even after thirteen years without my beloved, I still only sleep on my side of the bed…
thinking that isn’t going to change;-)…
my…
29 Saturday Mar 2025
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anticipating…
28 Friday Mar 2025
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anticipating, big girl pants, blessed, garden, giggle, in the garden, moments, mother nature, nature, snow, Spring, sticky note, weather, widow
yesterday, I took some photos of the sticky note that is on the mirror at the front door…
in the summer it is often located on the front door so that visitors know I am in the garden;-)…
I took the photos as I was eagerly anticipating spending time in the garden because this is how it was looking outside;-)…
that was at 2:45 pm when I laid down for a nap… when I looked outside at 5:45 pm it looked like this…
and this morning, this is what I saw outside…
another giggle from Mother Nature, lol…
quickly…
27 Thursday Mar 2025
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Wednesday morning after I had my breakfast, I walked over to Ultracuts for a haircut… I had called and they weren’t busy so I moved quickly, lol…
it has been very icy for quite some time so I was a bit concerned as I wondered if the sidewalks would be clear… and, happily they were…
it was great to get the haircut because the last few home cuts were poorly done, lol…
ages…
25 Tuesday Mar 2025
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caught a bunny in the garden this morning…hadn’t seen any for ages…
so it was a lovely treat… had to crop the photo quite a bit, lol…
there continues to be snow on the ground, but as the temperature is starting to stay above zero, hopefully it will continue to melt away;-)…
out…
24 Monday Mar 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, health, houseplants, moments, nature, out, plants, ready, Spring, weather, widow
Spring is here and it is time to get out of the house and into the garden… almost…
so, I played with the houseplants today…
trimmed a few and moved some as well…
can’t wait to get into the garden;-)…
chair…
23 Sunday Mar 2025
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nursery…
22 Saturday Mar 2025
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big girl pants, biomes, blessed, butterflies, cacao trees, fish, flowers, koi, moments, nature, nursery, on my own, orchids, plants, The Leaf, weather, widow, zoo staff
had a lovely wander around The Leaf on Wednesday…
I went on my own for the first time and for anyone who knows me, that is pretty good…
the cacao trees are looking a bit sad, but most of the Tropical Biome looked good…
I spent quite some time watching the fish… they were very active swimming around the pond and a number of plants have been trimmed back so they are also much easier to see;-)…
the orchids in the Mediterranean Biome are still doing very well, with tons of blooms on them…
and the biggest surprise was the Butterfly Garden, which had more butterflies flying around than I’ve ever seen here…
zoo staff were letting a good number emerge from the nursery and there were many people admiring them as well… it is always fun to hear what the keepers have to say about the butterflies… they record each one as they release it…
then I took one last walk through the biomes as I waited for my ride…
carbs…
19 Wednesday Mar 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, carbs, family, food, meatballs, moments, remembering, sauce, spaghetti, supper, widow
this morning I dug meatballs out from the freezer…
then I made a sauce to go with them and decided to add the spaghetti to cook in the sauce…
once it was cooked, it went into the fridge to cool down which helps reduce the carbs…
when I reheated half of it for my supper, it was delicious;-)…
scarf…
17 Monday Mar 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, green, moments, scarf, St. Patrick's Day, widow
spent a bit of time this morning trying to find something green to wear for St. Patrick’s day…
apparently I do not have any green clothing, lol…
in the end I wore this beautiful scarf that my daughter brought me from her trip to Italy last year;-)…
pumps…
16 Sunday Mar 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, clean, fish, fishtanks, moments, nature, project, pumps, top up, water, widow
Friday’s project was to clean out the pumps on each of the three fishtanks…
it always slips down towards the bottom of the list, but once I get going, it isn’t that difficult, and doesn’t take that long either…
usually I only do one or two, but this time I did all of them at the same time…
the pumps are now running beautifully, and I topped up the water in each one… usually I do the topping up on Mondays, but was just a bit sooner this time;-)…
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