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feed…

21 Wednesday Oct 2020

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woke up to this…

we often get a bit of snow before Halloween, but it usually disappears… not sure that is going to happen this year…

I went out to the garden, dug the shovels out of the garage and shovelled off the top deck and by the hot tub… I set up a few spots for bird seed…

this winter I am going to keep the top deck clear so that I can feed the birds… last year the kids didn’t come by to shovel and my guy only does the bottom so the deck became impassible… still need to figure out how to attach a feeder to the deck…

with retirement, I can clean the deck whenever it works best for me, or a little at a time, lol…

youngest…

27 Monday Jul 2020

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my youngest grandson and I spent a few days together… it was lovely as we don’t get to spend the amount of one-on-one time that I have with the other boys…

we did a few chores around the garden and spent a great amount of time with the monarch butterflies…

we planned meals, watched the fish, birds and squirrels, and talked about life… he was even happy to take a selfie with me;-)…

we made stuffing muffins (chicken stuffing put into muffin pans), one of his favourites, lol… we had chicken and mashed potatoes for our supper to go along with the muffins… we made twice stuffed potatoes for our second supper and he reminded me to put in green onions as he likes the flavour they add to food now…

we watched the space station fly over from the hot tub…

we slept out on the decks… he thought it was a very funny thing to do, but got right into it, bringing out his comforter, a blanket and pillows;-)… I slept in the gravity chair, which wasn’t as comfortable as the lounger I normally use…

he played games with his friends on his phone and watched tv shows when it was too hot (and maybe boring) for him outside…

how wonderful it was for me to have these special moments with this young man;-)…

deck…

09 Thursday Jul 2020

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last night I went camping on the deck…

instead of putting out the big air mattress, I brought up the lounge chair, put two cushions on it, brought out a quilt, a throw and a pillow and settled down for the night…

the space station was going to be visible at 3:22 a.m. so it seemed like a good idea;-)…

I did wake up around 3, but the sky was covered in clouds so I went back to sleep and when I woke up this morning it was clear again…

as I lay there I could feel the squirrels running over the deck beside me, lol…

such fun;-)…

frog…

17 Sunday May 2020

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had a lovely day in the garden…

set out the cushions, tidied a bit, and then read, napped and watched a few birds…

moved from chair to chair as I followed the shade and ate lunch and supper outside…

spotted the frog for a brief minute… it has been calling for days and this was the first time I was able to see it;-)…

EarthDay…

22 Wednesday Apr 2020

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today, Earth Day 50, I’ve spent time thinking about our world and how blessed we are to be here…

and how this virus, which has made us all stay home, has given the earth a chance to rest and start recovering from all the grief we have given it…

in my little corner of the world, I spent time watching the birds and squirrels at the bird feeders… after I refilled them…

and also was able to spend some time on the deck in the garden, enjoying the balmy weather…

I’ve been thinking of a few small changes I’ve made at home… the one I am most pleased about is using cloth instead of paper towels… I put away the paper towel holder shortly after arriving back home in January… I’ve been using extra hand towels and facecloths and have a bin for the used ones on the kitchen counter… it has been amazingly simple and is encouraging me to see what other small, but helpful changes I can make…

juice…

25 Thursday Jul 2019

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for the last few days I’ve been very careful walking on the lower deck…

one of the boards kept flipping up when I stepped down onto it…

nearly tripped a few of my friends yesterday;-(…

tonight my grandson found some screws in the garage and went to drill them in…

apparently, the battery pack needs to be charged, lol… neither the battery on the drill, or the spare, had any juice…

I’ve now got one battery charging and will put the second one on the charger tomorrow…

luckily, he was able to finish screwing it down with my little kitchen screwdriver…

safe to walk out there again;-)…

birdseed…

04 Saturday May 2019

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a beautiful day out…

it was fairly windy so I wasn’t going to go and do anything outside, but had a conversation with my Ottawa daughter who had been busy in her yard…

so, I had a nap and then went out for a bit…

brought up the birdseed from the basement and filled the feeders as well as the two pails that live in the garage…

then I did a little cleaning on the back deck and moved the furniture around to get the garden ready…

and finally, I spent some time reading in the sunlight…

jealous…

27 Saturday Apr 2019

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little bit jealous this afternoon…

walked by the window and noticed this cat laying in the sun on the back deck…

was wishing I could have been there but the yard hasn’t been raked or the furniture moved and cleaned…

and it wasn’t quite warm enough for me to get out there and clean it up…

wonderful…

28 Monday Aug 2017

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just spent the evening with the most wonderful women in my life…

we had a short stint in the hot tub and then sat out on the deck and caught up on our summer…

a beautiful evening which ended under the stars…

lovely to have time together…

below are a few shots of the morning glories that began my day…

they have the most wonderful light emanating from their centre… always make me think of my beloved…

stargazing…

06 Sunday Aug 2017

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been planning to spend a night sleeping under the stars for a while and tonight is the night…

it was a lovely day and I spent a good part of it in the garden watching a red squirrel stash peanuts from the neighbour’s feeder…

there’s been a hole beside the back deck for a while and today this little guy spent time going into and out of it, lol…


now we know for sure who lives there…

my bed is nearly ready for tonight… just have to bring out the pillows…


the plan is to be in bed for the 9:36 fly past of the Space Station and then maybe a late night hot tub… looking forward to some great stargazing in the night;-)…