26 Wednesday Nov 2025
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spent time with the fish and their pumps…
each one was cleaned and the water came streaming over beautifully…
I’ve figured out an easier way to clean them now, so the process is much quicker most of the time… I’ll still need to do the longer process once in a while…
but for now I am happy with this new system…
25 Tuesday Nov 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, forest, melt, moments, seasonal, snowperson, tree, widow
got these two little cuties while grocery shopping the other day…
the tree will join the rest of the forest once they make their way out for their seasonal display…
not sure if the snowperson will join the melt (group of snow people), or make its way onto the Christmas tree…
24 Monday Nov 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, family, grandson, greenery, moments, planter, plants, prep, purple, thaw, weather, widow, winter decoration
bought a few tree greens while at the grocery store…
dug out two birch branches, some small white twigs, and a stem of red berries from the shed…
went through a Christmas box and brought out some large ornaments…
last week I’d brought in the planter from the top step so it could thaw out so all the dead plants could be pulled out…
took the planter into the garden, removed all the dead plants and added in the greenery…
after everything was included, it was carried to the front steps…
added some solar lights…
looks good…
23 Sunday Nov 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, friend, happy, moments, play, PTE, setting, Technology, thought-provoking, widow
I am always interested in the setting for each of the plays we attend at PTE…
this one was neat and it was cool how they changed the setting with tables and chairs…
both funny and thought provoking and the actors changed from one character to another smoothly…
really enjoying this season;-)…
22 Saturday Nov 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, concierge, entrance, lights, moments, plants, volunteer, weather, widow, zoo
spent Friday morning at the entrance to the zoo as a zoo concierge…
this was my little nook by the doors…
learned lots of tips and tricks from the staff and got a few pictures of some of the Zoo Lights which started that evening…
four layers of clothing was perfect and toward the end of my shift, the top layer came off;-)…
21 Friday Nov 2025
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checked out a friend’s condo recently… it was lovely and nicely decorated…
we had a great visit over tea and raisin scones (she makes the best)… and I was given some to bring home;-)…
thinking how blessed I am to have so many wonderful people in my life…
20 Thursday Nov 2025
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art, big girl pants, birthdays, blessed, buddies, food, friends, moments, pictures, WAG/Qaumajuq, walk, White Star Diner, widow
had a lovely day with my buddies…
we spent time at WAG/Qaumajuq checking out the various galleries;-)… so much to see…
this piece of art was the only one I took a photo of, and apparently a bit crooked, lol…
from there we walked over to the White Star Diner for lunch… fun time and tasty food…
we do love celebrating birthdays😊…
19 Wednesday Nov 2025
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big girl pants, cold tub, deck, family, footprints, garden, moments, nature, plunge, setup, weather, widow
got a photo of the cold tub setup…
two years ago it got used nearly every day, and last year it was barely used at all…
for the last few years the tub has been on the top deck…
this year it has moved to the lower deck and I think it is going to work well there…
the heater (which keeps the temperature at 5° Celsius), and pump, are attached to the side and removed when the tub is being used…
you can see the frozen footprints in the photo…
18 Tuesday Nov 2025
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the other day when I was talking with my daughter, she mentioned they were having zucchini basil soup for their supper…
made me realize that I hadn’t made it for ages, so then I was craving it, lol…
yesterday morning I started it… it is a simple recipe with just a few ingredients…
after cooking it, it was blended and made a delicious smooth soup…
cooked some chicken thighs to add to it…
so tasty…
17 Monday Nov 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas gifts, craft, family, grandson, moments, nature, purple, sale, shopping, sunshine, walk, weather, widow
walked over to a craft sale Sunday…
had fun picking up cards, a bookmark, a tray, an ornament, a travel mug, and some matcha tea…
most of it for me, but maybe a few items for Christmas;-)…
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