02 Saturday Nov 2019
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today I trimmed the hibiscus as it has been growing out in all kinds of odd directions…
I’ve read that this isn’t the best time to prune hibiscus, but it really needed to be tidied up…
and then, after I’d removed some branches, I realized that I had cut off buds!
very sad about that… put them in water and set them in the bathroom… hope they might still bloom;-)…
27 Sunday Oct 2019
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, condo, family, fish, garden, grandsons, pond, searched, son-in-law, widow
all the boys came for dinner tonight…
they searched for fish in the pond, but the fish are trying really hard not to be found… wish we could tell them they are going to freeze if they don’t come into the condo;-(…
my son-in-law is much more patient than the younger boys although he only caught a few… two more of the babies and one bigger one…
we talked about catching the fish with grandpa and how the three biggest ones have been in the tank and pond since before he died…
we will continue to see if we can find more… still time before the pond freezes over…
25 Friday Oct 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, decorations, halloween, orchid, Shadow, shone, sunshine, walk, widow
the sun shone all day yesterday… what a treat as it has been overcast for days…
got a lovely shot of the little orchid amidst shadows at my desk…
and as I walked along the street on my way home I got a few shots of the bright light…
lots of Halloween decorations to see too…
22 Tuesday Oct 2019
this little flower made me think of all those I know who are hanging on by a thread for a variety of reasons… even though it has been cold and snowy it is still blooming…
I was also thinking of a friend’s comment that they couldn’t pull out the plants that were still flowering in their garden, lol…
beauty is all around us, if we just take a moment to look…
19 Saturday Oct 2019
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big girl pants, knocked, moments, nature, photos, PTE, thought-provoking, trees, widow
went to PTE this afternoon… the play was thought-provoking and very well done…
walked home from Portage Avenue afterwards…
so many broken branches along the way…
that snowstorm really knocked around the trees and the city will be recovering for a long time…
18 Friday Oct 2019
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. soup, big girl pants, blessed, enjoyed, flowers, friends, garden, hot tub, moments, pictures, turkey soup, widow
quiet day today…
went and got a hair cut…
topped up the hot tub, trimmed some Virginia creeper and took a few pictures in the garden of the last few blooming plants…
made an appointment for a pedicure with a friend next week and finished the turkey soup…
enjoyed it with some of Mom’s dumplings…
great day…
15 Tuesday Oct 2019
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, dinner, fish, fun, garden, goldfish, grandsons, hiding, home, nature, pond, snow, stirring, supper, thanksgiving, why, widow
what a busy day yesterday… I’d prepped everything for our dinner ahead of time… good thing…
my three grandsons and a friend arrived at 1:30 and we were busy until around 7…
the younger two shovelled the driveway and the older two started working on getting the condo ready for the fish… they cleaned the tank, washed the gravel and rocks, spent time placing the rocks and then put in pond water and tap water…
all of them worked on catching the fish in the pond… that didn’t go so well as they only caught seven and one of the teeny babies… there must be another fifteen still out there, lol… hoping that the daddy will be able to collect the rest…
my beloved was always very patient in the catching process, although sometimes in the spring we might find one that hadn’t made it inside…
at about this point we discovered that the pump in the tank wasn’t working so the two older boys ran out to the Pet Store and were able to get a replacement…
then we finished getting supper ready and on the table… it was fun because I gave each of them a task to complete…
the middle grandson wanted to know why I did this every year because it was a lot of work, lol… he was stirring the gravy;-)…
supper was delicious and we had great conversation… they headed out shortly after we finished and I had a rest before starting on the disaster in the kitchen;-)… seems like the more helpers you have, the bigger the mess…
finished cleaning up this morning and had a very tasty plate of leftovers for my lunch…
14 Monday Oct 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, cedars, garden, moments, nature, snow, sun, Technology, tree, widow, wire
Saturday the sun came out for most of the afternoon… wonderful after two days of snow…
watched the hydro power wires from the lane to the house off and on all day…
early in the day I noticed that two of the cedar branches were hanging on the wire…
checked online and with family but couldn’t decide whether it was safe to go out and knock the snow off so the branches would get off the wire and there wouldn’t be any problem with the house’s power…
as the day went on the snow melted and first one, then the other lifted off the wire… made me very happy…
many cedar branches in the yard have been bent way over but it looks as if they will all recover… that is not the outcome for many, many trees in the city;-(…
12 Saturday Oct 2019
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big girl pants, cold, driveway, garden, groceries, moments, nature, online, Save-On-Foods, snow, Technology, widow
the snow fell for two days… my driveway is covered and I wasn’t sure that I could get out, and then back in…
I needed groceries for Thanksgiving dinner with my grandsons on Monday so yesterday I shopped online at Save-On-Foods…
you pick your items, many from the list of previous items you’ve purchased in the store, choose a delivery time (usually the next day), pay with your credit card and you are done;-)… it costs $10 for this service…
they call you in the two-hour window when they are nearly at your house, bring in the groceries and advise if there have been any substitutions…
then off the driver goes and you get to put away your groceries…
although, I need to work on figuring out how much things like mushrooms and Brussels sprouts weigh in kilograms, lol…
11 Friday Oct 2019
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beautiful, big girl pants, garden, moments, nature, photos, shovelling, sidewalk, snow, walk, widow
it started snowing yesterday morning and has barely stopped since then… I’ve spent the day taking pictures…
around 7:30 I took a few photos out the front and back…
a bit later I went outside to shovel the front sidewalk and the back deck that leads to the garage and hot tub… that was around 9:30…
I looked out the front door at noon to see this…
hard to tell that I shovelled, lol…
shots from 2 and 7…
not going to look anymore tonight, lol…
will have to check it out in the morning… am going to have to find someone to shovel the driveway;-)…
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