23 Sunday Mar 2025
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08 Saturday Mar 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, book, cold, deck, feet, fingers, garden, lunch, moments, nature, reading, sunshine, weather, widow
yesterday I had lunch on the deck… in my winter coat and bare feet, lol… I must say, my fingers were cold by the time I was done, lol…
today, I was out without a coat, although I did have a blanket over my legs and slippers on…
I spent hours out there in the sunshine and didn’t come in until the chair was in the shade at which point it was too chilly to stay out…
reading, a lovely lunch, and warm fingers;-)…
02 Sunday Mar 2025
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big girl pants, blanket, blessed, book, chair, cooperative, cushions, deck, family, feeder, garden, micro-climate, moments, nature, reading, weather, widow
spent a delightful hour on the deck in the sunshine…
last evening my housemate dug out one of the deck chairs from under the tarp so there would be a place to sit when the weather is cooperative…
I found a set of cushions in the garage and brought out my Assiniboine Park blanket…
pulled over a small table and put my current book on it…
I did have my winter jacket on, but the sun on my face as I was reading was wonderful;-)…
there is still lots of snow in the garden, but the deck is always its own little micro-climate…
I even filled up a few bird feeders…
17 Sunday Nov 2024
early Saturday morning I went out to cover the garden furniture with a tarpaulin before the rain started…
it took a while, but eventually I got it all covered and also moved all the rocks that had come out of the pond…
now the garden is ready for winter…
23 Monday Sep 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, change, deck, friends, garden, gathering, moments, nature, quick, raindrops, setup, weather, widow
today I had to make a quick change, lol…
I had set up the deck for our weekly gathering with cushions on the chairs, a table for coffee cups and blankets because it was a bit cool…
once everything was set up, just before everyone was scheduled to arrive, I sat out and was reading…
when big drops began to fall…
brought in the chair with the blankets on it, covered two of the chairs and brought in the cushions…
set up the snacks in the living room and sat down to read just before everyone arrived, lol…
17 Monday Jun 2024
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Airbnb, big girl pants, blessed, cottage, deck, family, groceries, moments, nature, plants, Technology, treat, unpack, water, widow
well, after grocery shopping and packing up what felt like tons of stuff, we set off on our adventure…
we have returned to the superb Airbnb that we spent a week at last year…
it took about two and a half hours from leaving the house to sitting on the deck with tea and a refresher…
didn’t take very long to unpack the groceries and our personal stuff… then we headed to the upper deck to enjoy the scenery and our drinks…
as I sat there I listened to the waves gently lapping the shore, and heard the warblers, vireos, and sparrows singing in the trees nearby… and we’d already watched a couple of ducks working on their afternoon snacks as a pelican fly by…
what a delightful treat this time together is;-)…
09 Sunday Jun 2024
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big girl pants, bin, blessed, completed, deck, family, fence, garden, happy, moments, patched, pond, projects, repairs, widow
Saturday, a few more projects around the garden were completed…
the final board that joined the back flowerbed to the fence was replaced and one of the yardwaste bins fits perfectly there…
the broken edge board by the bathtub pond, thanks to the hanging chair blowing over and breaking it last spring, was patched…
it looks so much better over there now…
a box was built to hold the mandevilla on the top deck so that the plant won’t blow over on windy days…
and two pots were moved to finish off the area around the pond…
the garden is looking very nice;-)…
08 Saturday Jun 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, boards, deck, family, finished, garden, happy, moments, niggly, project, shovelling, widow
Friday, we spent some time finishing the bottom deck area…
in a section under the main deck there had been boards to hold the box of soil that was there for any planting requirements…
when the deck reconstruction was completed, it was decided we would finish this piece…
Friday afternoon a bit of shovelling took place to remove the dirt on the blocks and then the new saw was put to work cutting cross boards and then the pieces to fill in the deck area…
it looks great and the big dirt box can slide in and out easily… it sits back there to keep the soil from getting wet when it rains…
looks great and has finished off the deck build;-)…
yay, always happy when a project is completed without any niggly little bits left unfinished;-)…
23 Thursday May 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, deck, dirt, family, garden, gates, happy, moments, nearly, project, weather, widow
the work started on Saturday with three of us…
Sunday my housemate and I worked away at the process and Monday we were back to three strong… a ton of work was accomplished and the job was nearly finished…
Tuesday we worked on a few bits and pieces, including levelling the back gate…
after some clever thinking the sunburst gates were rehung…
Wednesday morning we attached the last board to the bottom deck… woohoo…
I filled the space below it with dirt, but will have to add a bit more as it settles;-)…
19 Sunday May 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, deck, deconstructing, frame, garden, grandson, lumber, moments, rain, weather, widow
here was how yesterday went…
first thing in the morning the deck looked like this…
the crew arrived and set to deconstructing two decks…
it didn’t take too long and the space was empty…
they went and collected lumber and other needed supplies…the rain came and went throughout the day
by the end of the day the frames were nearly done…
looking promising;-)…
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