20 Saturday Nov 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, cape, cut, haircut, hairdresser, moments, widow
today I got my hair cut… at home;-)…
it was wonderful… the stylist arrived with all her tools in a little bag, including a cape…
all I had to provide was the broom and dustpan…
she did a great job and we had some tea and a visit when it was done…
happy to have a fresh cut… and nice to visit…
19 Friday Nov 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, friends, hangers, home, memories, moments, remembering, shopping, visit, waved, widow
finally got around to putting away most of the summer tops…
that produced a lot of space and freed up many hangers…
sadly, only two tops made it into the giveaway box…
then, a bit later a good friend stopped by with something she had picked up for me… after a lovely visit she headed out…
as I waved to her out the window I was reminded of my Aunty Vi, who always stood at the window and waved whenever someone left her home…
15 Monday Nov 2021
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big girl pants, bin, blessed, family, garbage, garden, grandson, hat, moments, nature, shovel, snow, weather, widow
the garden looked so beautiful after the snow on Friday…
of course it always looks beautiful as long as you don’t have to go out into it, lol…
I had taken out the garbage bin on Thursday, even though the pickup day had moved because of Remembrance Day… I didn’t want to struggle with the snow that was coming…
good thing I did that… a lot of snow came down… the pickup ended up being on Saturday, but I didn’t have my grandson bring it in while he was here shovelling…
this morning I went out and shovelled my way to the back gate so I could bring the bin back in…
shovelling was easier and I left the garbage bin just under the cedars so it won’t get too much snow on it… I followed the path that the bunnies had made so that there should be less drifting… except I ended up with my head in the branches…
had a snow hat for a few minutes…
14 Sunday Nov 2021
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adventure, big girl pants, blessed, friends, La Pampa, live, masks, moments, nature, play, PTE, shopping in person, weather, widow
yesterday, for the first time in nearly two years, we went to PTE to watch a live play…
we were both masked and had to show our proof of immunization… there were less than half the seats filled as they followed all Covid protocols… the program was digital and the set was see-through;-)…
it was great to be able to watch a show live…
once we left, we went on another adventure to find a pasta shop my friend had recently read about… it was snowing again and the trees were beautiful…
we were the only people inside and it was such fun to look at things and make choices about what to purchase… I got some fresh spaghetti, sorrentino (ravioli) in mushroom sauce, falafel, empanadas and pita…
what a fun time;-)…
12 Friday Nov 2021
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bags, big girl pants, blessed, dahlias, flowers, garden, memories, moments, nature, plants, purple, Technology, tubers, widow
spent time this morning with the dahlia tubers…
when I dug them up a while back, I put them in different containers so I would remember which was which…
I think I got them right, lol…
I’ve read a lot of blogs and watched many videos on how to overwinter the tubers… of course the information is all slightly different…
last year only one of the ones I saved was usable, so we will see what happens with this year’s batch…
each type is in a paper bag and the bags are all in a bin that will go into a cool dark place in the basement…
I’ve left a bit of soil around them and not separated any… and I should check on them a few times to be sure they aren’t getting mouldy… maybe I will be able to find the eyes better in the spring…
fingers crossed…
10 Wednesday Nov 2021
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appointment, big girl pants, blessed, bloodwork, Covid booster, doctor, flu shot, happy, healthy, moments, widow
saw the doctor, and as my A1C was low again, he advised that I’d only need to be checked every six months…
he was pleased with my blood pressure and so was I… then he mentioned that he would see me in three months for my next checkup…
apparently I will still have to go every three months, but only do the bloodwork twice a year…
well, that was disappointing…
but the good news is that I got my flu shot and an appointment for my COVID booster shot in January at the clinic;-)…
woohoo…
04 Thursday Nov 2021
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babies, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, condo, family, fish, garden, goldfish, memories, moments, nature, pond, preparation, tank, weather, widow
I have been working on the fish condo for weeks now… spent a good portion of a day cleaning the fish tank… lots of scrubbing and emptying…
I researched a second tank and we went out and got the tank and two pumps so that they were on the ends as opposed to the back of the tanks…
after numerous measurements, we set the new tank up on the counter along the North wall of the dining room… then the bottom was filled with rocks and water and the new pump set up… this tank will be for the baby fish as the other tank won’t be able to hold all of the fish…
I worked with my grandson and we were able to move the big tank to the spot beside the small tank… it looks good there and it almost appears like one single very long tank…
after putting river rocks in it, I ran the hose from the outside tap through the house and was able to fill it up in nine minutes… it probably took me that long to fill the small one as I used a pail and walked back and forth to the kitchen sink for that one, lol…
had a bit of an issue with the pump as there wasn’t quite enough room in the large tank for it on the edge, but we were able to remove a piece of plastic and now it fits perfectly…
once the water was in and circulating for a few days we began catching the fish… we have been at it for quite a while… we started on October 22nd and today I think we caught the last one… I had to break ice for the last few collections, lol…
it was quite a process because since about the middle of October the water has been brown as leaves have fallen into it so it has made spotting fish difficult…
we also brought in some of the water lilies, which hopefully will survive until next spring when they can go back into the pond…
the tanks look great and I am pleased with all of our work…
we have 12 large fish and 14 babies;-)…
03 Wednesday Nov 2021
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big girl pants, bird feeder, birds, blessed, feeder, moments, nature, plastic, widow
I’ve been having fun watching the birds coming to the window feeder in the living room…
so far there have been chickadees, house finches, nuthatches, and blue jays… I had hoped to be able to take photos but the plastic distorts the pictures…
now I just sit and enjoy them;-)…
I’ve had to go out and wash the glass as they have made a mess of the window…
they make quite a noise as they decide which seed is the one they need and then sometimes open it right there by tapping it on the edge of the drawer…
they have also knocked out the little drawer that sits in the feeder… eventually I taped it down and so far it hasn’t fallen out again…
29 Friday Oct 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, dahlias, dig, dry, flowers, garden, moments, shovel, tomatoes, trowel, weather, widow
a few days ago I brought in the tubers for two dahlias…
I wasn’t able to dig up the third one, so I went out this afternoon to see if I could get them out of the planter they were in…
I removed soil, and tried to dig around the tubers… my trowel just wasn’t strong enough to get them out… finally I got the shovel and after a ton of effort, was able to finally remove them… there are a lot…
I have brought them in to dry and will then bag in paper and store in the basement… hopefully they will turn into more Mick’s Peppermint in the spring…
and while I was outside working, my neighbour brought me a final pail of tomatoes… most are green and I’ve put them on the dining room table so they can ripen…
27 Wednesday Oct 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, condo, fish, fish food, fish tank, goldfish, memories, moments, nature, pond, tapped, widow
recently I’ve seen a number of videos about dogs and cats banging or tapping their food bowls to announce they want food…
for years we have tapped the side of the fish tank to let the goldfish know we are putting food into the water…
we follow the same system when they are in the pond, although this year they fed off the algae and bugs in the pond…
they often need to be reminded of the process once they come in for the winter… and of course any babies have to learn the process…
once they remember, they often come up to the top of the tank as I walk toward them, lol…
we are not there just yet…
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