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…
13 Friday Mar 2026
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big girl pants, blanket, blessed, deck, flowers, moments, monarch butterfly, stare, The Leaf Gift Shop, weather, widow
I’ve been watching this item in the Gift Shop at The Leaf for well over a week now…
on one of my spots, I would stare at it, through the exit doors, but when my shift ended, the shop would be closed…
I kept planning to stop in before starting my volunteer time, but kept forgetting…
until today…
lucky for me the shop stayed open past the end of my shift for an event that was happening at the event centre;-)…
and I came home with this lovely blanket… it is a monarch butterfly (which I love) and is soft and cozy…
I think it will be perfect when I start to sit on the deck as the weather gets warmer;-)…
26 Thursday Feb 2026
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big girl pants, buckets, driveway, family, moments, nature, removal, snow, snowploughs, weather, widow, windrow
the snowploughs came along the street about 10:30 this morning…
there were a lot of them… maybe two or three of the big ones that move the snow from the road to the curb…
and block off the driveway…
then come the buckets which clean up the windrow… I think there were three of them…
they always take a scoop by the fire hydrant so that it is accessible if needed… unfortunately they didn’t scoop out the sidewalk… sometimes if you are outside already shovelling, they might take a scoop there as well;-)…
not this time, but my housemate dug through it on his break;-)…
24 Tuesday Feb 2026
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big girl pants, family, moments, muscle, nature, shovel, snow, Technology, weather, widow
a while ago, I pulled a muscle in my lower abdomen…
it took awhile to get confirmation as I thought it was something else, lol…
apparently, shovelling is a really bad thing to do, which is unfortunate… usually I shovel the steps and front sidewalk… it doesn’t take that long, but after I shovelled last week, the pain got more intense…
so, today, when I had to go out, I decided not to shovel… it was difficult, but I remember the pain…
so I went out the back and walked in the tire tracks down to the street to get in the Uber…
will be getting my housemate to clear it up;-)…
21 Saturday Feb 2026
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batter, big girl pants, blessed, food, moments, pancakes, potato, sour cream, Tuesday, widow
thinking back to Tuesday’s pancake supper…
besides the lovely pancakes, I made a potato pancake with the last little bit of batter to which I added a shredded potato…
topped it with sour cream and a slice of bacon…
this continues to be my favourite pancake;-)…
20 Friday Feb 2026
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big girl pants, cam, door cam, fresh air, moments, nature, shovelled, sidewalk, snow, Technology, weather, widow
took a little time yesterday morning to shovel the sidewalk and steps…
was able to wear a lighter jacket as it was nearly zero out…
it doesn’t take long and it is great to be outdoors…
the door cam very nicely took my picture, lol…
19 Thursday Feb 2026
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alarm, aquasize, bagels, big girl pants, evacuate, fire truck, grandson, inukshuk, lights, moments, nature, Olympics, pool, weather, widow
as I was waiting for my ride to the pool for aquasize, I took a few photos…
this one is the Inukshuk in a circle in the snow… I need to find another piece of limestone to finish it off better, lol…
then a shot of the snow on the cedar branches at the front door…
we were happy to be going because last week we missed due to the Olympics, lol…
we were in the water for about ten minutes when an alarm went off… we were told to evacuate the pool and then to head to the lounge at the entrance and not to stop for our clothes or other items…
besides our class, there were at least two classes of school kids, as well as those who had been in the gym… quite a few people…
during all that time the alarms were ringing and lights were flashing… after about ten minutes a firetruck arrived and the firefighters headed to the back of the building…
another ten minutes or so went by and finally the lights and ringing stopped…
we headed back to the change rooms, dressed and left the building… as a treat we picked up bagels…
mine was quite delicious;-)…
also meant I made it home in time to watch the women’s free skate…
16 Monday Feb 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, grandson, ice, moments, nature, remiss, shovel, shovelling, snow, weather, widow
we’ve been a bit remiss in clearing the back decks on the way to the gate and garage, sigh… and it has become rather dicey when I’m getting into and out of the hot tub🤪…
it had gotten very rough and slippery so we tried a few weeks ago to chip away at it… unfortunately it was still too cold and the snow and ice were rather deep…
Sunday, I went out in the afternoon when it was quite warm (-2° C with windchill)… I took out one of the small, metal shovels from the beautifully organized wall in the garage and spent a half hour or so removing the slush and chunks of wet, snowy, ice, clearing a path to the garage side door (almost), hot tub, and driveway gate… due to winter ground heaving in the garage, we aren’t using the side door just now…
it was lovely out and I took my time with constant breaks…
it is down to the wood now, and will likely dry up nicely…
fingers crossed;-)…
14 Saturday Feb 2026
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air-dried, big girl pants, blessed, cold weather, early, frozen, hot tub, moments, nature, Olympics, widow
I’ve been going out to the hot tub for the last week or so…
it had been a long time since I’ve been out there because the weather had caused the lid to freeze over…
last night when I came in there was some Olympic replays of the day on which I watched as I air-dried on the bed, lol…
then it was off to sleep so getting up at 3:30 am wouldn’t seem too tiring;-)…
13 Friday Feb 2026
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been laughing a bit as I had to move the hyacinth into the living room because the scent got too strong in the den, as it is a small room…
as of Thursday, I have been smelling it on my way down the stairs…
when I went to take its photo, the bloom was leaning way over, so full of buds…
put in a chopstick to help hold it up and got a few photos…
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