27 Friday Feb 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, butterflies, moments, nature, roosts, The Leaf, widow
had some fun today during my shift in the butterfly garden;-)…
there were a number of butterflies flying around as they were heading off to their night time roosts…
also enjoyed a trip through the Mediterranean Biome…
26 Thursday Feb 2026
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big girl pants, buckets, driveway, family, moments, nature, removal, snow, snowploughs, weather, widow, windrow
the snowploughs came along the street about 10:30 this morning…
there were a lot of them… maybe two or three of the big ones that move the snow from the road to the curb…
and block off the driveway…
then come the buckets which clean up the windrow… I think there were three of them…
they always take a scoop by the fire hydrant so that it is accessible if needed… unfortunately they didn’t scoop out the sidewalk… sometimes if you are outside already shovelling, they might take a scoop there as well;-)…
not this time, but my housemate dug through it on his break;-)…
16 Monday Feb 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, grandson, ice, moments, nature, remiss, shovel, shovelling, snow, weather, widow
we’ve been a bit remiss in clearing the back decks on the way to the gate and garage, sigh… and it has become rather dicey when I’m getting into and out of the hot tub🤪…
it had gotten very rough and slippery so we tried a few weeks ago to chip away at it… unfortunately it was still too cold and the snow and ice were rather deep…
Sunday, I went out in the afternoon when it was quite warm (-2° C with windchill)… I took out one of the small, metal shovels from the beautifully organized wall in the garage and spent a half hour or so removing the slush and chunks of wet, snowy, ice, clearing a path to the garage side door (almost), hot tub, and driveway gate… due to winter ground heaving in the garage, we aren’t using the side door just now…
it was lovely out and I took my time with constant breaks…
it is down to the wood now, and will likely dry up nicely…
fingers crossed;-)…
14 Saturday Feb 2026
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air-dried, big girl pants, blessed, cold weather, early, frozen, hot tub, moments, nature, Olympics, widow
I’ve been going out to the hot tub for the last week or so…
it had been a long time since I’ve been out there because the weather had caused the lid to freeze over…
last night when I came in there was some Olympic replays of the day on which I watched as I air-dried on the bed, lol…
then it was off to sleep so getting up at 3:30 am wouldn’t seem too tiring;-)…
13 Friday Feb 2026
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been laughing a bit as I had to move the hyacinth into the living room because the scent got too strong in the den, as it is a small room…
as of Thursday, I have been smelling it on my way down the stairs…
when I went to take its photo, the bloom was leaning way over, so full of buds…
put in a chopstick to help hold it up and got a few photos…
11 Wednesday Feb 2026
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the light is returning;-)… this makes me so happy…
this photo was taken at 7:36 Monday morning… makes getting up in the morning much easier…
and this one was at 5:56 pm that afternoon…
seeing the extra light makes the day seem much more pleasant;-)…
looking forward to more light every day…
08 Sunday Feb 2026
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big girl pants, cold plunge tub, family, garden, happy, hot tub, ice, moments, nature, project, topped up, water, weather, widow
it was a lovely day so we spent some time on the deck, in between Olympic events…
first project was to top up the hot tub and clean all the ice off of it…
next, we emptied, cleaned, and filled the cold tub… a new pump has gone into it to keep the water moving…
it is always amazing how long it takes to fill up tubs, particularly in the cold, lol…
but, the jobs are done;-)…
03 Tuesday Feb 2026
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bars, big girl pants, blessed, chocolate bars, happy, moments, nature, neighbour, shovelling, snow, snowblower, weather, widow
there was a lot of snow on the ground Sunday morning, so I went out to shovel before it got colder…
as I was shovelling the sidewalk, my neighbour from a few doors up the street, came by with his snowblower and blew the driveway clear…
I gave him the two chocolate bars I’d purchased after the last time he did this, which I hadn’t gotten around to getting to him;-)…
while he finished the driveway, I went out back and got it cleared…
looks good everywhere…
31 Saturday Jan 2026
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adventure buddy, big girl pants, blessed, driven, family, grandson, moments, Technology, tesla, Uber, weather, widow
I don’t think I’ve driven at all this winter…
since the snow started, I have been relying on my housemate and Uber to get me where I need to go… and my adventure buddy who always does the driving (yay to her!)…
my newest process is to volunteer at The Leaf from three until six… that way I can Uber there and my housemate can pick me up… seems to be working quite well…
recently I had a ride in a Tesla, which had the entire roof made of glass… I knew how to get in, from a previous encounter, although the driver automatically opened the door, but it took a while to figure out how to open the door from the inside to exit at my destination, lol……
I was thinking how cool it would be to drive out of the city and watch the stars or the aurora in comfort from the back seat without having to leave the vehicle, lol…
29 Thursday Jan 2026
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