16 Friday May 2025
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big girl pants, fabrics, garden, hanging chair, moments, nature, shed, snack, squirrels, Technology, weather, widow
we spent a bit of time in the fall attempting to make the shed squirrel and bunny proof…
unfortunately that meant the squirrel or squirrels moved into the garage for the winter…
and, apparently, they really liked the fabrics on the hanging chair, sigh…
I guess I’m going to be looking for a new chair, and will make sure it goes into the basement for the winter;-(…
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;-)…
13 Tuesday May 2025
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annual, big girl pants, blessed, food, friends, happy, high tea, Lilystone Cafe, moments, Rosenort, treat, weather, widow
today we celebrated two birthdays with a drive out to Rosenort and High Tea at Lilystone Cafe;-)… it is becoming an annual tradition as this was our third visit…
and to top it off, we were there on this exact day last year… how cool is that…
this photo was from our last visit…
today we enjoyed the items on the menu and had a variety of delicious teas to go with the tasty treats… I had one of everything, lol…
my tea was Peach Apricot which I just love…
we’ve always found the staff happy to deal with our food issues, and eager to please…
even though it was 38°C, (crazy weather we are experiencing) the room we were in was very comfortable…
such a lovely way to spend an afternoon with this amazing group of women;-)…
10 Saturday May 2025
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what a delightful way to begin the day…
looked out the front window just after 7 am and spotted this goose…
watched if for quite a while before heading back to bed, lol…
then, just after nine, as I was making breakfast, I walked out to the living room and spotted five mallards across the street…
they all came over, but only two of them stopped for a snack under the bird feeders;-)… I was happy when I caught this one as it was leaving…
03 Saturday May 2025
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a few days ago, after I read something about cold weather planting, I spent time in the side garden…
after I removed a trellis from the file cabinet planter, I fluffed the soil (lol), and then planted a row of peas…
some of the seeds were from last year’s crop and some new ones from a box…
can’t wait to see what happens with them;-)…
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…
23 Sunday Mar 2025
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19 Wednesday Mar 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, carbs, family, food, meatballs, moments, remembering, sauce, spaghetti, supper, widow
this morning I dug meatballs out from the freezer…
then I made a sauce to go with them and decided to add the spaghetti to cook in the sauce…
once it was cooked, it went into the fridge to cool down which helps reduce the carbs…
when I reheated half of it for my supper, it was delicious;-)…
03 Monday Mar 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, food, happy, health, information, made in Canada, moments, parmesan cheese, product, raspberries, shopping, Technology, widow
went to Costco on Wednesday morning and clearly picked a great time as parking was easy and the store wasn’t too busy…
I was very happy that the frozen raspberries I use were not a product of the USA, and neither was the Parmesan cheese…
it is kind of difficult on most packaging to find the information that tells you clearly where it comes from 😬…
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