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crushed…

24 Saturday Sep 2022

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prepped some items from the garden…

gathered morning glory seeds and brought in a ton of parsley… it didn’t get eaten up this year, lol… talked with Google about ways to prepare it for the winter…

two suggestions sounded like something to try… I pulled off most of the stalks and put half of the parsley onto parchment paper and then baked it in the oven for about twenty minutes… when it cooled I crushed it by hand and put it into a bottle… looks good…

next I took the rest of the stalk-free parsley and bagged it… six bags went into another and went into the freezer…

it will be interesting to see which type I like the best;-)…

dismantled…

20 Tuesday Sep 2022

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Monday some jobs got done…

I met the kids at the “A” for breakfast and then we worked in the garden…

Virginia creeper was pulled from behind the hot tub and some tiny holes were filled in the foundation close to the door…

the hammock was dismantled and pieces put into the shed…

then we started catching fish to bring into the condo… we got nine so far, including all the biggest ones, and will do more every now and again…

they caught them and I put them into the tanks…

happy to get some of the fall chores done…

bruschetta…

18 Sunday Sep 2022

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found an interesting grape tomato recipe on Instagram…

gave it a try… it used grape tomatoes, olive oil, garlic and basil…

it smelled delicious while it was baking…

then it went into ziplock bags and into the freezer for use in sauces although I think it might be nice as a bruschetta…

bounty…

17 Saturday Sep 2022

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had a delicious supper on Tuesday…

visited the Wolseley Farmers Market and got some lovely items…

flowers; a beautiful pork chop; green, yellow, and purple beans; garlic; small new potatoes; little eggplants; free range eggs; an acorn squash; and a cob of corn…

cooked up, cooled and reheated the potatoes… then warmed up some chicken wings from the night before and boiled some of the beans…

yum…

looking forward to more delicious meals from this bounty…

pit…

12 Monday Sep 2022

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went into the cupboard over the fridge and checked on my current avocado pit…

weeks ago I had put it into a plastic bag with a bit of water, set it up there, and forgot about it… now it was ready…

chose a nice mug container and dug out a used plastic pot that would fit inside it…

popped in some stones and soil… then planted the pit which had cracked in half and had a bunch of roots on the bottom…

looking forward to watching it grow…

bacon…

05 Monday Sep 2022

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while he was here we worked at having all the foods my son-in-law has missed…

we’ve had burgers and bacon in many forms… we’ve been to a few favourite places…

we ordered samosas and butter chicken… and had Chinese food…

and then there was Tony Roma’s and Captain’s Table and Dairy Queen;-)…

and a few of my recipes were included, lol…

a delicious two weeks😁…

foodstuff…

29 Monday Aug 2022

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Saturday morning, all the dishes went back into the cupboards… woohoo…

it was fun to arrange, and then rearrange, everything until it was just right;-)…

we left the doors off to be sure there is good airflow to get rid of any paint smell…

then we removed all the foodstuff from the cupboards on the other side of the sink… and put them on the table in the dining room… it was a bit of a process, but we eventually removed the shelf liner… what a difference between the dark and light insides…

once the doors came down, I took them outside to remove hinges and knobs and then cleaned them…

while that was happening, the shelves were sanded and two coats of primer put on them…

coming along nicely…

installed…

26 Friday Aug 2022

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busy day Wednesday… we went to Rona and picked up paint and a few other bits and pieces… then Best Buy for a couple more switches… finally Safeway for the last item for our supper…

once we got home, plastic was put all around the kitchen… the ceiling was scraped and sanded… plastic came down, floors were swept, paint went up and a new light fixture was installed…

it works perfectly with the switch that went in a few days ago, and which has a dimmer in it… it is beautiful and puts out a great deal of light…

the screen door was removed and had a good scrub down before going back into its track…

almost invisible now, lol…

the new switches were installed and we had bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches for supper…

woohoo…

stroll…

24 Wednesday Aug 2022

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on Monday morning we went to the Park Café for breakfast with my BS buddies and then took a stroll around the English and Leo Mol Gardens…

my son-in-law and I walked over and met the rest of the group inside the restaurant… it was wonderful to finally get there, as it had been a long time… breakfast was tasty and my favourite server mentioned how she had missed seeing me😊…

it was the first time I’ve been back in the Gardens for at least a few years and they were full of colour and blooms…

what a lovely way to usher in the week…

gladiola…

16 Tuesday Aug 2022

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went to the Wolseley Farmers Market with a friend and had a great time…

came home with a bag filled with beans, peas, green onions, a zucchini, baby potatoes, garlic, bread, a mushroom galette, and a beet and pesto treat…

and two gorgeous stalks of purple gladiola;-)…