21 Friday Aug 2020
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beans, big girl pants, delicious, food, healthy, moments, top and tail, treat, widow
been enjoying some beautiful green beans over the last few days, which I was able to order from Diversity Foods…
was happy to top and tail them as well as cut them into thirds…
had enough for two suppers;-)… it is wonderful to have fresh veggies…
yum…
20 Thursday Aug 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, family, garden, grandson, health, inukshuk, moments, rebuild, walk, widow
on a recent morning walk I spotted this Inukshuk…
it reminded me of the one in the garden… over the winter it had ended up a pile of stones…
in May my grandson and I put it back together, although it wasn’t quite right…
when Hilda the Gardener was here recently, she took it apart and didn’t rebuild it…
the kids were here for dinner a few weeks ago and they got it back together…
and it looks great;-)…
19 Wednesday Aug 2020
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additions, big girl pants, family, fish, garden, gift, goldfish, grandson, moments, no fishing, pictures, pond, treat, widow
got new additions to the pond…
two very large goldfish… a white one and an orange one…
they came from a family who plan to move to fancier fish… the grandma brought them over with the oldest grandson’s Nanny, who connected us…
they left them with me once they put the bags in the water… after the fish acclimatized for about half an hour I freed them so they could meet everyone else…
once they were safely in the pond, I took some pictures to send to the family, via Nanny, so that the grandkids could see they were in a good home…
the pond and fish bring me such peace… what a lovely gift;-)…
18 Tuesday Aug 2020
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my grandson was over for dinner and he spotted wasps going under the siding where the power connects to the house…
he brought out a step stool and used a can of spray to, hopefully, get rid of them…
not sure what the spray will do to the siding, but happy to get rid of the nest…
wondering if this is a new spot after a number of nests were removed along the edge of the shed…
will be paying close attention over the next while…
17 Monday Aug 2020
Posted in family, life, loss, moments, Uncategorized
was just in the bathroom and was thinking about how blessed I am…
the fixture has an odd bulb which I can usually remove when one burns out, but for the life of me, I cannot install the replacement…
this is just one of many things that my son-in-law and grandson help me with on what feels like a fairly regular basis…
I am learning and doing more on my own, but it seems there are always things I need them for…
such a gift;-)…
16 Sunday Aug 2020
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big girl pants, Black Market Provisions, blessed, delivery, food, friends, gift, gift certificate, provisions, retirement, salad, shopping, treat, widow
one of the gifts I received for my retirement was a gift certificate to Black Market Provisions…
a few days ago I ordered one of their Care Packages… it arrived right at supper time the next day and included the most delicious salad with beets, goat cheese, chicken, and greens… I also enjoyed some garlicky bagel crisps…
there were a few frozen items, more crackers and some delicious looking cookies…
I am excited to taste all of these as well…
15 Saturday Aug 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, caterpillars, garden, grandson, home, moments, monarchs, plants, thirst, water, weather, widow
happy to check out the garden after being gone for a short time… enjoyed walking through and seeing what was about to bloom, what had just about finished and checking for caterpillars… unfortunately I haven’t found any more monarch or swallowtail babies…
I had asked my grandson to come by and water it while I was away and was very happy that he did…
the front flowers were a bit sad, as he hadn’t remembered to water them. but a quick dose of water and they all revived…
the ability of most plants to recover from thirst is quite amazing, lol…
14 Friday Aug 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, camera, chocolate, commemorate, dinner, food, friends, garden, moments, photos, pond, sun, time together, treat, treats, widow
what a wonderful evening we had on Wednesday…
our BS group met for dinner in the garden to celebrate a birthday…
I spent a good portion of the day ensuring that there were enough chairs available and physically distanced… it was very warm and the sun was shining in most of the garden…
in the end, we ate on the deck as it was shaded, lol… had dinner and dessert delivered and it was tasty…
after dinner we moved to the garden and carried on our visit…
took a very distanced photo as we usually commemorate special times together and I used my phone as the remote to take the shot…
although we video call each Monday night it was lovely to be together again in person…
13 Thursday Aug 2020
Posted in life, loss, moments, technology, travel, Uncategorized
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flashlight, friends, herbiggirlpants, landline, phone, pictures, shower, solitaire, speak, survive, talking, widow
I was without internet and cell service for five days… just to be clear, in case you were worried, I did survive;-)…
all my phone could do was take pictures, act as a flashlight and let me play my solitaire game on occasion… if you wanted to speak to someone who wasn’t there you had to use the landline…
as I was preparing to leave for the trip, I would think of things like – oh, I can change the lights in the house occasionally so it looks lived in, or I can text my daughter with information she would need, or I can call my grandson to remind him about watering the plants, or I can add my meals to MyFitnessPal, etc. etc… nope, no, I could NOT…
when you don’t use the phone, you don’t need to carry it around so much though… although it was handy if my camera wasn’t close by… there was a good deal of reading of paperbacks, doing newspaper crosswords and talking with one another…
while there, the discussion arose as to what was more needed – internet access or a shower… I mean, the lake is right there, so clearly the answer is the internet;-)…
it was like the old days, lol…
on the return trip, all of a sudden, the phone started to beep and buzz and ding as it came into cell range and emails and messages starting downloading… it was funny…
10 Monday Aug 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, friend, happy, making memories, massage, moments, nail polish, pedicure, polish, purple, toes, widow
my toenails are purple again… I think they’ve been naked since January…
while we were at the cottage my friend and her daughter combined a red nail polish with a dark blue polish and produced a one-of-a kind, just for me, purple… it was lovely to have a foot massage and get my nails painted…
I keep looking down at my toes and thinking what is that, lol…
what a wonderful treat… I am so blessed…
