28 Saturday Mar 2020
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avocado, big girl pants, blessed, garden, hot tub, moments, outside, planting, pond, reading, Spring, sunshine, widow
had a wonderful day outside yesterday…
topped up the hot tub and added chemicals to it…
found my gardening gloves and planted an avocado…
although it is still messy on the deck, I sat in the sun and read for a while…
noticed that there is actually water in the pond;-)…
Spring is really coming, yay…
16 Monday Mar 2020
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Assiniboine Park Conservancy, big girl pants, blessed, friends, garden, iPhone, leaf, lunch, nature, Park, Technology, widow
this morning I decided to order groceries from Save-On-Foods, which I’ve done a few times…
usually the delivery happens the next day… the first open spots started on Saturday afternoon… apparently many people are using the delivery system;-)…
went to the Park for lunch with a couple of friends… it was very quiet… no one on the path, and they have replaced the usual menus with single sheets of paper which are discarded after being used… the tables have nothing on them and the few people there were seated quite a ways from one another…
as I was leaving I noticed the new Leaf construction is above the trees now… kind of exciting;-)…
I don’t think I will be going out for lunch after this as it is clear that older folks need to be staying at home, away from others…
tonight my BS group met by phone… we are so lucky that we have the technology to allow us to connect this way…
the new normal...
10 Tuesday Mar 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, forward, growth, moments, nature, orchid, plants, purple, Spring, sunshine, weather, widow
had a lovely wander around the living room and dining room to check on the plants…
a few of the orchids are starting some new buds and the other plants are doing nicely…
it was a nice treat to wander around and see the growth…
we just sprang forward on the weekend and I think Spring is really coming…
19 Wednesday Feb 2020
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beloved, big girl pants, birds, blessed, grandson, grateful, Japanese Maple, memories, moments, nature, orchid, rainbow, reminder, sunshine, widow
this morning my Seize the Day calendar reminded me to start each day with a grateful heart... it was a good reminder…
I am grateful for the birdseed in the feeders in the front and back yards… thanks to my middle grandson who filled them all on Saturday…
so far only the squirrel has found the one in the front, I had a quiet time watching for the birds through the window as I sat in the sunshine…
both birds and squirrels have found the one in the garden…
I am grateful for an early morning rainbow on the kitchen floor, new leaves on the Japanese Maple, and sunlight shining on orchids…
I am grateful for time to read, food to eat, a comfortable home to live in, and wonderful memories…
sometimes a reminder is just what’s needed…
24 Friday Jan 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, home, jungle, light, moments, orchid, plants, purple, sunshine, widow
Monday I wandered around the living and dining rooms taking photos of the plants in the sunlight…
it was shining so beautifully on the jungle of plants that are filling the space… the furniture and even the purple snowflakes in the window were just beautiful;-)…
I’ve being paying close attention when it is shining to be sure to enjoy the light…
what a glorious time… sunshine is so energizing…
17 Friday Jan 2020
I’ve been waiting for a slightly warmer day to top up the hot tub…
it has been running low since I got home and I haven’t been out to sit in it because when it is low it sprays all over me which isn’t that nice…
around noon I removed the dryer vent and put the hose through it… then I went outside and slid between the hot tub and the pergola so I could reach the hose and put it into the tub…
back downstairs to turn the water on and then seven long minutes out in the cold as it filled up;-)…
actually the seven minutes went by quickly and I was able to pop back into the house to turn the water off, return to the outdoors to remove the hose from the hot tub and get back into the basement to collect the hose and replace the vent in the hole in the wall that was letting in a fair bit of very cold air, lol…
now for the waiting game… it will likely be a few days before it warms back up to 103, my favourite temperature… it takes so long because the tub is only plugged in using a regular outlet…
maybe a Sunday hot tub…
24 Tuesday Dec 2019
Posted in garden, life, loss, moments, nature, technology, Uncategorized
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Alaska, bag, belt, big girl pants, camera, fastener, garden, home alone, iPhone, pocket, purse, walk, widow
I’ve had this cute little bag since a visit to Alaska in 2013…
I usually use it to protect my camera in my purse… sometimes I’ve worn it cross body when I’ve needed to carry my phone, without using my hands, or if I don’t have pockets…
a few days ago I figured out how to wear it around my waist…
added another fastener to it which makes it much easier to clip on and off…
in these last few years, being on my own, I have felt it more important to have my phone close at hand in case I trip, fall, or need help for some other reason…
going to be much easier now…
17 Sunday Nov 2019
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12 Tuesday Nov 2019
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was in the basement doing laundry when I heard scraping sounds…
excited to discover that my shoveler was in the backyard clearing snow from the deck…
I knew he was going to come again this year, but wasn’t sure of what it would cost so checked with him while he was here…
wrote cheques for the season and chatted with him for a few moments before he left..
this year I will text him as soon as the city clears the street… and produces the pile of snow at the end of the sidewalk… they are fairly good with clearing the driveway but do not even attempt the sidewalk… if you don’t clean it up quickly it turns into blocks of ice that are very difficult to remove…
my visitors use the sidewalk, so our plan is to get ahead of the lumps of packed snow if we can;-)…
very happy that he is thinking of ways to make the shovelling easier…
08 Friday Nov 2019
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beautiful, big girl pants, blessed, comment, flowers, garden, green, office, orchid, plants, purple, whisperer, widow
recently a few people have commented on the plants in the office…
my space is filled with orchids, violets and other greenery…
I always give credit to our plant whisperer who keeps the green things extra green…
I also mention how much I enjoy my orchids… sometimes they bloom a second and third time… it is so exciting when that happens…
lovely to spend my day in a garden;-)..
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