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bars…

03 Tuesday Feb 2026

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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…

driven…

31 Saturday Jan 2026

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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…

charged…

28 Wednesday Jan 2026

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the front doorbell and the garden cameras both needed to be charged at the same time…

it was easy to bring in the front one but not so easy for the other one, lol…

I had to make a path to the garden camera as that area was a part of the snow pile from shovelling… took a while, but I got it;-)…

the cameras are now both charged and the garden one has been put by the garage door for the rest of the winter…

much easier to get to, lol…🤪

cleaner…

27 Tuesday Jan 2026

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spent some time with the fish recently, cleaning the front glass on the three tanks…

the sunlight causes algae to grow along the front of the tanks, so every now and then they need to be cleaned…

the fish often think they are getting a treat as the mag-float cleaner moves along the front, lol…

the good news was that we’ve had a good deal of sunshine lately;-)…

locations…

26 Monday Jan 2026

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moved a couple of the bigger plants this morning…

swapped the hibiscus and the mandevilla… the mandevilla has been looking very sad, possibly because of the cold air coming in when the front door opens…

took a few moments to shake off the dead leaves, and then sweep them all up…

the hibiscus didn’t really want to move, even though it is on a rolling platform…

the mandevilla rolled across the floor without any problems…

fingers crossed that both of them will be happy in their new locations…

Fleurs de Villes WONDER…

24 Saturday Jan 2026

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Fleurs de Villes WONDER… what a delight;-)…

since January 15th I have done three volunteer shifts, visited four times with friends, and once on my own…

every time I went through the displays, I spotted more interesting details;-)…

we are so blessed to be one of the locations that Fleurs de Villes chooses to display at…

each year has been different than the previous one… it is also such a great opportunity for our truly talented Manitoba artists…

it was interesting to hear what visitors enjoyed the most on their visits, and how many felt it was nearly impossible to pick a favourite, as they were all special…

hope that we get the opportunity again next year…

I felt connected to three pieces immediately and by the end of my eight visits, I had voted for all of the three…

truly a gift;-)…

enamoured…

22 Thursday Jan 2026

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last week, when I visited Fleurs de Villes WONDER at The Leaf, for the first time, I was completely enamoured with the Aurora Borealis display…

it was filled with some of my favourite colours and just touched me immediately…

I was on a volunteer shift and got to see it in daylight (I started at 3, ended at 6), and under the lights…

since then I’ve watched a video about how it was made and learned more about it…

I also put up a photo on IG and got a note from Christine at Silver Heights Florist, the artist who designed and carried out this piece with assistance from others, advising she had a bouquet for me…

I picked it up yesterday and it has all the colours of the original display in it…

what a treat;-)…

if you have a chance you really should go and check out WONDER before it leaves…

laughs…

21 Wednesday Jan 2026

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had a wonderful time today with friends at The Leaf…

we travelled together and had a lot of laughs in the process, then checked out all of the displays, and had one of the volunteers take our photo…

ended the day with a lovely lunch and visit at Gather;-)…

dropped off one of us and had a short visit…

what a fun time we had;-)…

WONDER…

20 Tuesday Jan 2026

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had a lovely visit to Fleurs de Villes WONDER at The Leaf…

for Christmas I had given my buddies tickets to the show… such a great gift which adds another celebration for everyone…

we had lunch at Gather to celebrate our January birthday woman before the tour;-)…

we had dropped our birthday person at the back entrance, which is much closer for anyone with walking issues and then drove around and parked at the front…

for this visit, we skipped the Tropical biome and moved right into the Mediterranean biome to see the fifteen displays…

every time I walk through the area I spot details I hadn’t noticed before;-)…

I’ve volunteered twice, and visited three times so it is quite astonishing that I keep discovering new things…

the group enjoyed all of the displays and it was fun as each person made their choice of favourite piece…

I keep vacillating between three, lol…