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;-)…
10 Thursday Oct 2024
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appointment, balls, big girl pants, blessed, COVID, flu, healthy, moments, Poke, protection, shot, Technology, vaccine, walk, widow
yesterday, I called and made an appointment at Silver Heights IDA Pharmacy and walked over for my flu shot…
signed a paper, sat down and waited a few minutes, and it was done… didn’t even need a bandaid;-)…
continued on my walk and collected a few Poke balls in the process…
this morning I got a text from a friend advising that the Pharmacy had the Covid vaccine as of this morning…
I called right away and was there inside of fifteen minutes and got the shot… apparently, the needle hit a blood vessel so there was some bleeding…
this time I got a bandage, lol…
currently my arm is a teeny bit sore, and I am tired but I am so pleased to have both vaccines taken care of;-)…
09 Wednesday Oct 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, butterflies, family, garden, gather, moments, nature, out-of-town, Technology, The Leaf, walk, widow
another wonderful visit to The Leaf… this time with family from out-of-town…
we were there Monday, just after eleven and it wasn’t crowded… we began with a quick walk through the Diversity Gardens…
inside the Tropical Biome, we stopped to visit the three cacao trees, lol…
we had a great time in the Mediterranean Biome checking out the new display – Yasuragi: The Gardens of Japan…
I will be coming again and again to enjoy this serene spot…
from there we had lunch at Gather Craft Kitchen & Bar… delicious, as always…
a visit to the Shirley Richardson Butterfly Garden, where there were many varieties of butterflies, ended our time before we walked home…
certainly a delightful way to spend the day…
