14 Sunday Mar 2021
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had some fun watching this little critter…
all of a sudden another came along… turned its head to stare them down… and there was some serious scurrying;-)…
they look so cute, but they are a lot less friendly than the gray squirrels and run everyone else off from the feeders…
13 Saturday Mar 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, container, kleenex, LastTissue, moments, reuse, Technology, widow
got another batch of reusable tissues and had fun figuring out how to best set them out…
found a small Kleenex box, opened one end, folded the tissues over one another, placed them in the box, used double sided tape to close it, and popped the first one out;-)…
works perfectly…
then I dug out a small container to put the used ones into until they get washed;-)…
12 Friday Mar 2021
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11 Thursday Mar 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, commingled, flowers, garden, moments, nature, orchids, plants, purple, widow
a few days ago I separated the two commingled orchids… it was amazing how deep the roots had gone into each other’s pot…
after that I moved the majority of the orchids around… it is lovely now to see them all throughout both the living and dining room…
even many of the ones from the living room table were moved… the table looks a bit empty now, lol…
I am hopeful that they will all be happy in their new locations…
10 Wednesday Mar 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, moments, recycle, reuse, Sew Dandee, shop local, small steps, tissues, widow
I’ve been thinking for a while of trying reusable tissues instead of Kleenex…
I ordered a few to see how I like them and since they arrived I’ve been using them…
so far, so good…
I am hopeful that this goes as well as the paper towel project…
09 Tuesday Mar 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, deck, garden, happy, light, moments, nature, Spring, sun, sunlight, sunshine, weather, widow
over the last week I’ve been enjoying the sunlight…
in the morning it is shining into the den, which it hasn’t done for months…
and in the afternoon it now shines on the spot where I usually sit…
yesterday, I sat on the deck in the sunshine for an hour… and the sun was warm on my body…
spring is coming;-)…
08 Monday Mar 2021
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beautiful, big girl pants, blessed, flowers, friends, happiest, happy, memories, moments, nature, photos, purple, roses, widow
one of the things that makes me the happiest is spending time taking photos of bouquets…
yesterday I spent a good portion of the day taking shots from all angles with my Nikon…
as the flowers open and close I will have more opportunities to get some beautiful photos…
flowers make me happy;-)…
07 Sunday Mar 2021
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, garden, ice, melting, moments, roof, shovel, snow, weather, widow
I’ve spent time yesterday and today shovelling ice that was right by the garage door… and I’ve got rid of it all;-)…
I’m very disappointed because water is dripping under the eavestrough all along the side of the garage… this hasn’t happened before, so I am wondering if it has to do with the roof being shingled last summer…
there is water inside which I will try to shovel/push out next time I go out… my beloved would not be happy with this… I did lean some boards against the outside wall which should help move the water away from the garage…
I will be interested to see how my arms feel tomorrow, lol… you really have to ram the shovel under the ice…
06 Saturday Mar 2021
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, figure-eight, goal, home, iPhone, memories, moments, pictures, steps, widow
as I’ve been walking the figure-eight pattern in the living and dining room I’ve been thinking of my beloved…
he walked the same pattern as he recovered from his heart surgery;-)…
this photo (quite a few iPhones ago) is from one of our walks while he was still in hospital after the surgery…
happily, I have met my step goal every day since mid-January;-)… maybe I will up my goal…
05 Friday Mar 2021
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, donations, forget, hours, loss, memories, moments, remembering, widow
how do you remember when you want to forget…
nine years… 469 weeks… 3287 days… 78,882 hours…
not the 41 years before that…
trying not to see the time at the hospital that day… keeps running through my head today…
this morning I made a donation to a program that is feeding hungry people… and to the Heart & Stroke Foundation… both will help people now and in the future… my beloved was always helping others…
ordered an A&W Teenburger for my supper in celebration of one of his favourite foods…
treating myself gently… sure do miss him…
