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intentionally…

13 Monday Mar 2023

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this morning I was treated to this lovely view of the sky and moon over the neighbour’s house…

when I get out of bed, the first thing I do is look outside and enjoy whatever I see… sometimes it is the sun coming up through the neighbourhood houses, sometimes a bunny, sometimes it is overcast… just yesterday I saw the first grackle of the season…

I enjoy starting the day intentionally by checking out the sky…

foam…

08 Wednesday Mar 2023

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dug out an old watering jug so that I could set the vase of flowers into it and fill it with water so the floral foam inside the vase could soak up all the water it needed…

took a while, but after half an hour or so I was able to get it out with a bit of finagling…

sitting in the container of water…
just a touch over the top of the vase…
back on the table…

it is amazingly difficult to add fresh water to the container every day, lol…

treacherous…

07 Tuesday Mar 2023

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walked to and from the “A” on Sunday morning…

it took a bit longer than usual as it was icy so the walking was a bit treacherous…

but it gave me the opportunity to get a few photos of the beautiful trees…

happy to get outside and enjoy the fresh air…

writing…

06 Monday Mar 2023

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this anniversary of my beloved’s death has been harder than usual…

not sure if it is having someone else in the house, going through so many boxes and letting go of things… maybe it’s been seeing his writing on papers as I’ve sorted through files… maybe it is realizing I’ve been without him for a quarter of the time we were together…

you’d think after eleven years it would be less difficult…

whatever the reason, I’ve been struggling…

photography…

27 Monday Feb 2023

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had some fun with shadow pictures… it reminded me of the great photography class I took with a colleague many years ago… we had so much fun…

the vase looks pretty cool in these photos…

enjoying the afternoon sunshine…

porcelain…

26 Sunday Feb 2023

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thanks to a suggestion from a friend, we picked up some porcelain filler for the stove and basement pedestal sink…

after sanding, painting, re-sanding, and drying a number of times, the stove looks great… can’t spot the fix unless you get real close and know where to look…

sadly, I forgot to get a before picture…

the sink is taking a bit more time…

but coming along nicely…

repositioned…

24 Friday Feb 2023

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another few projects got taken care of…

the wooden bird picture that my middle grandson gave me about a year ago has finally made it onto the wall… we had to pick up wire to use as it is heavy and the usual fishing line wasn’t going to hold it up…

looks great and I am so proud of him as he did a good job of making it…

then we put a new sweep on the bottom of the back door so that cold air isn’t flowing down into the basement… bit of a process, but it was finally complete… better than it was, for sure…

a strip of carpet got cut and repositioned so that feet won’t be on concrete on the way to the bathroom, lol…

the final piece of work was cutting and installing a tile over the light in the bathroom…

a lot of work got done;-)… I am blessed…

chatting…

23 Thursday Feb 2023

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so happy that my friend, Hilda the gardener, came by last Friday for a drink, visit, and a haircut…

we spent a lovely hour chatting and laughing about life in general and gardens in particular…

then she dealt with the overgrown mess that was my hair, lol…

looks and feels so much better now;-)…

crocheted…

21 Tuesday Feb 2023

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on some of the colder days, I’ve been wrapping up in a blanket when I sit and read in the living room…

Ive been using the crocheted one that I made a few years ago and just recently found a post telling me that I finished it two years ago on February 7, 2021…

it is very cozy and I enjoy using it…