25 Monday Aug 2025
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around, bench, big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, growing, moments, morning glories, nature, plants, surprise, vine, weather, widow
the other day I posted about the morning glory that had grown through a space in the back of the bench on the deck…
I was hoping that the vine would have flowers on the front of the bench;-)…
today I looked carefully and discovered this, lol…
it went around the 2×4 and back out on the same side…
too funny;-)…
10 Friday May 2024
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“do”, bench, big girl pants, blessed, green, haircut, moments, nature, trees, Ultracuts, walk, weather, widow
today I walked over to get my hair cut… had to wait a little while, but enjoyed some solitaire while I waited, lol…
it is always lovely to have a fresh do…
I also spotted a very nice bench along the way…
as I was nearing home, I got a shot of the field and some of the trees yet to get their leaves…
lots of green is showing after all the rain…
01 Monday May 2023
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bench, big girl pants, blessed, clean, dump, family, garage, garage floor, garbage, grandson, moments, organize, remove, snowblower, space, truck, widow
Friday we accomplished a lot…
we sorted through all of the stuff that got put into the garage when we were cleaning out the basement, and piled the items onto the driveway which were for the dump…
a truck arrived, was filled with the collection, and headed out… when it got back the snowblower was lifted in, with help from a neighbour, and away it went to someone with a large driveway…
then we started to reorganize the items that were left and make space in the garage for the car and the motorcycle…
took quite a while and lots of organizing, but eventually space was made…
and the car and motorcycle fit;-)… maybe the next project will be to wash the car, lol…
a start was made on the items still on the workbench, including the million screws, lol…
08 Thursday Oct 2020
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while I was working in the garage yesterday – a job I’ve been putting off for eight years – I realized that it was doable and wasn’t as difficult as I had imagined…
my system is to take the garbage bin into the garage on Thursday’s and fill it up with various bits and pieces…
today I also brought a table in to lay things out in piles of things I need, things I don’t really know what their purpose is, and things my son-in-law may want to use or for scrap, things to give away and garbage..
I also found some useful items which were put away in the new spots I’ve decided on…
seems like I spend a little over an hour at a time working but I am seeing improvement and actually found some counter space on the workbench;-)…
27 Saturday Oct 2018
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bench, big girl pants, camera, empty, English Garden, Fall, flowers, friends, Leo Mol Garden, moments, photos, pond, scaffolding, walk, widow
our walk through the English and Leo Mol Gardens was lovely…
it was cool and overcast but it was nearly empty… hardly anyone else in the entire space…
fabulous to get a bit of exercise and spend time catching up…
it looked like one of the statues was holding up the scaffolding, lol… had to work a bit to get a photo that wasn’t too risqué… looking forward to seeing what changes will be made…
easy to spot our bench, but it looks a bit dull… well, the whole place looks that way…
fun to take pictures with my new camera and see how the plants are preparing for winter…
pleased to finally make it to the Gardens… sorry that it has been so long and I have missed all the Fall beauty…
very happy that we got through the walk without any mist…
25 Sunday Sep 2016
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Baby, bench, big girl pants, colours, errands, FaceTime, George, memories, PokeStops, snuggles, walk, widow
another fall day… overcast with rain off and on…
drove to the Formal Gardens at the Park and walked two loops… it was drizzling about half the time I was walking…
needed poke balls and this is a great place to find PokeStops and get in the walking, all at the same time…
the actual garden always looks lovely and you can see how the wind was blowing…
the trees are starting to change colour and it was hard to decide which picture to put up…
last time I walked in this spot a friend shared that her family had a memorial bench for her husband there, as they would walk this circle and he often needed to stop and take a break…
the bench says stop and rest awhile so I sat down for a few minutes and listened to the geese flying overhead… a special moment… reminded me of George and my special bench in the Leo Mol Garden and the memories that fill my heart when I sit there, even now…
still haven’t seen the trees turning red in the East so I’m always looking for bright colours here, lol…
when I got home after running a few errands I had the marvellous gift of spending an hour with this lovely baby and her mom… and my Ottawa daughter via FaceTime… we had a wonderful visit and lots of baby snuggles…
snuggled up on the bed, watched tv and read while my dinner was cooking…
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