11 Sunday Jul 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, damselfly, dragonflies, eggs, fun to watch, garden, moments, nature, pond, widow
had some fun watching dragonflies around the pond…
caught one as it was having a rest on the grass in the pond…
also watched one dive-bomb the water as it apparently dropped eggs into the water…
I still haven’t been able to spot any of the eggs when this happens…
also spotted a cute little damselfly sitting on that same grass, but didn’t get a picture…
01 Thursday Jul 2021
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big girl pants, donation, garden, moments, orange, petition, read, relations, sorrow, take action, widow
today…
I signed a petition…
read a book – 21 Things You May Not Know About The Indian Act... one of the Appendices included the 94 recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada…
put orange sarongs on both doors (the only orange I have)… they darkened the space, so every time I walked by them I was reminded of my focus for today…
listened to “A Day to Listen”… yesterday I heard a few of them on the radio, but today took the time to hear all of them…
made donations to The Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack Fund and Indigenous Residential School Survivors Society…
thought long and hard about what we/I must continue to do to make right relations…
although it was a new and sad way to spend Canada Day, I learned a great deal… and I will not forget…
29 Tuesday Jun 2021
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the daisies have crossed the garden a number of times over the years…
this year there are none… this is very sad…
I noticed that there was a clump in the neighbour’s front yard… I think they travelled a bit farther than before…
I’m hoping they come back to the garden next year;-)…
22 Tuesday Jun 2021
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. soup, big girl pants, blessed, curry, family, flavours, food, lunch, memories, mom, moments, scent, widow
today, as I was eating my cauliflower soup for lunch, I was thinking about my mom…
she loved curry… at that time it was not one of my favourites, but yesterday I popped some into the soup…
tasted pretty good and the smell certainly brought back memories of times with her;-)…
21 Monday Jun 2021
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, difficult, family, Father's Day, guy, happy, love, memories, moments, remembering, widow
I’ve been thinking of many special Father’s Days and missing this great guy…
interesting how difficult holidays can be sometimes… used to be such a wonderful time… pleased that most years I am able to focus on the special times that have taken place…
still happy that the day is over…
20 Sunday Jun 2021
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action, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, elm, elm seeds, flowers, garden, laughing, memories, moments, nature, plants, remembering, weeds, widow
I was thinking of my beloved on this Father’s Day as I wandered around the deck pulling weeds… currently ninety-nine percent are elm seedlings…
I always gave him action for not carrying around a pail to put the debris into and there I was today, pulling weeds and putting them on the ground or deck to be picked up later…
I bet he is laughing now;-)…
19 Saturday Jun 2021
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, clematis, flowers, garden, memories, moments, nature, wall, widow
the clematis seems happy in its spot on the wall along the driveway…
it is showing new growth and is getting bigger each year…
I’ve just read about a way to help it grow even quicker by laying a portion of it down and putting soil over it… think I will give that a try in the fall…
for now, I am making sure to go out and visit it each day;-)…
15 Tuesday Jun 2021
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, garden, memories, moments, nature, overlooking, pond, privilege, widow
as I sit in the garden, overlooking the beautiful sanctuary that it is, I’ve been thinking of my privilege…
I have a safe home, food to eat, and a glorious space to enjoy every day…
this is due in large part to my beloved… he worked for years to make our home comfortable and to put money aside for our retirement… and he never got to see that…
all that allows me to stay home and enjoy life is due to his work, and yes, his death, which has paved the way for my time sitting in the garden…
he worked hard to make it a sanctuary for us and I often think of him mowing the grass or pulling weeds… or cleaning the garage, lol…
I truly am blessed beyond measure…
04 Friday Jun 2021
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the bar on the inside of the shower fell off… as in broke;-(…
it looks like I will have to find a piece to go onto the end of one side…
the doors were put in in 2009, so I am worried as to whether we will be able to find this piece, but I use this bar all the time…
wish me luck…
03 Thursday Jun 2021
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big girl pants, fell, garden, injuries, moments, nature, plants, pond, twenty-five years, widow
well, the day didn’t start off so great…
I had made breakfast and brought it out to the back deck to enjoy…
I realized that a plant pot next to the waterfall needed to be turned so that more sunlight would encourage the dahlia to grow…
I stood on one of the blocks surrounding the waterfall area and a stone and started to turn the pot…
and I fell backwards into the top portion of the pond… in an effort to save myself, I grabbed the waterfall rock… it broke off in my hands and I ended up sitting in the water…
as you can imagine, I was rather shocked… I quickly removed my phone from my back pocket and put it on the stone surround as I tried to figure out how to get out…
there was blood on my hands and when I lifted my right foot there was blood on my toes as well…
after I removed my flip flops, I was able to slowly and carefully get out…
I went into the house, took off the wet clothes and sat down for a few minutes… eventually I called and spoke with my daughter and settled down, lol…
after a shower to get rid of the pond smell I sat in the garden and texted with a friend about what I needed to do for my hands and foot…
polysporin for my hands, soaking and more polysporin for my foot and quiet time for the rest of the day, trying not to use my hands too much or get them dirty…
over twenty-five years with ponds in the garden and this was the first time I fell in…
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