13 Monday Feb 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, moments, nature, necklace, sculpture, snow, snowperson, weather, widow
someone built a very nice snowperson a few weeks ago and it has been happily sitting in the field across the way and I’ve enjoyed watching it…
recently, with the warmer weather, it has started to shrink a bit;-(…
and yesterday, when I looked out the back, I noticed this lovely necklace hanging from the bird feeder…
looks like a cool sculpture… wonder how it will look next…
12 Sunday Feb 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, camera, charged, early, iPhone, moments, moon, nature, pass-me-along, sky, Technology, weather, widow
up early on Friday to put out the box of pass-me-along items…
had to go back upstairs and get the phone to take a few shots of the beautiful moon…
tried to use my Nikon, but the battery was dead, lol… it is now sitting on the counter getting charged… I think I’ve hit something that is keeping it on wifi all the time which is why the battery keeps dying… going to have to do a bit of research to fix that😳…
so, the moon isn’t quite as clear as I was hoping for, but it does show how beautiful the morning was;-)…
good start to the day;-)…
11 Saturday Feb 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, camera, garden, light, moments, nature, pond, snow, solar light, spotlight, sunny, Technology, warm, weather, widow
excited to discover the spotlight on the upper deck is working again…
it had been covered with snow for many weeks and I was thinking it wasn’t going to work in the cold…
as I was walking down the stairs on Thursday night, I looked out and saw the light….
apparently the warm and sunny weather uncovered the solar panel on the top of it, lol…
makes me happy, although the camera isn’t out there now…
not like there are fish in the pond that need to be protected, lol…
10 Friday Feb 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, bonsai, French fries, friend, friends, garden, greenhouse, McDonalds, moments, nature, photo, plants, Shelmerdine, shopping, snack, succulents, widow
had a tasty snack on our way to Shelmerdine… haven’t had fresh McDonald’s French fries in I don’t know how long… had a couple of nuggets to go with them, but it was the fries that made my day;-)…
had fun wandering amongst the plants… it was surprising how many varieties of succulents were available…
here’s a photo my friend sent of the two that she picked up and transplanted;-)…
got a few photos of some of their bonsais to share with my grandson…
lovely to spend a bit of time enjoying the greenhouse and I even left without purchasing anything…
when I was searching the internet for a link to their website, I came across this great information on plant care;-)…
fries and gardens… doesn’t get much better than that…
08 Wednesday Feb 2023
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backdoor, big girl pants, blessed, filled, garden, hose, hot tub, moments, scrunch, temperature, water, weather, widow
this morning, I dragged the hose up from the basement, out through the backdoor, and into the tub…
last night I had a great time in the hot tub, but had to scrunch down as the water was rather low…
only took about ten minutes to fill it up… now we will see if it gets up to temp by tonight;-)…
02 Thursday Feb 2023
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amethyst, bedside, big girl pants, blessed, cleaners, happy, heart, Maui, moments, nature, purple, widow
to make cleaning easier I always put most of the items on the bedside table into the drawer before the cleaners arrive…
after they leave I bring the items back out…
I absolutely love the amethyst heart that I purchased for my birthday when we were in Hawaii…
it sits at the edge of the Google Display and makes me smile every time I see it;-)…
took it downstairs into the sunlight to get a good photo before returning it back to its spot;-)…
31 Tuesday Jan 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, cleaners, flowers, hibiscus, laundry, moments, nature, recycling bin, remembering, shovelled, sun, tidying, towels, weather, widow
had a busy day…
enjoyed the hibiscus which surprised me with a new flower yesterday and is still blooming, cozied up agains the wall;-)…
ran towels through the washer, folded and put them away…
it has been crazy cold here, but the sun was shining as I shovelled the snow to get to the garbage and recycling bins and then took out a ton of stuff, completely filling the recycle bin… will need to remember to put it in the lane for pickup day, lol…
did some tidying as the cleaners are coming tomorrow…
as I tidy I always remember how blessed I am;-)…
30 Monday Jan 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, blocking, cold, furnace, moments, nature, shovelling, snow, vents, weather, widow, windy
went out on Friday and shovelled the sidewalk and the path to the furnace vents…
it was cold and blowy, but there was quite a bit of snow that needed to be moved…
didn’t take too long and there was a lot of snow by the vents…
glad I got to it…
29 Sunday Jan 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, butterflies, flowers, garden, moments, Morpho, nature, plants, search, Shirley Richardson Butterfly Garden, sunshine, Technology, widow
lots of butterflies in the Shirley Richardson Butterfly Garden… also many people…
the sun was shining so they were flitting about the whole space…
the blue Morpho butterfly is very sneaky and would not let me catch a single photo of it with the gorgeous blue when the wings are open…
next time I will take a video and then a still from that, lol…
the butterflies arrive as chrysalis from Costa Rica on a regular basis and are released into the space once they emerge…
so, each time you are in the Garden, there will likely be different varieties…
it is such fun to search for them in amongst the foliage…
27 Friday Jan 2023
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amaryllis, begonia, big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, living wall, Mediterranean biome, moments, nature, plants, spiral, Technology, The Leaf, Tyndall stone, walk, widow
enjoyed the Mediterranean biome… as soon as I enter I am reminded of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights… I think it is all the Tyndall stone, the spiral walkway, and the industrial looking steel…
the living wall is huge and amazing…
and the spiral begonia was so pretty…
the amaryllis are stunning…
it is lovely to have such a beautiful space to visit during the winter months…
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