09 Wednesday Dec 2020
Posted in life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather
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big girl pants, camera, cleaning, moments, squeegee, Technology, weather, widow, windows
Sunday I cleaned the windows on the patio door, inside and out… used a squeegee that I found when cleaning out a cupboard… it was a beautiful day…
also finished the inside of the living room window… I had done the outside a few days before… the camera kept showing the dirty spots when I viewed it on the screen, lol…
pretty and bright…
09 Wednesday Dec 2020
Posted in business, food, garden, life, nature, retirement, Uncategorized
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big girl pants, birds, birdseed, blessed, heavy, moments, nature, Preferred Perch, shop local, shopping, widow
this morning I went into the garage and put birdseed into pails and a bin… I was very happy because the woman from Preferred Perch who delivered it last night put the bags on the table for me…
the bags weigh 50 pounds so that made it easier to fill the pails and bin and there is still one entire bag left…
I think there will be enough to last for quite a while…
21 Saturday Nov 2020
Posted in family, life, loss, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized
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big girl pants, garage, gift, grandson, Indi, lockdown, moments, orchid, path, sell, shovelling, sidewalk, snow, touching, treat, widow
yesterday I woke up to a world covered in snow… so beautiful, particularly as I didn’t have to go anywhere or should leave the house…
my grandson arrived in the morning to collect Indi’s winter tires and get them put on, and he brought me a beautiful orchid… he works for a store that, as of yesterday morning and the lockdown, couldn’t sell many of their items, so they gave the orchids to staff… such a lovely treat…
just before he left, he shovelled the sidewalk for me… I like to keep it clear for our mail carrier…
I went outside early, cleared the path to the garage, and moved a few chairs and other items, so he would be able to get to the tires without touching anything else… it was nice to see him, even if we didn’t get within 10 feet of each other…
later in the afternoon, I shovelled the deck so that I can get to the feeders I have set up… although, not sure I will be able to obtain sunflower seeds for them now that everything is locked down…
happily for me, the snow was light…
19 Thursday Nov 2020
Posted in business, garden, life, moments, nature, retirement, technology, Uncategorized
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big girl pants, birds, blessed, cameras, iPhone, moments, shopping, Technology, widow, wifi
today I was so excited when Virginia, my mail carrier, rang the doorbell as she dropped off a parcel… she always rings the bell when she leaves something that doesn’t fit into the mailbox…
it was the wifi cameras I ordered so I could watch the birds at the feeders;-)…
plugged them in, connected them to wifi, and then to the app on my phone… easy peasy;-)…
now to see if I can spot any birds, lol…
18 Wednesday Nov 2020
Posted in life, loss, moments, nature, retirement, technology, Uncategorized
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air, big girl pants, calendar, clogged, fish, fish tank, goldfish, moments, new skill, pump, widow
had a problem with the fish tank last week…
one of my fish was floating and it was hard to see through the water…
I finally figured out that the tube linking the bottom of the tank with the pump was clogged and they weren’t getting enough air in the water…
managed to get it out, cleaned and reinserted… after a few scary minutes the water started to flow over the edge and it slowly cleared… the rest of the fish were much happier…
I did have a giggle when I realized that the parrot feathers plant had been completely eaten, so I removed it…
today, I had to take the same steps, although the tank was still clear… having the water lilies in the tank are clogging it up more often…
but an easy fix, now I know what to do… maybe I will add this to the calendar and clean it once a week to be sure they stay healthy;-)…
16 Monday Nov 2020
Posted in garden, health, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather
I brought in one of the pots with datura in it, hoping it would last through the winter… I didn’t spray it with soap like I did for the other plants I brought in…
I have now discovered that it brought aphids into the house and they were feasting on my avocado plant…
I put the avocado in the tub and soaked it with the soapy water and covered it with a bag… after leaving it for a day I removed the bag and put the plant in a room without any plants in it… there were still lots of aphids so I cut off some leaves and nearly drowned it in the soapy water…
then I cut down the datura to the base… after soaping it up I will watch to see how it does…
fingers crossed that this will get rid of them and the avocado will be happy…
14 Saturday Nov 2020
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beach, big girl pants, blessed, family, flew, Hawaii, hot tub, Maui, memories, moments, nature, sand, travel, water shoes, widow
last night, as I was putting on my water shoes to go out to the hot tub, I spent a few moments thinking of when I wore them in Hawaii…
I have two pair… the others are in perfect shape, but don’t fit as well or feel as comfortable on my feet… even though these ones have holes in the toes, they were the ones that flew to Hawaii…
when I put them on here, it is to protect my feet from the cold and snow… it was my son-in-law who suggested I wear them rather than slippers which could get filled with snow, or might not be in the right spot when I get out of the tub… they work perfectly and I wear them right into the tub and back to the house…
on Maui I wore them to keep sand off my feet and to keep from being burned on the boiling hot sand…
from minus 20 to plus 20 and back…
13 Friday Nov 2020
Posted in life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized
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banyan tree, big girl pants, buds, flowers, Lahaina, moments, nature, orchids, pictures, plants, roots, widow
I went around the house and counted my orchids…
there are five in the dining room, all of which are more or less in a dormant state… I went to move two of them and discovered that they had put roots into each other’s pot… how cool is that… reminded me of the amazing banyan tree in Lahaina…
there are seven in the living room, three small ones and four large ones…
right now, this is the only one blooming;-)…
the other three full size ones in the living room have buds starting;-)…
11 Wednesday Nov 2020
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big girl pants, cathartic, eggshells, houseplants, moments, nature, nutrients, plant food, plants, reuse, smack, widow
I’ve collected all my egg shells since I read about using them to add nutrients to plant water…
they have to be crushed, but I was worried that if I used my food processor they might dull the blade, so decided to put them in a bag and use a wooden spoon to crush them…
the bag sits on the counter and every time I go by it I use the wooden spoon and smack it a few times…
kind of cathartic;-)…
10 Tuesday Nov 2020
Posted in garden, life, loss, moments, nature, Photography, retirement, Uncategorized, weather
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big girl pants, bird feeders, birds, blessed, downy, garden, moments, nature, photos, pictures, snow, suet, widow
sat in the sun in the living room and watched the birds at the feeders…
finally found one that likes the homemade suet;-)… yay for the downy woodpecker…
nice to see the house finches again…
I’ve only ever seen them in the garden…
