gorgeous early morning start as a fisher was out to begin their day…
fisher…
30 Monday Aug 2021
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burst…
29 Sunday Aug 2021
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had a burst of energy and spent a couple of hours in the garage cleaning…
was able to give away a few outdoor games to a neighbour… filled up the garbage and recycling bins… and cleaned off about half of the bench and one shelf…
thinking about painting the bench purple;-)…
every little step feels like progress;-)…
safely…
28 Saturday Aug 2021
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after considering all the options I applied online to safely vote by mail…
thanks to an email from the David Suzuki Foundation I was able to get to the correct spot without difficulty and submit the application fairly easily…
we shall see if I get the ballot in time and how this new way of voting (for me) goes…
wish me luck, as once you’ve applied to vote by mail you cannot vote in any other manner;-)…
I received my voting package the next day… wow 🤩…
now to find out who is running in my area…
medley…
26 Thursday Aug 2021
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all of the day’s meals had some portion of leftovers from the day before…
breakfast was some of the leftover boiled new potatoes scrambled up with fresh eggs…
lunch was a salad made with some of the leftover chicken… it also included onion, fresh dill, celery, a bit of miracle whip… and a few slices of the baguette from the night before…
supper was a lamb shank with a leftover veggie medley of the new potatoes, carrots and asparagus… added a bit of red wine to the lamb gravy…
all of them delicious…
squirrely…
25 Wednesday Aug 2021
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recently there has been lots of squirrely things going on…
spotted this red squirrel out the front window around 9:30 am… it was looking for food to eat from under the feeders…
not fifteen minutes later this gray squirrel nearly came into the house when I opened the patio door, lol…
mum…
24 Tuesday Aug 2021
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had a lovely dinner tonight with the kids…
they brought me a bunch of mums for the garden… I had been collecting parcels for them over the last few weeks, so we traded, lol…
we ate in the garage as it was a bit cool out and rain threatened… I am still nervous about having people in the house for any length of time…
even put one of the plants on the table to provide some ambiance;-)… looks good with the tablecloth, but we won’t mention all the “stuff” that is everywhere…
we spent time remembering how grandpa knew where every single thing was located and planning the organizing and decluttering that has to happen…
cukes…
23 Monday Aug 2021
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yesterday I had a nice haul of veggies in the garden…
the cukes all have an odd shape but are tasty…
usually I’ve only planted a few tomatoes and the odd pepper, so I’m rather pleased with this year’s veggie garden…
nice…
22 Sunday Aug 2021
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spent a relaxing morning in the garden, sitting close to the pond…
counted ten babies who are growing every day, and got to watch them swimming around looking for food…
it was particularly nice because it was supposed to rain all day, but it held off until around one pm…
not sure how the pond will look tomorrow because it is already very full from all the rain we’ve already had…
folded…
21 Saturday Aug 2021
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pain…
19 Thursday Aug 2021
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I’ve been thinking about health a lot lately…
possibly it has to do with updating my Will, but I also think it is about being well…
for the longest time my hip was bothering me when I would go to stand up from a chair… I knew it was going to hurt, so was very tentative as I stood…
I also didn’t want to go see my physio person because of covid, so I just suffered through…
recently I realized that it wasn’t nearly as sore as it had been…
it always amazes me how quick we forget a pain that has been ongoing once it stops…
it seems to take longer to recover from aches and pains these days, but I am so pleased once I realize things are better;-)…
