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09 Sunday Nov 2025

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on Thursday I cleaned the poppy bird feeder and attached it to the front rail…

I noticed that I’d set it out a bit earlier last year…

I also dug out two poppies to put on my jacket and t-shirt…

last year I had purchased some little button pins to keep from losing them, lol…

I still make sure to make a donation as, before the pin, I ended up losing a couple and needing to replace them, lol…

hoodies…

08 Saturday Nov 2025

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I am absolutely thrilled with the job Vicky’s Alterations did putting zippers in two hoodies…

I had stopped wearing one although it was very comfy… unfortunately, it was just too difficult to take it off…

it looks great and like it always had a zipper in it…

now it is easy to get on and off…

the zipper matched perfectly on the second hoodie…

so happy;-)…

cleaners…

07 Friday Nov 2025

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my tea towel on the stove, folded very nicely by the cleaners who were here a few days ago, reminded me of how blessed I am…

for years we couldn’t afford a cleaner…

but for the last number of years I’ve had a company come in once a month to do the basics which makes me feel like the house is mainly clean, lol…

I am ever thankful to my beloved who made this wonderful gift possible;-)… I continue to miss him every single day…

persevered…

01 Saturday Nov 2025

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finished up the project in the garage Wednesday evening…

I spent some time earlier in the day, moving as many boards as I could out of the way so the table was usable for sawing, lol…

it was rather chilly out there, but we persevered and finished the new shelves…

then we spent time organizing all the shelves along that wall…

in the end it looks very tidy… wonder how long it will stay that way…

on a roll, “we” then moved a few items from the garage and all of the lawn furniture into the shed…

the garden will look much nicer over the winter without all the furniture covered in a big tarp on the back deck…

eclosion…

31 Friday Oct 2025

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had a wonderful time watching the blue morpho eclosion this morning in the Shirley Richardson Butterfly Garden;-)…

so happy to have the opportunity to watch this taking place during my volunteer shift;-)…

by the time I left, seven of them were in the process of eclosing…

numerous…

27 Monday Oct 2025

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had a delicious dinner last night…

our company chose Chinese food, so I tried to order from our favourite spot, around 5:30…

it took at least ten minutes and numerous attempts to get through… apparently everyone in the city wanted Chinese food too…

and then, the pick up time was an hour and a half, yikes…

but, when we got it, it was as always, delicious 🤤…

lumber…

26 Sunday Oct 2025

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well, what a day, phew… it was chilly, overcast, and windy…

spent the morning in the garage moving bits and pieces out into the driveway to make room for an empty table to work on…

then my housemate met up with his grandfather to go and pick up lumber for the new shelves planned for the basement and the garage…

once he returned home, we moved more things and then updated a shelf beside the door for my gardening gloves and tools…

it is stronger, looks amazing, and now each tool is much more accessible underneath;-)…

we worked on the basement shelves, his brother arrived, and they finished them…

they ended up looking excellent and adding more useful space for organizing our stuff, lol…

they continued to work in the garage to redo a section of shelves and add counter space…

I didn’t quite get a picture of the finished product, before we moved all the bits and pieces back into the garage for the night…

it is going to be so organized that I might not be able to find anything 🤪…

dawdle…

24 Friday Oct 2025

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went to The Park Cafe and met up with two friends…

we had a lovely breakfast and then a couple of us took a quick walk through the English and Leo Mol Gardens…

it was cool out so we didn’t dawdle… still a few beautiful colours out there…

then I walked across the bridge to where I’d parked the car…

short…

23 Thursday Oct 2025

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had a wonderful, but short, visit with my Ottawa daughter over the last few days…

she had been to Calgary for an event and stopped here on her way home…

lots of time together as we caught up in person… late nights and early mornings while she was here… and lots of laughter…

always cake from Baked Expectations when she arrives;-)…

we spent a lovely morning at The Leaf noticing the growth since she was last here and counting cacao pods…

she also spotted the first chileo on the second tree… made me laugh cause I’ve been looking for ages trying to spot one on that tree…

we visited the butterflies although they weren’t very active as it was cool and overcast but it was fun to see them together… the Canadian Museum of Nature, in Ottawa, currently has a butterfly display as well so we often compare which butterflies we each see, lol…

we worked on a plan for our next trip together and did lots of research on the computer…

dinners in and out as we ate some of her favourites and then we were headed back to the airport for her flight home…

always a treat;-)…