31 Monday Jan 2022
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, congratulations, memories, moments, Technology, widow, WordPress, writing
today WordPress congratulated me on 50,000 views…
that was kind of exciting…
so I dove in and found a few numbers…
as of the end of the year, I had written 3333 posts… there were 3,287 days in that period… basically one post every day… how cool is that…
and I have used 482,698 words…
that works out to around 145 words per post…
interesting information;-)…
30 Sunday Jan 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, closed, extreme cold, garden, hit tub, moments, nature, snow, water, weather, widow, winter
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…
29 Saturday Jan 2022
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, family, light, memories, miles, moments, remembering, steps, surgery, walk, walking, weather, widow
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…
28 Friday Jan 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, driveway, family, garden, moments, nature, sidewalks, snow, toss, weather, widow, windrow
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;-)…
27 Thursday Jan 2022
Posted in life, moments, nature, Photography, retirement, Uncategorized
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, happy, moments, nature, orchid, pictures, purple, Technology, unfold, widow
one of the great things about retirement is having the opportunity to watch as things unfold…
like this orchid which has been coming along nicely for a while…
yesterday at 8:48 am it was just starting to unfurl…
and at 1:55 pm it looked like this…
finally it was open at 9:14 am this morning…
and there is another bud;-)…
26 Wednesday Jan 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, growing, happy times, harder, memories, moments, nature, photos, plants, purple, treat, weather, widow
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;-)…
25 Tuesday Jan 2022
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amaryllis, big girl pants, blessed, books, drawers, encourage, moments, neighbour, purple, reading, widow
decided recently that it was time to change out the living room table…
so I the removed all the purple and silver ornaments and put them away…
then collected the books I haven’t read yet and inserted them into the four spaces… my neighbour has been sharing books with me and I am a little behind in my reading…
I also put the blooming amaryllis, a violet, and the last of the New Year’s bouquet on it…
looking at the table should encourage me to make more time for reading;-)…
24 Monday Jan 2022
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23 Sunday Jan 2022
Posted in garden, life, moments, nature, Photography, retirement, Uncategorized, weather
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activity, big girl pants, blessed, bunnies, garden, learning, moments, nature, photos, snow, squirrels, tracks, weather, widow
one of the things I enjoy after a snowfall is seeing the tracks that the bunnies, squirrels and birds make…
it is fairly obvious that one or more bunnies are living under the deck… they climb a snowbank and then head underneath… there is lots of space under there…
the squirrels have been running around on the deck… likely the red ones are chasing the other squirrels and birds away from their stash…
soon the bunnies will be able to eat directly from the front feeders because the snow is getting so high, lol…
it is wonderful to have such a great view of nature just by looking out the windows…
22 Saturday Jan 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, christmas decorations, forest, moments, packed up, stairs, trees, widow
decided it was time the forest returned to the box…
brought up the tree box and then removed and packed each of the trees that lined the stairway…
always happy when things fit back into their container, lol…
still have one tree at the top of the stairs… it doesn’t go in the box so I may leave it there for a while…
or might move it to the window;-)…
