07 Tuesday Dec 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, cold, friends, moments, moon, nature, night sky, photos, sky, Venus, weather, widow
last night a friend called and suggested I check out the moon…
it was a sliver in the sky with a very bright Venus above it…
I dug out the tripod, which was deep in a closet, and headed to the front step… even though it was cold, I took a few minutes and got some good photos…
so happy to have received that call;-)…
06 Monday Dec 2021
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found some red ribbon and rehung the swag at the front door…
a piece of the fishing line had already broken so I was just in time…
instead of cutting the ribbon, I made a cute little bow for the inside of the door…
I think this will work nicely;-)…
05 Sunday Dec 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, deck, garden, moments, nature, peanut, shovel, snow, squirrels, weather, widow
recently I went outside and shovelled off the back deck…
a ton of snow had drifted there when we had that big snow a while back…
quite a bit of it had melted, but there was still a thick covering over most of the deck…
as I shovelled I came across a number of peanuts in the shell which had been left by the squirrels… I hope they won’t be too disappointed when they go looking for them, lol…
29 Monday Nov 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, dicey, flowers, friends, happy, moments, plants, poinsettias, swag, widow
yesterday a good friend stopped by with a few items from a fundraiser…
there were two beautiful poinsettias and a swag…
after our visit the swag went up on the front door… looks good there…
hope it stays up… the swags don’t have any fasteners on the back so it is always dicey to get them up and looking great…
the poinsettias found homes in the dining and living rooms…
now to see if I can keep them alive through Christmas;-)…
28 Sunday Nov 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, buds, flowers, garden, moments, nature, orchids, plants, twelve, waiting, widow
pleased to see that two of the orchids are getting new buds… got some nice pictures of the buds on one, while the other wouldn’t cooperate…
makes me very happy as they seem to be liking their new spot…
as of today, all twelve are in the new garden-erie;-)…
27 Saturday Nov 2021
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this morning the snowploughs came down the street and filled in the sidewalk and left a bit of snow in the driveway…
they also ploughed a big slice of my grass so that the fire hydrant is accessible… it will be interesting to see how it looks in the spring…
something I’ve learned over the last few years is that it needs to be shovelled as quickly as possible, so that it doesn’t turn into a solid lump of ice which can’t be moved…
I had finished the end of the sidewalk and was just starting on the bottom of the driveway when my grandson arrived and finished it off…
everything was icy… it had rained a bit last night and then froze so the cement was slick…
I was happy that he finished the driveway because my boots were slip sliding away…
but it was all done in a short time and hopefully the ice will melt over the next day or so… if it doesn’t I have a supply of ice melter that I can put on the ground…
23 Tuesday Nov 2021
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as I was walking down the stairs this morning I looked outside and spotted one of my bunny buddies…
I went to get the camera but it was exhausted so there were no closeup pictures…
the bunny sat there for the longest time before eventually leaving… I was happy that it was okay…
there are lots of bunny prints in the garden, lol…
22 Monday Nov 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, coleus, garden, growing, ivy, moments, nature, planting, plants, slips, widow
well, the coleus has been transplanted…
there were lots of roots when I checked the glass the slips were in… I went out to the garage and brought in four pots and a pail filled with potting mix…
found a plastic container to use as a saucer and planted the 9 different pieces…
they are now on the dining room table in the light so we will see what happens…
at the same time I planted two ivy slips into a small pot which is going to sit on the bathroom window ledge…
more plants;-)…
18 Thursday Nov 2021
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17 Wednesday Nov 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, garden-erie, house, light, moments, orchids, plants, widow
I’ve been working on a Christmas project and was able to finish the prep for it today… I love it when things work out;-)…
I also spent time in the “garden-erie”… it now houses the majority of the plants… I trimmed orchids and watered everything…
the new light is working well and comes on in the morning and goes off after dinner…
I am trying to find just the right name to describe the space for the garden… it is right between the living and dining rooms… conservatory seems just a bit presumptuous, lol…
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