tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64288905239578082832024-02-24T01:43:33.245-05:00Gardening in a SandboxGardening in a Sandboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637549836563211475noreply@blogger.comBlogger634125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428890523957808283.post-289029581867661422014-04-19T15:26:00.001-04:002014-04-19T15:26:13.768-04:00Hoping You Have a Blessed EasterGardening in a Sandboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637549836563211475noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428890523957808283.post-5374477956211611072014-03-09T11:03:00.001-04:002014-03-09T11:03:22.280-04:00First Birthday Yesterday my husband and I attended our granddaughters first birthday party. The house was alive with little ones having a fun time of running through the house. Kenzi wanted to join it but they kept knocking her down as they sped past her. She is a trouper though. No tears as she got back up and tried to go with the flow again. The hitch came when she was to participateGardening in a Sandboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637549836563211475noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428890523957808283.post-69134086372803128442014-03-06T13:42:00.001-05:002014-03-06T13:42:44.246-05:00Abstract Flowers I found this photo in my Lightroom files yesterday and I decided to join Bonnie for her monthly Pixel Dust Photo Art PhotoArtFriday. Her theme this month was funny enough abstract art. So I added one of her textures called Si Belle to my abstract flowers and that is it. Gardening in a Sandboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637549836563211475noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428890523957808283.post-34303535669774159072014-03-02T12:18:00.001-05:002014-03-02T12:18:58.531-05:00Violet in Bloom Recently I took an African Violet that had sprouted more than one root and divided it into 4 complete plants. I have read that you are supposed to take off all the old leaves and I did sort of. I put three plants in this greenhouse that I bought a few years ago at Homesense. The other I put back in the kitchen with a plastic bag over its head. It had blooms Gardening in a Sandboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637549836563211475noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428890523957808283.post-34221562300866940012014-02-23T14:11:00.001-05:002014-02-23T14:11:08.553-05:00Getting the Jump on Spring Display Yesterday I attended Get the Jump on Spring at the Toronto Botanical Garden in Toronto. This event is for all the Garden Clubs, Environmental organizations and Horticultural Societies to display information about themselves to the general public. There were also presentations, specialty vendors and artisans and a floral design competition. One of my own Society members Gardening in a Sandboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637549836563211475noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428890523957808283.post-75798435344620214932014-02-09T12:06:00.001-05:002014-02-09T12:06:24.832-05:00Pink in High Key Lately I have been working with a photography mentor to see if I can improve the quality of my photos. During our sessions I have discovered that I have a love of high key photography. That is photos that are taken with a white or bright background. I bought a pot of ruffled pink cyclamen that I spend a lot of time photographing. With Valentine’s Day just Gardening in a Sandboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637549836563211475noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428890523957808283.post-45238891557751475872014-01-26T11:44:00.001-05:002014-01-26T11:44:37.791-05:00Images from a Winter’s Walk I know many of you are experiencing some terrible winter storms. The news has been showing us all the mishaps that have been going on on the roads. Our news has been full of horrendous fires of people’s home and even a Nursing Home in Quebec. It makes me sad. This week I looked back at some photos taken in winter in other years. I found these images from a walk in Gardening in a Sandboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637549836563211475noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428890523957808283.post-14201855822413579012014-01-19T14:52:00.001-05:002014-01-19T14:52:08.970-05:00Add A Little Colour to Your Day In theory I have created two diptychs and not mosaics but it is all I have today. The world around is mostly white now in winter so a little colour purchased from the grocery store is what I surround myself in to perk me up. I am joining Mary for Mosaic Monday. Hope your world is a little colourful today too. Gardening in a Sandboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637549836563211475noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428890523957808283.post-1458522110136883812014-01-12T14:55:00.001-05:002014-01-12T14:55:45.343-05:00Backyard Portraits After all the snow storms, freezing rain and frost quakes we are now having a thaw. The downspouts are pouring with water and the sidewalks are a skating rink. I wandered out to the pond this morning to see if there were bubbles in the water showing that the hole was open. To this point the little greenhouse we have coving the opening has been covered in snow and Gardening in a Sandboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637549836563211475noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428890523957808283.post-37169620805199815982014-01-03T08:49:00.001-05:002014-01-03T08:49:52.813-05:00A Booming Start to 2014 This morning when I woke up I found the temperature gauge at the back door read –25Celcius. That is cold. The kind of cold that when you get in your car you think you are sitting on a pile of bricks. Poor thing protested when I tried to start it. We are not the worst though I have heard of –55Celcius in our neighbouring province of Manitoba. Gardening in a Sandboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637549836563211475noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428890523957808283.post-19251670414349165492013-12-29T16:03:00.001-05:002013-12-29T16:03:18.820-05:00Scenes from the Sandbox After the Ice Storm Last week we had a two days of freezing rain. All the trees and shrubs were covered in ice. The branches were so heavy that many snapped off or were hanging on the ground. Branches from the trees behind us came crashing down in our yard and the neighbours. Many people lost power from ice on power lines or just from broken branches. Some people are still with out Gardening in a Sandboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637549836563211475noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428890523957808283.post-13844783182971195322013-12-23T06:00:00.000-05:002013-12-23T06:00:01.750-05:00Merry Christmas to You All I hope that you are your families will enjoy the opportunity to be together at this special time of year. From our house to yours a Very Merry Christmas. Valerie Gardening in a Sandboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637549836563211475noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428890523957808283.post-44210997297204987982013-12-22T06:00:00.000-05:002013-12-22T06:00:00.679-05:00It Is Almost Christmas This is it. We are almost at the end of my Twelve Days of Christmas. This collage is a mix of old and new. I found some photos from last year and added with recent ones. We have officially entered winter now but the good thing is that the days will start to get a smidgeon longer each day. That puts a smile on my face. I will be joining Gardening in a Sandboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637549836563211475noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428890523957808283.post-75096016755447281312013-12-21T06:00:00.000-05:002013-12-21T06:00:01.184-05:00Wrapping the Gifts It is time for me to get wrapping the gifts. I have everything I need here. At one time I used to sit and make an extra effort to pleat the paper so pretty so that the recipient would be impressed with my wrapping skills. Now I just wrap it with a simple tag and sometimes a bow and sometimes not. Getting lazy I suppose. Valerie Gardening in a Sandboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637549836563211475noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428890523957808283.post-1703853183786941142013-12-20T06:00:00.000-05:002013-12-20T06:00:04.565-05:00Christmas Red A little birdie told me that it is only five more days until Christmas. This little birdie doesn’t speak but he wishes you Merry Christmas anyway. Valerie Gardening in a Sandboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637549836563211475noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428890523957808283.post-86555691870656154442013-12-19T07:47:00.001-05:002013-12-19T07:47:59.783-05:00A Little Bokeh in the Countdown to Christmas This one is a bit on the fuzzy side of bokeh but I love the colours Never one to leave things alone I added some filters from Nik Photo Efex 4. I like to push buttons literally I see. Hope you are getting the things done that need doing. My husband is having a couple of the girls from his former office here for lunch. I know that he will enjoy the Gardening in a Sandboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637549836563211475noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428890523957808283.post-73604038384220652322013-12-18T06:00:00.000-05:002013-12-18T06:00:02.927-05:00Christmas Baby My husband celebrates his birthday today. I am sure his parents thought he was a perfect Christmas gift. I asked him today if he remembers anything special about his birthdays as a kid and he said he liked that his mom put money in his cake. Despite the snowy drive this morning yesterday I drove up to the nursing home where my dad resides to deliver his Christmas gift Gardening in a Sandboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637549836563211475noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428890523957808283.post-7880928787266324102013-12-17T06:00:00.000-05:002013-12-17T06:00:00.979-05:00Counting Down to Christmas–Only 9 Left A glass bowl of Christmas balls sits on the coffee table. I used Photoshop filters to give them a mosaic look. You can even see the shooter in the gold one. Valerie Gardening in a Sandboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637549836563211475noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428890523957808283.post-58410944064637250392013-12-16T06:44:00.000-05:002013-12-16T06:44:00.145-05:00Twelve Days of Christmas Minus Two Kim Klassen shares the most awesome things. This stitched frame is a creation of hers and so is the brush. If you haven’t seen her work go visit at www.kimklassen.com I thought the snow hips covered in snow was an ideal candidate for this frame. I will be madly shopping this week to finish up the gift buying. How is yours going? Valerie b Gardening in a Sandboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637549836563211475noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428890523957808283.post-42416179550277616122013-12-15T11:13:00.001-05:002013-12-15T11:13:10.830-05:00Count Down to Christmas The Twelve days of Christmas minus one. I made a collage or mosaic if you will of some of the items on the fireplace mantle. I couldn’t resist putting a photo of the Christmas card from our youngest son and his family. Our precious granddaughter is a huge delight to us. We cherish her presence in our family. I am participating in Mosaic Monday, the only constant meme thatGardening in a Sandboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637549836563211475noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428890523957808283.post-62600668561733215442013-12-14T12:36:00.001-05:002013-12-14T12:36:33.649-05:00The Twelve Days of Christmas It is the last few days before Christmas. I am behind but that is not new for me. I always seem to be running trying to catch up to all the shopping, card writing, decorating. I thought I would use the last twelve days as an opportunity to share a photo a day until the big day. I have been taking pictures as I am decorating. This little snowman is saying “lets Gardening in a Sandboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637549836563211475noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428890523957808283.post-69073904870068601112013-11-24T13:42:00.001-05:002013-11-24T13:42:31.195-05:00This Snowy Sunday Morning I might as well face it, that this scene is going to be replayed over and over for the next five months. I’m not a fan of winter even though at times it can be pretty as a postcard. I had to haul the hats, boots, mittens and warm coat out of storage to go out and shovel the drive way. I tried to get the snow blower to go but no luck so had to do it by hand.&Gardening in a Sandboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637549836563211475noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428890523957808283.post-25263771021652962702013-11-13T06:00:00.000-05:002013-11-13T06:00:01.218-05:00Just Chillin I was talking to my daughter in law on the phone this morning and catching up on the latest antics of our 8 month old granddaughter. She refuses to have a nap. I was casually looking out the back door to the deck at the snow that was coming down quite heavy in big flakes. There on the chairs that have not been put away yet sat these two doves all puffed up and enjoying Gardening in a Sandboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637549836563211475noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428890523957808283.post-35077975659419937502013-11-11T08:51:00.001-05:002013-11-11T08:51:34.616-05:00Lest We Forget My Dad is in hospital at present with a bad infection and will miss the ceremony at the Nursing Home for Remembrance Day. Today we remember my Dad and all the other veterans who served this country and kept us safe. Gardening in a Sandboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637549836563211475noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428890523957808283.post-70041115145031138652013-11-03T14:26:00.001-05:002013-11-03T14:26:54.801-05:00Autumn Reds in the Sandbox Hoping I am not repeating my self with these photo but I have not taken any new ones lately. It has been weeks of rain here. It is so dreary that I could find the energy to go out with the camera. I am joining Mary at Dear Little Red House for Mosaic Monday. Hope you have a great week. Gardening in a Sandboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637549836563211475noreply@blogger.com23