Category Archives: weather

windex…

03 Wednesday Apr 2024

Posted by in garden, health, life, moments, nature, retirement, technology, Uncategorized, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

it was a glorious day and I spent a good portion of it on the deck;-)…

we dug out the chairs and a small table and set them up on the deck off the kitchen…

I sat out in the sun with a light jacket and a blanket, but before too long it was warm enough to take off both… woohoo…

I also got out the windex and washed the table first with soap and then with the cleaner to make it feel like Spring on the deck…

it is now ready for Monday’s eclipse party;-)…

cronies…

01 Monday Apr 2024

Posted by in food, health, life, moments, nature, retirement, technology, Uncategorized, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

what a lovely springish day…

this morning I spent time reading on the deck, in the sunshine… had a blanket and jacket on, but didn’t need gloves…

then a gathering with my cronies… even got a photo of the group with all the snacks… besides the mini eggs, pistachios, almonds, candy hearts, and chocolate mango pieces, hot cross buns and chocolate vanilla pinwheel cookies arrived with the crew;-)…

after everyone left, I enjoyed more time in the sunshine reading in the living room…

sunlight and warm temperatures… and it is supposed to be warm and sunny all week;-)… woohoo…

snow-free…

29 Friday Mar 2024

Posted by in garden, health, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , , , , ,

I’ve been taking pictures regularly as the view changes out the front window…

I was so happy this afternoon as I took this photo of the front yard… looks like the snow is slowly melting away…

looking forward to a snow-free front lawn…

and sadly, this is what the front door camera showed a few minutes ago, sigh…

sigh…

moonlight…

28 Thursday Mar 2024

Posted by in garden, health, life, nature, Photography, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

the moon has been doing some odd things over the last while…

three days before the full moon the moonlight was amazing… it looked as though it was a full moon and this is very odd…

I’ve caught a few interesting photos over the last few days…

this was from the 5:30 on Tuesday morning, taken without my glasses on, lol……

this one was from 7:30 this morning…

the moon is so mesmerizing;-)…

pivot…

27 Wednesday Mar 2024

Posted by in family, health, life, loss, moments, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

this month commemorated the twelfth anniversary of my beloved’s passing…

it is always a reminder of how one’s life can change in the blink of an eye… mine certainly did at that time and again when I was diagnosed with cancer, and later diabetes…

the thing I have learned is that we can pivot and move forward, even if in a slightly different direction…

I have spent time remembering what a wonderful life we had together and how blessed I have been been and continue to be…

thinking of those who are at that pivot point in their journey…

hydrant…

25 Monday Mar 2024

Posted by in health, life, moments, retirement, technology, Uncategorized, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , , , , ,

on Friday a city (I think) truck came by and stopped in front of the house…

the person got out, undid something on the fire hydrant that lives in front of the cedar, and put a ten or twelve foot hose down it…

nothing happened… then they took out the hose, closed the hydrant and got back into the vehicle…

after a few minutes they drove away…

so the question is, does the hydrant work or not… kind of concerned 😟…

lavender…

23 Saturday Mar 2024

Posted by in business, family, life, moments, nature, retirement, travel, Uncategorized, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

recently I saw something on Instagram which reminded me of our wonderful visit to Ali’i Kula Lavender on Maui…

it was a beautiful place, with nice lavender fields, but also amazing gardens filled with stunning flowers…

I found a few photos from that day…

this hand towel usually hangs in the bathroom as a lovely reminder of that wonderful day and trip…

so nice when something comes along and reminds you of special moments…

dim…

22 Friday Mar 2024

Posted by in garden, life, moments, nature, retirement, technology, Uncategorized, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , , , , , , , , ,

I’ve been trying to note how long I am out in the hot tub each night, so I take a screenshot of the time as I leave the house and another once I come in…

tonight I made it out to the hot tub in time to watch the Space Station fly over… I haven’t seen it for quite a while…

this time, as it came over the house it was a bright light, but about halfway across the open space above me it started to dim and then it vanished…

it has done this before and I wonder if it is rotating a bit and then doesn’t have the sun shining on it…

it always makes me happy to see it, especially on such a beautiful evening…

oven…

18 Monday Mar 2024

Posted by in family, food, garden, health, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

had my youngest grandson over for dinner last night…

had to think for a while to decide on what to make as the oven is still not working, lol…

decided on spaghetti with meatballs and sauce… while I was making the meatballs, I was remembering doing that with my dad… he made great ones and they were very small… and they never fell apart, lol…

mine came out okay, but a few of them did seem to disintegrate… I used the broiler, which is still working, to warm up the garlic bread…

my grandson is on a moneymaking kick as there is a big school trip planned for next year, so he did some shovelling for me in the garden… the plan was to move the snow around that was in the mountain at the edge of the deck… he did a good job;-)…

hopefully this will help in the melting process…