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27 Wednesday Sep 2023

Posted by sulis303 in business, garden, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

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big girl pants, blessed, cleaning, condo, crowded, fish, fish tank, garden, moments, nature, pond, pump, ready, tank, water, wetvac, widow

for the last few weeks I’ve been working on getting the condos (fish tanks), ready for the move from garden to house…

when the fish moved outdoors in the spring, I didn’t clean up the tanks, sigh…

so, it started with cleaning the tank that held the plants last winter… I’ve decided to use it for fish, as the fish were getting a bit crowded in the two tanks…

got it cleaned and then a few days went by before I faced the two big tanks…

had to use the wetvac to remove all the water from the big tanks and dump it down the toilet in small batches… that took quite a bit of time and effort…

next I had to scrub them both down… then I brought in the hose and filled all three tanks up… another slow process…

I had to purchase a pump for the newest tank… as I hooked them up, the biggest pump would not work…

finally, after numerous attempts, it started working and now all three tanks are running and cleaning the water…

it will be weeks before the fish move in, but the tanks will be ready for them…

the funniest thing is realizing how much noise they make, after being silent all summer…

whew;-)…

shaggy…

26 Tuesday Sep 2023

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big girl pants, blessed, Coprinus comatus, fungi, grass, moments, mushrooms, nature, rain, shaggy, surprise, Technology, weather, widow

was surprised when we got home from voting to discover a row of mushrooms along the edge of the lawn…

they have a number of names – got this from Wikipedia:

Coprinus comatus, commonly known as the shaggy ink cap, lawyer’s wig, or shaggy mane, is a common fungus often seen growing on lawns, along gravel roads and waste areas.

when they are new, they are these adorable little white cylinders… maybe where they got the lawyers’ wig name…

then they turn into these rather not-so-pretty versions… the shaggy ink cap…

no plans to eat them, lol…

insecticide…

25 Monday Sep 2023

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big girl pants, blessed, blooms, flowers, garden, hibiscus, house, insecticide, moments, nature, plants, spray, treat, weather, widow

moved the hibiscus into the garage and sprayed it down with homemade insecticide…

will leave it there for a few days before bringing it into the house…

I am sure that it will drop most of its leaves, as already, many have turned yellow… but that feels fairly normal for it…

hopefully, the few buds that are on it will bloom in the house…

fingers crossed;-)…

last…

24 Sunday Sep 2023

Posted by sulis303 in food, garden, health, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

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beans, big girl pants, blessed, boiled, dinner, food, garden, last, moments, nature, plants, tasty, veggie garden, weather, widow

between the bits of rain yesterday, I went out and picked the last of the beans…

well, I think it was the last of them… I’ve thought that a few times, lol…

cut them and boiled them up for supper… they were delicious, even if they were a little on the overgrown side…

desk…

23 Saturday Sep 2023

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big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, desk, moments, shining, sunlight, weather, widow

it has been rather cool in the mornings, so I have been watching a bit of tv as I eat my breakfast…

I had to put cushions over a piece of glass on the desk, because the sun was reflecting right into my eyes, lol…

fritters…

22 Friday Sep 2023

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big girl pants, blessed, delicious, food, fritters, garden, health, lunch, moments, sunshine, waffle maker, widow, zucchini

made zucchini fritters with two lovely zucchinis I got from Jonathan’s Farm…

grated them and wrapped them in a towel to wring out extra moisture…

after they were mixed with egg, cheese, and breadcrumbs, added them to the waffle maker…

came out nicely, although they could have used a bit of flour, which I decided to leave out…

I will make these again;-)…

simpler…

21 Thursday Sep 2023

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Armstrong & Small, big girl pants, blessed, colleague, eye doctor, eye glasses, glasses, memories, moments, simpler, Technology, time, vision, widow

went for my annual eye exam, and while I was waiting, saw a former work colleague…

had a lovely catch-up…

I went through the gamut of tests and then got to spend time with my doctor… I’ve been going to him for ten years and they’ve been gathering data on my eyes over all that time… I don’t mind waiting, because when he is with me, there is no rushing through the explanations and all questions are answered…

eyes are in good shape and I learned a new way to clean my glasses while I was there…

will give it a try and see if it makes cleaning them simpler;-)…

compost…

20 Wednesday Sep 2023

Posted by sulis303 in garden, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

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big girl pants, blessed, compost, garden, moments, nature, neighbour, shovel, veggie garden, wheelbarrow, widow

spent some time in the veggie garden shovelling the compost that I received from my neighbour into the planters…

happy to empty the wheelbarrow and get it back next to the garage…

routine…

19 Tuesday Sep 2023

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big girl pants, blessed, exercise, little library, moments, nature, neighbourhood, routine, walk, weather, widow

went for another walk around the neighbourhood… it was a bit cool and windy, but the sun was shining so it was enjoyable… hoping to get back into a regular routine, lol…

took another book to drop off at the Little Library and while I was there I picked up two to bring home to read…

good exercise carrying them as I walked;-)…

hummy…

18 Monday Sep 2023

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big girl pants, birds, blessed, feeder, flowers, friends, garden, hummingbird, hummy, moments, nature, purple, salt, sugar, syrup, widow

I’ve spotted the hummingbird a number of times in the garden over the last few weeks… I have basically given up trying to get a photo, lol…

last Sunday I was in the living room on the phone with my daughter and looked out the window to see the hummy shoot by…

that made me go out to the garage to find the hummingbird feeder, bring it into the house, make syrup and fill the feeder… took it out and hung it in the garden near the purple flowers it seemed to like…

I sat out for awhile to watch for it, but nothing…

the next day, my buddies were here and when one tasted her coffee she spit it out… apparently I had put salt in the sugar bowl… which had also been what I used to make the syrup for the feeder… no wonder nobody showed up to drink from it…

brought the feeder back in, made real syrup, and put it outside…

maybe the hummingbird will come back, but it looks like it may have headed south;-(…

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