24 Monday Oct 2022
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big girl pants, Delta, downtown, masks, moments, pandemic, taxi, Technology, travel, widow
took my first taxi since before the pandemic…
arranged ahead of time for a pickup to go downtown, and then walked to the Delta to get another one to come home…
had to go in and ask the concierge to call for one… I guess with less people downtown the taxis don’t sit outside the hotels all the time…
wore my mask for both trips and so did they…
23 Sunday Oct 2022
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beneficial, big girl pants, blessed, blow, decks, family, garden, leaf blower, leaves, moments, nature, snow, Technology, weather, widow
went out and took a few photos of the freshly blown leaves that my grandson dealt with the other night…
the plan was to clear off the decks and make a path to the back gate… that way it will be easier to shovel, sigh…
been doing lots of reading suggesting that leaving the leaves in the garden is beneficial to little critters…
this was how it looked before… lots of leaves, particularly as I don’t have any deciduous trees, lol…
22 Saturday Oct 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, collect, iPhone, moments, nature, pictures, red squirrel, seeds, squirrel, stink eye, weather, widow
yesterday morning, while I was sitting in the living room, I had some fun watching this little guy collect and snack on sunflower seeds in the sunlight;-)…
they may have given me the stink eye…
21 Friday Oct 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, camera, data, family, grandson, iPhone, moments, new, photos, purple, Technology, transfer, widow
a few days ago my new iPhone arrived…
my grandson arranged the whole thing and brought over the new phone…
he transferred all the data, made sure everything was working and added a protective screen…
transferring from one phone to another is certainly much easier than the last time I upgraded my phone…
I’ve taken a few pictures and am very impressed with the results…
now I will have to learn what is new and different…
wish me luck🤪
20 Thursday Oct 2022
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big girl pants, bird feeder, birds, blessed, camera, garden, mandevilla, moments, nature, pond, Technology, tripod, view, weather, widow, wireless
now that the pond is empty and covered with the tarp, the camera isn’t really needed, so it came into the house…
happily, the bottom of it fit perfectly on the camera tripod…
set it up by the window where the bird feeder is attached…
this is particularly good now as the mandevilla blocks the view through the window…
looking forward to getting some great views of the guests at the feeder;-)…
19 Wednesday Oct 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, cooked, delicious, dinner, family, garden, happy, moments, roast, weather, widow
had a delicious dinner recently…
it was great to share a meal inside as we’ve eaten outdoors all summer…
the roast came out perfectly, which made me very happy as the last time I cooked one, it was overdone, lol…
the gravy and the carrots were yummy… and I did have salad afterwards;-)…
good times…
18 Tuesday Oct 2022
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applesauce, big girl pants, blessed, chili, food, freezer, homemade, moments, muffin tins, prep, widow
my neighbour brought over a container of chili and asked if I would like more apples…
a month ago they had given me a large bowl full and I made applesauce…
I used small baggies in a muffin tin and it worked well…
this time, I put the sauce directly into the tins, put them in the freezer, and when they were frozen, packaged and popped them back into the freezer…
they were a little difficult to remove from the cold metal, but this will save excess plastic and also take up less space…
17 Monday Oct 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, BS, delicious, doors, food, friends, gather, inside, macarons, meet, moments, normal, pandemic, together, treat, weather, widow, zoom
today, my BS group gathered in the living room…
we’ve been meeting in the garden but it was only going to 2 degrees Celsius so we decided it was time to come inside…
one person joined via Zoom and had dropped off a lovely treat for us beforehand… boob (for breast cancer awareness month) and regular macarons from Jenna Rae Cakes…
I left the front and back doors open to move fresh air… everyone wore masks until we were all seated…
it was the first time we’ve met in the house since the pandemic began…
felt lovely and odd at the same time, lol…
soon we will all have had the fifth shot which will make us feel a bit more confident about being in a closed space together…
so happy to be getting back to more ‘normal’ times…
16 Sunday Oct 2022
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autumn, big girl pants, blessed, flipped, frozen, garden, memories, moments, nature, prep, rain, rain barrels, water, weather, widow, winter
went outside and flipped the two rain barrels… one in the garden, and the new one next to the front flowerbed…
although we had drained both, they still had water inside, but once they were turned over, it poured out through the screen…
now they are ready for winter, sigh…
I learned a few years ago that not flipping them can cause serious consequences… lucky for me, the bottom of the one in the garden has returned to flat, lol…
15 Saturday Oct 2022
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angels, big girl pants, blessed, display, family, gemstones, happy, lane, living room, memories, moments, photos, purple, stones, widow
had an idea the other day when I was watching tv upstairs… I’ve been thinking it was time to change up the display in the living room table, so I got started…
found a number of framed photos from the computer room and my collection of fancy gemstones…
I gathered up some of my angels… I have given away most of them, but kept a few of my favourites, lol…
brought everything to the living room table and had a lovely time putting them into the squares…
remembering where they came from and why they were special to me…
such a lovely walk down memory lane;-)…
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