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filing…

22 Wednesday Sep 2021

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recently I’ve been on a roll with construction… yesterday I spent time in the garage working on the new filing cabinet raised planter…

I saw something on social media where someone used old filing cabinets to make raised flower beds… seemed like a great idea and I had a four drawer filing cabinet in the basement that needed to be cleaned out…

last week my grandson and his friend removed the drawers – which I still have to empty – and took the cabinet outside…

they put a number of holes in the new bottom to provide drainage… the metal was really thick and it took a while to produce the holes…

it was a very sad brown colour, so he spray painted it a lovely shade of gray and set it inside the garage to cure…

yesterday I dug out various bits and pieces of insulation which I cut to size and put all around the inside… and I knew where all the things I needed were, lol…

now it needs one more coat of paint before moving into the shade garden and getting filled with soil so it will be ready for spring planting…

the space in the garden is all ready… the guys had already removed the old leaking pond and filled that spot in with wood and dirt…

I am blessed…

finally…

18 Saturday Sep 2021

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last night I had dinner with my grandsons and one of their friends… we finally all got together at the same time…

I roasted two small chickens, made mashed potatoes, turnips, carrots, cranberry jelly, gravy, and stuffing with a Caesar salad…

it was fun to think of them as I did all the prep work… and to make sure everything was ready at the same time, lol…

we ate in the garage and had a lovely time together…

what a wonderful treat;-)…

yard…

12 Sunday Sep 2021

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a few nights ago I got some lovely pictures of the sky thanks to my grandson…

he pointed the clouds out as he was mowing the front yard…

he had to do it twice to get it cut because it had grown so long, so fast…

quite a difference from the many weeks this summer when it didn’t grow at all and was rather brown due to the high heat and lack of water…

coal…

11 Saturday Sep 2021

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we took a trip to the East Coast in 1988 or 1989 – amazing what I forget these days, lol…

the four of us, plus my beloved’s mom… we had bought a tricked out van and the trip was great…

when we got to the coast we had lobster at every stop because the four of us loved it… George’s mom couldn’t figure out why we kept eating it as she didn’t like it that much, lol…

while we were there, we found a beach that had coal all over it… we had such fun collecting a bagful to bring home to use for first footing…

I’ve been down to one fairly large piece for a a few years now, so I’ve been careful with it…

as I was working away in the garage, cleaning, sorting, dumping stuff, I found the original bag filled with a whole lot more…

what a treasure, so exciting…

ear…

09 Thursday Sep 2021

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I went for a walk… outside… in the neighbourhood… no idea when I did that last…

walked with my daughter in my ear…

didn’t go too far, up to and around Bruce Park… it was lovely to see flowers, the creek, and get some photos…

felt fine at the end… only met a few people and they weren’t close to me…

balloons…

05 Sunday Sep 2021

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woke up and watched half an hour of FMG balloons taking off from the Gatineau Airport…

brought back such wonderful memories… our first flight took five tries in 2013 but when we finally made it, it was spectacular…

that flight was from the grounds of the Festival…

in 2014, we made it the very first time and ended up taking off from the same airport as I watched the liftoff online…

the Festival happens on the September long weekend and I am hoping to make it there again… someday;-)…

cormorants…

31 Tuesday Aug 2021

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spent a delightful afternoon on the water…

we jumped in the boat and went to a few different fishing spots… no luck at the first one but we did much better at the second…

saw turtles and cormorants… the cormorants got a bit tired of us following them along the canal, but I got some great photos…

I also caught two fish and brought another one up to the side of the boat where it decided to jump off, lol… and the rule is, if you don’t get it into the boat it doesn’t count…

one of the Jack’s I caught was around 30 inches (second biggest of the day) and put up a fight before getting into the net… the other was smaller, but really any fish is great;-)…

good thing I have all these excellent fishers around me to provide backup and helpful instructions…

mum…

24 Tuesday Aug 2021

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had a lovely dinner tonight with the kids…

they brought me a bunch of mums for the garden… I had been collecting parcels for them over the last few weeks, so we traded, lol…

we ate in the garage as it was a bit cool out and rain threatened… I am still nervous about having people in the house for any length of time…

even put one of the plants on the table to provide some ambiance;-)… looks good with the tablecloth, but we won’t mention all the “stuff” that is everywhere…

we spent time remembering how grandpa knew where every single thing was located and planning the organizing and decluttering that has to happen…

rainfall…

13 Friday Aug 2021

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Sunday to Wednesday life was very busy…

Sunday, a friend, her husband and daughter came over for lunch… the garden looked beautiful and we had a lovely visit…

lunch was a delightful collection of goodies from Pho Hoang… everything was tasty…

on Monday morning I had an early meeting in the garden and the rain held off just long enough for us to finish…

Tuesday morning, when I woke up after the storm in the night, I discovered that the hibiscus and dahlia planters were both tipped over from the strong wind… when I looked at the neighbour’s yard I discovered a large branch had fallen right next to their house… thankfully, nothing was damaged…

Wednesday morning a friend stopped by and we had a great catch-up…

in the evening my grandson came for his birthday dinner… delicious steak, lobster, mushrooms and twice-stuffed potatoes were on the menu…

once again, great timing… as we were cleaning up the sky turned very dark… we just got all the cushions inside when the wind and rain arrived…

we have certainly appreciated the rainfall;-)…

twenty-one…

10 Tuesday Aug 2021

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today, my grandson turns twenty-one…

apparently I am getting lax in my old age as I haven’t been taking as many photos as usual…

these are three of the most recent ones with him in them, lol… but they cover the important things…

in this first one he is cleaning out the hot tub for me… he often comes over and looks after various household and garden jobs…

currently he has my car and here he driving me home after my first Covid-19 vaccination where he kept me company through the entire process… and suggested we get an ice cream treat…

this last one is him heading out in the car after delivering items off for me… he runs errands for me and drops off bits and pieces whenever needed…

what a wonderful time these twenty-one years have been…

he is a wonderful support…