28 Tuesday Jul 2026
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the new arch has already produced enough purple beans for a meal;-)…
this makes me very happy as the tomatoes and beans in the side garden are doing nothing 😔…
I topped and tailed them, and then cut them into bite-sized pieces…
as they boiled, of course the colour dissipated, and they turned into green beans…
but, they were delicious and I enjoyed every last one…
24 Friday Jul 2026
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big girl pants, bloodwork, bruise, Dynacare, efficient, moments, Technology, widow
I have a doctor’s appointment next week which meant that this week I had to have bloodwork done…
Dynacare come to the house and the process takes about ten minutes…
this technician is one of my favourites…
he is quick, efficient and rarely leaves me with a bruise…
last time was quite different, lol…
23 Thursday Jul 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, cancer-free, core, difficult, exercise, moments, physiotherapist, surgery, widow
I’ve had my yoga mat out for a few weeks now… since I saw my physiotherapist…
for the first week I did a couple of exercises involving rocking my legs and lifting them to my chest… not too difficult and they seemed to help with the twisted knee…
then, the next week a new exercise involving my core came along…
this one seems more complicated and harder… which also makes it harder to get down and do them, lol…
but, this week marks 14 years since I had a hernia/hysterectomy surgery to deal with cancer of the uterus which made me cancer-free…
that puts a little thing like a difficult exercise into perspective, doesn’t it🤨….
18 Saturday Jul 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, hairdresser, moments, plants, walk, widow
on the walk to the hairdresser I took a few pictures of flowers and plants along the lane…
looks a lot better than my weed filled area, lol…
got the haircut and walked back home…
then lazed around the house and garden for the rest of the day🙂…
16 Thursday Jul 2026
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I’ve been enjoying the roses around the house…
they remind me of my dear friend and former neighbour, Ellen…
from the time the girls were born, she and her husband looked after them whenever we needed help…
whatever time we were having dinner she would take them next door so we could actually eat without interruption, lol…
we used to have them over for dinner on Wednesday nights and she would babysit while we went bowling… that was a very long time ago…
now I have one of her rose bushes in the front flowerbed and think of her often…
especially when I bring the beautiful roses into the house😊…
15 Wednesday Jul 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, cucumbers, flowers, garden, moments, morning glories, nature, peapod, reading outside, sweet pea, widow
had a quiet day… only outside for a little while as it was overcast and spit a fair bit…
but did get some reading in… also got to see more morning glories on the deck…
also ones that I planted on the new trellis, and flowers on more of the cucumbers there;-)… so far the morning glories have all been purple 😂…
and I spotted a number of bachelor buttons in the side garden…
and the biggest surprise was the cute little sweet pea flower, next to an actual peapod, woohoo…
things are moving along😊…
12 Sunday Jul 2026
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spent time in the garden fairly early as the temperature was going to 37°C before adding in the humidex…
only put out the cushion I was sitting on, lol… with the huge humidity yesterday, stepping into the garden fairly early, even in the evening, was like hitting a wall…
made sure to water all the plants, and if it doesn’t rain today, I will also water the new grass tomorrow…
sat out on the back deck until close to noon and then moved into the house…
had a monarch visit for a while, just before I went in, but still have no eggs or caterpillars;-(…
came back out just after supper for a short while…
still crazy hot 🥵…
11 Saturday Jul 2026
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air conditioner, big girl pants, garden, hot, humidity, moments, nature, outside, Technology, weather, widow
it was hot and humid out there today…
I didn’t spend much time in the garden, although when I first got up and ran the irrigation system, I did put out the cushions, but didn’t sit out for too long…
even at 7 when it is usually quite pleasant, with the humidity, it felt like 42°C, sigh…
may have to leave the air conditioner on all night…
10 Friday Jul 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, cushions, deck, decorative, garden, groupings, happy, moments, move, nature, pond, widow
even though I am alone in the garden, it makes me happy to put out all of the outdoor chair cushions as well as the decorative ones…
recently, I walked around the space and took photos of the various seating options…
there are lots of places to sit and many are little groupings…
during the day I tend to move from area to area depending on the weather…
this last one is probably the most used in the late afternoon and evening as it is in the shade by then…
I also spend a great deal of the morning by the pond as it is shady in that location in the earlier part of the day and a great spot to watch the fish😊…
08 Wednesday Jul 2026
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best, big girl pants, blessed, exercises, health, knee, L1, moments, physiotherapist, widow
saw my physiotherapist recently as I’ve been having trouble with my knee…
I hadn’t seen him for a number of years, but he had helped me a few times previously…
he had me walk and discovered that my hips are currently not even, which had been part of the problem the last time I was there…
the best news was that the issue isn’t my knee, it is my L1…
once he knew the problem he was able to improve the situation by manipulating (as in, pressing down really hard) the appropriate spots on my butt…
I also mentioned that I’ve felt as though my balance was off, which apparently is connected to the whole L1 thing…
now I have exercises to do before I see him again in a week… and my butt is really sore lol…
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