27 Friday Feb 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, butterflies, moments, nature, roosts, The Leaf, widow
had some fun today during my shift in the butterfly garden;-)…
there were a number of butterflies flying around as they were heading off to their night time roosts…
also enjoyed a trip through the Mediterranean Biome…
26 Thursday Feb 2026
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big girl pants, buckets, driveway, family, moments, nature, removal, snow, snowploughs, weather, widow, windrow
the snowploughs came along the street about 10:30 this morning…
there were a lot of them… maybe two or three of the big ones that move the snow from the road to the curb…
and block off the driveway…
then come the buckets which clean up the windrow… I think there were three of them…
they always take a scoop by the fire hydrant so that it is accessible if needed… unfortunately they didn’t scoop out the sidewalk… sometimes if you are outside already shovelling, they might take a scoop there as well;-)…
not this time, but my housemate dug through it on his break;-)…
25 Wednesday Feb 2026
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big girl pants, cold tub, dishwasher, light, moments, power, switch, Technology, widow
last week we discovered that the heater, that keeps the cold tub at 5° C, had tripped the power switch…
we couldn’t figure out what caused the problem, but it didn’t happen again… until this morning…
twice, while I was making soup in the kitchen, it tripped again…
seems to be some connection with the dishwasher and light above the stove and maybe the heater in the cold tub… turned off the stove light and didn’t have anymore problems…
fingers crossed 🤞…
24 Tuesday Feb 2026
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big girl pants, family, moments, muscle, nature, shovel, snow, Technology, weather, widow
a while ago, I pulled a muscle in my lower abdomen…
it took awhile to get confirmation as I thought it was something else, lol…
apparently, shovelling is a really bad thing to do, which is unfortunate… usually I shovel the steps and front sidewalk… it doesn’t take that long, but after I shovelled last week, the pain got more intense…
so, today, when I had to go out, I decided not to shovel… it was difficult, but I remember the pain…
so I went out the back and walked in the tire tracks down to the street to get in the Uber…
will be getting my housemate to clear it up;-)…
23 Monday Feb 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, connect, extension, friends, gathering, moments, phone, power, talk, Technology, widow
had a bit of a laugh last week when we had our gathering…
currently one of us is away, so we added her by phone to our time together…
I connected the phone to the charger to be sure there was sufficient charge to get through the call…
was thinking how clever I was, until after the call when I realized that I hadn’t turned on the power to the extension cord, lol…
this week I remembered;-)…
22 Sunday Feb 2026
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athletes, big girl pants, blessed, moments, Olympics, riveting, sports, Technology, time, widow, withdrawal
and so, after seventeen days, the 2026 Olympics are over, sigh…
it was a delight to watch so many different sports, including some new ones, and learn about the individual athletes… I can no longer pick a particular favourite sport because so many are riveting… could not be more proud of all of our athletes who represented us so well…
there will likely be some withdrawal pains over the next few days…
now to get back to reading, and actually leaving the house, lol…
I am blessed…
21 Saturday Feb 2026
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batter, big girl pants, blessed, food, moments, pancakes, potato, sour cream, Tuesday, widow
thinking back to Tuesday’s pancake supper…
besides the lovely pancakes, I made a potato pancake with the last little bit of batter to which I added a shredded potato…
topped it with sour cream and a slice of bacon…
this continues to be my favourite pancake;-)…
20 Friday Feb 2026
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big girl pants, cam, door cam, fresh air, moments, nature, shovelled, sidewalk, snow, Technology, weather, widow
took a little time yesterday morning to shovel the sidewalk and steps…
was able to wear a lighter jacket as it was nearly zero out…
it doesn’t take long and it is great to be outdoors…
the door cam very nicely took my picture, lol…
19 Thursday Feb 2026
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alarm, aquasize, bagels, big girl pants, evacuate, fire truck, grandson, inukshuk, lights, moments, nature, Olympics, pool, weather, widow
as I was waiting for my ride to the pool for aquasize, I took a few photos…
this one is the Inukshuk in a circle in the snow… I need to find another piece of limestone to finish it off better, lol…
then a shot of the snow on the cedar branches at the front door…
we were happy to be going because last week we missed due to the Olympics, lol…
we were in the water for about ten minutes when an alarm went off… we were told to evacuate the pool and then to head to the lounge at the entrance and not to stop for our clothes or other items…
besides our class, there were at least two classes of school kids, as well as those who had been in the gym… quite a few people…
during all that time the alarms were ringing and lights were flashing… after about ten minutes a firetruck arrived and the firefighters headed to the back of the building…
another ten minutes or so went by and finally the lights and ringing stopped…
we headed back to the change rooms, dressed and left the building… as a treat we picked up bagels…
mine was quite delicious;-)…
also meant I made it home in time to watch the women’s free skate…
18 Wednesday Feb 2026
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bacon, big girl pants, blessed, family, food, macerate, moments, pancakes, strawberries, supper, treat, Tuesday, whipped cream, widow
yesterday morning I started prepping for supper…
I sliced strawberries and then added sugar to macerate them…
later in the day I pulled out the pancake recipe from a well-worn cookbook and got the dry ingredients ready…
once my housemate brought home milk, I finished the mix and started cooking…
microwaved some bacon on the side and whipped the cream…
the first batch of pancakes came out perfectly… mine came from the second batch and may have been a bit darker, lol…
what a delicious dinner;-)…
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