30 Friday Sep 2022
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was talking with someone recently and making tea at the same time…
as I was squeezing the teabag, they mentioned hearing that doing this bruised the tea, which was a bad thing…
made me laugh as I’ve done it forever to get any additional flavour out of the bag before discarding it…
29 Thursday Sep 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, food, groceries, hibernation, meals, moments, preparations, recipes, weather, widow
made a hot breakfast, cause it felt like that kind of day, and then gathered the ingredients to prepare ham, cabbage and potatoes…
this would give it time to cook and then cool before heating it up for supper…
while that was cooking, I finished shredding the rest of the cabbage, a bit of green onion, and some carrot… I added the last of the dressing I had in the cupboard and finished that recipe…
finally, I cut and scooped three ripe avocados into containers to go into the freezer for smoothies…
yesterday I prepared zucchini basil soup…
feels a bit like I am getting ready for hibernation…
28 Wednesday Sep 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, moments, nature, orchids, overwinter, plants, pond, tank, weather, widow, winerack
spent time in the living and dining rooms reorganizing the plants…
took the orchids out of the new fish tank, trimmed, and found other places for them to go…
gave up the winerack and now have a spot for the fuchsia from outside to come to…
found a pump that might work in the tank, which is going to be used to house pond plants…
I’ve tried to overwinter water hyacinth before without success, but am going to try once again… also hoping that the two floating baskets will make it as well;-)… some of the water lilies will go into the tanks with the fish, but may put one in this tank if there is room…
27 Tuesday Sep 2022
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, bread, bread knife, family, Hillside Beach, memories, moments, sourdough, Village Green Bakery, widow
got fresh sourdough bread recently, so decided on toast with peanut butter for breakfast… this is a treat as bread isn’t on the menu very often…
brought down my left-handed cutting board and it reminded me of fun times at Hillside Beach many, many, years ago…
I love how it cuts the bread to the exact size required for the toaster… and then the knife slides into the tray…
we picked this up at one of the Victoria Beach Country Markets and it has cut many loaves of Village Green Bakery bread, lol…
lovely memories…
26 Monday Sep 2022
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over the last week or so I’ve been making sure to have a hot tub each night…
I find that the quiet time in the water clears my mind and makes sleep come easier, last longer, and be more restful…
getting back into a habit is always a bit of a process, lol…
25 Sunday Sep 2022
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, drawers, family, file drawers, garden, grandson, memories, moments, planter, raised bed, stuff, widow
last year I removed the drawers and took a file cabinet outside to become a raised garden planter… it has worked very well…
the drawers, which were filled with my beloved’s stuff, have been stacked on a table in the basement since then…
finally I set up a box for giveaway, one for things to keep, a recycling bin, and a garbage bag…
worked away for a few hours and was able to move items into the various options without a problem…
the drawers went to the back lane, and someone collected them for scrap;-)…
makes me happy to have been able to declutter…
24 Saturday Sep 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, crushed, food, garden, google, moments, nature, parsley, plants, weather, widow
prepped some items from the garden…
gathered morning glory seeds and brought in a ton of parsley… it didn’t get eaten up this year, lol… talked with Google about ways to prepare it for the winter…
two suggestions sounded like something to try… I pulled off most of the stalks and put half of the parsley onto parchment paper and then baked it in the oven for about twenty minutes… when it cooled I crushed it by hand and put it into a bottle… looks good…
next I took the rest of the stalk-free parsley and bagged it… six bags went into another and went into the freezer…
it will be interesting to see which type I like the best;-)…
23 Friday Sep 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, ensconced, experiments, flowers, garden, Hilda the Gardener, memories, moments, nature, plants, weather, widow
well, Wednesday was that day in the garden, sigh…
Hilda the Gardener came by and most of the planters in the front yard and garden were cleaned out…
as an experiment, a few plants which had been in the planters were put into the ground to see if we could reuse them in the spring… and we tried that with the strawberry basket as well…
everything looks tidy and ready for the next seasons…
I am going to miss time spent in the garden although I am so happy with how many days I was ensconced in the space…
there will be many wonderful memories to enjoy during those freezing cold days in the middle of winter…
but for now, here’s hoping for more beautiful days in this magical space;-)…
22 Thursday Sep 2022
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the mandevilla came in a few days ago since the weather is cooling off…
my grandson carried it from the back, through the kitchen and into the living room…
currently it is residing in the front window… amazing how much smaller it makes the room, lol…
the flowers were just starting to open and I am hoping that all the buds open without falling off…
21 Wednesday Sep 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, death, funeral, memories, moments, Olympics, swallowed, Technology, time, widow
I got swallowed up in the events around the Queen’s death and eventual funeral…
reminded me of the way I fall into the Olympics, lol… I always want to watch everything as it happens…
the good news is that these days I am able to be up in the middle of the night and sleep during the day if needed…
now to catch up on a bit of missed sleep…
