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commingled…

11 Thursday Mar 2021

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a few days ago I separated the two commingled orchids… it was amazing how deep the roots had gone into each other’s pot…

after that I moved the majority of the orchids around… it is lovely now to see them all throughout both the living and dining room…

even many of the ones from the living room table were moved… the table looks a bit empty now, lol…

I am hopeful that they will all be happy in their new locations…

light…

09 Tuesday Mar 2021

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over the last week I’ve been enjoying the sunlight…

in the morning it is shining into the den, which it hasn’t done for months…

and in the afternoon it now shines on the spot where I usually sit…

yesterday, I sat on the deck in the sunshine for an hour… and the sun was warm on my body…

spring is coming;-)…

happiest…

08 Monday Mar 2021

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one of the things that makes me the happiest is spending time taking photos of bouquets…

yesterday I spent a good portion of the day taking shots from all angles with my Nikon…

as the flowers open and close I will have more opportunities to get some beautiful photos…

flowers make me happy;-)…

ice…

07 Sunday Mar 2021

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I’ve spent time yesterday and today shovelling ice that was right by the garage door… and I’ve got rid of it all;-)…

I’m very disappointed because water is dripping under the eavestrough all along the side of the garage… this hasn’t happened before, so I am wondering if it has to do with the roof being shingled last summer…

there is water inside which I will try to shovel/push out next time I go out… my beloved would not be happy with this… I did lean some boards against the outside wall which should help move the water away from the garage…

I will be interested to see how my arms feel tomorrow, lol… you really have to ram the shovel under the ice…

tools…

28 Sunday Feb 2021

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my grandson came over to shovel today… and pick up a few woodworking tools for his online woods class…

just before he arrived I watched a couple of bunnies eating on the deck…

it was much easier to clean up the snow as it was fairly fresh… the last time it was a few weeks before he was able to get here, mainly due to the crazy cold we went through…

today, he was dropped off and wasn’t picked up for a few hours, so after he finished shovelling, he came inside and we had a visit… we sat as far as possible from one another in the living room and both wore masks…

I learned about his classes and what he has been up to, as well as how he is planning to make money in the future…

we talked about how he will go about taking drivers Ed in these strange times, and it is hard to believe that he will be driving this summer;-)…

it was lovely to spend time with him, even just sitting playing on our phones, lol…

he was picked up, the tools were gathered into the vehicle, and off they went…

looking forward to seeing what he makes…

fever…

24 Wednesday Feb 2021

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I seem to be in the midst of Spring fever…

spent time rearranging plants around the main floor trying to change it up a bit…

moved one of the orchids from the dining room garden to the living room window and placed it into a vase I received when I retired… I think I like it…

I clustered the African violets together and moved a fern from one spot to another…

it will be interesting to see if they all like their new locations…

I am also watching the mandevilla, which I think, has a bud starting… very exciting…

woodworking…

22 Monday Feb 2021

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my middle grandson brought me a beautiful picture that he made in woodworking class at school last year…

it is a blue jay made from different woods… he did a great job… my beloved would have been very proud…

I’ve put it on the credenza in the dining room… will need to decide if I will leave it there or not…

squares…

21 Sunday Feb 2021

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spent time today putting away all the hearts and refreshing the living room table…

often at this time of year I would be filling it with rocks and shells, but that seems a little early…

I gathered up all the silver and purple ornaments and took them downstairs…

then I put some Chihuly calendar pictures in the four squares and added a few other items… one square has my gardening books as I’ve been looking through them to work on the garden design for the summer…

another has a few of my favourite children’s books in it, and some cards with fun pictures of time on Maui…

the third one holds my new pouch and postcards…

the last one has items to read… magazines, my tablet and kobo… and some butterfly things…

looks good and makes me happy…

suspended…

19 Friday Feb 2021

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I’ve been watching the fish more lately and have come to realize that they have favourite places to rest…

one little one looks like it is stuck under a rock on a regular basis… makes me think of how they always rest under the bridge in the garden…

it is interesting to watch them suspended in the water, often for quite some time…

creative…

18 Thursday Feb 2021

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I’ve been trying to do something creative most days…

today I cut back all the roses and made a few different arrangements with them…

I liked the look of this Japanese teapot…

this is a fire pot so it was fun to use it in a different way…

here is what they looked like before the rearrangement…

lots of fun…

on my way out of the kitchen after doing the flowers I spent time walking on the spot and watching a bunny on the deck snacking at the saucer where I had just put some seed…

it was nice to see that the sparrows came right up to the feeder, even when the bunny was there… the squirrels always chase everyone else away… they are greedy, lol…