06 Monday Dec 2021
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found some red ribbon and rehung the swag at the front door…
a piece of the fishing line had already broken so I was just in time…
instead of cutting the ribbon, I made a cute little bow for the inside of the door…
I think this will work nicely;-)…
05 Sunday Dec 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, deck, garden, moments, nature, peanut, shovel, snow, squirrels, weather, widow
recently I went outside and shovelled off the back deck…
a ton of snow had drifted there when we had that big snow a while back…
quite a bit of it had melted, but there was still a thick covering over most of the deck…
as I shovelled I came across a number of peanuts in the shell which had been left by the squirrels… I hope they won’t be too disappointed when they go looking for them, lol…
27 Saturday Nov 2021
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this morning the snowploughs came down the street and filled in the sidewalk and left a bit of snow in the driveway…
they also ploughed a big slice of my grass so that the fire hydrant is accessible… it will be interesting to see how it looks in the spring…
something I’ve learned over the last few years is that it needs to be shovelled as quickly as possible, so that it doesn’t turn into a solid lump of ice which can’t be moved…
I had finished the end of the sidewalk and was just starting on the bottom of the driveway when my grandson arrived and finished it off…
everything was icy… it had rained a bit last night and then froze so the cement was slick…
I was happy that he finished the driveway because my boots were slip sliding away…
but it was all done in a short time and hopefully the ice will melt over the next day or so… if it doesn’t I have a supply of ice melter that I can put on the ground…
25 Thursday Nov 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, hot tub, moments, moon, moonrise, nature, relaxing, trees, weather, widow
last night I went out for a hot tub… I hadn’t had one for quite a while…
although cold, it was still, quiet, the sky was clear, a few stars were visible and for the first time ever, I watched the moon rise behind the cedar trees at the back of the garden… not sure if it was the time or the place the moon was in the sky…
the light moved from area to area so all I ever saw was a tiny spot through the branches… it was amazing…
and then I had the greatest sleep…
I had forgotten how relaxing my time in the tub is;-)…
22 Monday Nov 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, coleus, garden, growing, ivy, moments, nature, planting, plants, slips, widow
well, the coleus has been transplanted…
there were lots of roots when I checked the glass the slips were in… I went out to the garage and brought in four pots and a pail filled with potting mix…
found a plastic container to use as a saucer and planted the 9 different pieces…
they are now on the dining room table in the light so we will see what happens…
at the same time I planted two ivy slips into a small pot which is going to sit on the bathroom window ledge…
more plants;-)…
18 Thursday Nov 2021
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17 Wednesday Nov 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, garden-erie, house, light, moments, orchids, plants, widow
I’ve been working on a Christmas project and was able to finish the prep for it today… I love it when things work out;-)…
I also spent time in the “garden-erie”… it now houses the majority of the plants… I trimmed orchids and watered everything…
the new light is working well and comes on in the morning and goes off after dinner…
I am trying to find just the right name to describe the space for the garden… it is right between the living and dining rooms… conservatory seems just a bit presumptuous, lol…
16 Tuesday Nov 2021
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had some fun at the dining room window this afternoon… trying to get a photo of the icicles dripping…
not really successful, but got some lovely photos… took a lot… the icicles refused to drip when I wanted them to, lol…
the sky was quite lovely too…
15 Monday Nov 2021
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big girl pants, bin, blessed, family, garbage, garden, grandson, hat, moments, nature, shovel, snow, weather, widow
the garden looked so beautiful after the snow on Friday…
of course it always looks beautiful as long as you don’t have to go out into it, lol…
I had taken out the garbage bin on Thursday, even though the pickup day had moved because of Remembrance Day… I didn’t want to struggle with the snow that was coming…
good thing I did that… a lot of snow came down… the pickup ended up being on Saturday, but I didn’t have my grandson bring it in while he was here shovelling…
this morning I went out and shovelled my way to the back gate so I could bring the bin back in…
shovelling was easier and I left the garbage bin just under the cedars so it won’t get too much snow on it… I followed the path that the bunnies had made so that there should be less drifting… except I ended up with my head in the branches…
had a snow hat for a few minutes…
14 Sunday Nov 2021
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adventure, big girl pants, blessed, friends, La Pampa, live, masks, moments, nature, play, PTE, shopping in person, weather, widow
yesterday, for the first time in nearly two years, we went to PTE to watch a live play…
we were both masked and had to show our proof of immunization… there were less than half the seats filled as they followed all Covid protocols… the program was digital and the set was see-through;-)…
it was great to be able to watch a show live…
once we left, we went on another adventure to find a pasta shop my friend had recently read about… it was snowing again and the trees were beautiful…
we were the only people inside and it was such fun to look at things and make choices about what to purchase… I got some fresh spaghetti, sorrentino (ravioli) in mushroom sauce, falafel, empanadas and pita…
what a fun time;-)…
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