10 Wednesday Apr 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, Jupiter, moments, moon, nature, photos, planets, sky, sliver, Technology, tripod, weather, widow
last night I spent a few minutes at the front door trying to get a photo of the tiny sliver of moon and Jupiter…
I should have got out the tripod, lol…
it was fun to watch as the moon slowly was covered by clouds…
09 Tuesday Apr 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, clouds, eclipse, friends, garden, iPhone, moments, moon, nature, phenomenon, sky, sun, weather, widow
reorganized the chairs on the deck on Monday to face the sun…
then I brought out blankets for each one so we would be comfortable while we had our eyes to the sky…
everyone brought their eclipse glasses from October, when we saw nothing due to clouds…
coffee was ready, snacks were brought out and my friends arrived an hour early for our regular Monday gathering…
at first the clouds covered the activity but eventually we got to see some of the eclipse…
this was one of the two photos I took… I held the glasses over my iPhone’s lens and one of my friends pushed the button, lol…
it was fun to be together and enjoy this phenomenon…
another great experience with these wonderful women, one who was on FaceTime, lol…
08 Monday Apr 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, cedar, deck, detritus, garden, moments, nature, pond, snow, Spring, swept, tarp, weather, widow
Sunday, I removed the tarp covering chairs and tables on the back deck and laid it out on the driveway to dry…
then I moved the furniture and swept the deck… there seems to be way more cedar detritus than usual… all of it went into the beds under the cedar trees…
then I partially set up the chairs and table on the deck…
eventually the tarp was folded and put away…
there is very little snow left in the garden, but it is still rather wet…
now to wait for the area to dry up so I can put the chairs in their usual locations…
07 Sunday Apr 2024
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well, yesterday I gathered up all of the tulips which had clearly come to their end…
as I was carrying one of the vases, the petals flew all over the carpet… for the rest of them I removed the petals before carrying them anywhere, lol…
they lasted since March 30th…
03 Wednesday Apr 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, chairs, cleaned, deck, eclipse, friends, garden, moments, nature, sunshine, table, weather, widow, Windex
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;-)…
01 Monday Apr 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, cronies, food, friends, garden, moments, nature, outside, reading, sun, sunshine, Technology, treats, warm, weather, widow
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…
29 Friday Mar 2024
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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…
28 Thursday Mar 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, full moon, garden, mesmerizing, moments, moon, moonlight, nature, odd, photos, sky, Spring, weather, widow
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;-)…
27 Wednesday Mar 2024
Posted in family, health, life, loss, moments, retirement, Uncategorized, weather
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, blink, family, friends, journey, loss, memories, moments, nature, pivot, remembering, time, widow
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…
25 Monday Mar 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, fire hydrant, hose, hydrant, moments, Technology, testing, water, widow
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 😟…
