05 Monday Apr 2021
Posted in family, health, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized
Tags
African Violets, big girl pants, blessed, envious, family, flowers, moments, nature, pictures, plants, purple, widow
so, my daughter has been sending photos of her African violet… there are four plants in one pot and currently there are over 50 blooms…
mine has one bloom, and I am trying really hard not to be envious, lol…
pictures on left are my 3 plants and the one bloom… on the right is hers, sigh…
04 Sunday Apr 2021
Posted in family, food, garden, health, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather
Tags
big girl pants, blessed, Easter, family, food, garden, grandson, moments, nature, strange, treat, weather, widow
seems like a strange Easter… even more so than last year, for some reason…
I hadn’t put out any decorations, but this morning I dug out the Easter box and put out the sign, bunnies and bag that I got last year;-)…
I made everything for tonight’s supper yesterday, as well as packaging some ham and potatoes for a friend and my grandson… really happy to cook for others… this morning I finished up the ham and pea soup…
I set the obelisk into the pot on the deck, put cushions out, and spent the afternoon in the garden, reading and watching the birds…
had a lovely visit with my grandson when he came to pick up his dinner… a friend dropped off some delicious pickerel for my supper, when she picked up her ham and potatoes…
still didn’t feel like Easter, but all in all, a lovely day…
28 Sunday Mar 2021
Posted in family, life, moments, retirement, Uncategorized
Tags
bag, big girl pants, blessed, bunny, crafty, Easter, family, fun, grandsons, moments, paper bag, treats, widow
spent a little time preparing some Easter treats for my grandkids…
was watching tv and saw a cute bunny made from a paper lunch bag, and dug some out of the storeroom…
it was such fun crafting them… not hard, but enjoyable… filled them with a few goodies, found ribbons and made nametags…
sorry I can’t show you what is inside, lol, but who knows who might see this post;-)…
they look very sweet and are waiting to be picked up and delivered for next Sunday…
26 Friday Mar 2021
Tags
big girl pants, blessed, family, garden, grandson, moments, obelisk, shopping, Technology, widow
my grandson arrived yesterday morning after picking up a number of things for me…
he brought me a bunch of solar globes, a new squirrel-proof feeder, a kneeler for the garden, stamps, seeds, a new plate and a few groceries…
I am thrilled about the solar globes as I’ve been searching for them since last summer;-)…
he also moved a big planter and my hammock chair so that I can clean up the back deck…
the obelisk I ordered will go into the large planter on the deck… as soon as I put it together, lol…
19 Friday Mar 2021
Posted in family, food, garden, health, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather
Tags
big girl pants, blessed, cleaned, family, garden, memories, moments, planters, plants, seedlings, table, weather, widow
had a lovely afternoon on the deck yesterday…
removed one of the feeding saucers and cleaned the table… that took a long time but it looked shiny when I was done… looks ready for a meal with the boys;-)…
then I sat in the sunshine and read… so lovely…
at the end of the afternoon I brought in the planters which I am going to use to start some seedlings…
looking forward to getting the planting started…
17 Wednesday Mar 2021
Posted in business, family, food, garden, life, loss, moments, retirement, Uncategorized, weather
Tags
big girl pants, blessed, car, delivery, family, flowers, garden, grandson, moments, oldest, pandemic, tires, widow
I’ve been thinking of how much harder this pandemic would be for me without my oldest grandson…
very early on I lent him my car with the agreement that he would do any errands that I needed…
since then, he has fetched and carried numerous items for me… he finds groceries that I can’t get from Save-On-Foods… he collects items I need to keep the fish happy… plants and bird seed have been delivered… and mail sent… he has also brought his brother over to mow and shovel…
on the few occasions that I needed to drive somewhere, he has brought the car for me and then picked it up when I was done…
today he came by with a few hard-to-find items including flowers, and then moved some planters for me…
he collected the summer tires, we visited for a while, planned a time when he will bring the shoveler over, and off he went…
I am blessed;-)…
06 Saturday Mar 2021
Tags
beloved, big girl pants, blessed, figure-eight, goal, home, iPhone, memories, moments, pictures, steps, widow
as I’ve been walking the figure-eight pattern in the living and dining room I’ve been thinking of my beloved…
he walked the same pattern as he recovered from his heart surgery;-)…
this photo (quite a few iPhones ago) is from one of our walks while he was still in hospital after the surgery…
happily, I have met my step goal every day since mid-January;-)… maybe I will up my goal…
04 Thursday Mar 2021
Posted in business, family, food, health, life, moments, retirement, Uncategorized
Tags
big girl pants, blessed, dinner, family, friends, grandson, lentils, moments, recipe, ringing, visit, widow
don’t see people for days…
but today it felt like the doorbell kept ringing…
there were two deliveries from the drugstore… they forgot something when they delivered last night and I called this morning to add something else and they sent it separately as the courier was already on the way…
a visit from a sweet friend… we stood outside and chatted for ages;-)…
boys playing hockey on the street… they broke a car window and were looking for the owner… I was very impressed with the fact they didn’t just run, lol…
and finally, my grandson dropping off groceries… he had dinner while we visited…
I knew he was coming, so yesterday I made his favourite red curry lentils… got 6 containers out of the recipe… I had one last night, he had one while he was here, and took home the remaining four…
28 Sunday Feb 2021
Posted in family, life, loss, moments, nature, retirement, technology, Uncategorized, weather
Tags
big girl pants, birds, blessed, family, grandson, moments, nature, shovelling, snow, Technology, time, tools, visit, widow
my grandson came over to shovel today… and pick up a few woodworking tools for his online woods class…
just before he arrived I watched a couple of bunnies eating on the deck…
it was much easier to clean up the snow as it was fairly fresh… the last time it was a few weeks before he was able to get here, mainly due to the crazy cold we went through…
today, he was dropped off and wasn’t picked up for a few hours, so after he finished shovelling, he came inside and we had a visit… we sat as far as possible from one another in the living room and both wore masks…
I learned about his classes and what he has been up to, as well as how he is planning to make money in the future…
we talked about how he will go about taking drivers Ed in these strange times, and it is hard to believe that he will be driving this summer;-)…
it was lovely to spend time with him, even just sitting playing on our phones, lol…
he was picked up, the tools were gathered into the vehicle, and off they went…
looking forward to seeing what he makes…
27 Saturday Feb 2021
Posted in family, food, health, life, moments, retirement, technology, Uncategorized
Tags
accomplished, big girl pants, blessed, dinner, food, grandsons, light, lightstrip, moments, painting, plants, Technology, widow
busy day yesterday…
in the morning I attached the Philip’s lightstrip that I got for Christmas from my grandsons… I had played with it a bit the day before…
I am pleased with how it turned out…
moved around more plants and made a meal that needs to sit for a day…
after that I finished with making a dozen cards from the watercolour painting I’ve been doing…
felt very accomplished, lol…
