29 Thursday May 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, cold, garden, moments, nature, plants, preparation, pump, water lily, weather, widow
the pond was filled and running for just over a week in preparation for the fish…
recently I had to climb in to place the water lily and sort out a problem with the second pump which wasn’t working…
took a few tries, but eventually it got going…
the water temp was really cold and when I got out my legs were bright red, lol…
I also topped up the water as it continues to leak a bit…
28 Wednesday May 2025
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arborist, big girl pants, blessed, cold, gardens, moments, nature, plants, Technology, The Leaf, tree, weather, widow
had a surprise visit to The Leaf last week…
I was supposed to meet my adventure buddy for a walk around the English and Leo Mol Gardens… it was cold and windy and I may not have had the warmest clothes on, lol…
I walked over and found a tree trunk down across the path between the walking bridge and the entrance to the Gardens…
reported it to one of the gardeners who was working close to the entrance and they were going to notify the arborist…
once we met up, we decided to walk around The Leaf instead;-)… got the tickets online as we drove over and headed in…
it looked as though the gardeners had done a big pruning job and made a bit of space around the Tropical Biome… views of the water had been trimmed up nicely…
I often take photos of the same things, lol…
fun time, as always;-)…
27 Tuesday May 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, family, housemate, Indi, moments, summer, tires, Victoria, weather, wheels, widow
on Victoria Day, my housemate changed the tires on Indi…
it was well past the time to get the summer ones on…
unfortunately, it took a long time as the tires didn’t want to leave the car…
getting the jack in just the right place to be able to work on the back tires took a minute…
eventually, three of the four were replaced, but the fourth one did not want to cooperate… luckily a neighbour came over and between he and my housemate it finally came off…
now she loves lovely with her summer wheels;-)…
26 Monday May 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, bridge, condo, family, garden, goldfish, happy, moments, nature, pond, vanished, weather, widow
recently we purchased some feeder fish and popped them into the pond… they vanished under the bridge and weren’t seen again, lol…
a few days ago, the fish were caught and brought out to the pond from their indoor condo … my housemate has very little trouble catching them in the tanks…
once the pail was outside, he waited patiently for me to get out there to take the before, during, and after photos, lol…
they, too, went right under the bridge, but by the next afternoon, they were swimming all around the pond and enjoying a snack…
so happy to have them outdoors again;-)…
25 Sunday May 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, clover, cushions, garden, grass, moments, nature, raked, seed, sprinkler, water, watered, weather, widow
early this week the garden was aerated with a huge machine…
watching the young man muscle it around the space made it clear how big and heavy the machine was…
a few days later, after watering the grass to soften it, clover and grass seed was scattered…
then the spots that weren’t doing well were raked and levelled out…
the new rake worked beautifully… the old one had separated quite a while ago, but it was likely thirty or forty years old, lol…
since then the grass has been watered daily to encourage the seed to take…
all of the cushions are put away before the watering begins…
it is a process, as the sprinkler has to be moved five or six times to ensure every bit gets a good soaking;-)…
fingers crossed that it does better this year than it did last year…
24 Saturday May 2025
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battery, big girl pants, blessed, family, fixed, garden, grass, housing, lawnmower, moments, nature, weather, widow
the other day we discovered that the battery on the lawnmower was no longer working…
after figuring out how to get it out of the housing, we went to The Battery Man to replace it… $168 and it works again…
very happy about that because the grass was getting really long after all the rain…
grass was mowed, whipper snipped, and blown…
looks great;-)…
23 Friday May 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, family, food, good food, invited, lunch, moments, sushi, treated, widow
what a treat;-)…
last Saturday I was invited out for lunch… it was cold and overcast, so a nice bright spot in a dull day…
we went to Sushi Cushi and had a lovely meal… we often over order, but this time we got just the right amount…
a fun time and I enjoyed every single bite;-)…
22 Thursday May 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, cold, flowers, garden, impatiens, moments, nature, plants, Shelmerdine, water lily, weather, widow
drove out to Shelmerdine last Friday, to pick up a water lily for the pond, and may have picked up a few other items, lol…
I picked up two different impatiens plants which I am going to put into the pond;-)…
also found a beautiful spiral begonia…
I found a variety of morning glory seeds, as well as some for cucumbers and beans…
once home they went into the garage because the temperature was threatening to go to 0°C…
and then I moved all the plants waiting to be planted into the garage…
found a small pail and covered the tomato which had already been planted…
since then the plants have all been moved outside and are doing well;-)…
21 Wednesday May 2025
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big girl pants, books, favourite, friends, GLOBOsapiens, JD Robb, missing, moments, need, nineteen, project, searching, series, Technology, widow
it was mainly overcast and rainy last Thursday, so I spent most of the day inside…
being as the weather was not so great, I decided to work on a project that has been on the list for a while, lol…
first I printed out a list of JD Robb books that I found online…
next I removed all of the books I have and set them on my desk…
I cut some coloured paper to use as markers and compared the list with my books and inserted a sheet of paper where the missing books belonged… I also checked off which books were still needed…
the books went back onto the shelf and I then prepared a spreadsheet listing the whole series and marking which books I still need to complete my set…
happy to get the project completed…
now to send the list off to a friend and Globosapiens bookstore to see how many more we can find;-)…
once I find the remainder, there will need to be some reorganizing of the shelves, as I still need around nineteen, lol…
20 Tuesday May 2025
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beloved, big girl pants, cut, family, fixed, garden, lighting, memories, messy, moments, not working, replace, Technology, under-bench, widow
I finally removed the under-bench lighting that hasn’t worked since before my beloved died… you can see it in this photo… it is the tube-like piece hanging below the bench and looks messy…
I hadn’t realized that he had fastened it with screws and was thinking what a huge job it was going to be to lay on my back and move around under the bench undoing it, two screws at a time…
then I got the bright idea to cut sections of it and pull it out…
woohoo, it worked perfectly and the deck looks much tidier now…
now to decide if I want to look for something similar to replace it, sigh…
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