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remiss…

16 Monday Feb 2026

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we’ve been a bit remiss in clearing the back decks on the way to the gate and garage, sigh… and it has become rather dicey when I’m getting into and out of the hot tub🤪…

it had gotten very rough and slippery so we tried a few weeks ago to chip away at it… unfortunately it was still too cold and the snow and ice were rather deep…

Sunday, I went out in the afternoon when it was quite warm (-2° C with windchill)… I took out one of the small, metal shovels from the beautifully organized wall in the garage and spent a half hour or so removing the slush and chunks of wet, snowy, ice, clearing a path to the garage side door (almost), hot tub, and driveway gate… due to winter ground heaving in the garage, we aren’t using the side door just now…

it was lovely out and I took my time with constant breaks…

it is down to the wood now, and will likely dry up nicely…

fingers crossed;-)…

air-dried…

14 Saturday Feb 2026

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I’ve been going out to the hot tub for the last week or so…

it had been a long time since I’ve been out there because the weather had caused the lid to freeze over…

last night when I came in there was some Olympic replays of the day on which I watched as I air-dried on the bed, lol…

then it was off to sleep so getting up at 3:30 am wouldn’t seem too tiring;-)…

ice…

08 Sunday Feb 2026

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it was a lovely day so we spent some time on the deck, in between Olympic events…

first project was to top up the hot tub and clean all the ice off of it…

next, we emptied, cleaned, and filled the cold tub… a new pump has gone into it to keep the water moving…

it is always amazing how long it takes to fill up tubs, particularly in the cold, lol…

but, the jobs are done;-)…

charged…

28 Wednesday Jan 2026

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the front doorbell and the garden cameras both needed to be charged at the same time…

it was easy to bring in the front one but not so easy for the other one, lol…

I had to make a path to the garden camera as that area was a part of the snow pile from shovelling… took a while, but I got it;-)…

the cameras are now both charged and the garden one has been put by the garage door for the rest of the winter…

much easier to get to, lol…🤪

WONDER…

20 Tuesday Jan 2026

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had a lovely visit to Fleurs de Villes WONDER at The Leaf…

for Christmas I had given my buddies tickets to the show… such a great gift which adds another celebration for everyone…

we had lunch at Gather to celebrate our January birthday woman before the tour;-)…

we had dropped our birthday person at the back entrance, which is much closer for anyone with walking issues and then drove around and parked at the front…

for this visit, we skipped the Tropical biome and moved right into the Mediterranean biome to see the fifteen displays…

every time I walk through the area I spot details I hadn’t noticed before;-)…

I’ve volunteered twice, and visited three times so it is quite astonishing that I keep discovering new things…

the group enjoyed all of the displays and it was fun as each person made their choice of favourite piece…

I keep vacillating between three, lol…

bulbs…

08 Thursday Jan 2026

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while I was at The Leaf the other day, I got some great photos of various bulbs…

the amaryllis were beautiful and there were lots of them;-)…

I also spotted a variety I had not seen before…

and then I found this lovely white hyacinth;-)…

wasn’t able to smell it, lol…

I expect that they will all be gone the next time I visit…

100…

30 Tuesday Dec 2025

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today, I finished my hundredth book of 2025…

I am very happy… I would have done better except for one book which I didn’t like, so kept on putting reading off, lol… but I did finish it…

so many of the books were enjoyed in the garden over the spring, summer, and fall;-)…

I need to work on putting a book aside, without finishing it, if I don’t like it, lol…

fourth…

19 Friday Dec 2025

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a few days ago I booked my fourth visit to Fleurs de Villes at The Leaf in January;-)…

it is always wonderful to see and I have given a number of friends tickets to go (with me of course)…

seems like a perfect Christmas gift for anyone who appreciates art, flowers, nature, and creativity… especially after looking out the window and seeing this, lol…