25 Friday Jun 2021
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watching the grass grow has taken on a whole new meaning, lol…
and it is coming along nicely;-)… there has been lots of watering…
Wednesday it got mowed and the garden looks so much tidier…
still going to be a while before it is fully grown in…
24 Thursday Jun 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, disintegrate, family, flowers, garden, lazy, memories, moments, nature, plants, purple, turntable, widow
we’ve had a turntable on the table on the deck for at least twenty years…
the rolling piece finally disintegrated over the winter… my grandson found a different replacement part for it and it looks and works perfectly…
I also had him pick up an old Bundt pan… with help from the neighbour we cut out a slightly bigger hole in the centre and a young friend painted it for me…
while Hilda the Gardener was here the other day, she planted it and then I put it on the table…
it looks great and I can’t wait to see it filled out…
22 Tuesday Jun 2021
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. soup, big girl pants, blessed, curry, family, flavours, food, lunch, memories, mom, moments, scent, widow
today, as I was eating my cauliflower soup for lunch, I was thinking about my mom…
she loved curry… at that time it was not one of my favourites, but yesterday I popped some into the soup…
tasted pretty good and the smell certainly brought back memories of times with her;-)…
21 Monday Jun 2021
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, difficult, family, Father's Day, guy, happy, love, memories, moments, remembering, widow
I’ve been thinking of many special Father’s Days and missing this great guy…
interesting how difficult holidays can be sometimes… used to be such a wonderful time… pleased that most years I am able to focus on the special times that have taken place…
still happy that the day is over…
20 Sunday Jun 2021
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action, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, elm, elm seeds, flowers, garden, laughing, memories, moments, nature, plants, remembering, weeds, widow
I was thinking of my beloved on this Father’s Day as I wandered around the deck pulling weeds… currently ninety-nine percent are elm seedlings…
I always gave him action for not carrying around a pail to put the debris into and there I was today, pulling weeds and putting them on the ground or deck to be picked up later…
I bet he is laughing now;-)…
17 Thursday Jun 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, family, fixes, flowers, garden, grandson, grass, moments, nature, widow
my grandson came recently and spent the day working in the garden…
many jobs were done, including emptying, cleaning and filling the hot tub…
stones were moved, grass seed put down, the umbrella put up, hoses run and the waterfall rock repaired…
we had a lovely day together, and then he and his girlfriend had supper with me on the deck…
they sat at the table and I was in my chair by the door…
he reminds a lot me of his grandpa, lol…
what a wonderful treat…
15 Tuesday Jun 2021
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, garden, memories, moments, nature, overlooking, pond, privilege, widow
as I sit in the garden, overlooking the beautiful sanctuary that it is, I’ve been thinking of my privilege…
I have a safe home, food to eat, and a glorious space to enjoy every day…
this is due in large part to my beloved… he worked for years to make our home comfortable and to put money aside for our retirement… and he never got to see that…
all that allows me to stay home and enjoy life is due to his work, and yes, his death, which has paved the way for my time sitting in the garden…
he worked hard to make it a sanctuary for us and I often think of him mowing the grass or pulling weeds… or cleaning the garage, lol…
I truly am blessed beyond measure…
14 Monday Jun 2021
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18 Tuesday May 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, bloodwork, family, fish, garden, grandson, moments, pond, repair, son-in-law, steps, toolbox, tools, widow
crazy day today…
no one has been inside my house for weeks and three people were in it today…
nice man from Dynacare to do bloodwork…
my grandson to bring up the toolbox from the basement… he also brought us breakfast, chose tools and discussed a landscaping job that needs to happen in the garden… thankfully we did all of that outside…
and my son-in-law to catch the fish and take them out to the pond… he also repaired the very broken bottom step on the deck so I won’t fall through it, and fixed a rocking bench in the shade garden…
I’m exhausted from all that company, lol…
14 Friday May 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, Instagram, Irvin, learning, moments, Sebastian Clovis, surprise, tools, treat, widow
I was napping when the doorbell rang and I found three boxes on the doorstep… and a few days later, another box arrived…
they were from Irwin Tools and held a ton of excellent tools… levels, vice grips, knives, a measuring tape, a plane, straight lines, clamps and a ginormous hammer…
I won a contest on Instagram… how cool is that…
I will be sharing them with my grandson, son-in-law and maybe a few others, lol…
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