04 Wednesday Nov 2026
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over the summer and into the fall we have worked on a number of projects…
and my box of receipts certainly demonstrates that…
just the beginning of November and it is almost filled to the brim…
but we have made some great improvements 😊…
31 Saturday Oct 2026
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30 Friday Oct 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, condo, dark, digs, family, garden, goldfish, koi, moments, pond, weather, widow
recently we started bringing the fish into their winter condo…
the first time we did our fishing, it was at night and raining, and we needed flashlights to see… that evening we collected fourteen fish…
after a while in the pail, they made their way into their winter digs…
the next night it was still light as we searched for more fish…
so far we have seventeen fish in the tanks… I think there are probably a few more for us (I mean my housemate) to catch, lol…
29 Thursday Oct 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, daughter, family, flight, making art, moments, The Leaf, volunteering, widow
we ended our visit at The Leaf…
my daughter wandered around while I worked my volunteer shift…
besides enjoying the biomes she spent time making art;-)…
when my shift was over we enjoyed a meal at Gather and then I drove her to the airport for her flight home…
so happy to have had this time with her🤗…
28 Wednesday Oct 2026
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the surprise of my daughter’s visit was delightful…
she had booked a pedicure for us once she arrived home and we had a lovely time at one of our favourite haunts…
dark blue and mauve toes ended our visit there…
27 Tuesday Oct 2026
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art, big girl pants, blessed, bookbinding, caked, daughter, deadly chocolate mousse cake, family, food, moments, treat, widow
a picture came up on my photo frame… it was of my daughter and housemate in front of Baked Expectations a few days ago…
she’s been in the city attending a bookbinding workshop…
this picture came up in my memories from Oct. 22, 2025… almost always when she comes home there is deadly chocolate mousse from Baked Expectations…
this trip she had cake when she arrived in the city, but was staying with a friend and was all caked out by the time she arrived here, lol…
she did bring her art supplies with her…
what a wonderful gift to have her here at home for a few days…
26 Monday Oct 2026
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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😊
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…
