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11 Thursday Feb 2021

Posted by sulis303 in business, camping, family, food, health, life, moments, travel, Uncategorized

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big girl pants, blessed, camping, Chihuly, family, history, jar, memories, moments, trip, widow

I always put sweetener and evaporated milk in my tea… usually the can goes into the fridge, but yesterday I poured my evaporated milk into a container as the can had a dent from being dropped as it was brought up to the house, lol…

the container came from Atlanta when we were there in 2016 to see the Chihuly Exhibit… we went to a Farmers Market and I picked up a chocolate drink in it… it was tasty…

lovely to remember the fun we had;-)…

it also reminded me of our camping trips over the last few years… well, not last year…

keeping my milk in the jar saved spills in the cooler, not that that ever happened;-)…

fun to remember the history of items in the house…

numb…

09 Tuesday Feb 2021

Posted by sulis303 in food, garden, health, life, moments, nature, Uncategorized, weather

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big girl pants, birds, cold, feeders, fingertips, garden, moments, numb, seeds, warm up, widow

went out to fill the feeders this afternoon… it is so cold out that I didn’t want the birds to run out of food…

started with the front feeders… only took a few minutes to fill one and put out fresh suet in the other…

then I went through the house and out the back… filled the first feeder and took the second into the garage to fill it… by then my fingertips felt very cold… I had hoped to add more to the first feeder, but my fingers were numb… clearly I had the wrong gloves on…

I quickly added seeds to the feeders on the deck and came in…

took a long time for my fingertips to warm up…

hanging…

07 Sunday Feb 2021

Posted by sulis303 in garden, health, life, moments, nature, Uncategorized, weather

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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, hanging, happy, moments, plants, purple, scent, widow

cut the blooms off the hyacinth plants yesterday morning… when I walked into the living room they were all hanging over the edges of their pots…

put the purple ones in the bathroom…

the yellow ones went on the ledge between the kitchen and dining room…

moved the pots into the dining room garden… a bit of additional green looks good… that garden is getting bigger;-)…

now the scent is everywhere on the main floor…

lotion…

06 Saturday Feb 2021

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big girl pants, cold, dry, hands, home, lotion, moments, skin, weather, widow

a few days ago I put lotion on my hands because they were dry…

anyone who knows me realizes that this is very odd…

my hands don’t absorb things like lotion, so I never use it… even after putting sunscreen or other cream on my body I have to wash it off my hands…

this time it soaked in…

clearly, the humidity is poor around here…

observing…

04 Thursday Feb 2021

Posted by sulis303 in garden, health, life, moments, nature, Photography, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

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big girl pants, birds, blessed, camera, feeders, fun, garden, house finches, moments, nature, observing, pictures, snow, weather, widow

today I spent a lot of time observing the birds at the feeders in the garden…

started first thing when I caught a nuthatch, squirrel and bunny snacking… I didn’t even notice the nuthatch when I took the photo, lol…

then the nuthatches, chickadees and house finches came and went for hours…

got a few good shots while at it, but it was difficult with the snow on the window…

a very enjoyable way to spend the day…

ravioli…

03 Wednesday Feb 2021

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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, dinner, food, hearts, memories, moments, ravioli, red, Valentine's Day, widow

had a bit of fun today decorating the house with hearts…

put them in the dining room, living room, bathroom, den and on the stairway…

I miss my beloved… he always made Valentine’s Day special, with flowers, treats and a delicious dinner…

I’ve been looking at meals from restaurants in an effort to support local, but they are all more food than I want, so I am planning on lobster ravioli with lobster sauce for my dinner with a salad…

should be fun;-)…

McDonald’s…

02 Tuesday Feb 2021

Posted by sulis303 in family, garden, health, life, moments, nature, Uncategorized, weather

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big girl pants, birdseed, birthday, blessed, exercise, family, feeders, grandson, hot tub, McDonalds, moments, treat, weather, widow

had a wonderful treat this morning…

my grandson brought McDonald’s breakfast over when he came to pick up his youngest brother’s birthday present…

he sat by the door and I sat on the far couch… it was nice to have a meal and visit… don’t think that has happened since the summer in the garden… then he was off for the rest his day…

a bit later I went out and filled feeders while topping up the hot tub… lots of running up and down the stairs in the process, lol…

good exercise… for the heart and the body…

lifting…

01 Monday Feb 2021

Posted by sulis303 in health, life, loss, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized

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always learning, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, cleaning, family, fish, fish tank, lifting, moments, nature, widow

as I was cleaning the fish tank it made me think of how much I have learned over the past year…

I now can clean and replace filters and the other bits and pieces of the tank…

since my beloved’s passing, my son-in-law and grandson have done all the heavy lifting with the fish…

but, as they aren’t coming into the house, I’ve learned how to do the required maintenance…

doorway…

29 Friday Jan 2021

Posted by sulis303 in family, health, life, loss, moments, Uncategorized, weather

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big girl pants, blessed, cold, delivering, doorway, family, Indi, mask, moments, purple, shopping, shovelling, snow, weather, widow

my grandsons came by… one to shovel and the other to bring me a few items…

it was nice to see them both… the younger one stepped inside the back door where he warmed up his cold hands and drank some of the hot chocolate I made for him…

the older one stepped inside the front door and brought in the items he had picked up… we had a short chat, he in the doorway with a mask on, and me on the far side of the living room with a mask on… nice to have a short chat with him as well…

once the shovelling was finished, they headed off with a few treats I’d gathered up for them;-)…

it was nice to see Indi, even if she was dirty, lol…

smelling…

28 Thursday Jan 2021

Posted by sulis303 in family, health, life, moments, Uncategorized

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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, hyacinth, moments, nature, purple, smelling, treat, white, widow

so excited to have received hyacinth plants… my grandson picked them up for me at Safeway…

one is in a pot with three in it… they will be white when they open…

a smaller pot contains a single purple one…

looking forward to seeing and smelling the blooms…

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