29 Sunday Oct 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, corner, moments, projects, shelves, step stool, Tea, tidy, widow
had a bit of fun tidying up the corner cupboard…
had to get out the step stool to reach the top shelf…
didn’t take too long and reminded me of how much tea I have up there, yikes…
now it is organized nicely, with the items I use least located on the top shelf…
happy that I got one of my little projects completed;-)..
19 Thursday Oct 2023
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Wednesday was a slow and bit of a downer day…
had a sore arm and felt kind of achy and just bleh… no doubt the result of the two needles in my arm the previous day…
wasn’t able to sleep and eventually spent time on the deck, wrapped in a blanket, reading…
even had a snack, which was a treat as I’ve been steering clear of extras for a while…
17 Tuesday Oct 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, blower, cake, deck, food, friends, garden, gathering, happy, home, leaves, moments, nature, October, sun, sweeping, time, treat, weather, widow
because it was another gorgeous day, our Monday gathering took place on the deck for one last time…
I moved the furniture, swept all the leaves off, cleaned the glass table, and put cushion covers on the chairs…
as I was sweeping the lower deck, it occurred to me that I could have used the leaf blower, lol… oh well, good exercise, lol…
and, we were treated to a freshly baked Bundt cake;-)… yum…
the sun shone and it did cool off a little, but we were very comfortable… what a treat in the middle of October…
07 Saturday Oct 2023
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big girl pants, birthday, blessed, celebration, food, friends, fun, happy, lifeline, lunch, moments, Park Cafe, time, treat, walk, weather, widow
had a great time on Monday, when I met with my BS buddies at the Park Cafe for a celebration lunch…
it was amazing because it was the birthday person’s birthday, lol… we don’t often have the celebration on their actual day…
we were there for a few hours…
the restaurant wasn’t too full, we had a lovely waitperson, the meal with very tasty, and we had lots of laughs and conversation (as always)…
these women have been my lifeline for over thirty-five years…
29 Friday Sep 2023
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arch, big girl pants, blessed, build, construction, flowers, food, garden, grandson, help, moments, morning glories, plants, staring, Technology, veggie garden, weather, widow
ordered a second arch a week or so ago when I noticed it was on sale for half price…
it arrived a few days ago and sat there staring at me, lol…
Wednesday afternoon, as the weather was nice, I finally spent the time to put it together… feel like a pro now, after the springtime attempt to put it together;-)…
my grandson managed to set it in place right next to the other one…
next year I will focus on beans, cucumbers, and peas, as well as a ton of morning glories to grow right over it;-)…
24 Sunday Sep 2023
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beans, big girl pants, blessed, boiled, dinner, food, garden, last, moments, nature, plants, tasty, veggie garden, weather, widow
between the bits of rain yesterday, I went out and picked the last of the beans…
well, I think it was the last of them… I’ve thought that a few times, lol…
cut them and boiled them up for supper… they were delicious, even if they were a little on the overgrown side…
23 Saturday Sep 2023
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it has been rather cool in the mornings, so I have been watching a bit of tv as I eat my breakfast…
I had to put cushions over a piece of glass on the desk, because the sun was reflecting right into my eyes, lol…
22 Friday Sep 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, delicious, food, fritters, garden, health, lunch, moments, sunshine, waffle maker, widow, zucchini
made zucchini fritters with two lovely zucchinis I got from Jonathan’s Farm…
grated them and wrapped them in a towel to wring out extra moisture…
after they were mixed with egg, cheese, and breadcrumbs, added them to the waffle maker…
came out nicely, although they could have used a bit of flour, which I decided to leave out…
I will make these again;-)…
18 Monday Sep 2023
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big girl pants, birds, blessed, feeder, flowers, friends, garden, hummingbird, hummy, moments, nature, purple, salt, sugar, syrup, widow
I’ve spotted the hummingbird a number of times in the garden over the last few weeks… I have basically given up trying to get a photo, lol…
last Sunday I was in the living room on the phone with my daughter and looked out the window to see the hummy shoot by…
that made me go out to the garage to find the hummingbird feeder, bring it into the house, make syrup and fill the feeder… took it out and hung it in the garden near the purple flowers it seemed to like…
I sat out for awhile to watch for it, but nothing…
the next day, my buddies were here and when one tasted her coffee she spit it out… apparently I had put salt in the sugar bowl… which had also been what I used to make the syrup for the feeder… no wonder nobody showed up to drink from it…
brought the feeder back in, made real syrup, and put it outside…
maybe the hummingbird will come back, but it looks like it may have headed south;-(…
16 Saturday Sep 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, growing, moments, nature, neighbour, plants, sunflower, surprise, visible, widow
a neighbour is growing sunflowers…
for the longest time we couldn’t figure out what the plants were, lol…
they are as tall as their house and just recently the sunflower head became visible… obviously, these plants have enjoyed the weather…
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