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30 Sunday Jan 2022

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last night I had my first hot tub in many weeks…

we have had so much extreme cold and snow that I haven’t wanted to go out…

when I did want to, the cover was frozen closed… this has only ever happened a few times over the twelve years we’ve had it… this year it has already been three or four times…

when it has warmed up a bit… last night a balmy -23… the ice vanishes and the cover opens nicely…

it was quiet and peaceful… sigh, I have missed that;-)…

so, I went out again this morning… even got some pictures…

happy Sunday…

miles…

29 Saturday Jan 2022

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these days I get my steps walking the figure eight in the living and dining rooms…

I was wondering how many trips have been made around these two rooms…

they started when my beloved returned home from his heart surgery, and were short and slow as he regained his strength…

then there were the walks I took as I slowly regained my strength following my cancer surgery just months after he had gone… again, the steps were slow and difficult… took a long time before I could climb the stairs or go out onto the deck…

I walked on the treadmill in the basement before work since being diagnosed with diabetes… I overdid it for a while and my hips and knees can get a bit grumpy if I walk too fast, or too long, so I spend less time on it now…

during the cold weather over the last few years this has been my track… I find walking in the light is a positive encouragement to get the steps in…

how many miles has it been… maybe it is good that it is hardwood and not a carpet that might have ended up with a path in it, lol…

toss…

28 Friday Jan 2022

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the kids came over on Tuesday to do some shovelling…

I am usually able to do the sidewalks and decks, but there is so much snow out there now that I can’t toss the snow high enough to get over the drifts, lol…

the driveway got cleared, which was nice, although as I don’t go anywhere, that isn’t so important these days…

part of the job was to level the tops of some of the piles in the back so I can manage again without the snow sliding back to where I had moved it from…

they were also able to widen the space where the windrow was at the front… it is much easier to walk to the front door now…

blessed to have the help;-)…

harder…

26 Wednesday Jan 2022

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recently I wandered around my space and took photos of all the blooming or nearly blooming things…

January and February are often harder months for me and having flowers blooming really lifts my spirits…

so much beauty in this space and I am grateful;-)…

drag…

20 Thursday Jan 2022

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back to shovelling…

it was cold out there – felt like -35 Celsius – but I had to take out the garbage and recycling…

Friday is garbage day, so I wanted to check whether the bins needed to get to the back lane or not, lol…

happily, once the path was cleared, there wasn’t enough in them to need to drag them out this week, but next week may be a different story…

the snow is getting deeper and the pile alongside the deck is higher than the deck boards… this time I was really working at tossing it further, but it is a struggle…

I also dug a narrow path along the driveway to get to the vents for the furnace, to be sure they were clear of snow…

there is a ton of snow on the driveway, but I just moved it over so I could make my way…

sticks…

19 Wednesday Jan 2022

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on November 22nd I transplanted the coleus that had been rooting in water… and for a while they grew… then, they all died off…

yesterday I used the soil from one of the containers to plant some morning glory seeds…

also added three sticks so that when they grow there will be a place to climb…

hopefully they will do better than the coleus did…

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18 Tuesday Jan 2022

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out this morning to shovel the sidewalk…

it was still snowing but I thought it better to clear it a few times if needed…

only did it once… the snow stopped shortly after I finished, but the wind is going to be strong overnight so I will decide tomorrow if it needs to be done again…

later in the day the sun came out and I got some lovely photos…

so interesting how the view changes from moment to moment… I am so happy to have the time to observe the changes…

front…

17 Monday Jan 2022

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today I woke to this view of the sky…

and a bit later I took this photo of the front yard to show someone how much snow was on the ground…

a tiny bit of snow had fallen yesterday and overnight and we are waiting for a storm tonight so I expect there will be more to shovel tomorrow…

dimsum…

15 Saturday Jan 2022

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had some very nice dimsum for dinner recently…

I love dimsum but appear to be out of the delivery area for any of the restaurants I like…

not too long ago I found some frozen when I was shopping online at Gimli Fish so I ordered three items…

finally got around to having them… they only took about five minutes in the microwave and were tasty…

going to order those again;-)…

pudding…

08 Saturday Jan 2022

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so happy to have my Friday night dinner delivered from ModernPlate… they produced weekly meals between November, 2020 and May, 2021…

at that time they ended the Friday night meals, so I was pleased (for me) to see that it was back, but sorry (for them) that we’ve come back to this…

I also ordered a spinach salad with feta, fennel, seeds and pecans, which I had for lunch… it was very tasty…

the dinner is for two so I get at least two meals from it… this one was pork loin with smashed potatoes and Brussel sprouts…

and then there was dessert;-)… kept half of one piece of the cranberry and orange sticky toffee pudding…and sent the rest home with my grandson… which was a good plan, because I would have eaten more if it was here, lol…

such a treat to have meals made for me… and they are always delicious…