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fingertips…

11 Friday Dec 2020

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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, company, dishes, fingertips, home, moments, plates, tidy, widow

finally put away some dishes the other day…

I figured I didn’t need thirty plates available at my fingertips for feeding all my company so I moved a number of plates and bowls and added a few Christmas ones where I can reach them;-)…

interesting how long it took me to let go of that stack… also moved some of my favourite dishes off a counter to fit in with the rest..

looking tidier in the kitchen…

stuck…

15 Thursday Oct 2020

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big girl pants, blessed, company, family, garden, goldfish, moments, nature, plants, pond, stuck, tank, water plants, widow

after the boys left yesterday, I brought in the plants which they had removed from the pond…

took a while, but eventually I got them all into the tank in a way that made me happy, although the tank looks very full…

not sure if they will last the winter, but it is worth a try as they are expensive and the lilies produced a number of blooms which doesn’t always happen, lol…

once the two pails of fish were in the house, I waited for a number of hours so that they could acclimate to the water temperature in the house…

when I finally poured them into the tank most of them did fine… but one of the biggest ones got stuck between a plant and rock and didn’t seem to be able to get out from the spot… I was very worried and it took about half an hour before it moved out from the tight space…

today they seem happy, but maybe a little crowded;-)…

and I enjoyed having company to talk to throughout the day;-)…

blissful…

28 Friday Jun 2019

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big girl pants, blessed, blissful, company, garden, hot tub, mowing, pedicure, pond, reading, widow

such a lovely day…

was up and in the hot tub while the moon was a crescent in the sky… then I went back to bed and slept for another three hours…

in the garden and had all the cushions out before breakfast, after mowing the grass… spent the entire morning reading and listening to the waterfall…

after lunch had a nap and went for a pedicure…

company for dinner and then spent the remainder of the evening in the garden…

blissful…

trick…

31 Wednesday Oct 2018

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big girl pants, company, fun, halloween, hilarity, treats, trick, widow, witch

had some great Halloween fun tonight…

driving buddy came for supper, passing out goodies to trick-or-treaters, and a sleepover…

there was quite a bit of hilarity as costumes were donned…

not many kids this year… just twelve;-(… not the kind of record I was hoping for… the weather was lovely but maybe that made it easier for them to keep walking and focusing on longer streets filled with houses… a short street that has a park on both sides of one end isn’t too popular…

but, the very first one was dressed as a witch, just like me… we did not see any superwomen riding horses, like what we had in the house, lol…

it is certainly more fun to welcome the little people when you have company…

throat…

19 Saturday Nov 2016

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big girl pants, company, dark, Mom's the Word, PTE, sore, throat, widow

woke up with a sore throat, which was unfortunate as some young friends were coming over about 9:30…

we had a lovely visit and I took these pics as they were leaving…

then I had a nap…

picked up by a friend, had lunch and went to a play at PTE… this one was called Mom’s the Word… 

it was cute and funny…

by the time we left the parking garage it was dark, sigh… got this shot of the house as I walked up to it… it really was dark…

still have a sore throat…

swim…

20 Thursday Oct 2016

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big girl pants, company, fish, food, swim, talk, tank, widow

happy to have the fish back in the house…

I talk to them…

they swim around and look hungry…

I feed them and they race around gulping down the food… but they are company…

the tiny ones are currently living in a bowl because they might be food for the others if they went into the tank…

but they appear to be growing…

visit…

08 Saturday Oct 2016

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big girl pants, company, garden, ghosts, grandson, halloween, happy, ladybugs, orchids, prep, visit, widow, yard work

the orchids are happy, and of course, that makes me happy…

had a great time with my grandson who came over to do some yard work for me… 

he mowed the grass, cleaned eavestroughs, put away outdoor furniture, treated weeds in the front flower bed, emptied and put away flower pots… such a relief to have his help…

while he was doing all that I got the potatoes, cauliflower, turnip and stuffing ready for tomorrow… we had lunch and a good visit…

after he left I worked on the Halloween goodies…

rocket lolly pops that look like ghosts;-)… have done about 120… haven’t quite decided whether to add black dots for eyes…

lately the ladybugs have been everywhere… the other day my youngest grandson counted 20 at the front door…

tonight one came to visit me… nice to have company throughout the day and evening, lol…

company…

15 Friday Jul 2016

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ashes, big girl pants, company, dahlia, fushia, gardener, Grandpa, grandsons, pond, rocks, s'mores, walk, widow

had quite a bit of company today…

early morning meeting with my money guy…

then met my grandson for breakfast and we worked in the garden for a few hours…


he is getting to be a good gardener… finished putting the rocks around and in the pond so now none of the liner is visible…  we also lifted the deck to move the cords out of sight and he cleaned up the flower bed and put rocks down…

looks very nice… made red lentil curry and rice for our lunch which is one of his favourites…


the fushia was looking beautiful today…

after he left, spent some time reading in the garden and then had a nap…

the daddy dropped the little boys off after supper on his way to work…

we had a lovely time… they came with me to water a friend’s plants…


on our way home we stopped for Dairy Queen ice cream and once we arrived at the house, we walked over to the grocery store to pick up fixings for s’mores…

on our way back we stopped at the creek where we scattered grandpa’s ashes and then there was rolling down the hill activity…


got this great shot of the dahlias blooming in the front garden as we arrived home from the store… they look like a painting…


the boys played with balloons for at least an hour, on the deck and then in the hot tub…


everyone played on their electronics for a while and then we had a fire…


they were picked up by mom and I am now enjoying a few quiet minutes before heading to bed, lol…

we never did get to the s’mores but will do that on Sunday when they come for dinner…

it is such a treat to spend some one-on-one time with them…

company…

16 Friday Jan 2015

Posted by sulis303 in life, nature

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big girl pants, company, fish, George, grandson, Tony Roma's

this morning as I was waiting for my ride I topped up the water in the fish tank… it’s been low for a week or so and every time I am leaving the house I remember that it needs water…

when it is low, the running water is very loud…

took a number of trips back and forth to the sink but other than the one time I poured the water all over myself and the floor there were no issues… got it all done in time…

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the fish like it when it’s full too… they are good company for me… next will be giving the front of the tank a cleaning… algae is starting to take over, lol…

been a very long week…

had a lovely treat tonight when I got to have dinner with my grandson after he came over and shovelled the driveway…

we ordered beef bones, baked potatoes and Caesar salad from Tony Roma’s… I just love Mobile Maitre D and Skip the Dishes… by the time I get home I do not want to go out again to fetch dinner so these are great ways to get the food I want delivered to the house… picking up our dinner was George’s job…

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it is nice to have company…

vision…

07 Friday Nov 2014

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bloom, company, field test, fish, hibiscus, vision

this morning I took a picture of my buddies having breakfast…

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still figuring out exactly how much to feed them…

must say I am happy to have them as company again…

yesterday I went for another field test… I had gone for one a few months ago but was called back because one eye didn’t do so well… thankfully both eyes did fine this time… then they took some scans of my eyes and I saw the doctor… he was pleased with all the results and said my current eye drops would still be fine… amazing what stress can be involved in something as simple as a vision exam…

this morning I also got a few pictures of the hibiscus in full bloom…

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a reminder that being able to see is a wonderful thing…

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