perk…

received cards, gifts, texts, and numerous phone calls… my kids were trying to see how many times they could sing happy birthday to me throughout the day, lol…

enjoyed the technology that let the Ottawa kids send me presents via Amazon…

treats turned up throughout the day, and a gorgeous bouquet arrived in the afternoon;-)…

dinner was barbecued steak and lobster with asparagus, mushrooms and tiny potatoes prepared by my housemate…

and considering the crazy weather – rain, snow, and bits of sunshine – barbecuing was a gift…

a final touch was a small portion of chocolate mousse;-)…

ended the night with a hot tub…

I am truly blessed…

thumping…

17 Wednesday Apr 2024

Posted by sulis303 in business, life, loss, moments, nature, retirement, technology, Uncategorized, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

big girl pants, blessed, elm, equipment, moments, nature, Technology, thumping, Timberland Tree Service, tree, tree removal, widow

woke up to a light dusting of snow on the ground and then spent a good portion of the morning at various windows watching the elm tree two doors down being removed…

the gentle thumping of the equipment was like background noise, lol…

there were at least five trucks, plus a small tracker and quite a few workers…

they used a machine I haven’t seen before… it was run from the ground and had a claw that grabbed the branch or trunk and cut through it… then it lowered it to the ground where the tractor picked it up and put the end into the chipper, where another worker turned it on and filled up a truck with the wood chips…

seemed like it was all very safe for those working…

as you drive down the street, it is hard to even tell where they were working…

startle…

16 Tuesday Apr 2024

Posted by sulis303 in business, health, life, moments, nature, Photography, retirement, technology, Uncategorized, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

beaver, big girl pants, blessed, mallards, moments, nature, nests, Pokémon, puddle, startle, Technology, trees, walk, weather, widow

on Monday’s walk I focussed on checking out the trees as on Sunday I watched a webinar on bird nests and eggs…

this is down by the creek and if you look closely at the bottom of the trees, you can see where the beaver has been busy…

was excited to discover a mallard couple in a puddle in a field…

wasn’t able to get too close because I didn’t want to startle them but had a lovely few minutes watching them;-)…

also collected many Pokémon items…

raking…

15 Monday Apr 2024

Posted by sulis303 in garden, health, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

big girl pants, blessed, cleanup, critters, exercise, garden, gather, leaves, moments, nature, pond, raking, sunshine, weather, widow

spent a good portion of the day on Sunday in the garden raking up leaves… there were a lot of them as well as dead cedar bits…

I know it is a bit early for the bugs, but I want to be able to sit on the back deck…

I left an old garbage can filled with some of what I’d picked up open so the little critters could still get out;-)…

what a difference this has made… it still needs another good going over, but I can now sit comfortably on the back deck and think about how it is going to look with flowers and the fish in the pond…

walking…

14 Sunday Apr 2024

Posted by sulis303 in health, life, moments, nature, retirement, technology, Uncategorized, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

big girl pants, blessed, book, library, moments, nature, outside, Poké stops, Pokémon, Technology, walking, weather, widow

Friday morning I put on my runners and went for a walk… first time in months as I’ve been worried about snow and ice…

I also took a book to drop at the Little Library on the next street…

I didn’t take my usual path as I wanted to collect Poké balls while I was out… went up to Portage, down the next street and then detoured past an area that had lots of Pokéstops and collected various items along the way… finished along another main drag until I was back at my street…

might do that again as I continue to walk further each time I go out…

interesting that I didn’t take a single photo, lol…

nice to be checking out the neighbourhood again and looking forward to getting to the Park soon;-)…

dropped…

13 Saturday Apr 2024

Posted by sulis303 in business, garden, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

big girl pants, bird feeder, birds, blessed, connector, dropped, moments, nature, squirrels, widow

as I was sitting in the living room watching the new bird feeding station to see if any birds have found it yet, and if the baffle will really stop the squirrels, one of the feeders dropped…

I ran out only to discover that the piece holding the wire to the lid had given way… I looked around but couldn’t find the piece, so now the feeder is sitting in the house as we consider how best to add something to the bottom of the wire, lol…