16 Thursday Nov 2023
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used the tarp from the extra wood to cover the lawn furniture on the back deck…
didn’t take long at all with two people…
it is a really large tarpaulin so we tucked all the excess under the legs…
17 Tuesday Oct 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, blower, cake, deck, food, friends, garden, gathering, happy, home, leaves, moments, nature, October, sun, sweeping, time, treat, weather, widow
because it was another gorgeous day, our Monday gathering took place on the deck for one last time…
I moved the furniture, swept all the leaves off, cleaned the glass table, and put cushion covers on the chairs…
as I was sweeping the lower deck, it occurred to me that I could have used the leaf blower, lol… oh well, good exercise, lol…
and, we were treated to a freshly baked Bundt cake;-)… yum…
the sun shone and it did cool off a little, but we were very comfortable… what a treat in the middle of October…
07 Monday Aug 2023
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air mattress, big girl pants, blessed, comforters, deck, dew, garden, moments, moon, preparation, reverse, sleeping, sleepout, weather, widow
spent another night out on the deck;-)…
this time I brought up the air mattress, laid down a comforter to set it on, and filled it up;-)…
then up came more comforters and down came pillows from my bed…
had a good sleep but the top cover of the comforter was wet from the dew… and my glasses were completely fogged over…
last view of the moon before the entire process was repeated in reverse…
31 Monday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, camping, comforters, deck, garden, lounger, moments, nature, nest, night, rain, sleep, stars, weather, widow
on Friday evening I brought the lounger onto the deck and put a number of comforters on it…
then, once it was dark I headed out for my version of camping, lol…
had a pretty good sleep and enjoyed looking at the stars whenever I woke up during the night… and there were no mosquitoes;-)…
the weather looked good and that went so well that I decided to sleep out again on Saturday night…
around 4:30 am drops began to land on me😳, and shortly thereafter all of the paraphernalia was on the kitchen floor and I headed upstairs to my bed, lol…
01 Saturday Jul 2023
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we had a wonderful time away, but it is always lovely to return home;-)…
after everything was unloaded, the first thing I did was check out the garden… it looked good, other than the veggie patch in the side garden… it may have got missed in the watering schedule, lol… both of the tomato plants looked dead…
got out the hose and gave everything a good drink, and then I sat on the deck with a cold drink and my book… sigh…
although the tomatoes looked dead, the water revived them and they look 100% better…
had a hot tub and sat outside reading until it was too dark to see;-)…
glad to be home;-)…
20 Tuesday Jun 2023
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yesterday, the day began with tea on the top deck in the garden as everyone else in the house slept…
it ended with tea on a completely different deck with a view of the mouth of Lake Winnipeg…
very nice…
30 Tuesday May 2023
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29 Monday May 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, deck, flowers, garden, moments, petunias, planter, plants, purple, weather, widow
on Saturday brought out the table and worked on filling the planters that go around the deck…
four of the six were filled with purple and white petunias and alyssum…
the two in the centre have pansies, lobelia and alyssum…
it was fun and I enjoyed the time…
there are still three on the north side that need something… after all these years I still haven’t found just the right plants that live in shade and are happy in a planter…
16 Tuesday May 2023
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Sunday, spent the entire day in the garden… it was warm and sunny…
set out all the chair cushions and even brought out the decorative ones…
then, most of the fish came outside… a few just wouldn’t be caught, lol… apparently a project for another day…
tea, reading, and bird watching took up a good part of the day… I am loving the sound portion of my Merlin App… it has come in especially helpful for me to identify the many sparrows that come and go…
White-Crowned, White-Throated, Harris’s, Song, and Chipping Sparrows have all been around for the last week or so…
checked out the fence with the little person and his daddy on one side, as I contemplate the style of the new fence that is in the works, and had tea and snacks with the ones on the other side… they enjoy sitting by the pond and the sound of the running water…
ate all my meals on the deck, breakfast and lunch on the back, and supper on the upper…
phone calls, emails, in-person visits, and text messages came throughout the day…
truly, I am blessed;-)…
10 Wednesday May 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, deck, garden, gloves, hard work, leaves, moments, nature, planter boxes, raking, twigs, widow, yardwaste
last week, after aquasize, lunch, and a nap, I got to work in the garden…
first up, all the planter boxes under the deck came out and went into their spots around the deck… will need to add some compost and additional soil in them before too long so they will be ready for plants…
after a break to do some reading, lol, it was on to raking up some of the leaves… wore my new Christmas gardening gloves… not only are they made from recycled material, they are purple and fit nicely…
filled a yardwaste bag with the dead cedar and elm leaves… looks better but will still need a bit of work…
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