03 Thursday Sep 2026
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I am so excited…
today I received a 2027 Chihuly calendar…
I have loved his work for many years and during a good portion of that time would have his calendar on my wall…
for the last few years I haven’t had one and have had a variety of bird ones…
I know I will enjoy this one when 2027 begins;-)…
02 Wednesday Sep 2026
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big girl pants, crown, dentist, everything, moments, Technology, teeth, widow, x-rays
had a dentist appointment the other day, and it included what I call everything…
that means x-rays, scaling, polishing, and an exam by my dentist…
my hygienist is amazing and does a great job of making the x-ray process as quick as possible because I am a gagger, sigh…
once we got through everything the dentist discussed putting a crown on one of my front teeth… it has been filled a few times, but the fillings never stay…
happily, she agreed to do nothing right now, but likely in October we will need to move forward with this…
hopefully, some portion of it will be covered by the new dental plan…
🤞…
01 Tuesday Sep 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, blooms, catch, magnolia, Mediterranean biome, moments, nature, scent, widow
one of my favourite trees in the Mediterranean Biome is the magnolia…
it blooms fairly regularly and can have only one flower blooming at a time or as many as six, which I spotted earlier this summer…
today, it had one glorious bloom above a spent flower…
magnolias smell delicious, although our tree is too high up to be able to catch the scent…
31 Monday Aug 2026
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arch, big girl pants, blessed, garden, met, moments, scarlet runner beans, weather, widow
I’m so happy with how the plants are growing on the new arch…
the scarlet runner beans have been flowering for a while, but the actual beans have only just begun to appear…
the morning glories have now met up with the scarlet runners at the top of the arch…
it looks so nice from everywhere in the garden 😊…
30 Sunday Aug 2026
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big girl pants, garden, hibiscus, mandevilla, moments, plants, pots, reorganizing, widow
spent a little time in the garden reorganizing the plant pots on the steps…
now the hibiscus is much more visible, as is the new mandevilla😊…
28 Friday Aug 2026
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big girl pants, camera, lunar eclipse, moments, nature, settings, Technology, tripod, weather, widow
last night there was a partial lunar eclipse and, since it was lovely out, I sat on the deck with my camera and tripod and got a few pictures…
had some fun with different settings on the camera…
I spent about an hour and a half enjoying the show and only went in once it had reached the peak and my camera battery died, lol…
27 Thursday Aug 2026
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big girl pants, eagle eyes, fun, lizards, moments, nature, plants, The Leaf, tiny, tropical biome, widow
one of the fun things about volunteering at The Leaf has been seeing how many little lizards we can spot on a shift…
one of our colleagues has eagle eyes and knows all the spaces where they might be… that has encouraged many others to search for them as we move through the biomes…
I had a great day recently and spotted six, all in the Tropical Biome 😊…
the last one is teeny tiny and I’ve spotted it a number of times…
and a colleague spotted a cute frog the other day🙂…
26 Wednesday Aug 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, bookcase, books, family, grandson, happy, imagined, moments, perfect fit, widow
so I’ve been thinking about where to put the 100 books, lol…
my housemate had a bookshelf stored elsewhere and we arranged to have it delivered…
it fit in the spot I’d imagined perfectly 😊…
took a while to empty the boxes and bag, but I was so happy when it was done…
and, in the end, the 100 books fit exactly…
24 Monday Aug 2026
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blessed, friends, big girl pants, widow, grandson, books, moments, declutter, moved, stair library, shop
my friend is decluttering, and donating many of her books to a local book sale…
when she mentioned this, I offered to help and shop at the same time…
we had great fun, going through shelves upstairs and down, as she decided what could go, and the few that needed to remain…
she’d give me reviews as the books came off the shelves…
I had brought a single grocery store box to hold the ones I would bring home, lol…
we made two trips to drop off the books…
when I got home, there was that box, a grocery bag and two cardboard boxes… all full👀…
refilled the stair library with a few of them…
still thinking about where the rest will go🤪…
22 Saturday Aug 2026
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beach, big girl pants, blessed, cottage, early, moments, nature, quiet, shore, shore birds, water, weather, widow
every morning, while at my friends’ cottage, when I woke up, I would walk down and sit on the steps leading to the beach…
usually I’d spend an hour or so watching and listening to the waves…
it was always fun to watch the shore birds as well as the gulls and pelicans in the early morning quiet…
the first and last thing I did was to run down to the beach to say hello and goodbye😊…
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