26 Saturday Oct 2024
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today I worked on one of my least favourite jobs…
I cleaned a pond pump…
it is grungy and messy work, but I am always happy when all the bits and pieces are clean and ready to be put away for the winter…
one down and one to go, lol…
am missing my beloved, who would have got the job done in a flash;-)…
those big girl pants, sigh…
25 Friday Oct 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, design, drink, McIntosh, moments, mug, shape, Technology, widow
a few weeks ago one of my McIntosh mugs was broken as we met in the garden for our weekly gathering… I’m sure it had nothing to do with the table I had put on a slant, lol…
we really enjoyed the opportunity to be outside, as nice warm days are getting few and far between…
after much searching online, I ordered a chickadee mug in my favourite shape…
it arrived today and I was pleased to see that it will look nice when I hold it…
most mugs only have the design visible for right handed people…
24 Thursday Oct 2024
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big girl pants, bird feeders, blessed, fight, grey squirrels, moments, nature, squirrels, weather, widow
have had some fun the last few days as I’ve been watching a couple of grey squirrels snacking under the bird feeders…
sometimes they are friendly and other times they fight over the best sunflower seeds, lol…
23 Wednesday Oct 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, family, furniture, garden, grandson, moments, nature, pond, pots, prep for winter, sail, shed, turns, umbrellas, weather, widow
spent a few hours in the garden on Sunday working towards getting it put to bed for the winter…
pots went into the shed, the sail was removed, umbrellas came down and were put away, chairs and tables were gathered together in preparation for being covered before the weather turns…
rain barrels were emptied and will be flipped over shortly… just a bit left to do;-)…
and then we are on to the pond🤪…
21 Monday Oct 2024
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big girl pants, birdseed, blessed, chickadees, feeders, find, food, garden, moments, nature, nuthatches, sparrows, weather, widow, wondered
yesterday, I gathered up most of the bird feeders, filled them with the last of the birdseed, and hung them onto the front pole…
wondered how long it will take the birds to find it here and hoping the deer won’t be coming by;-)…
well, by this morning, the chickadees, nuthatches, and sparrows had found it…
was excited to see that I caught two of the nuthatches snacking at the same time…
19 Saturday Oct 2024
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bathtub, big girl pants, blessed, condo, garden, goldfish, inhabitants, moments, move, nature, pond, rock, school, water, weather, widow
today the three fish in the bathtub pond moved into their winter condo… one of the rocks that had been in that pond was also brought in to provide a tunnel for the fish…
the tanks have been filled and running since September 30th, although the biggest one has a lot of algae in it so these fish will be testing whether it is ready for inhabitants…
we will likely wait another week or so before moving the rest of the school…
so far, they appear happy;-)…
18 Friday Oct 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, camera, electrical, Geeni, moments, motion sensor, Shaw, Technology, widow, wired
today we removed the wired Geeni motion sensing light/camera on the garage that no longer works since we changed to Shaw, sigh… this one, as well as two cameras inside the house, stopped working, but the one in the garden is still working perfectly…
it didn’t take too long, but dealing with any type of electrical always makes me nervous…
so far it looks good…
hoping that we can sell the one we took down as it worked perfectly;-)…
15 Tuesday Oct 2024
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Assiniboine Park, big girl pants, birthday buddy, blessed, breakfast, bridge, friends, gardens, moments, nature, Park Cafe, pedestrian, running shoes, time, walk, weather, widow
the other day, I drove to the pedestrian bridge and walked over to the Park Café where I met a birthday buddy for breakfast and a visit…
I would usually walk but one of my feet was a tad unhappy, so only walking partway made sense…
I even wore running shoes😳…
usually we meet between our birthdays, but this year got a bit hectic, lol…
I had falafel with red pepper hummus and we talked the entire time…
then I had a quick walk through the English and Leo Mol Gardens before making my way back to the car and driving home…
and, my foot didn’t bother me;-)…
13 Sunday Oct 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, cheated, dinner, family, food, lobster, moments, pie, steak, thanksgiving, weather, widow
for Thanksgiving dinner we had steak and lobster… enjoyed setting the table a little fancier than normal..
a fun change, and happy to have the steak grilled..
and it was delicious…
as was the cute little half pumpkin pie for dessert, lol…
even cheated and used canned whipped cream, which saved time and energy;-)…
12 Saturday Oct 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, dahlias, digging, dry, flowers, garden, moments, nature, plants, varieties, weather, widow
finally got around to digging up the dahlias…
took some time because many of them were root bound and did not want to get out of the pots, lol…
I brought in a container with the three varieties in it…
they will sit and dry for a few days before I try to separate them before packaging in brown paper bags and putting away for the winter…
brought one last blossom in to enjoy;-)…
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