16 Thursday Feb 2023
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albino, avocado plant, big girl pants, blessed, moments, nature, pink, plants, research, Technology, widow
I was checking my pink avocado plant and was reminded of when it was first planted…
since then it has grown quite a bit and is still pink, although there are little bits of green on some leaves…
not sure if it has some type of issue or not… more research might suggest it is an albino plant and that it may not live for too long…
will continue to watch and see how it does…
15 Wednesday Feb 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, heart, moments, nature, purple, purple heart, shovelling, skinny, snow, Valentine's Day, widow
put out a heart on the front door yesterday to celebrate Valentine’s Day…
then I shovelled the bottom third of the driveway…
a bit skinny, but I think a car would fit there, lol…
14 Tuesday Feb 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, BS buddies, chocolate, coffee, friends, moments, someone, Technology, time together, treat, Valentines, widow
had a great visit with my BS friends…
there were candy hearts, chocolates, nuts, and cards… oh yes, and coffee…
one of us is away and joined via FaceTime…
she is mixed in amongst the orchids, lol…
remember to let someone know you love them today and every day🥰…
13 Monday Feb 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, moments, nature, necklace, sculpture, snow, snowperson, weather, widow
someone built a very nice snowperson a few weeks ago and it has been happily sitting in the field across the way and I’ve enjoyed watching it…
recently, with the warmer weather, it has started to shrink a bit;-(…
and yesterday, when I looked out the back, I noticed this lovely necklace hanging from the bird feeder…
looks like a cool sculpture… wonder how it will look next…
12 Sunday Feb 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, camera, charged, early, iPhone, moments, moon, nature, pass-me-along, sky, Technology, weather, widow
up early on Friday to put out the box of pass-me-along items…
had to go back upstairs and get the phone to take a few shots of the beautiful moon…
tried to use my Nikon, but the battery was dead, lol… it is now sitting on the counter getting charged… I think I’ve hit something that is keeping it on wifi all the time which is why the battery keeps dying… going to have to do a bit of research to fix that😳…
so, the moon isn’t quite as clear as I was hoping for, but it does show how beautiful the morning was;-)…
good start to the day;-)…
11 Saturday Feb 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, camera, garden, light, moments, nature, pond, snow, solar light, spotlight, sunny, Technology, warm, weather, widow
excited to discover the spotlight on the upper deck is working again…
it had been covered with snow for many weeks and I was thinking it wasn’t going to work in the cold…
as I was walking down the stairs on Thursday night, I looked out and saw the light….
apparently the warm and sunny weather uncovered the solar panel on the top of it, lol…
makes me happy, although the camera isn’t out there now…
not like there are fish in the pond that need to be protected, lol…
10 Friday Feb 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, bonsai, French fries, friend, friends, garden, greenhouse, McDonalds, moments, nature, photo, plants, Shelmerdine, shopping, snack, succulents, widow
had a tasty snack on our way to Shelmerdine… haven’t had fresh McDonald’s French fries in I don’t know how long… had a couple of nuggets to go with them, but it was the fries that made my day;-)…
had fun wandering amongst the plants… it was surprising how many varieties of succulents were available…
here’s a photo my friend sent of the two that she picked up and transplanted;-)…
got a few photos of some of their bonsais to share with my grandson…
lovely to spend a bit of time enjoying the greenhouse and I even left without purchasing anything…
when I was searching the internet for a link to their website, I came across this great information on plant care;-)…
fries and gardens… doesn’t get much better than that…
09 Thursday Feb 2023
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bang, big girl pants, computer, heartbeat, moments, shelf, startled, surprise, Technology, use, weights, widow
I was working away on the computer in the den, all by myself, and was startled to hear a loud bang from upstairs…
ran up, asking Google to turn on the bedroom light, and discovered that the glass shelf beside the closet had fallen to the ground… it and the weights that were sitting on it were fine😳…
put everything back and wondered if it was a reminder that I need to start using the weights, rather than just admiring their beauty, lol…
my heartbeat has returned to normal now…
08 Wednesday Feb 2023
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backdoor, big girl pants, blessed, filled, garden, hose, hot tub, moments, scrunch, temperature, water, weather, widow
this morning, I dragged the hose up from the basement, out through the backdoor, and into the tub…
last night I had a great time in the hot tub, but had to scrunch down as the water was rather low…
only took about ten minutes to fill it up… now we will see if it gets up to temp by tonight;-)…
07 Tuesday Feb 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, delicious, food, kitchen, mashed potatoes, moments, simmered, supper, widow
spent a good portion of the day in the kitchen… it smelled lovely the whole time…
pork hocks and cabbage slowly simmered all day long…
then I made garlic mashed potatoes mid day so that they had time to cool before being reheated…
and then it was supper time;-)…
all that simmering worked as the meat was fork tender and delicious;-)…
