09 Thursday Apr 2026
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this is how the day went yesterday…
woke up, looked out the bedroom window, and went back to bed…
took this photo at 8:17 am…
took this one at 12:03 pm…
and finally, this one at 2:48 pm…
happily most of the snow vanished by the end of the day…
04 Saturday Apr 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, draft, happy, moments, nature, virginia creeper, widow, window
I often have an afternoon nap in the den…
I’ve found, for most of the winter, that I needed my blanket to be up by my neck because of the draft…
I just figured that the window needed some insulation…
a few days ago, I realized that there was a piece of virginia creeper between the window and the screen… and of course I didn’t take a before picture, lol…
yesterday, my housemate was able to dislodge it and close the window properly…
no draft now…
01 Wednesday Apr 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, broom, chairs, cleaned, cushions, deck, garden, moments, nature, sunshine, Technology, warm, weather, widow
got to sit outside on the deck Sunday morning… yay:-)…
moved the chairs into their usual spots, took off the covers, brought out the clean cushions, and put them on the chairs…
got out the broom and swept up the cedar bits and elm leaves that were all over the deck… even used the leaf blower to finish up…
put on a light jacket and brought out tea and my book and enjoyed the sun, birdsong, and my book for a wonderful hour and a half;-)…
haven’t made it out since then, what with the snow and overcast skies🥺…
31 Tuesday Mar 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, flying, geese, moments, nature, notification, overhead, Spring, weather, widow
as I was laying in bed Sunday morning I heard my first geese flying overhead… woohoo…
just a few days ago I spotted some at Assiniboine Park in one of the fields…
I do love the sound as they fly past and it is certainly notification that Spring is really on the way…
I saw some later as they flew past the tree next door… sadly they didn’t end up in the picture, lol…
30 Monday Mar 2026
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arm, big girl pants, broken cover, F1, family, fix, garden, grandson, hot tub, moments, Suzuka, widow
was out for a hot tub at 2:00 am, Sunday morning after the F1 race at Suzuka, Japan ended…
it was lovely, although overcast, but the trees were completely still and the temperature was nice as well…
then, when I got out, it became clear that the back hinge on the right arm had disconnected… yikes…
I tried a few ways to get it to close, but couldn’t get it done…
came in with one side left open… will have to see what we can do to fix it, sigh…
later in the day, my housemate was outside and was able to haul it back onto the hot tub…
now to figure out how to solve the problem of broken arms, sigh…
27 Friday Mar 2026
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bathtub, big girl pants, blessed, chairs, covers, cushions, deck, family, frozen, garden, grandson, ice, moments, nature, snow, weather, widow
so happy because, finally, on Tuesday, we were able to pull the covers, that were frozen to the deck, off the chairs…
I was very frustrated because I couldn’t do it on my own and had to wait for my housemate to get home… much stronger arms, lol…
three of the six cushions had to go into the bathtub to dry as they were all very wet…
the other three just went by the backdoor, although likely the covers will come off and go into the washer, lol…
the chairs were covered again and moved away from the snow and ice…
it was warm enough Tuesday, that I could have sat outside for awhile…
once the cushions dried out, I removed the covers, washed and dried them, and then struggled to put them back together…
and now they are waiting to get back outside…
after the snow😔… maybe tomorrow🤞…
25 Wednesday Mar 2026
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we went out for a hot tub in the daylight🤪…
can’t even think of the last time that happened, lol…
it was fun to check out the trees, birds, and squirrels…
sadly there is still a lot of snow out there, sigh…
24 Tuesday Mar 2026
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22 Sunday Mar 2026
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anticipating, big girl pants, blessed, covers, family, garden, ice, melting, moments, snow, weather, widow, wind
we finally got the deck shovelled… there is still a bit of snow and ice, but now it should melt more quickly…
we also got the last of the snow off the two chairs on the deck, but I am anticipating that the cushions underneath the covers will be wet…
unfortunately, the cover is still frozen to the deck… but the wind was sure blowing the covers around now that the snow is gone…
16 Monday Mar 2026
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finally had the time to spend curled up in the sun on the bed… usually by the time I think of it, the sun has already left the bed;-)…
it was warm and cozy, lol…
so happy that the season is moving forward and before you know it, there will be time spent on the deck in the sunshine as well…
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