09 Tuesday Nov 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, happy, leaves, maple, moments, nature, running shoes, treat, walk, weather, widow
well, today I put running shoes on instead of my sandals…
always a sad day for me as I would be happy to wear sandals all year long, but once it gets cold and I am going to be walking for a while, the shoes come out…
I walked in a different area today and came across maple leaves all over the sidewalk… they are very cute;-)…
in our neighbourhood we don’t see them so it was a treat…
07 Sunday Nov 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, fall back, grandfather clock, light, moments, nature, reset, sunshine, time, widow
I stopped the grandfather clock at 4 pm and set a timer to remind me to restart it at 5…
the only other clocks that had to be reset were the stove and microwave;-)…
it is always a bit of a giggle when I wake up trying to decide what time it really is, lol…
06 Saturday Nov 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, empty, garden, hose, hot tub, moments, pump, refilling, tense, time, water, widow
the weather was delightful and I spent a good portion of the day emptying and refilling the hot tub…
I got a new pump in the summer to use for removing the water from the tub… the hose was a bit on the short side, so had to use a table to get the water into the grass… it took 3 hours, including using a pail and dumping bucket after bucket… may be getting something that works a bit quicker next year;-(…
once it was empty, I ran the extendible hose up from the basement, through the screen door, over the deck, and filled the tub in just over an hour…
a few tense minutes when the electricity on the tub didn’t seem to want to start… but, at last, it started and will now be heating up for a few days…
won’t have to change the water out until Spring… glad that job is done…
05 Friday Nov 2021
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once the large fish tank was moved into the dining room, I filled the stand with many of the plants from the living and dining rooms…
that spot doesn’t get a ton of light so I had a small lamp sitting there to provide some illumination…
with my grandson’s help, we moved a lamp from the computer room down to this area and the lighting is much better…
I think the plants are going to like it…
04 Thursday Nov 2021
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babies, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, condo, family, fish, garden, goldfish, memories, moments, nature, pond, preparation, tank, weather, widow
I have been working on the fish condo for weeks now… spent a good portion of a day cleaning the fish tank… lots of scrubbing and emptying…
I researched a second tank and we went out and got the tank and two pumps so that they were on the ends as opposed to the back of the tanks…
after numerous measurements, we set the new tank up on the counter along the North wall of the dining room… then the bottom was filled with rocks and water and the new pump set up… this tank will be for the baby fish as the other tank won’t be able to hold all of the fish…
I worked with my grandson and we were able to move the big tank to the spot beside the small tank… it looks good there and it almost appears like one single very long tank…
after putting river rocks in it, I ran the hose from the outside tap through the house and was able to fill it up in nine minutes… it probably took me that long to fill the small one as I used a pail and walked back and forth to the kitchen sink for that one, lol…
had a bit of an issue with the pump as there wasn’t quite enough room in the large tank for it on the edge, but we were able to remove a piece of plastic and now it fits perfectly…
once the water was in and circulating for a few days we began catching the fish… we have been at it for quite a while… we started on October 22nd and today I think we caught the last one… I had to break ice for the last few collections, lol…
it was quite a process because since about the middle of October the water has been brown as leaves have fallen into it so it has made spotting fish difficult…
we also brought in some of the water lilies, which hopefully will survive until next spring when they can go back into the pond…
the tanks look great and I am pleased with all of our work…
we have 12 large fish and 14 babies;-)…
03 Wednesday Nov 2021
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big girl pants, bird feeder, birds, blessed, feeder, moments, nature, plastic, widow
I’ve been having fun watching the birds coming to the window feeder in the living room…
so far there have been chickadees, house finches, nuthatches, and blue jays… I had hoped to be able to take photos but the plastic distorts the pictures…
now I just sit and enjoy them;-)…
I’ve had to go out and wash the glass as they have made a mess of the window…
they make quite a noise as they decide which seed is the one they need and then sometimes open it right there by tapping it on the edge of the drawer…
they have also knocked out the little drawer that sits in the feeder… eventually I taped it down and so far it hasn’t fallen out again…
31 Sunday Oct 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, family, garden, grandson, halloween, moments, nature, rain, snow, treat, tricks, weather, widow
so, there were some Halloween tricks, but no treats…
the kids were over this morning and we were working in the garden…
just after they left I was in the dining room and looked out the window to see this…
that would be snow pelting down like crazy…
of course, it is Halloween…
and a short time later it looked like this…
eventually it all melted…
29 Friday Oct 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, dahlias, dig, dry, flowers, garden, moments, shovel, tomatoes, trowel, weather, widow
a few days ago I brought in the tubers for two dahlias…
I wasn’t able to dig up the third one, so I went out this afternoon to see if I could get them out of the planter they were in…
I removed soil, and tried to dig around the tubers… my trowel just wasn’t strong enough to get them out… finally I got the shovel and after a ton of effort, was able to finally remove them… there are a lot…
I have brought them in to dry and will then bag in paper and store in the basement… hopefully they will turn into more Mick’s Peppermint in the spring…
and while I was outside working, my neighbour brought me a final pail of tomatoes… most are green and I’ve put them on the dining room table so they can ripen…
28 Thursday Oct 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, foggy, halloween, leaves, misty, moments, nature, trees, walk, weather, widow
it was kind of spooky this morning when I went for my walk… very Halloween-y as the air was foggy and misty…
unfortunately I wasn’t able to get a good picture…
the leaves have fallen from most trees, but many of those left are quite lovely colours…
the mist dissipated as I walked and before the day was over the sun came out…
27 Wednesday Oct 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, condo, fish, fish food, fish tank, goldfish, memories, moments, nature, pond, tapped, widow
recently I’ve seen a number of videos about dogs and cats banging or tapping their food bowls to announce they want food…
for years we have tapped the side of the fish tank to let the goldfish know we are putting food into the water…
we follow the same system when they are in the pond, although this year they fed off the algae and bugs in the pond…
they often need to be reminded of the process once they come in for the winter… and of course any babies have to learn the process…
once they remember, they often come up to the top of the tank as I walk toward them, lol…
we are not there just yet…
