03 Tuesday Nov 2026
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on Sunday I put out the poppy that is actually either a bird bath or bird seed container…
yearly, it lives on the rail from November 1st until mid-day on the 11th…
usually it is located in the garden over the summer, and in one of the pots with the big plants in the house over the winter…
but I like how it looks at the front entrance…
30 Friday Oct 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, condo, dark, digs, family, garden, goldfish, koi, moments, pond, weather, widow
recently we started bringing the fish into their winter condo…
the first time we did our fishing, it was at night and raining, and we needed flashlights to see… that evening we collected fourteen fish…
after a while in the pail, they made their way into their winter digs…
the next night it was still light as we searched for more fish…
so far we have seventeen fish in the tanks… I think there are probably a few more for us (I mean my housemate) to catch, lol…
22 Thursday Oct 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, moments, nature, nighttime, perennial, plants, sturdy, walkabout, weather, widow
went out for a little walkabout in the garden…
so happy to see the plants that are still flowering, no matter the low nighttime temperatures…
I bought three of these in the spring… of course I don’t remember their name, lol… they bloomed strongly for weeks once planted, then just a bit and have recently been blooming like crazy again… there is a possibility that they are perennial… we shall see come spring😊…
this tiny sweet alyssum in the wildflower pot looks very cute, and the sunflowers continue to smile…
apparently wildflowers are sturdy 😊…
17 Saturday Oct 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, growing, mandevilla, moments, nature, transplanting, widow
the mandevilla is taking the transplanting and moving into the house very well…
there are still flowers blooming and the leaves remain green;-)…
15 Thursday Oct 2026
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the lawn was mowed one last time on Sunday…
whatever leaves are left in the front yard will stay there for all the little creatures, although there aren’t very many leaves…
the garden is a different story… currently it is difficult to see the pond as the net is nearly completely covered with leaves… the elm tree next door still has a few leaves to fall so we will likely wait for them to come down before removing the net and putting the leaves in the flowerbed closest to it…
at that point we will probably bring the fish into their winter condo…
14 Wednesday Oct 2026
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appointment, big girl pants, blessed, family, hair, moments, Top End Studio, unmanageable, widow
today I went for a haircut at Top End Studio Inc…
I was very happy to be going, as my hair was getting a little unmanageable, lol…
we had been to IKEA and I was a little worried about getting there on time…
of course we made it…
and I have great hair again;-)…
13 Tuesday Oct 2026
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09 Friday Oct 2026
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07 Wednesday Oct 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, covid vaccine, flu shot, IDA, moments, shoulders, vaccines, walk, widow
on Sunday, I walked over to the IDA Pharmacy to get my flu and covid vaccines…
I had called on Saturday to get an appointment…
it took all of ten minutes to walk there…
a form got my signature, and then I sat in the little office to wait for the pharmacist…
within a few minutes he was there, with two needles… in a flash it was over and as there was no blood, no bandaids were needed…
in and out within about six minutes…
other than my arms being a bit sore at the injection site, I am feeling fine😊…
06 Tuesday Oct 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, family, fascinators, moments, Pendray Tea House, rainbow, relaxing, seafood, West Coast Afternoon Tea, widow
our final tea was at Pendray Tea House… it had a few options and we chose the West Coast Afternoon Tea… seafood was the focus of the savouries…
these people are serious about tea…
when our tea arrived, so did a timer for the perfect tea…
the sandwiches and dainties were tasty and filling…
my favourite was the Dungeness crab cake…
we enjoyed watching other diners enjoy their tea, a few even wore fascinators😊…
and a rainbow wandered around the room as the evening approached…
