08 Sunday Oct 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, chilly, cold, furnace, happy, heat, moments, nature, sign, Technology, thermostat, weather, widow
Friday, it was getting chilly in the house and I was wearing a vest and had a blanket on when I read, lol…
Saturday morning, the temperature was down to 17 so I gave in and turned on the heat…
I went outside to fill the bird feeders and when I returned to the house it already felt warm, woohoo…
not a good sign about the weather on the whole;-(…
07 Saturday Oct 2023
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big girl pants, birthday, blessed, celebration, food, friends, fun, happy, lifeline, lunch, moments, Park Cafe, time, treat, walk, weather, widow
had a great time on Monday, when I met with my BS buddies at the Park Cafe for a celebration lunch…
it was amazing because it was the birthday person’s birthday, lol… we don’t often have the celebration on their actual day…
we were there for a few hours…
the restaurant wasn’t too full, we had a lovely waitperson, the meal with very tasty, and we had lots of laughs and conversation (as always)…
these women have been my lifeline for over thirty-five years…
06 Friday Oct 2023
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Assiniboine Park, big girl pants, blessed, garden, gardens, gloves, happy, heavy, moments, nature, plants, purple, Technology, walk, weather, weighted, widow
Monday I walked over to the Park Cafe wearing my new weighted gloves…
they are purple and kind of cute, lol…
I popped them into my vest while we were there and couldn’t believe how heavy it was when I lifted it to put it back on before heading out…
after a quick tour of the English and Leo Mol Gardens, which have a beautiful autumn vibe, with orange, yellow, purple, and brown colouring, I walked home with them on…
I am getting used to them…
05 Thursday Oct 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, bugs, flowers, garage, garden, house, mandevilla, moments, nature, plant light, plants, spot, sprayed, weather, widow
as it is getting later in the season, the mandevilla got moved into the garage and sprayed down with homemade insecticide to discourage any bugs from getting into the house…
it is sad, as it is currently blooming like crazy… and I know that most of the buds will drop off once it is in the house, sigh…
it stayed out for a few days… usually you put the plant in a bag, but clearly, this one is a bit too large for that option, so hoping it is less likely there are bugs in the garage than in the garden…
brought it in and tried a few spots in the living room before finding just the right one, hopefully…
I trimmed a considerable amount from the top and added a plant light…
I guess we will see how it does;-)…
03 Tuesday Oct 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, fall cleanup, flowers, garden, Hilda the Gardener, moments, nature, plants, pulled, tidy, weather, widow
it was a bit sad on Friday, when Hilda the Gardener came to put the garden to bed…
it always feels awful when the flowers that are still blooming get pulled out of the soil and pitched into the yard waste bags…
of course, it also makes me happy that everything is organized and ready for the next season… a number of plants went into the ground that had been in pots so they will overwinter before moving into pots, or new spots in the garden next year…
we will meet up in midwinter to plan for spring…
01 Sunday Oct 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, blooming, dahlia, flowers, fringed, frost, garden, happy, high tea, Lily Stone Gardens, memories, moments, nature, slow growing, weather, widow
well, we made it…
this Dahlia Fringed ‘Tsuki Yori’ bloomed at last, happily before the frost arrived…
I bought the plant in early May when we visited Lily Stone Cafe for High Tea and then checked out Lily Stone Gardens…
it was planted on the deck as soon as the risk of frost had passed, but has been slow growing since… there is another bud on it;-)…
very pleased it has opened as it is rather lovely…
30 Saturday Sep 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, drop, Fall, leaves, moments, nature, oak, street, trees, walk, weather, widow
as I was heading out for my walk on Wednesday, I stopped to take a photo of the oak tree just down the street…
seems like every single leaf had fallen off and was on the street…
most of the other trees along the way drop bits and pieces for quite some time…
not this one…
29 Friday Sep 2023
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arch, big girl pants, blessed, build, construction, flowers, food, garden, grandson, help, moments, morning glories, plants, staring, Technology, veggie garden, weather, widow
ordered a second arch a week or so ago when I noticed it was on sale for half price…
it arrived a few days ago and sat there staring at me, lol…
Wednesday afternoon, as the weather was nice, I finally spent the time to put it together… feel like a pro now, after the springtime attempt to put it together;-)…
my grandson managed to set it in place right next to the other one…
next year I will focus on beans, cucumbers, and peas, as well as a ton of morning glories to grow right over it;-)…
28 Thursday Sep 2023
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Assiniboine Park, big girl pants, birds, blessed, chickadees, flowers, gardens, moments, nature, plants, Technology, walk, weather, widow
finally made it all the way to the English and Leo Mol Gardens…
it was a beautiful day and there were lots of people out and about enjoying the amazing fall day…
as I walked along the path through the trees, I came upon a birder, (he had a camera with a very long lens hanging around his neck) who was feeding chickadees and nuthatches from his hand… he had shelled and unshelled sunflower seeds so they could have a treat right away, but also something to take away and stash, lol…
I stood and watched for a few moments;-)…
here are a few other things that caught my eye;-)…
the gardens look lovely with all the fall blooms and colours…
while I was there, I did collect some Poké balls, lol…
what a delightful walk;-).
27 Wednesday Sep 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, cleaning, condo, crowded, fish, fish tank, garden, moments, nature, pond, pump, ready, tank, water, wetvac, widow
for the last few weeks I’ve been working on getting the condos (fish tanks), ready for the move from garden to house…
when the fish moved outdoors in the spring, I didn’t clean up the tanks, sigh…
so, it started with cleaning the tank that held the plants last winter… I’ve decided to use it for fish, as the fish were getting a bit crowded in the two tanks…
got it cleaned and then a few days went by before I faced the two big tanks…
had to use the wetvac to remove all the water from the big tanks and dump it down the toilet in small batches… that took quite a bit of time and effort…
next I had to scrub them both down… then I brought in the hose and filled all three tanks up… another slow process…
I had to purchase a pump for the newest tank… as I hooked them up, the biggest pump would not work…
finally, after numerous attempts, it started working and now all three tanks are running and cleaning the water…
it will be weeks before the fish move in, but the tanks will be ready for them…
the funniest thing is realizing how much noise they make, after being silent all summer…
whew;-)…
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