plumbing…

04 Saturday Oct 2025

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found a leak under the sink on Thursday, sigh…

we emptied the space out and my housemate discovered that the hose on the tap was leaking… that one had been installed in 2014…

we contacted our plumbing people and headed out to purchase a new tap… we took the $10 Canadian Tire money that has been in the drawer for years…

it was fun to watch various staff members try to figure out how to deal with the paper, lol… eventually they discovered the longest serving teller who was able to assist our cashier and away we went…

as we got home we heard that the plumber was on his way…

in just under an hour, the tap was changed, and they were on their way…

this tap has the handle on the right side, so I am getting adjusted to that, lol…

we had a fan on, drying out the inside of the cabinet before the “stuff” which was filling up a number of counters, went back in…

this morning, now that the space is dry, all of the items from the cabinet when back in… and possibly in a slightly more organized way;-)…

tight…

03 Friday Oct 2025

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climbed into the pond twice on Wednesday…

the leaves have been falling and clogging up the pump every few days…

this is getting to be a pain so I spent the first time cleaning out the filter and pulling up leaves from the bottom…

the second time I cut back all the reeds to be sure the sun could get to the new bud, hoping that the weather cooperates so it can open… I also hoped it would help make the netting easier to cover the pond…

last year we put down green netting over the pond to try to catch the leaves, but it looked terrible and I took it off…

this year we have a new plan… we got black netting and pulled it tight over the pond covering everything from the waterfall to the furthest edges of the pond…

it is really hard to see the netting except around the edges where it is doubled up and it was already catching the never-ending falling leaves….

beep…

02 Thursday Oct 2025

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I’ve been listening to the smoke detector beep every few minutes to tell me it needs the batteries replaced… seems like it’s been going on for hours, lol…

I am waiting for my housemate to arrive home to change them as, not only can’t I reach it, I can’t figure out how to open it…

redecorated…

01 Wednesday Oct 2025

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last year, around this time, my housemate decided to redecorate his space…

from removing the fireplace, to drywalling, to putting in new ceiling tiles, to painting the space with two colours, and reorganizing his stuff, he worked hard with help from friends and family…

it came out very nicely…

and he has enjoyed the space…

this fall he has been preparing for an interesting pet…

miserable…

30 Tuesday Sep 2025

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what a lovely day… I’ve spent most of it in the garden…

I’ve been dealing with a miserable cold for the last three or four days… today it has finally started to improve so it has been quite enjoyable sitting outdoors…

there were a number of things on the calendar, but nothing got accomplished which is often the way it is… there is either nothing happening or a whole bunch of things all at once…

as I am beginning to come out of the fog of illness I am reminded of how truly blessed I am with good health…

here’s to the next few days of overcoming runny noses, coughs, and sore sides;-)…

brilliant…

27 Saturday Sep 2025

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today we got a new fastener for the side gate…

the strong winds we’ve had over the last week keep blowing these doors open so we went shopping for a better solution… the one we’ve had has been good for at least twenty-five years, lol, so a new one seemed in order…

we found one and got it onto the two doors and it looks like it is going to be perfect… and will make it easier for those trying to come through from the driveway…

then I had the brilliant idea of using the old fastener to hook the one door to the pergola instead of using a bungee cord to keep the gate open when expecting company or moving large things through the space… the second door has always just happily leaned against the garage when opened, lol…

looking good;-).

never…

26 Friday Sep 2025

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the first water lily flower never did really open since the weather had turned cold and rainy…

the second bud came up and opened… this picture was taken yesterday when it was completely open…

today this looks to be about the last of that one…

there is still another bud coming up… hoping for warm, sunny, weather…

bread…

25 Thursday Sep 2025

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I finally picked up a loaf of sourdough bread today…

when I arrived home I took out a few pieces of bacon from the freezer and microwaved them… I like crisp bacon;-)… when bacon arrives home, two pieces are folded, two of them put into a ziplock bag, and into the freezer so it is easy to get pieces out to use when needed…

it was difficult to cut the bread as it was so fresh, but eventually I managed to get two slices…

then I cut up the gorgeous large tomato that a friend had given me which was perfectly ripe…

finally, a good amount of miracle whip, bacon, tomato, and pink salt between two slices of bread…

oh my… yum…