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22 Sunday Dec 2024

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I have two favourite spots in the Tropical Biome…

I always stop and visit with the cacao trees to see how they are doing, particularly as my daughter loves to visit them when she’s in town, lol…

and then there are the koi… standing on the bridge watching them swim around is such a joyful time for me…

they move much slower at night as many of them as sleeping, but I got a nice picture of this one… it is usually difficult to get good photos because of the light reflecting in the water so I was pleased with this one…

we are truly blessed to have this wonderful spot to visit all year round;-)…

restrained…

11 Wednesday Dec 2024

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fun morning… picked up by a friend after shovelling the sidewalk… my fingers were very cold in my gloves when I put the shovel away, and I discovered that it felt like -40°… no wonder I thought it was cold, lol…

we visited a number of spots and I got some goodies;-)…

a nice loaf of rustic sourdough which made a lovely grilled cheese, with onion and pistachios for my lunch…

we visited Chapters where I found a few fun books for some little friends and got the cutest cloth bags to put them in…

then a wander around Lee Valley where I picked up a couple of things, including this 2 tablespoon silicone freezer tray… leftover pesto and tomato sauce went into it after my lunch…

finally we had a great time at D. A. Niels where I saw many things I would like, but restrained from purchasing anything today, lol…

what a fun way to spend the morning;-)…

hopeful…

10 Tuesday Dec 2024

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I came up with the idea of wrapping my Japanese Maple with some solar lights…

so, my housemate lifted the plant onto the living room table and then I spent an hour walking in circles with the string of lights…

had to stop occasionally when I got a bit dizzy, lol…

it came out nicely, although I had to wait a day so that the power in the solar panel had a chance to charge…

I am hopeful that I can leave the lights on, even in the summer when the Maple moves outside;-)…

difference…

09 Monday Dec 2024

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this morning I went out around ten and shovelled the sidewalk… it was overcast, chilly, and a bit windy…

it only takes about fifteen minutes to get the job done and then I took out my camera to get a few photos of the snow on the trees…

just before my friends arrived for our weekly gathering, the sun came out… yay…

and I got a very similar picture…

amazing what a difference a bit of sunshine makes…

havoc…

02 Monday Dec 2024

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Monday morning the sun was shining, woohoo…

I was so excited about it that I did some of my steps in the kitchen, as the sun shone onto me…

I was so happy about the beautiful light that I didn’t even take a photo, lol…

it looked a lot better in the sunshine…

over the last few months there have been so many overcast days, not our usual sunshine…

climate change is certainly creating havoc with our weather…

seven…

25 Monday Nov 2024

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only took seven minutes to shovel the front sidewalk and a path to the driveway…

didn’t need to shovel to the neighbours as Canada Post isn’t coming right now…

a nice start to the season, the snow was light and fluffy and there wasn’t too much of it ;-)…

entertained…

22 Friday Nov 2024

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have been entertained over the last few days as a fence was being constructed across the street…

it took a while to figure out which house it belongs to…

the crew of two arrived before nine yesterday and worked until about four… they took many breaks to sit in their truck and warm up, lol… it was chilly…

they had an interesting machine which pounded the metal poles into the ground… there were two heights… then they built the frames and covered the tall section with black strips… at that point I realized the fence belonged to the house directly across from me, the fence on the other side of their property is also black…

after they cleaned everything up they ended their day, and I assumed the job, lol…

I thought it was interesting that the front section was just chain link, but maybe it would let the snow blow through…

then, this morning the truck was back and they added the black strips to the short section of the fence…

now I think it is really done, lol…

sections…

20 Wednesday Nov 2024

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it was time to redo the living room table, but I wasn’t quite ready for the full-on Christmas ornaments…

once I thought about it for a while and decided to fill the four sections with some of my “favourite things” I sat and made a list of what those things were to me at the moment, lol…

my list included: family, friends, garden, flowers, books, animals, nature, photography, holidays, technology, rocks, seashells, and crafts…

so I went around the house and found items that represented all of those things… after putting a red and green tablecloth in the bottom I found spots for all of the things…

I’m pleased with how it turned out;-)…