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ditch…

12 Wednesday Nov 2025

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another lovely walk along the Harte Trail on Remembrance Day afternoon…

it felt like -4° Celsius and there was a bit of wind although the sun was shining brightly…

we walked a little bit past the distance we did last time…

we spotted two deer and watched them for a few minutes before they bounced along the ditch beside the path…

we were dressed for the cold and were very comfortable… then this person passed us;-)…

I guess different strokes for different folks…

hoodies…

08 Saturday Nov 2025

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I am absolutely thrilled with the job Vicky’s Alterations did putting zippers in two hoodies…

I had stopped wearing one although it was very comfy… unfortunately, it was just too difficult to take it off…

it looks great and like it always had a zipper in it…

now it is easy to get on and off…

the zipper matched perfectly on the second hoodie…

so happy;-)…

tunnel…

06 Thursday Nov 2025

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it was a beautiful sunny day as we went for another walk along a different section of the Harte Trail the other day…

the sunshine was glorious and the path was dry…

this portion had a canopy so it felt as though we were walking in a bit of a tunnel… can’t wait to walk this one in the summer when the leaves are overhead…

beautiful trees and a lovely sky… an excellent way to get our exercise in when we can’t make it to the pool…

also tested out my new boots;-)…

clean-ish…

05 Wednesday Nov 2025

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cleaned out the first of the garden water pumps last week…

always happy when they are all clean-ish and packed away for the winter…

this morning I was able to pull out, clean and put away the last two…

all the jobs in the garden are done and it is now ready for the winter…

survives…

04 Tuesday Nov 2025

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the water lily has been sitting inside the backdoor in a pail of water for over a week and the water is rather smelly, lol…

finally took it out of the pail and trimmed all the dead leaves… there was even a bud as it was trying to bloom again…

then it went into the biggest tank…

looks good, but we will see if it survives the winter as the fish may eat the whole thing🤪…

coatrack…

03 Monday Nov 2025

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so happy when a tidying streak continues, lol…

spent some time in the front door area sorting through bins and baskets…

filled another box with pass-alongs without any difficulty… including purses and bags…

all of the gloves went into one of the Ikea bins which will make them much handier and easier to find…

one basket holds all the hats, a second one all of the bags (some of which had been hanging from the coatrack taking up space), the third one holds all of the bottles and sprayers for critters and fancy shoe cleaners, and the last one holds binoculars and extra tape measures…

much more organized and easier to see which one holds which items…

just noticed how many purple things there are, lol…

packaged…

02 Sunday Nov 2025

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had a productive day…

first thing in the morning I gathered up all the Halloween and Thanksgiving decorations and packaged them up into their boxes…

the boxes are still open and will remain that way for a few days, in case something got missed, lol…

then I went out and turned on the tap on the front yard rain barrel to empty it… next step will be to flip it over for the winter…

later on, I went through the bedroom closet and packed away the summer clothes for the winter and filled a box with pass-alongs…

always pleased when the sorting goes easily;-)…

persevered…

01 Saturday Nov 2025

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finished up the project in the garage Wednesday evening…

I spent some time earlier in the day, moving as many boards as I could out of the way so the table was usable for sawing, lol…

it was rather chilly out there, but we persevered and finished the new shelves…

then we spent time organizing all the shelves along that wall…

in the end it looks very tidy… wonder how long it will stay that way…

on a roll, “we” then moved a few items from the garage and all of the lawn furniture into the shed…

the garden will look much nicer over the winter without all the furniture covered in a big tarp on the back deck…

Harte…

30 Thursday Oct 2025

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went for a walk on the Harte Trail section of the Trans Canada Trail with my adventure buddy…

it was quite lovely, other than the puddles from the recent rain, lol…

we may have seen some cedar waxwings, although they were a long way off and high in a tree…

I am looking forward to going back in different seasons to see the changes…

we had a fun time;-)…

counted…

29 Wednesday Oct 2025

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a few fish came into the house around Thanksgiving…

on Tuesday morning we went out to collect the rest, as it is seems to be getting cooler every day…

part of the process was to empty a good amount of water, particularly as the pond was as high as I’ve seen it, since we’ve had so much rain lately…

then it was fairly easy for my housemate to catch the remaining fish…

once they were in the tanks, I counted thirty, which is about right, so we were pleased that we’d got them all…

we will check the pond over the next few days to see if there are any stragglers that we missed…