23 Tuesday Apr 2024
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this morning I had some fun with the bouquet I purchased last Wednesday for my birthday…
I divided it into five small containers…
they went into the bathroom, kitchen, den, and bedroom…
it is always such fun to be able to make new arrangements and then take photos of them;-)…
22 Monday Apr 2024
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big girl pants, birds, blessed, cleaning, garden, moments, nature, rest, sledgehammer, sunshine, warm, weather, widow
Sunday was glorious… I spent most of the day in the garden…
in the morning I read on the deck in the sunshine and then washed the chairs on the back deck… the birds had been sitting above them, lol…
once they were clean and dry, I put cushions on two of them and set up the umbrella over the one they particularly like to rest over…
I moved poles and filled feeders… had to use the sledge hammer to get one all the way in…
then spent time on the back deck trying to identify birds, and reading;-)…
Merlin told me there were a large variety of birds in the garden, but didn’t want to identify them when I took pictures… argh…
lots to do yet, but it was fun to move forward a bit;-)…
19 Friday Apr 2024
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African Violet, big girl pants, blessed, moments, over-watered, perk, plant, sad, water, widow
I’ve noticed that this African violet was looking very sad…
a few days ago, I picked it up to check it out and discovered it was sitting in 2 inches of water… poor thing was drowning, sigh…
it has already started to perk up;-)…
18 Thursday Apr 2024
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big girl pants, birthday, blessed, bliss, cards, dinner, family, flowers, food, friends, happy, hot tub, moments, nature, pedicure, Technology, treats, weather, widow
what a lovely day…
had a pedicure, which was a real treat as I haven’t had one since covid… the massage portion was bliss…
received cards, gifts, texts, and numerous phone calls… my kids were trying to see how many times they could sing happy birthday to me throughout the day, lol…
enjoyed the technology that let the Ottawa kids send me presents via Amazon…
treats turned up throughout the day, and a gorgeous bouquet arrived in the afternoon;-)…
dinner was barbecued steak and lobster with asparagus, mushrooms and tiny potatoes prepared by my housemate…
and considering the crazy weather – rain, snow, and bits of sunshine – barbecuing was a gift…
a final touch was a small portion of chocolate mousse;-)…
ended the night with a hot tub…
I am truly blessed…
16 Tuesday Apr 2024
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beaver, big girl pants, blessed, mallards, moments, nature, nests, Pokémon, puddle, startle, Technology, trees, walk, weather, widow
on Monday’s walk I focussed on checking out the trees as on Sunday I watched a webinar on bird nests and eggs…
this is down by the creek and if you look closely at the bottom of the trees, you can see where the beaver has been busy…
was excited to discover a mallard couple in a puddle in a field…
wasn’t able to get too close because I didn’t want to startle them but had a lovely few minutes watching them;-)…
also collected many Pokémon items…
15 Monday Apr 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, cleanup, critters, exercise, garden, gather, leaves, moments, nature, pond, raking, sunshine, weather, widow
spent a good portion of the day on Sunday in the garden raking up leaves… there were a lot of them as well as dead cedar bits…
I know it is a bit early for the bugs, but I want to be able to sit on the back deck…
I left an old garbage can filled with some of what I’d picked up open so the little critters could still get out;-)…
what a difference this has made… it still needs another good going over, but I can now sit comfortably on the back deck and think about how it is going to look with flowers and the fish in the pond…
14 Sunday Apr 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, book, library, moments, nature, outside, Poké stops, Pokémon, Technology, walking, weather, widow
Friday morning I put on my runners and went for a walk… first time in months as I’ve been worried about snow and ice…
I also took a book to drop at the Little Library on the next street…
I didn’t take my usual path as I wanted to collect Poké balls while I was out… went up to Portage, down the next street and then detoured past an area that had lots of Pokéstops and collected various items along the way… finished along another main drag until I was back at my street…
might do that again as I continue to walk further each time I go out…
interesting that I didn’t take a single photo, lol…
nice to be checking out the neighbourhood again and looking forward to getting to the Park soon;-)…
12 Friday Apr 2024
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Alfy’s, big girl pants, blessed, family, food, grandson, moments, supper, Technology, treat, veggie, widow, wonton soup
it appears that Thursday is our order-in/treat night…
sometimes it is frozen pizza, other times something gets picked up or ordered in;-)…
yesterday’s treat was wonton soup from Alfy’s…
it was tasty and I had leftovers for lunch today…
we also got some tempura shrimp and veggie spring rolls…
I like treat night;-)…
09 Tuesday Apr 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, clouds, eclipse, friends, garden, iPhone, moments, moon, nature, phenomenon, sky, sun, weather, widow
reorganized the chairs on the deck on Monday to face the sun…
then I brought out blankets for each one so we would be comfortable while we had our eyes to the sky…
everyone brought their eclipse glasses from October, when we saw nothing due to clouds…
coffee was ready, snacks were brought out and my friends arrived an hour early for our regular Monday gathering…
at first the clouds covered the activity but eventually we got to see some of the eclipse…
this was one of the two photos I took… I held the glasses over my iPhone’s lens and one of my friends pushed the button, lol…
it was fun to be together and enjoy this phenomenon…
another great experience with these wonderful women, one who was on FaceTime, lol…
08 Monday Apr 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, cedar, deck, detritus, garden, moments, nature, pond, snow, Spring, swept, tarp, weather, widow
Sunday, I removed the tarp covering chairs and tables on the back deck and laid it out on the driveway to dry…
then I moved the furniture and swept the deck… there seems to be way more cedar detritus than usual… all of it went into the beds under the cedar trees…
then I partially set up the chairs and table on the deck…
eventually the tarp was folded and put away…
there is very little snow left in the garden, but it is still rather wet…
now to wait for the area to dry up so I can put the chairs in their usual locations…
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