23 Friday Oct 2026
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basil, big girl pants, food, moments, short, widow, zucchini basil soup
today I made zucchini basil soup… I may have been a bit short of basil, lol…
it tastes good, and I’ve made it with someone special in mind…
I hope they like it😊…
22 Thursday Oct 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, moments, nature, nighttime, perennial, plants, sturdy, walkabout, weather, widow
went out for a little walkabout in the garden…
so happy to see the plants that are still flowering, no matter the low nighttime temperatures…
I bought three of these in the spring… of course I don’t remember their name, lol… they bloomed strongly for weeks once planted, then just a bit and have recently been blooming like crazy again… there is a possibility that they are perennial… we shall see come spring😊…
this tiny sweet alyssum in the wildflower pot looks very cute, and the sunflowers continue to smile…
apparently wildflowers are sturdy 😊…
21 Wednesday Oct 2026
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20 Tuesday Oct 2026
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almost complete, bathtub, big girl pants, blessed, cure, family, moments, project, silicone, widow
one of our recent projects was in the bathroom…
we had some mould around the tub and the silicone along the sliding doors had given up the ghost so we had water leaking out during showers…
to start the process, the three doors were lifted out… then, the old grout was removed… next, the silicone was put all the way around the tub…
putting the doors back on while the silicone was still wet was a bit of a problem, but we got it done😊…
the silicone has to cure before the final removal of the excess takes place…
that should happen soon and then that project will be complete😊
19 Monday Oct 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, dark, lit, moments, nature, plants, solar lights, widow, window
was walking past the dining room and spotted the solar lights across the three plants that are in the window…
they only stay lit for a few moments so I often don’t see them…
what a lovely treat 😊…
18 Sunday Oct 2026
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arrangement, big girl pants, family, flowers, fresh, moments, widow
redid this arrangement today after some of the flowers had died…
a bit of tossing, trimming, and rearranging, and it came out looking fresh and new…
17 Saturday Oct 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, growing, mandevilla, moments, nature, transplanting, widow
the mandevilla is taking the transplanting and moving into the house very well…
there are still flowers blooming and the leaves remain green;-)…
16 Friday Oct 2026
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banner, big girl pants, deer, family, food, grandson, moments, nature, no stickers, poll, treat, voted, widow
this morning I voted in the advance poll at Polo Park… they are really strict about not allowing photos to be taken, and instead of stickers, had a banner you could use… maybe it saves money 🤪…
as a reward we got pretzels… mine were mini sesame ones… and I found them easier to eat;-)…
my favourite is the garlic and salt, but I was heading to The Leaf to volunteer and didn’t want to breathe garlic on the visitors, lol…
and as a special treat we came across three deer…
what a lovely bonus…
15 Thursday Oct 2026
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the lawn was mowed one last time on Sunday…
whatever leaves are left in the front yard will stay there for all the little creatures, although there aren’t very many leaves…
the garden is a different story… currently it is difficult to see the pond as the net is nearly completely covered with leaves… the elm tree next door still has a few leaves to fall so we will likely wait for them to come down before removing the net and putting the leaves in the flowerbed closest to it…
at that point we will probably bring the fish into their winter condo…
14 Wednesday Oct 2026
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appointment, big girl pants, blessed, family, hair, moments, Top End Studio, unmanageable, widow
today I went for a haircut at Top End Studio Inc…
I was very happy to be going, as my hair was getting a little unmanageable, lol…
we had been to IKEA and I was a little worried about getting there on time…
of course we made it…
and I have great hair again;-)…
