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experiment…

21 Monday Sep 2020

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recently I spent a good portion of the day in the computer room tidying…

I’ve been dumping empty boxes in there for months and there were about 10 boxes of books that were packed up before the pandemic but hadn’t made it to the fire station…

when I am on my Skype calls with my BS buddies I keep losing video of them, so I thought I’d try a call from the main computer which is hooked up directly to the internet… hope that helps…

so, I had to clean the room up so when I was on the call I wouldn’t be horribly embarrassed, lol…

this morning I carried all but one of the boxes of books out to the garage and put them on the newly emptied shelves… they weigh a lot… the last one is way too heavy for me…

for tonight’s call, one person wasn’t available, one person couldn’t get her camera working and in the middle of the call, my computer decided it was going to upgrade, so I was off the call for ten minutes or so…

interesting experiment, lol…

wet-vac…

16 Wednesday Sep 2020

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my grandson came by to get the fish tank ready for the goldfish to come into their condo…

the pump had stopped working in the spring and we hadn’t dealt with it over the summer… he ran it over to the fish store and they discovered the problem and it is fine now…

the tank had lots of dirty water in it and we tried various disgusting methods to empty it… after a number of ideas failed, we brought in the wet-vac and it worked great…

it is now empty and all of the bits and pieces have been scrubbed and are waiting to go back in… next week he will bring some new purple gravel and we will get it set up…

likely around Thanksgiving we will bring the fish in;-)…

den…

15 Tuesday Sep 2020

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the other day I received a Google Nest Mini in the mail… it was a gift for joining a program…

after thinking about it for a short time, I decided to put it in the den… the other option was the laundry room, but I’ve been spending more time watching TV in the den, so we will see how it goes…

I didn’t even have to read the how-to instructions to set it up… the process is easy and it connects with all the others seamlessly…

hey Google;-)…

tasting…

13 Sunday Sep 2020

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received a chocolate tasting package from my daughter months ago…

we finally got together via Google Duo and did the tasting together… the last time I participated in one was over Christmas in her dining room… it was set up beautifully…

this one was certainly different… I didn’t think to put them on a pretty plate, but did have them lined up and with the note pages… in the end I felt very happy and enjoyed what I had learned… she really helped me discover the different notes of the five pieces of chocolate;-)…

my favourite was a Qantu 70% Chuncho bar…

next time it would be fun to have a few other people participate and hear their thoughts;-)…

recognize…

04 Friday Sep 2020

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had my face mask on twice today…

first this morning, when I went to get some bloodwork done… now, both entrances to the clinic are open… last time I was there only the main door was open and there was a staff person making sure people were using hand sanitizer before they entered… today there was neither sanitizer nor staff person… not sure if that is an improvement or not…

I am getting more used to wearing the mask, but really dislike the fact that my phone won’t recognize me when it is on my face, lol…

later in the day I walked over to La Belle Baguette and put one on to enter the store;-)…

that may have been the first time since March that I have been inside two buildings in the same day…

bands…

03 Thursday Sep 2020

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a few weeks ago I ordered a couple of new bands for my Fitbit… they arrived and were excellent…

one is very fancy, but needed to be adjusted… a few days ago I cut off a portion of it, but it was still too large…

yesterday I tried again and now it fits perfectly and looks great;-)…

very snazzy…

migration…

02 Wednesday Sep 2020

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it was rather chilly yesterday morning… I wore pants, a long sleeve shirt and my spring/fall jacket for my walk;-(…

after the walk, with my daughter on the phone, I had breakfast and checked out the garden, but it was still chilly, lol…

deadheaded the datura in the front flower bed, did some reading and watched a very informative webinar on bird migration…

seemed like a busy day, lol…

coverage…

30 Sunday Aug 2020

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not too long ago we got a new shade umbrella… it has worked well for a portion of the day, providing shade for one chair but I was hoping it might adjust to provide more coverage, depending on the time of day…

yesterday I learned how to turn it, which I didn’t think was possible… very exciting…

unfortunately, the sun had already put the whole backyard in shadow so we couldn’t test it out… I’d hoped to see what it could do today, but it has been overcast followed by a thunderstorm… no sun expected, but tomorrow should be sunny all day;-)…

no testing today, lol…

fudgicles…

28 Friday Aug 2020

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had an excellent visit with a good friend a few days ago…

she brought fresh veggies from her garden… we consulted on a project, talked about our lives, exercise, technology, and living on our own…

we ordered in some tasty Pho Hoang and had fudgicles for dessert…

after dinner, while we were sitting beside the pond, I spotted baby fish… this was very exciting…

after she left, I sat and spotted at least four, in three different sizes… looks like two about two inches long and at least one each of two smaller ones…

have not been able to get any photos as they move very quickly and look black in the water, lol… maybe they are nervous about some of those bigger ones..

a lovely time…

Merlin…

27 Thursday Aug 2020

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well, what a day yesterday was… spent the majority of it in the garden, watching the water lily and all the birds flitting about the space… maybe they are starting to head south, sigh…

first to the feeder came the Downy Woodpecker… it was there for a while before flying off… believe that is the first one I’ve seen this summer…

the White-breasted Nuthatch popped by, and posed for a photo;-)…

next were the chickadees, and there were a lot of them, but sadly, they didn’t want to eat out of my hand…

and then, a Tennessee Warbler stopped by the pond for a drink… my Merlin Bird ID was certainly well used, lol…

my neighbour gave me celery out of his garden and a friend brought me carrots and parsley from her garden plot…