11 Friday Apr 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, gone, moments, nature, plants, rain barrel, snow, straighten, weather, widow, wind
shhhhh… the snow is gone from the front yard…
and I finally took a few minutes to straighten up the rain barrel which had been blown over weeks ago from some of the crazy winds we’d been having…
now we are ready for some rain;-)… and plants popping up from the ground…
10 Thursday Apr 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, creek, flowers, moments, nature, snowdrops, Spring, walk, weather, widow
finally made it outside for a walk…
it was overcast and around +2°C…
had on my sandals, gloves, a toque, and a spring jacket…
walked by some infill housing construction but happily didn’t get my shoes too muddy…
lovely to be outdoors… I was watching for signs of spring and was happy to see the water flowing in parts of the creek, although closer to home the creek was still ice-covered…
did find these cute little snowdrops…
but that was it… guess it is going to be a while yet before things start to pop up;-)…
09 Wednesday Apr 2025
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aquasize, big girl pants, blessed, buddy, key, lockers, moments, nature, quarter, sandals, towel, weather, widow
we went to Aquasize today… we were happy because we found the lockers that returned your quarter… I’d put all my possessions into the locker, before I realized that there was no safety pin on the key…
I had a towel above the locker, so I placed the key inside it and saved having to change lockers… when we left I advised the front desk staff and they will have it fixed…
and I wore my sandals for the first time… actually had on socks when we went but didn’t wear them on the way home;-)…
yay…
08 Tuesday Apr 2025
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beautiful, big girl pants, blessed, clouds, flying, geese, moments, nature, sky, Technology, time, weather, widow
the sky was beautiful this morning when I looked out the window first thing…
a few minutes later I got another view…
the clouds were very interesting…
a bit later I watched geese flying low overhead as they headed out for a meal;-)… they were moving quickly and my phone was in my pocket…
but it is also great to just watch them and not worry about capturing a photo;-)…
the sky is so wonderful…
05 Saturday Apr 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, brush, brushing, family, grandma, hair, health issues, moments, piano, widow
I was brushing my hair recently and thinking of my grandma…
she was a force to be reckoned with… she worked all her life and struggled with health issues for a good portion of that time… she played the piano like a pro and spent the last years of her life homebound and making regular calls to shut ins to keep them connected;-)…
this was her brush, which I use every now and then… she wore her hair about an inch long and brushed straight up;-)…
03 Thursday Apr 2025
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April, big girl pants, blessed, books, crystals, living room, memories, moments, nature, shells, square, table, weather, widow
started April by changing up the living room table…
this time I moved all the crystals to one square, filled a second square with shells… the third square included birds and critters… the final square with some of my favourite books…
looks good…
02 Wednesday Apr 2025
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big girl pants, birthday, blessed, family, flowers, happy, moments, treat, trimming, vases, widow
got some lovely flowers on Tuesday…
had fun trimming and putting them into a couple of vases…
one went onto the living room table right by where I spend a good portion of the day…
the second went into the den so I can enjoy them while watching tv…
great way to start my birthday month, lol…
01 Tuesday Apr 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, buddy, contacts, early, funny, late, moments, ready, Spring break, swim, swim bag, Tuesdays, widow
got up early, put in my contacts, put on my swimsuit, made sure my swim bag had everything needed in it… and headed to the pool with my buddy…
got there just in time… only to learn all classes had been cancelled this week because of spring break, lol…
this was the second time we’ve been to a Tuesday class… the first time we arrived late because we thought the start time was fifteen minutes later than it actually was… and this time the class was cancelled… I don’t think Tuesdays are our day, lol…
when I got home the good news was that I didn’t need to hang anything up to dry;-)…
too funny…
31 Monday Mar 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, changes, day-to-day, garden, look and see, moments, nature, plants, snow, Technology, weather, widow
just about every time I walk up or down the stairs to the second floor, I stop and look out the window…
watching the garden change from day-to-day…
maybe a bunny, a cat, solar lights, new flowers, squirrels, birds, so many changes take place if you take a moment to look…
this photo shows a few solar lights, one of which was under the snow, lol…
soon it will be green again… please🤪…
29 Saturday Mar 2025
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