03 Thursday Apr 2025
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April, big girl pants, blessed, books, crystals, living room, memories, moments, nature, shells, square, table, weather, widow
started April by changing up the living room table…
this time I moved all the crystals to one square, filled a second square with shells… the third square included birds and critters… the final square with some of my favourite books…
looks good…
01 Tuesday Apr 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, buddy, contacts, early, funny, late, moments, ready, Spring break, swim, swim bag, Tuesdays, widow
got up early, put in my contacts, put on my swimsuit, made sure my swim bag had everything needed in it… and headed to the pool with my buddy…
got there just in time… only to learn all classes had been cancelled this week because of spring break, lol…
this was the second time we’ve been to a Tuesday class… the first time we arrived late because we thought the start time was fifteen minutes later than it actually was… and this time the class was cancelled… I don’t think Tuesdays are our day, lol…
when I got home the good news was that I didn’t need to hang anything up to dry;-)…
too funny…
31 Monday Mar 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, changes, day-to-day, garden, look and see, moments, nature, plants, snow, Technology, weather, widow
just about every time I walk up or down the stairs to the second floor, I stop and look out the window…
watching the garden change from day-to-day…
maybe a bunny, a cat, solar lights, new flowers, squirrels, birds, so many changes take place if you take a moment to look…
this photo shows a few solar lights, one of which was under the snow, lol…
soon it will be green again… please🤪…
30 Sunday Mar 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, bunnies, dogs, fun, garden, moments, nature, paths, snow, trails, weather, widow
fun to watch the garden after the snowfall to see any fresh trails…
the bunnies have been busy…
even caught some through the window into the neighbour’s yard… their trails are made by dogs, not bunnies…
28 Friday Mar 2025
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anticipating, big girl pants, blessed, garden, giggle, in the garden, moments, mother nature, nature, snow, Spring, sticky note, weather, widow
yesterday, I took some photos of the sticky note that is on the mirror at the front door…
in the summer it is often located on the front door so that visitors know I am in the garden;-)…
I took the photos as I was eagerly anticipating spending time in the garden because this is how it was looking outside;-)…
that was at 2:45 pm when I laid down for a nap… when I looked outside at 5:45 pm it looked like this…
and this morning, this is what I saw outside…
another giggle from Mother Nature, lol…
27 Thursday Mar 2025
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Wednesday morning after I had my breakfast, I walked over to Ultracuts for a haircut… I had called and they weren’t busy so I moved quickly, lol…
it has been very icy for quite some time so I was a bit concerned as I wondered if the sidewalks would be clear… and, happily they were…
it was great to get the haircut because the last few home cuts were poorly done, lol…
25 Tuesday Mar 2025
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caught a bunny in the garden this morning…hadn’t seen any for ages…
so it was a lovely treat… had to crop the photo quite a bit, lol…
there continues to be snow on the ground, but as the temperature is starting to stay above zero, hopefully it will continue to melt away;-)…
24 Monday Mar 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, health, houseplants, moments, nature, out, plants, ready, Spring, weather, widow
Spring is here and it is time to get out of the house and into the garden… almost…
so, I played with the houseplants today…
trimmed a few and moved some as well…
can’t wait to get into the garden;-)…
23 Sunday Mar 2025
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22 Saturday Mar 2025
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big girl pants, biomes, blessed, butterflies, cacao trees, fish, flowers, koi, moments, nature, nursery, on my own, orchids, plants, The Leaf, weather, widow, zoo staff
had a lovely wander around The Leaf on Wednesday…
I went on my own for the first time and for anyone who knows me, that is pretty good…
the cacao trees are looking a bit sad, but most of the Tropical Biome looked good…
I spent quite some time watching the fish… they were very active swimming around the pond and a number of plants have been trimmed back so they are also much easier to see;-)…
the orchids in the Mediterranean Biome are still doing very well, with tons of blooms on them…
and the biggest surprise was the Butterfly Garden, which had more butterflies flying around than I’ve ever seen here…
zoo staff were letting a good number emerge from the nursery and there were many people admiring them as well… it is always fun to hear what the keepers have to say about the butterflies… they record each one as they release it…
then I took one last walk through the biomes as I waited for my ride…
