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brilliant…

27 Saturday Sep 2025

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today we got a new fastener for the side gate…

the strong winds we’ve had over the last week keep blowing these doors open so we went shopping for a better solution… the one we’ve had has been good for at least twenty-five years, lol, so a new one seemed in order…

we found one and got it onto the two doors and it looks like it is going to be perfect… and will make it easier for those trying to come through from the driveway…

then I had the brilliant idea of using the old fastener to hook the one door to the pergola instead of using a bungee cord to keep the gate open when expecting company or moving large things through the space… the second door has always just happily leaned against the garage when opened, lol…

looking good;-).

boyfriends…

04 Monday Aug 2025

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on Tuesday evening one of the doors on the side gate was taken away to be repaired by one of my beloved’s boyfriends…

a number of the “rays” had broken over time so it needed a delicate touch to return it to its former glory…

it was odd that only this one door had the broken pieces…

at bedtime I put a chair up in the empty space as I didn’t want the deer to come and visit (ie, eat) anything in the garden, lol…

Wednesday afternoon it was returned all beautiful and restored…

we screwed it back into the hinges and it looks excellent…

impossible…

28 Friday Feb 2025

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it was much warmer for a few days last week and when I went to check the doorbell camera one evening, it was impossible to see anything…

after cleaning the camera portion, it was much easier to see…

made me laugh as it hasn’t been working due to the cold weather…

freezing…

26 Wednesday Feb 2025

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for most of the winter the bedroom window has been closed all the time, partly because it was frozen shut and partly because it has been incredibly cold…

a few nights ago it was finally warm enough to open it and keep it open for the night…

and I also opened the screen door during the day for a little while to let some of that – not freezing – fresh air into the house;-)…

knob…

27 Tuesday Aug 2024

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today, as we were heading out to do a few errands, the doorknob came off in my grandson’s hand as he was locking the door…

so, besides the planned errands, we also went to Home Depot to get a new handle for the door…

I was very happy that this happened when he was home as I wasn’t sure that I could fix it…

once we returned home, my fancy screwdriver came out, pieces were removed from the door…

the new pieces were installed…

and voila, a beautiful new handle on the door…

it feels much sturdier, and although the handle is a bit stiff, I think the door is closing and locking better;-)…

painting…

03 Wednesday Jul 2024

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while we were at the cottage a dear friend of my daughter came to spend the day…

they had fun visiting, walking the beach, going in the water and playing with paint…

it was lovely to see them enjoy their time together…

I was reminded of the many times they spent together, and with their friends, when they were much younger, lol…

watching them painting brought back their project when they were in their teens… three of them spent a few days painting the bedroom door of my daughter’s room…

since then the door has moved every time she has…

currently it lives in her hallway…

it is so good to see these young people maintaining longtime friendships…

catches…

04 Thursday Jan 2024

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for years the catches on the cabinet under the fish tank have not worked…

last week we picked up some new fasteners that I wasn’t sure would fix the problem…

Monday morning I took out the magnetized pieces, added gorilla tape to each of them and fastened them to the door after removing one magnet and cleaning off the tape and glue with one of my Christmas presents, a scraping tool…

such a little thing, but fixing it and having it work properly makes me so happy;-)…

tulle…

16 Saturday Dec 2023

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been wanting to wrap the door with fabric, like ribbon on a present…

consulted with a friend and went online to find just the right fabric…

was looking for silver, but in the end ordered some glittery tulle…

it arrived last week and I decided on a plan…

first I removed the curtain that had been hanging over the window and replaced it with bubble wrap to act as insulation;-)… that was fun and it is just held there with water…

next I unwrapped the glittery tulle and figured out how much I needed… I tied it but with the knot on the inside of the door and I realized it needed to be on the outside, so I undid it and then redid it the other way…

then it looked a bit empty so I dug out a wreath made from three others… removed one and hung the other two on the tulle…

and to finish it off, hung a glittery bow on the inside…

looks pretty good;-)…

doorknob…

03 Friday Mar 2023

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for weeks now the side door to the garage has been stuck shut… kind of like the doorknob was frozen…

while we were working in the basement, there was lots of garbage which we ended up putting into the garage until the bin was empty… having to go through the side gate and then the main garage door was a pain…

yesterday I talked with my neighbour in the lane and mentioned the problem so today he came by and helped me remove the knob… fairly simple when you know how, lol…

now I will know for next time;-)…

so, a bungee cord will be the fastener for the next while… and, apparently a new door is in the future…

repositioned…

24 Friday Feb 2023

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another few projects got taken care of…

the wooden bird picture that my middle grandson gave me about a year ago has finally made it onto the wall… we had to pick up wire to use as it is heavy and the usual fishing line wasn’t going to hold it up…

looks great and I am so proud of him as he did a good job of making it…

then we put a new sweep on the bottom of the back door so that cold air isn’t flowing down into the basement… bit of a process, but it was finally complete… better than it was, for sure…

a strip of carpet got cut and repositioned so that feet won’t be on concrete on the way to the bathroom, lol…

the final piece of work was cutting and installing a tile over the light in the bathroom…

a lot of work got done;-)… I am blessed…