this morning I was enjoying the view out of the living room window…
it is sparkling clean… my grandson did a great job…

and then, tonight I read about the problem that birds have with clean windows as they migrate…
oh dear…
24 Monday Sep 2018
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this morning I was enjoying the view out of the living room window…
it is sparkling clean… my grandson did a great job…

and then, tonight I read about the problem that birds have with clean windows as they migrate…
oh dear…
23 Sunday Sep 2018
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amazingly productive day… out and about for groceries and items for a project… it was rainy and cold;-)…

back home I started two types of soup – chicken and vegetable, as well as zucchini basil… made rice and started red lentil curry…
my grandson arrived mid afternoon and helped with a rather long list of to do items…
he helped bring a mattress up from the basement that I am trying out as a headboard… I’ve been wanting a new headboard for ages… think it might work…

plants were brought into the house and feeders were filled… the printer is working again, a light got hooked up in the kitchen, and the living room window is clean…

he left around three hours after he arrived… I’m exhausted, lol… now for a rest before I finish the soup…
22 Saturday Sep 2018
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big girl pants, blessed, computer, garden, gymnastics, rain, widow
been a quiet day… worked on the computer, did laundry and was able to watch some artistic gymnastics… what a treat…
cool this morning and overcast… as the day proceeded the rain started and kept on…
clearly an autumn day…

21 Friday Sep 2018
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big girl pants, delicate, garden, hibiscus, Japanese Maple, leaves, mandevilla, morning glories, stress, widow
put a note in my calendar the other day so that I would remember to bring the Japanese Maple in from the garden…

doesn’t look like it was affected by the cold weather which makes me happy… will watch and see how stressed it will be from the move… it is a bit delicate and often drops all of the leaves when moved…
still have to bring in the hibiscus and mandevilla… maybe on Sunday…

right now the morning glories are wrapped all around the mandevilla, lol…
20 Thursday Sep 2018
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big girl pants, dark, garden, morning glories, sad, vitamin, vitamin D, widow
this morning I was up at my usual time… it was dark…
the sun rose forty-five minutes later… this is very sad… a clear sign of what is to come…
it was light when I left and there were many, many, morning glories blooming in the garden…

this week I started back on vitamin D…
19 Wednesday Sep 2018
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over the last week or so, on our way home from work, my travel buddy has taken these pictures of the crane for me…

my beloved was always interested in construction in the city…
for so many years there were no cranes anywhere to be seen…
seeing this one every day makes me think of him…
18 Tuesday Sep 2018
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big girl pants, boat, BOATsmart, daughter, exam, mail, moments, skills, son-in-law, studying, water, widow
was so excited yesterday with the mail…
in it was my BOATsmart licence;-)… I worked hard the last week of August to get it after my daughter sent me the link…

when we went camping on the long weekend it was great fun to let my son-in-law know that I had passed the exam…
now for the real life practice…

looking forward to next summer as I work on my boating skills;-)…
17 Monday Sep 2018
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big girl pants, branches, leaves, moments, street, summer, trees, virginia creeper, weather, widow
looking forward to spending the evening with my BS buddies… we haven’t met too often over the summer…
ah, the summer… took this picture yesterday as I was coming home from the grocery store…

many branches on the trees are bare… and the street is covered with leaves… when I took the picture I was focusing on the leaves on the street… only discovered the bare branches when I was preparing the picture… yikes…
and the Virginia creeper is moving into its fall stage…

not only is it changing colour… something is enjoying it as a snack!
must continue to take the time to focus on special moments because time is whizzing by…
16 Sunday Sep 2018
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today, while I was out I picked up this cute little asparagus fern…

my parents had one in their apartment… I believe it was passed down from one set of grandparents, although I don’t remember which ones… my beloved would have known that little detail;-)… both of them had green thumbs…

was very happy that it fit right into one of the pots in the cupboard…
the fern reminds me of my mom and dad… hope it likes its new spot…
15 Saturday Sep 2018
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big girl pants, blessed, computer, flowers, moments, morning glories, pjs, relaxed, widow
a most lovely relaxing day…
watched tv, did some work in the computer room, checked out the flowers and made meals…

stayed in my pjs all day;-)…