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ditch…

12 Wednesday Nov 2025

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another lovely walk along the Harte Trail on Remembrance Day afternoon…

it felt like -4° Celsius and there was a bit of wind although the sun was shining brightly…

we walked a little bit past the distance we did last time…

we spotted two deer and watched them for a few minutes before they bounced along the ditch beside the path…

we were dressed for the cold and were very comfortable… then this person passed us;-)…

I guess different strokes for different folks…

hoodies…

08 Saturday Nov 2025

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I am absolutely thrilled with the job Vicky’s Alterations did putting zippers in two hoodies…

I had stopped wearing one although it was very comfy… unfortunately, it was just too difficult to take it off…

it looks great and like it always had a zipper in it…

now it is easy to get on and off…

the zipper matched perfectly on the second hoodie…

so happy;-)…

cleaners…

07 Friday Nov 2025

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my tea towel on the stove, folded very nicely by the cleaners who were here a few days ago, reminded me of how blessed I am…

for years we couldn’t afford a cleaner…

but for the last number of years I’ve had a company come in once a month to do the basics which makes me feel like the house is mainly clean, lol…

I am ever thankful to my beloved who made this wonderful gift possible;-)… I continue to miss him every single day…

tunnel…

06 Thursday Nov 2025

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it was a beautiful sunny day as we went for another walk along a different section of the Harte Trail the other day…

the sunshine was glorious and the path was dry…

this portion had a canopy so it felt as though we were walking in a bit of a tunnel… can’t wait to walk this one in the summer when the leaves are overhead…

beautiful trees and a lovely sky… an excellent way to get our exercise in when we can’t make it to the pool…

also tested out my new boots;-)…

clean-ish…

05 Wednesday Nov 2025

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cleaned out the first of the garden water pumps last week…

always happy when they are all clean-ish and packed away for the winter…

this morning I was able to pull out, clean and put away the last two…

all the jobs in the garden are done and it is now ready for the winter…

coatrack…

03 Monday Nov 2025

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so happy when a tidying streak continues, lol…

spent some time in the front door area sorting through bins and baskets…

filled another box with pass-alongs without any difficulty… including purses and bags…

all of the gloves went into one of the Ikea bins which will make them much handier and easier to find…

one basket holds all the hats, a second one all of the bags (some of which had been hanging from the coatrack taking up space), the third one holds all of the bottles and sprayers for critters and fancy shoe cleaners, and the last one holds binoculars and extra tape measures…

much more organized and easier to see which one holds which items…

just noticed how many purple things there are, lol…

packaged…

02 Sunday Nov 2025

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big girl pants, blessed, closet, decorations, drain, halloween, moments, packaged, pass-alongs, rain barrel, thanksgiving, widow

had a productive day…

first thing in the morning I gathered up all the Halloween and Thanksgiving decorations and packaged them up into their boxes…

the boxes are still open and will remain that way for a few days, in case something got missed, lol…

then I went out and turned on the tap on the front yard rain barrel to empty it… next step will be to flip it over for the winter…

later on, I went through the bedroom closet and packed away the summer clothes for the winter and filled a box with pass-alongs…

always pleased when the sorting goes easily;-)…

persevered…

01 Saturday Nov 2025

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big girl pants, blessed, building, family, garage, garden, lawn furniture, moments, moving, organizing, persevered, project, shelves, tarp, tidying, weather, widow

finished up the project in the garage Wednesday evening…

I spent some time earlier in the day, moving as many boards as I could out of the way so the table was usable for sawing, lol…

it was rather chilly out there, but we persevered and finished the new shelves…

then we spent time organizing all the shelves along that wall…

in the end it looks very tidy… wonder how long it will stay that way…

on a roll, “we” then moved a few items from the garage and all of the lawn furniture into the shed…

the garden will look much nicer over the winter without all the furniture covered in a big tarp on the back deck…

eclosion…

31 Friday Oct 2025

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big girl pants, blessed, blue morpho butterfly, eclosion, moments, nature, Shirley Richardson Butterfly Garden, volunteering, watching, widow

had a wonderful time watching the blue morpho eclosion this morning in the Shirley Richardson Butterfly Garden;-)…

so happy to have the opportunity to watch this taking place during my volunteer shift;-)…

by the time I left, seven of them were in the process of eclosing…

Harte…

30 Thursday Oct 2025

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adventure buddy, big girl pants, blessed, cedar waxwings, friends, Harte, Harte trail, moments, nature, new places, Trans Canada Trail, walk, weather, widow

went for a walk on the Harte Trail section of the Trans Canada Trail with my adventure buddy…

it was quite lovely, other than the puddles from the recent rain, lol…

we may have seen some cedar waxwings, although they were a long way off and high in a tree…

I am looking forward to going back in different seasons to see the changes…

we had a fun time;-)…

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