29 Monday Apr 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, fish, fish tank, headache, loud, moments, pump, rotor, Technology, widow
this little rotor caused a big problem…
for whatever reason, it made the large pump sound like an airplane taking off…
probably it gave the fish headaches, lol…
got the new one in and now it is very quiet and easily starts up once turned back on…
28 Sunday Apr 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, moments, nature, pond, rain, spitting, water, waterfall, weather, wetvac, widow
Friday, it was rainy but I went out when it wasn’t spitting, and used the wetvac on the main pond area…
after two trips out, between rain, I managed to empty as much of the water as possible and collect the majority of the leaves…
I started on the waterfall area, but the rain was coming down much stronger so I had to stop…
the rain continued and filled up the bottom of the pond… I may leave that and just add water to fill it up…
I still have to empty the waterfall area before I can turn the waterfall on…
then the pond will sit for a week or so before the fish move into it;-)…
27 Saturday Apr 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, cleaning, debris, family, fence, garden, grandson, hose, leaves, moments, nature, pond, pump, stretched, weather, wetvac, widow
Wednesday, after I skimmed off as much of the floating bits as possible, I brought out the pond pump and attached a hose that stretched to the fence…
had to hold the float up so it took a while, but finally most of the water was emptied from the main part…
when I tried to work on the waterfall area the pump kept coming apart… luckily I was far enough away that I didn’t get drenched, lol…
that was it for the day…
Thursday I put on my watershoes, went into the pond, and pulled up two pails full of leaves and other debris… I also removed many big rocks and cut back a portion of the pond grass which was trying to take over…
my grandson set up the new wetvac we had purchased last week and vacuumed up more leaves and a few rocks, lol…
nearly ready…
26 Friday Apr 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, dragged, flowers, garden, moments, nature, planters, plants, purple, ready, soil, weather, white, widow
Wednesday was a beautiful day in the garden…
went under the top deck and dragged out the planters that fit around it…
loosened the soil and got them ready for planting at the end of May;-)…
that seems like a long time to wait… they were all completely thawed out, but I was happy to get them into the sun…
this year I am going to have more white in the garden and a bit less purple… can you believe it🤪…
25 Thursday Apr 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, expanded, garden, happy, hose, hot tub, moments, nozzle, time, weather, widow
started the day with topping up the hot tub… it is always interesting as to how often it needs to happen…
I am very happy with the new nozzle…
the hose is still in the basement, so it took a bit of time to get it expanded and up the stairs…
hoping to get it moved outside by the end of the week;-)…
will have to see if the temperature has returned to 103° by bedtime, so I can have a hot tub…
24 Wednesday Apr 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, dahlia, deck, dragged, garden, moments, morning glories, nature, obelisk, pot, rope, seeds, weather, widow
Tuesday I found a rope and attached it to the biggest pot under the far side of the deck… previously it had been on the main deck… I was able to pull it out and then drag it all the way around to the deck beside the hot tub…
once I got it into its new spot, I set in the large obelisk and then planted many morning glory seeds and one of the dahlias…
put a small pail over the top of the dahlia and hope that protects it from the silly weather, lol…
I think I like it in this new spot and am hoping it will fill up with the morning glories and that the dahlia will grow tall and produce flowers…
23 Tuesday Apr 2024
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this morning I had some fun with the bouquet I purchased last Wednesday for my birthday…
I divided it into five small containers…
they went into the bathroom, kitchen, den, and bedroom…
it is always such fun to be able to make new arrangements and then take photos of them;-)…
22 Monday Apr 2024
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big girl pants, birds, blessed, cleaning, garden, moments, nature, rest, sledgehammer, sunshine, warm, weather, widow
Sunday was glorious… I spent most of the day in the garden…
in the morning I read on the deck in the sunshine and then washed the chairs on the back deck… the birds had been sitting above them, lol…
once they were clean and dry, I put cushions on two of them and set up the umbrella over the one they particularly like to rest over…
I moved poles and filled feeders… had to use the sledge hammer to get one all the way in…
then spent time on the back deck trying to identify birds, and reading;-)…
Merlin told me there were a large variety of birds in the garden, but didn’t want to identify them when I took pictures… argh…
lots to do yet, but it was fun to move forward a bit;-)…
21 Sunday Apr 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, casting, family, moments, pattern, presents, solar lights, Technology, widow
On Friday morning I turned the switch on one of the new solar lights that are currently hanging in the dining room…
later in the day it was lit for just a few minutes which was amazing as there hadn’t really been much sunshine…
when I looked into the living/dining area after dark, it was on again…
and casting a beautiful pattern on the floor…
on Saturday, I hung up two in the dining room and switched all on… then I put one outside by the backdoor…
lovely patterns everywhere…
20 Saturday Apr 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, family, few, flowers, food, groceries, moments, plants, Safeway, seniors, shopping, treat, widow
on Wednesday we went for a quick visit to Safeway to pick up a few items…
I got flowers and a plant with two types of hyacinth, tulips am daffodils…
seemed like a lovely birthday treat;-)…
and it was seniors’ day so the saving was the same amount as the bouquet…
that was a treat…
the few items did end up filling two bags, lol…
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