06 Thursday May 2021
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05 Wednesday May 2021
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04 Tuesday May 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, family, flowers, food, fun, heirloom, memories, moments, Mother's Day, remembering, Royal Winton, Tea, treat, widow
planning a fancy Afternoon Tea on Sunday and I’ve been trying to find a pretty teacup and saucer to use…
somewhere, in a box, in a closet, in the basement, there is a Royal Doulton teapot with cups and saucers, but I have no idea exactly where, lol…
so, I’ve been looking online and found a very cute set which I would have ordered, but it wouldn’t arrive until next week so that wasn’t going to work… I do love the saucer though…
while on a phone call today, I remembered a set that my mom, while she was serving as a WREN in England, had sent to my grandma…
I knew exactly where to find it, and was so pleased when I pulled it out, as it will be perfect;-)…
besides the small teapot, cup, creamer and sugar bowl, it also has a little toast stand…
not planning on any toast, but it is very cute and will look great with the other treats… so cool to have this family heirloom to use which represents both my mother and grandmother on Mother’s Day…
looking forward to a fun Afternoon Tea;-)…
03 Monday May 2021
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beautiful, big girl pants, blessed, garden, Hilda the Gardener, moments, moved, planning, planters, plants, widow
had a great time in the garden on Friday, planning the steps to get it beautiful…
spent the time with Hilda the Gardener and we discussed flowers, beds, and watering options… what is needed and where to locate plants… we even moved a few planters around in the front… i am now looking for two more black ones to add in… a bit later I moved the ones out that are going into the garden…
she will be back this week to start the spring cleanup process…
02 Sunday May 2021
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big girl pants, birds, blanket, blessed, feeders, garden, juncos, moments, nature, sorrows, time, watching, weather, widow
spent the most wonderful hour in the garden…
it was chilly, but I’d seen numerous birds at the feeders so I moved a lounge chair next to the garage door, wrapped myself up in a blanket and sat still and watched for the visitors coming to the feeders…
there were juncos, white throated sparrows, maybe a song sparrow, a couple of chickadees, and either male and female purple or house finches… they were all over the feeders and on the ground…
there were also two mice… which is okay, as long as they are outside…
I was thrilled to sit and watch and didn’t take out the camera until just before I came in…
this is one of my favourite pictures…
01 Saturday May 2021
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big girl pants, flowers, garden, light, moments, nature, plants, purple, sweet spot, unplanted, white, widow
today I took my dahlias, from The Dahlia Expert, out of the box and set them on the counter under the lights…
I’ve had them for a few weeks but hadn’t organized which pots they will be going into so they were just waiting in the box, unplanted…
this afternoon I watched a YouTube video that suggested setting them out in the light without soil or water… thought it was worth a try;-)…
if it works it will save a lot of carrying onto the deck and back inside every day until the weather reaches the sweet spot…
30 Friday Apr 2021
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appointment, big girl pants, blessed, bunny, car, drove, family, grandson, memories, moments, nature, outside, walk, weather, widow
cannot remember the last time I walked outside…
I drove to my appointment and giggled as I realized I hadn’t driven since September or October… haven’t forgotten how to drive, lol…
I always park the car a good distance from the clinic so I can get steps in… today I came across a bunny on my walk…
after I got home my grandson rode his bike over to pick the car back up… while he was here he played with the dog next door for a few minutes…
it has been close to a year since he has had the car… crazy…
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…
28 Wednesday Apr 2021
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big girl pants, car, cleaning, family, garage, grandson, moments, overnight, purple, swept, weather, widow
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…
27 Tuesday Apr 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, family, garage, house, neighbour, repairs, siding, son-in-law, vinyl, weather, widow
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;-)…
