handle…

10 Wednesday Feb 2021

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tonight I popped outside to fill the feeders on the deck… I didn’t think I needed my gloves, but didn’t take into account the outside door handle…

I did have on my toasty warm boots which I have now put under the fish tank to keep warm…

so much better than in the front landing…

numb…

09 Tuesday Feb 2021

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went out to fill the feeders this afternoon… it is so cold out that I didn’t want the birds to run out of food…

started with the front feeders… only took a few minutes to fill one and put out fresh suet in the other…

then I went through the house and out the back… filled the first feeder and took the second into the garage to fill it… by then my fingertips felt very cold… I had hoped to add more to the first feeder, but my fingers were numb… clearly I had the wrong gloves on…

I quickly added seeds to the feeders on the deck and came in…

took a long time for my fingertips to warm up…

lotion…

06 Saturday Feb 2021

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a few days ago I put lotion on my hands because they were dry…

anyone who knows me realizes that this is very odd…

my hands don’t absorb things like lotion, so I never use it… even after putting sunscreen or other cream on my body I have to wash it off my hands…

this time it soaked in…

clearly, the humidity is poor around here…

doorway…

29 Friday Jan 2021

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my grandsons came by… one to shovel and the other to bring me a few items…

it was nice to see them both… the younger one stepped inside the back door where he warmed up his cold hands and drank some of the hot chocolate I made for him…

the older one stepped inside the front door and brought in the items he had picked up… we had a short chat, he in the doorway with a mask on, and me on the far side of the living room with a mask on… nice to have a short chat with him as well…

once the shovelling was finished, they headed off with a few treats I’d gathered up for them;-)…

it was nice to see Indi, even if she was dirty, lol…

ladder…

27 Wednesday Jan 2021

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today, I wore those big girl pants again…

it started late yesterday when the light blew in the den… I went and got the kitchen step stool, but when I stood on the second step it made me too nervous to take down the cover…

after I thought about it for awhile, I decided the small ladder from the garage would work, so I had my grandson put it beside the back door while he was here shovelling… I brought it in and left it to warm up, as it is metal and it was very cold out today…

finally, I climbed up, changed the bulb, and returned the ladder to the back door… tomorrow will be warmer so I will return it to its spot in the garage…

I am having to figure out how to do more things as I am not having anyone in the house these days… looking forward to the time when people can come and do jobs for me…

stay…

21 Monday Dec 2020

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what a beautiful view to wake up to on this first day of winter… everything was covered in a blanket of snow…

even more beautiful considering I don’t need to go out in it and can stay inside;-)…

well, I did shovel the sidewalk…

hole…

16 Wednesday Dec 2020

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this morning I was reminded of how beautiful hoarfrost can be… the pictures I came across were from eight years ago and showed the elm tree that lived across the street…

it was cut down a few years ago…

I took a photo to compare and was surprised at how much the cedar in our front yard has grown… the photo also shows the huge hole where the tree used to be…

I sure do miss the trees that have gone…

swept…

14 Monday Dec 2020

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yesterday my middle grandson came over to shovel for me… there wasn’t too much snow, but after the last snowfall, everything froze and the sidewalk was crazy icy… I didn’t want that to happen again, lol… there had been a skiff of snow and I had gone out and swept the sidewalk just the day before…

it was cute watching him put his hoodie up over his baseball cap, which he had on backwards, lol… of course there were earbuds in as he listened to his music while doing the job… he did have gloves because I couldn’t give him grandpa’s to wear which often happened before when he forgot…

he did the front, the driveway and all of the back decks and pathways… the garage camera even got a few photos for me… he was happy to get the December payment which will help with his Christmas gift shopping…