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selfie…

13 Monday Nov 2023

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had some fun with technology today…

met with my Monday group in the morning via Zoom… I set up a space in the living room for the laptop so others could see the fish, but they weren’t visible, lol…

during Covid we met via Zoom, so we have been happy to have access to it again as the group has been dealing with poor health and we don’t like to miss our time together…

hopefully everyone will be feeling better soon so that we can get back to meeting in person…

later in the day I used the selfie stick to take a photo of me reading in the sun… there hasn’t been much of it shining over the last few weeks…

I had tried to get it to work yesterday, without success… after going online and doing a bit of research, I figured it out, so today it took the photo easily;-)…

such a treat when technology works;-)…

concoction…

12 Sunday Nov 2023

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now that I have access to the waffle maker, I keep wanting to make other things in it… and with the colder weather, I want warmer things to eat;-)…

I found a recipe online for an omelette, so I decided to give it a try…

it was simple, yay, which made me happy…

I did wonder about using three eggs, but decided that for this first time I would try to follow the directions, lol…

it had a breakfast sausage, but I just used half of it… it also called for red pepper, but I didn’t have any so used extra onion instead… and I used more or less the amount of cheese mentioned…

hmmmm, maybe I did change it quite a bit, oopsie…

as I poured the concoction into the waffle maker, I realized I had been right, two eggs would have been much better… there was some leaking at the edges…

it came out pretty good, but I think using less egg would have helped it cook better… so I am going to make it again tomorrow;-)…

story…

07 Tuesday Nov 2023

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we got our poppies a week ago and I put the buttons on them so they won’t get lost… I’ve been wearing mine daily, even though I don’t go out much, lol…

I’d seen something on social media about scanning your poppy to read a story about a veteran;-)…

Sunday morning I came across a link that took me to a story about a fallen soldier once I scanned my poppy…

I tried it on another poppy and got another story…

here is the link so that you can scan yours;-)…

poppy stories

what a wonderful use of technology;-)…

fabric…

26 Thursday Oct 2023

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a while back, I removed the cover on one of my IKEA chairs and arranged to have two new ones made…

I used the company that did such a great job on the garden chair cushions…

we picked a pretty fabric and then waited… and waited… and waited…

the first piece of fabric that arrived was defective and it took a while to get the replacement, lol…

got the email advising the covers were done and raced over to pick them up…

then it took us quite some time to get the covers on the chairs as it was snug… good that there were muscles in the room, lol…

but they look great… and I am very pleased with the colour;-)…

devoted…

21 Saturday Oct 2023

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my grandson has got me devoted to Formula 1 car racing…

a few years back, he used my car to drive to a race in Montreal…

often the races are rather early in the day, so sometimes I end up needing a nap on race day…

today I watched a few hours of cars shooting around a racetrack in Austin, Texas…

I am learning more of the nuances during each race and have been having a good time getting questions answered by my own expert, lol…

I think that my beloved would have enjoyed it as well;-)…

two…

18 Wednesday Oct 2023

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took two walks Tuesday, lol…

first one was my little circle tour… on the way home I had to walk partway down a different street to admire a very large Halloween display, across from a school…

the second was to go to Silver Heights IDA for my covid and flu shots… had to wait a few minutes while others were looked after, but then in a flash, it was done and I was on my way home…

viewing…

14 Saturday Oct 2023

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well, didn’t use those eclipse glasses as the sky was completely filled with clouds all morning…

my daughter in Ottawa, who also had clouds, suggested the viewing was top secret only, lol…

viewing party was cancelled and everyone stayed in their warm houses (it was 9° Celsius) getting other chores taken care of…

will put the glasses away for the next one, which looks to be in April;-)…

looked outside at 5:30 pm to see this, lol…

eclipse…

12 Thursday Oct 2023

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October 14th there will be a solar eclipse…

I was able to purchase some eclipse glasses from Manitoba Museum and have them mailed to me…

since then I’ve given some to my BS buddies…

we are thinking about an eclipse party on the 14th, although the weather may not cooperate…

looking forward to the day…

enchanted…

11 Wednesday Oct 2023

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just spent a delightful hour with Dr. Jane Goodall…

well, she was on stage at the Royal Botanical Gardens Canada, and I was on the couch in the living room;-)…

she is a wonderful story teller and kept the audience, and me, enchanted…

from her earliest years, with a mother who supported her desire to know everything about animals, to her building of the Jane Goodall Institute, her life has been filled with spirit and a thirst to know more…

she has focused on chimpanzees, people and the environment…

so happy that I came upon this talk as I was scrolling through IG today…

people, there is hope, but we need to work at it, together;-)…

lifeline…

07 Saturday Oct 2023

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had a great time on Monday, when I met with my BS buddies at the Park Cafe for a celebration lunch…

it was amazing because it was the birthday person’s birthday, lol… we don’t often have the celebration on their actual day…

we were there for a few hours…

the restaurant wasn’t too full, we had a lovely waitperson, the meal with very tasty, and we had lots of laughs and conversation (as always)…

these women have been my lifeline for over thirty-five years…