23 Friday May 2025
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what a treat;-)…
last Saturday I was invited out for lunch… it was cold and overcast, so a nice bright spot in a dull day…
we went to Sushi Cushi and had a lovely meal… we often over order, but this time we got just the right amount…
a fun time and I enjoyed every single bite;-)…
20 Tuesday May 2025
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beloved, big girl pants, cut, family, fixed, garden, lighting, memories, messy, moments, not working, replace, Technology, under-bench, widow
I finally removed the under-bench lighting that hasn’t worked since before my beloved died… you can see it in this photo… it is the tube-like piece hanging below the bench and looks messy…
I hadn’t realized that he had fastened it with screws and was thinking what a huge job it was going to be to lay on my back and move around under the bench undoing it, two screws at a time…
then I got the bright idea to cut sections of it and pull it out…
woohoo, it worked perfectly and the deck looks much tidier now…
now to decide if I want to look for something similar to replace it, sigh…
19 Monday May 2025
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arches, beans, big girl pants, blessed, cucumbers, family, garden, glitters, moments, nature, peas, soil, weather, widow, zip tying
on May 9th, we found the chicken wire we’ve been looking for, to add to the arches in the side garden…
I am hoping this will make it easier for the peas, cucumbers, and beans to climb up and over the space;-)…
my housemate did a great job of zip tying it all around the arch, and it kind of glitters;-)…
peas were planted and have already popped through the soil…
15 Thursday May 2025
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Sunday was a glorious day… I was up early and put out all the cushions for the first time this year…
on Saturday all the umbrellas, hanging chair and planters made it out of the shed, so it is starting to look like a lovely place to be…
spent the majority of the day outside moving around, finding the shady spots…
eventually I ended up on the main deck…
after a very nice dinner of steak, baked potato and mushrooms, all cooked on the barbecue, I just couldn’t go inside, so I sat in the dark and enjoyed listening to the leaves as the warm wind blew and contemplated what else might happen in the garden…
throughout the day, had fun consulting with my kids in Ottawa about plants for their garden and chatted with them a few times… besides being Mother’s Day, it was also their anniversary;-)…
12 Monday May 2025
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big girl pants, big job, blessed, garden, housemate, moments, nature, picked, pond, pumps, rocks, water, weather, wetvac, widow
started working on the pond on May 3rd… it is a big job…
brought out the pond pump and removed as much water as possible… aimed the hose towards the cedars to give them a good soaking…
the waterfall area has to be done separately, after I removed the two floating planters…
then I left it so that the leaves and twigs could dry out a bit before removing them…
the next day, the wetvac came out and it removed quite a few leaves, and a few rocks, lol…
next I got into the pond and picked out the majority of the last leaves in the dry areas… that evening, my housemate finished draining the waterfall area and cleaned up debris from the bottom of the pond…
on the 9th, we obtained the foam to fill the spaces between the rocks so the fish won’t be able to hide when we are trying to catch them in the fall, lol…
rearranging and foaming the rocks took two days of concentrated work and it was hot out…
Sunday, May 11, the pumps were in, the necessary rocks have been foamed, a few flower pots have been added for fish to hide in and now we wait for the foam to cure so the water can go in…
this afternoon the pond was filled, woohoo… excited to watch the first of the water enter, using a dedicated hose which goes right into it… took an hour and a half to fill the bottom portion and just under thirty minutes to fill the waterfall area… that had to be done with the regular hose, as it isn’t connected to the lower area unless the waterfall is running…
it will be a few weeks of it running before the fish make their way from the winter condo;-)…
unfortunately, the plugs on the post near the pond are not working, so for now I am using an extension cord to provide electricity to the two pond pumps… always something, lol…
so happy to hear it running;-)…
21 Monday Apr 2025
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big girl pants, birthday, blessed, cards, family, flickers, flowers, food, friends, geese, gifts, google, grandson, lobster, moments, Technology, treats, whoever, widow
on Friday, woke up to geese honking as they headed out looking for something to eat… and spotted flickers in the field across from the house;-)…
opened the beautiful cards and gifts from friends and family I’d been saving over the last few days, and laughed at Google singing to whoever was having the birthday, lol…
received a gorgeous purple handmade book, filled with photos of the garden and a book about monarchs with things I didn’t previously know… going to have to read that more thoroughly…
tried to vote, but the lineup was long, so headed out for breakfast at The Pancake House…
decided to vote Saturday when I would have more time…
friends arrived with cards and flowers and we had a lovely visit… the neighbour stopped by and gave an update on the house next door and collected Easter books for the littles…
received many texts and phone calls and had fun watching some F1 on tv…
cookies and hot cross buns arrived as I was reading in the living room, so I had to eat one of the hot cross buns, yum…
supper was steak and lobster, with fries and asparagus;-)… followed by a blizzard, yum…
what a delightful day it was…
19 Saturday Apr 2025
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my birthday week continued;-)…
went out for sushi on Wednesday and then took a drive to pick up a computer part for my grandson…
hadn’t had sushi for quite a while and the food was excellent… only had a few leftover rolls to bring home which is good because sometimes we order way too much, lol…
05 Saturday Apr 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, brush, brushing, family, grandma, hair, health issues, moments, piano, widow
I was brushing my hair recently and thinking of my grandma…
she was a force to be reckoned with… she worked all her life and struggled with health issues for a good portion of that time… she played the piano like a pro and spent the last years of her life homebound and making regular calls to shut ins to keep them connected;-)…
this was her brush, which I use every now and then… she wore her hair about an inch long and brushed straight up;-)…
02 Wednesday Apr 2025
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got some lovely flowers on Tuesday…
had fun trimming and putting them into a couple of vases…
one went onto the living room table right by where I spend a good portion of the day…
the second went into the den so I can enjoy them while watching tv…
great way to start my birthday month, lol…
29 Saturday Mar 2025
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