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handy…

29 Thursday Apr 2021

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I’ve been waiting for awhile now for the table I ordered to sit on the side of the hot tub when I am in it…

had anticipated that it was about 30 inches across, although there weren’t any measurements on the website…

it arrived in a rather small box, so I was interested to open it up…

it is about the size of a tv table and once I got over the surprise of how small it was, I think it will work perfectly…

it fits nicely and also will hang at the backdoor so it will be easy to take out and bring in…

it is going to be very handy…

overnight…

28 Wednesday Apr 2021

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busy day yesterday…

spent time in the garage bringing the floor back into view…

the car hasn’t been here for an overnight since the fall so the garage has filled up with a number of things… a couple of the chairs waiting for their new brackets, a table with bits and pieces on top, numerous boxes, a few cushions not put into their proper place and some pumps…

I had moved a few items around the day before and yesterday I finished and was able to put the table away…

then I even swept the floor… Indi may not have recognized the space when she showed up this afternoon… my grandson didn’t even open the door when he arrived because he had been in it recently, lol…

had him put her into the garage and I opened all the windows and hope that any aerosols will be gone by morning when I need to head to an appointment…

vinyl…

27 Tuesday Apr 2021

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a week or so ago, the doorbell rang and a person asked if I wanted my vinyl siding fixed as they had noticed a couple of loose pieces…

I was thrilled, as in the fall my son-in-law and a neighbour had both tried to fix a couple of pieces on the front…

this person was working on a house down the street and came back on Saturday to do the fixes…

they also added more flashing to the garage so that the water won’t drip down behind the eavestrough…

so happy to have these pieces of siding put back into place and that I won’t have to listen to flapping in the wind anymore;-)…

vases…

26 Monday Apr 2021

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had some fun separating my first birthday bouquet into four different vases…

there are now flowers in the living room, bathroom, bedroom and even the kitchen…

nice that I won’t have to carry flowers upstairs at the end of each day;-)…

beauty everywhere I look… such a treat…

raised…

24 Saturday Apr 2021

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I’ve been looking to install a raised bed garden at the side of the house, in the previously known as shade garden… it has changed since the neighbour’s elm tree came down…

this is clearly not the time to build anything with wood which has tripled in price in the last year…

I found these cute planters with trellises attached and ordered three…

they are very cute and I plan to grow some cucumbers and tomatoes in them… maybe some peas and beans… we will see…

I’ve brought four of the pots inside and will transplant the cucumbers in the next few days… they can continue growing and then just get plopped into the planter (if and) when the weather warms up, lol…

drawn…

23 Friday Apr 2021

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I had blood drawn for my doctor’s appointment next week…

they came to the house as I still don’t have the car and it means I don’t have to go to the clinic twice… such a handy option…

my technician did a great job and was only here for minutes…

just had the tiniest mark on my arm;-)…

practice…

22 Thursday Apr 2021

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I had planned to barbecue steak and lobster for my birthday supper… unfortunately, it was cold and snowy, so I ordered in…

Monday the sun was shining so I went out at noon and barbecued both… even filled a bird feeder while I was waiting for the temperature to get to where I wanted it…

had half of both for my lunch and set the rest aside for a salad…

I am getting much better at barbecuing… clearly practice helps…

zoom…

21 Wednesday Apr 2021

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this morning I participated in my first Zoom call… it was with an April birthday friend… we usually meet for lunch between our birthdays, but seeing each other’s face was a nice treat…

shortly after that, a box of Callia flowers arrived with a bouquet called Magnificent;-)… they are just beautiful…

I had a call with the giver of the flowers and it was wonderful to catch up…

much as I don’t mind being home, I do miss visiting with such special people…

I finally got a new set of photos on my digital display and chose the ones from our Maui vacation two years ago this month… that really was a once-in-a-lifetime trip which brought me great joy and wonderful memories…

lovely day…

rotten…

19 Monday Apr 2021

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what a treat… my son-in-law stopped by this afternoon…

he checked out the rotten wood on the step and we figured out what is needed to make the needed repair…

of course we also looked at a few other problem areas…

then we had a cup of tea and a chat together on the deck… it was chilly and I wore gloves, but the sun was shining…

nice to have a visitor…