power…

21 Thursday Aug 2014

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big girl pants, garage door, Hydro, morning glories, power

after I was dressed and ready to leave this morning, the power went out…

called Hydro with my cell because the house phone was dead… then I spent some time trying to decide whether to stay home or go to the office…

decided to head to work… on the way out I took a few pictures of the first morning glories… they seeded themselves from last year…

and they are purple…

got into the garage and went to push the button to open the garage door… duh… maybe I wasn’t going to work, lol…

called my daughter and while she was on the phone I pulled the cord that released the motor from the door…

opened it and drove the car out… closed it but it wouldn’t lock… didn’t know what to do and it was late, so I left it unlocked…

colleagues suggested it would reset when the power came on…

got a call about noon from Hydro advising that it was back…

when I got home I manually opened it and put the car in… tried the button and the motor came on but the door didn’t do anything… tried opening it higher but that still didn’t work…

went across the lane and asked my neighbour for help… he came over and showed me how to hook the motor back to the door…

if I have to do this again, will likely need to put the ladder in the empty garage to get up high enough, lol…

now, if only I can remember what to do…

scary…

20 Wednesday Aug 2014

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big girl pants, garbage, litter, scary, spider

a few days ago as I was driving on my way to work, I saw a plastic cup, a water bottle and a soft drink can within about four blocks in my neighbourhood… downtown it is much worse, even though there are garbage cans in many places…

makes me crazy and also worried that people are just not caring about their surroundings…

I still put wrappers or other dry garbage in my pockets to take home when I am out and there isn’t a garbage can or recycling bin close by…

although George smoked he rarely tossed a butt out the window of the car or left it on the street…

the girls learned very early that littering was just not done…

crazy…

tonight I took a picture of another scary thing… a spider den in the basement… it has been there for a while now and every time I go down to the basement I have to check to make sure the spider, which is very big, is not out of his nest…

spider den in the drywall…

will have to have my son-in-law deal with it this weekend…

big girl pants aren’t fitting so well today…

plenty…

19 Tuesday Aug 2014

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I am so blessed… I have an abundance of everything I need…

tonight I was in the garden pulling rhubarb and thinking about how fortunate I am…

I could see the flowers in bloom, hear the sound of the waterfall, watch the school of fish swimming in the pond, feel the warm air on my skin…

I have food to eat, a place over my head, work that I enjoy, and a group of friends and family to love…

plenty… of everything I need…

dark…

18 Monday Aug 2014

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dark, freezer, rain storm, ReImagining

this morning the sky was overcast and I had to turn on lights… when I arrived at the office it was very misty from Empty Full…

was expecting a call around 11:30 but it came at 8:45 so I had to rush home and let the people in who were coming to extract the freezer… I had expected they would be removing the freon and then cutting it into pieces to get it out of the basement… amazingly they were able to take off the lid and the door and get it through the doorway and up the stairs…

and then they agreed to take the fridge which was to be picked up on Thursday… I was so happy to have it all done at once as I have many other things to get done this week…

there was a huge rainstorm this afternoon which filled up a large container that had been empty this morning… some water in the basement but not bad…

had a wonderful evening with my ReImagining friends… great meal and conversation…

hoping tomorrow will be brighter…

outdoors…

17 Sunday Aug 2014

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slept out on the deck last night… it was lovely… put three cushions on a lounge chair, two blankets and a pillow… not a single mosquito, woo hoo…

this was what I saw when I woke up…

did a bit of weeding, ate brunch in the garden, washed outdoor furniture and filled all the bird feeders…

spent some time reading and watching the birds flitting around… there was a drinking party and bath time happening too, lol…

after cleaning out much of the water hyacinth I am getting a much better view of the fish as they swim around…

even the chickadee let me get a picture…

I got within arms length of a female Downy Woodpecker… must have stood there for about three minutes chatting to her, while she was trying to get a peanut out of one of the front feeders… lovely…

walking…

16 Saturday Aug 2014

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butterfly bush, garden, Shelmerdine, walking, weeding

first thing this morning I walked over to “the A” to have breakfast with my son-in-law on his way home from work… spotted this bunny, just sitting there watching me…

I also spotted this new Little Free Library… there are more and more of these popping up…

sat out in the garden for a while and even did a bit of weeding…

my daughter picked me up and we went to Shelmerdine where I had some fun wandering around… picked up two butterfly bushes as well as some blue Veronica to replace the pink ones in the garden that I want to dig out… also found a few pots and house plants… then we stopped at a market garden and got peas, tiny potatoes and fresh bread… made myself grilled cheese and onion and sat out in the garden to eat…

now I just need to get them planted…

stop…

15 Friday Aug 2014

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and smell the roses, or in this case, the flowers…

I was rushing off to work but had to stop in the garden and get a few shots of these blossoms…

if you remember last time when I came home at the end of the day the flower had fallen off… wasn’t sure if it was the wind…

but, tonight, when I got into the garden the blossoms were both on the ground… possibly another one-day only flowering plant… must see if I can figure out the name of it…

there is another blossom which will hopefully open on the weekend and I can spend some time by the pond enjoying it…

gratitude…

14 Thursday Aug 2014

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big girl pants, DQ Blizzard, freezer, gratitude, roses

the sky was lovely this morning as I drove to work… there were soft clouds across the sky which blurred the sun…

I got great pictures of beautiful roses with my phone and camera… I do love to take pictures of flowers…

on my way home I had to stop at Dairy Queen for a Blizzard… it was only to help the kids at Children’s Hospital, lol…

emptied the basement fridge freezer and put the garbage out for tomorrow’s pick up… excited to have the fridge and freezer down there removed by Hydro… they come on Monday to deal with the big freezer and Thursday for the fridge… already have some boxes down there for give away items and garbage…

I really have so much to be grateful for…

savour…

13 Wednesday Aug 2014

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big girl pants, Empty Full, goldfinch, moments, savour, shadows

today I found opportunities to savour the moments… spent a few minutes enjoying the gorgeous gladiolas and the light and shadow cast by the sun…

as I was backing out of the driveway I spotted one of the goldfinches at the front feeder… took a few moments to watch and get a few pictures… rarely do I get this close to them…