25 Wednesday Aug 2021
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recently there has been lots of squirrely things going on…
spotted this red squirrel out the front window around 9:30 am… it was looking for food to eat from under the feeders…
not fifteen minutes later this gray squirrel nearly came into the house when I opened the patio door, lol…
25 Wednesday Aug 2021
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beans, big girl pants, blessed, food, garden, happy, moments, nature, planted, plants, weather, widow
big excitement when I discovered 2, yes 2, beans growing, lol…
I had planted a number of seeds but thought that none of them had survived… I’m not sure whether the crazy hot weather affected them…
happily, my neighbour brought me another feed which I had with my supper…
not exactly sure what I will do with two as they still aren’t quite ready, lol…
24 Tuesday Aug 2021
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, dinner, family, flowers, food, garage, garden, Grandpa, moments, mum, mums, plants, tablecloth, weather, widow
had a lovely dinner tonight with the kids…
they brought me a bunch of mums for the garden… I had been collecting parcels for them over the last few weeks, so we traded, lol…
we ate in the garage as it was a bit cool out and rain threatened… I am still nervous about having people in the house for any length of time…
even put one of the plants on the table to provide some ambiance;-)… looks good with the tablecloth, but we won’t mention all the “stuff” that is everywhere…
we spent time remembering how grandpa knew where every single thing was located and planning the organizing and decluttering that has to happen…
23 Monday Aug 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, cucumbers, cukes, garden, happy, moments, nature, plants, tomatoes, weather, widow
yesterday I had a nice haul of veggies in the garden…
the cukes all have an odd shape but are tasty…
usually I’ve only planted a few tomatoes and the odd pepper, so I’m rather pleased with this year’s veggie garden…
22 Sunday Aug 2021
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babies, big girl pants, blessed, garden, goldfish, moments, nature, nice, pond, rain, relaxing, water, weather, widow
spent a relaxing morning in the garden, sitting close to the pond…
counted ten babies who are growing every day, and got to watch them swimming around looking for food…
it was particularly nice because it was supposed to rain all day, but it held off until around one pm…
not sure how the pond will look tomorrow because it is already very full from all the rain we’ve already had…
21 Saturday Aug 2021
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20 Friday Aug 2021
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big girl pants, damaged, flowers, garden, hibiscus, moments, nature, plants, rain, sad, storm, weather, widow
for the last week or so I’ve been wondering why the hibiscus is getting all these yellow leaves… I’d been watering it and had even given it some banana peel water…
this afternoon, between rainfalls, I put a chair up alongside it as the wind is supposed to get crazy tomorrow and I didn’t want it to blow over again…
and spotted this…
this is very sad… I hope I will be able to remove the broken portion and that the other two stems will remain healthy…
it may have been damaged during the big storm last week… the tree had blown over and I didn’t check the stem when I put it back up… too bad, maybe it could have been repaired…
19 Thursday Aug 2021
Posted in health, life, loss, moments, retirement, Uncategorized
I’ve been thinking about health a lot lately…
possibly it has to do with updating my Will, but I also think it is about being well…
for the longest time my hip was bothering me when I would go to stand up from a chair… I knew it was going to hurt, so was very tentative as I stood…
I also didn’t want to go see my physio person because of covid, so I just suffered through…
recently I realized that it wasn’t nearly as sore as it had been…
it always amazes me how quick we forget a pain that has been ongoing once it stops…
it seems to take longer to recover from aches and pains these days, but I am so pleased once I realize things are better;-)…
18 Wednesday Aug 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, deck, friends, garden, happy, laughter, memories, moments, nature, Technology, time, widow
had a lovely in-person gathering with my BS buddies…
Monday evening is our usual time to gather, and we’ve been doing that for many years…
since the lockdown we’ve been connecting via Skype, but for the last number of weeks we’ve been meeting on the deck in the garden, unless the weather doesn’t cooperate…
it is wonderful to be together again… we sit apart, but are able to enjoy each other with a cup of tea or coffee…
laughter fills the air…
17 Tuesday Aug 2021
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big girl pants, birds, blessed, Cooper’s Hawk, garden, hawk, moments, nature, photos, surprise, widow
the sparrows, chickadees and a few cute little warblers were having a lovely time eating and drinking in the garden… I was particularly happy as the warblers hadn’t been around for a while…
suddenly they all flew into the trees and a juvenile Cooper’s Hawk landed on the wires over the deck… what a surprise…
the last few sparrows flew right over my head to get to the safety of the cedars…
the hawk watched from the wires and wandered along the top of the deck for about ten minutes before leaving…
it was very quiet for a while…
it was special to see as I’ve only seen hawks twice in the garden, but I hope it doesn’t come back as it really keeps all the other birds away, lol…
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