22 Monday Feb 2021
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beautiful, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, blue jay, grandson, moments, widow, wood, woodworking
my middle grandson brought me a beautiful picture that he made in woodworking class at school last year…
it is a blue jay made from different woods… he did a great job… my beloved would have been very proud…
I’ve put it on the credenza in the dining room… will need to decide if I will leave it there or not…
21 Sunday Feb 2021
Posted in garden, life, moments, nature, retirement, travel, Uncategorized
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big girl pants, blessed, change, garden, hearts, memories, moments, pictures, purple, squares, table, widow
spent time today putting away all the hearts and refreshing the living room table…
often at this time of year I would be filling it with rocks and shells, but that seems a little early…
I gathered up all the silver and purple ornaments and took them downstairs…
then I put some Chihuly calendar pictures in the four squares and added a few other items… one square has my gardening books as I’ve been looking through them to work on the garden design for the summer…
another has a few of my favourite children’s books in it, and some cards with fun pictures of time on Maui…
the third one holds my new pouch and postcards…
the last one has items to read… magazines, my tablet and kobo… and some butterfly things…
looks good and makes me happy…
19 Friday Feb 2021
Posted in garden, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized
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big girl pants, blessed, fish, fish tank, goldfish, moments, nature, pond, suspended, watching, widow
I’ve been watching the fish more lately and have come to realize that they have favourite places to rest…
one little one looks like it is stuck under a rock on a regular basis… makes me think of how they always rest under the bridge in the garden…
it is interesting to watch them suspended in the water, often for quite some time…
18 Thursday Feb 2021
Posted in health, life, moments, nature, Photography, Uncategorized
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big girl pants, blessed, bunny, creative, fire pot, flowers, moments, nature, roses, teapot, time, widow
I’ve been trying to do something creative most days…
today I cut back all the roses and made a few different arrangements with them…
I liked the look of this Japanese teapot…
this is a fire pot so it was fun to use it in a different way…
here is what they looked like before the rearrangement…
lots of fun…
on my way out of the kitchen after doing the flowers I spent time walking on the spot and watching a bunny on the deck snacking at the saucer where I had just put some seed…
it was nice to see that the sparrows came right up to the feeder, even when the bunny was there… the squirrels always chase everyone else away… they are greedy, lol…
17 Wednesday Feb 2021
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avocado, big girl pants, flowers, garden, Japanese Maple, mandevilla, moments, nature, plants, repotting, transplant, widow
recently I had fun repotting a few plants…
used soil from a dead plant that was in the basement…
first up was the avocado… it has been looking a bit sad and after doing some research it seemed like time to increase the size of the container… good thing because it was root bound…
it is also getting leggy, and I am trying a technique to get it to bush out a bit more… we shall see…
next was the Japanese Maple… the kids brought it from BC when they moved to Ottawa so it has been in the same pot for eight years…
it took a lot of muscle to remove it, and for a few minutes I thought I’d have to cut it out, lol… no rocks, so I used coffee filters for the bottom…
it has many tiny roots and it took a knife to scarify it so that it will grow better in the new container…
finally, I planted a piece of the mandevilla which had accidentally been cut off and put into water to root…
it looks cute and we will see how it does;-)…
16 Tuesday Feb 2021
Posted in business, food, health, life, retirement, Uncategorized
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, moments, pancakes, photos, purple, roses, sunlight, widow, wool
had a relaxing and productive day…
after finding another skein of wool, I finished (again) my little throw, lol… it is a good size now and will keep me warm on cold days in the den…
followed by pancakes and chicken livers ordered in for my lunch (and supper)…
then I had a lovely time taking photos of some of the roses…
ended the afternoon reading in the warm sunlight in the living room…
15 Monday Feb 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, doughnuts, family, flowers, grandson, heart shaped, lobster, moments, painting, SuzyQ, treat, widow
had a quiet Valentine’s Day…
my daughter called early as she was in a line waiting for heart shaped doughnuts in Ottawa, lol…
I watched sports and a movie, and spent a little time playing with watercolours…
my grandson stopped by with a few groceries… and he brought me flowers;-)…
what a treat…
made a delicious lobster sauce which I had with shrimp and crab ravioli for my supper…
a good day…
14 Sunday Feb 2021
Posted in garden, life, loss, moments, nature, Photography, retirement, Uncategorized, weather
I’ve been spending a lot of time watching all the critters in the front yard and garden…
it is amazing to watch them fly through, under, and around… they sometimes hover near the feeders if there is a lineup…
other times they swoop between the bench and deck on their way to the saucer under the table…
today I tried to catch a photo of them flying, but that didn’t work, lol…
still, it is a treat to be able to watch and enjoy their antics…
13 Saturday Feb 2021
Posted in business, health, life, loss, moments, retirement, technology, Uncategorized
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arrival, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, books, flowers, memories, missing, moments, roses, treats, widow
I miss my beloved all the time but seems more so around this time of year…
he was a romantic and always made it a special holiday for me… usually that included roses…
of course there haven’t been too many for me recently, lol…
I ordered books as a treat and didn’t expect them until the 15th, but they arrived early…
woohoo, looking forward to reading in the sunny living room over the next while…
12 Friday Feb 2021
Posted in food, health, life, moments, Uncategorized
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batch, big girl pants, blessed, dinner, energy, fish, food, happy, homemade, moments, prepared, widow
there was a whirlwind of activity in the kitchen a few days ago…
not sure what it was about, but went with the flow, lol…
after breakfast, I used the leftover half banana to make some overnight oats…
a bit later I produced a small batch of homemade macaroni and cheese which I will have over the next few days…
then I prepared sweet potato oven fries to go with my pickerel for supper…
wonder if I will have this much energy over the next while, or whether it was a one time event…
