Saturday 18 July 2020

What a week!

Yes, that was a week. New air conditioner, repairs to the fireplace, and cataract surgery referral. 
We had a great week with the girls. Lots of good food: pears, small pies for dessert (blueberry and rhubarb), leftover meatloaf, dumplings with coleslaw and spiralized carrots. 


We managed a swim on Thursday. It's not as big as their pool at home, but the three of us fit in.
Isabelle has fun with her sunblock shirt. 

Toweling off, we shared a moment.

Nutmeg was quite friendly.

Puzzle time

There are 7 frogs in the goldfish pond. With the dryness, they began to move in. We've since had rain. 
Next, the water snake and garter snakes will be back.

The doe managed to 'trim' my two transplanted hostas. Ah well.

What I love about this time of year are the hummingbird hawk moths and the sphinx moths, who frequent the monarda and other flowers.


Macroglossum

For more critters: 

Saturday's Critters #344

I told the girls about the baby flicker in the nest, but no one wanted to face the bugs!

baby flicker from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

17 comments:

eileeninmd said...

Hello Jenn,
Cute photos of you and your grandchildren! I love the cute frogs on the lilypads and the Flicker video! Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Enjoy your day, have a great weekend. PS, thanks for the comment and visit.

Anvilcloud said...

Enjoy the hot weekend.

carol l mckenna said...

Oh wow! What fun you all are having ~ love the frogs and the flicker ~ and fun photos ~ and so creative ^_^

Live the moment with love, Xox
A ShutterBug Explores

Tom said...

...I LOVE those frog images!!!

Hootin Anni said...

Love the flicker! And those moths are all incredibly beautiful. The pool looks refreshing. And, I guess that's the price for having deer visit...like you said...oh, well.

Cloudia said...

Lovely Canadian Summer! A hummingbird moth

~Lavender Dreamer~ said...

I don't know where to begin...love seeing you with the kids! And the frogs are great fun! LOVE the moths too. Everything is happening at your house. Hope it's all good in the week to come! Hugs!

Yamini MacLean said...

Hari OM
A lovely roundup for the weekend!!! YAM xx

RedPat said...

Those moths are incredible! Love seeing all of your frogs!

Nancy J said...

The baby Flicker, that is just great, testing the open air, maybe having a trial flutter inside, you have had a wonderful week, during the virus times, grandparents are lifesavers. The two of you, that is a very special photo.XXX

R's Rue said...

Beautiful

Christine said...

Glad it was a good week!

Anu said...

Hello. Lovely post. Thanks for sharing.

Linda said...

Our run off stream is dusty dry, no frogs this year. Yahoo, a cataract surgery referral, a step in the rifgt direction.

Olga said...

Oh, all those frogs. That was a treat.

https://linsartyblobs.blogspot.com said...

I like frogs. I've not seen any for a while but I used to see them in the garden even though we haven't got a pond.

Lowcarb team member said...

You've certainly had quite a week!
Such lovely photographs of you and the grandchildren.

All the best Jan