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extendible…

11 Sunday Dec 2022

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it was around zero, so today’s project involved hooking up the extendible hose in the basement and then topping up the hot tub…

in the process of connecting the hose I had to go out to the garage for a washer… at which point I discovered that the garage side door wouldn’t open… I tried the key, as it seemed locked, but that didn’t work…

I went in through the overhead door and tried to open it from that side, but no luck there either…

in previous winters the problem had been that it wouldn’t stay closed, lol…

so, will have to see what happens in the next while, sigh…

startled…

08 Thursday Dec 2022

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the fifty pound bag of birdseed was recently delivered in the evening…

I had forgotten they were coming so was startled when they arrived and didn’t have them put it into the garage, where I had made a spot on the table for it…

they brought it into the house and left it by the front door…

it was heavy but in the morning I dragged it through the house to the back door…

then I went out and brought in the two pails that hold it, filled them up, and carried them out, one at a time, lol…

the bag was much lighter at this point and I was able to carry it out and fill the bin with the last portion…

those big girl pants;-)…

opportunity…

26 Saturday Nov 2022

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it was above zero today, so I took the opportunity to clear the snow off the deck…

it was beautiful out, warm and still… and I enjoyed my time in the garden, even if it was shovelling…

the weather has been a bit odd, with freezing cold days, then warm ones, and then back to the cold ones, lol…

portion…

03 Thursday Nov 2022

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had a great day on Tuesday…

worked on homemade spaghetti sauce for a good portion of the day…

watched chickadees, nuthatches, and squirrels out the front window…

set the table for supper with the kids and tidied the house in preparation for the cleaners…

finished getting the rest of supper ready and had a great visit over the meal…

and they fixed the fire pit…

propane…

01 Tuesday Nov 2022

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early in the summer we finally found the coloured glass for the fire pit…

shortly after that it ran out of propane so we had to get the tank filled…

then it was warm, so I didn’t use it…

a while ago, I tried to turn it on and discovered there was a problem with the ignition system…

the kids figured out the problem, consulted with electricians and eventually ordered the required piece…

took some time, but it finally arrived…

we took out the tank and brought the fire pit into the kitchen… pieces came off and then we spotted a wasp nest… thought they were dead, but then they started to move… quickly it got put outside, spray was applied and it was left out there….

tonight, the stars aligned, and after some serious activity on the deck, it is working again…

yay, yay, yay…

compost…

30 Sunday Oct 2022

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nice weather to get a few final jobs done in the garden…

used the leaf blower to clean out the irrigation lines and blow a few more leaves into the beds…

spread some grass seed mixed with compost over areas that were bare…

moved the last of the flower pots into the shed…

and now it is nearly ready… a few umbrellas to be put away and it should be done, lol…

the deck is looking rather bare, lol…

apparently, winter is coming…

tarpaulin…

29 Saturday Oct 2022

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the kids stopped by and brought me some Halloween candy…

they fixed a problem with the printer and then stacked and covered the outdoor chairs and tables with another large tarpaulin… too bad the tarps aren’t the same colour, lol… the job went very smoothly…

they work so much more quickly than I do, lol…

the top deck is cleaned off and now there is more space in the kitchen where the footstool and cushions for one of the chairs were… the cushions have moved into the garage for the winter…

every step is helpful…

beneficial…

23 Sunday Oct 2022

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went out and took a few photos of the freshly blown leaves that my grandson dealt with the other night…

the plan was to clear off the decks and make a path to the back gate… that way it will be easier to shovel, sigh…

been doing lots of reading suggesting that leaving the leaves in the garden is beneficial to little critters…

this was how it looked before… lots of leaves, particularly as I don’t have any deciduous trees, lol…

view…

20 Thursday Oct 2022

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now that the pond is empty and covered with the tarp, the camera isn’t really needed, so it came into the house…

happily, the bottom of it fit perfectly on the camera tripod…

set it up by the window where the bird feeder is attached…

this is particularly good now as the mandevilla blocks the view through the window…

looking forward to getting some great views of the guests at the feeder;-)…

flipped…

16 Sunday Oct 2022

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went outside and flipped the two rain barrels… one in the garden, and the new one next to the front flowerbed…

although we had drained both, they still had water inside, but once they were turned over, it poured out through the screen…

now they are ready for winter, sigh…

I learned a few years ago that not flipping them can cause serious consequences… lucky for me, the bottom of the one in the garden has returned to flat, lol…