainy day brought a new level of misery to any day.

I just got back from my hour long morning walk (in the rain) with my somewhat damp and smelly dog. It was pure BLISS.

Rain or shine, I hope you are having a great day🤗

Weekend Wandering

July 20, 2020 by annemariedemyen, posted in nature

Dan was working days this weekend so I spent a lot of time relaxing and wandering around with Kat. I wish summer would last forever!

Saturday afternoon – the weather Channel said Regina was sunny and clear🤷

Roaming along the storm channel behind O’Neil High School

I hope everyone had a nice weekend!

Just Like That!

June 6, 2020June 6, 2020 by annemariedemyen, posted in life

Yesterday was a beautiful day in the neighbourhood. Today – not so much. It is cold, windy and looking to rain later. We could use the rain. The cold and wind we could definitely do without.

Southern Saskatchewan has a tendency to be windy, but I do not remember winds like this. It goes on for days (and nights!) at a time. I left our bedroom window open last night and felt like I was going to get blown out of bed this morning. I went out and set our hanging planters on the ground again. The plants in them just take too much of a beating when the wind is gusting in the 70k range.

It might be a good day to give Kat a bath. She is filthy and she does not look like she is too motivated to go for a walk any time soon.