hibernation…

29 Thursday Sep 2022

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made a hot breakfast, cause it felt like that kind of day, and then gathered the ingredients to prepare ham, cabbage and potatoes…

this would give it time to cook and then cool before heating it up for supper…

while that was cooking, I finished shredding the rest of the cabbage, a bit of green onion, and some carrot… I added the last of the dressing I had in the cupboard and finished that recipe…

finally, I cut and scooped three ripe avocados into containers to go into the freezer for smoothies…

yesterday I prepared zucchini basil soup…

feels a bit like I am getting ready for hibernation…

winerack…

28 Wednesday Sep 2022

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spent time in the living and dining rooms reorganizing the plants…

took the orchids out of the new fish tank, trimmed, and found other places for them to go…

gave up the winerack and now have a spot for the fuchsia from outside to come to…

found a pump that might work in the tank, which is going to be used to house pond plants…

I’ve tried to overwinter water hyacinth before without success, but am going to try once again… also hoping that the two floating baskets will make it as well;-)… some of the water lilies will go into the tanks with the fish, but may put one in this tank if there is room…

sourdough…

27 Tuesday Sep 2022

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got fresh sourdough bread recently, so decided on toast with peanut butter for breakfast… this is a treat as bread isn’t on the menu very often…

brought down my left-handed cutting board and it reminded me of fun times at Hillside Beach many, many, years ago…

I love how it cuts the bread to the exact size required for the toaster… and then the knife slides into the tray…

we picked this up at one of the Victoria Beach Country Markets and it has cut many loaves of Village Green Bakery bread, lol…

lovely memories…

habit…

26 Monday Sep 2022

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over the last week or so I’ve been making sure to have a hot tub each night…

I find that the quiet time in the water clears my mind and makes sleep come easier, last longer, and be more restful…

getting back into a habit is always a bit of a process, lol…

drawers…

25 Sunday Sep 2022

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last year I removed the drawers and took a file cabinet outside to become a raised garden planter… it has worked very well…

the drawers, which were filled with my beloved’s stuff, have been stacked on a table in the basement since then…

finally I set up a box for giveaway, one for things to keep, a recycling bin, and a garbage bag…

worked away for a few hours and was able to move items into the various options without a problem…

the drawers went to the back lane, and someone collected them for scrap;-)…

makes me happy to have been able to declutter…

crushed…

24 Saturday Sep 2022

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prepped some items from the garden…

gathered morning glory seeds and brought in a ton of parsley… it didn’t get eaten up this year, lol… talked with Google about ways to prepare it for the winter…

two suggestions sounded like something to try… I pulled off most of the stalks and put half of the parsley onto parchment paper and then baked it in the oven for about twenty minutes… when it cooled I crushed it by hand and put it into a bottle… looks good…

next I took the rest of the stalk-free parsley and bagged it… six bags went into another and went into the freezer…

it will be interesting to see which type I like the best;-)…

ensconced…

23 Friday Sep 2022

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well, Wednesday was that day in the garden, sigh…

Hilda the Gardener came by and most of the planters in the front yard and garden were cleaned out…

as an experiment, a few plants which had been in the planters were put into the ground to see if we could reuse them in the spring… and we tried that with the strawberry basket as well…