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brakes…

04 Wednesday Jun 2025

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my housemate took the car in this morning for new front brakes… we are trying out a garage that a friend recommended…

it took about four hours and then we got the call it was ready…

he had gone to work, so I ordered my first Uber to go and pick it up…

it came in about three minutes, was clean, and the driver was dressed professionally… seven minutes got me there…

the estimate and final bill for the new brakes matched and the car drives well… the brakes don’t feel any different…

happy to have found this new service station which is closer than Toyota;-)…

puddling…

01 Sunday Jun 2025

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the pond has continued to leak but we thought we had the problem figured out…

water seemed to be puddling under a UV clarifier which was installed in the pond at the beginning, but which never accomplished its job and has been unplugged for a number of years…

we picked up a piece to connect the two hoses together and with a lot of cutting and muscle, were able to disconnect it entirely… so happy, thinking the problem had been solved…

turned the pump back on and watched water still coming out where the hose goes under blocks and the deck…

so, the issue appears to be that the six or seven feet of hose from the pump to the waterfall needs to be replaced… we are considering ways to accomplish this, which may involve removing a good sized piece of the deck to get at it, sigh…

and so it goes…

Victoria…

27 Tuesday May 2025

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on Victoria Day, my housemate changed the tires on Indi…

it was well past the time to get the summer ones on…

unfortunately, it took a long time as the tires didn’t want to leave the car…

getting the jack in just the right place to be able to work on the back tires took a minute…

eventually, three of the four were replaced, but the fourth one did not want to cooperate… luckily a neighbour came over and between he and my housemate it finally came off…

now she loves lovely with her summer wheels;-)…

vanished…

26 Monday May 2025

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recently we purchased some feeder fish and popped them into the pond… they vanished under the bridge and weren’t seen again, lol…

a few days ago, the fish were caught and brought out to the pond from their indoor condo … my housemate has very little trouble catching them in the tanks…

once the pail was outside, he waited patiently for me to get out there to take the before, during, and after photos, lol…

they, too, went right under the bridge, but by the next afternoon, they were swimming all around the pond and enjoying a snack…

so happy to have them outdoors again;-)…

housing…

24 Saturday May 2025

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the other day we discovered that the battery on the lawnmower was no longer working…

after figuring out how to get it out of the housing, we went to The Battery Man to replace it… $168 and it works again…

very happy about that because the grass was getting really long after all the rain…

grass was mowed, whipper snipped, and blown…

looks great;-)…

invited…

23 Friday May 2025

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what a treat;-)…

last Saturday I was invited out for lunch… it was cold and overcast, so a nice bright spot in a dull day…

we went to Sushi Cushi and had a lovely meal… we often over order, but this time we got just the right amount…

a fun time and I enjoyed every single bite;-)…

under-bench…

20 Tuesday May 2025

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I finally removed the under-bench lighting that hasn’t worked since before my beloved died… you can see it in this photo… it is the tube-like piece hanging below the bench and looks messy…

I hadn’t realized that he had fastened it with screws and was thinking what a huge job it was going to be to lay on my back and move around under the bench undoing it, two screws at a time…

then I got the bright idea to cut sections of it and pull it out…

woohoo, it worked perfectly and the deck looks much tidier now…

now to decide if I want to look for something similar to replace it, sigh…

glitters…

19 Monday May 2025

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on May 9th, we found the chicken wire we’ve been looking for, to add to the arches in the side garden…

I am hoping this will make it easier for the peas, cucumbers, and beans to climb up and over the space;-)…

my housemate did a great job of zip tying it all around the arch, and it kind of glitters;-)…

peas were planted and have already popped through the soil…

consulting…

15 Thursday May 2025

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Sunday was a glorious day… I was up early and put out all the cushions for the first time this year…

on Saturday all the umbrellas, hanging chair and planters made it out of the shed, so it is starting to look like a lovely place to be…

spent the majority of the day outside moving around, finding the shady spots…

eventually I ended up on the main deck…

after a very nice dinner of steak, baked potato and mushrooms, all cooked on the barbecue, I just couldn’t go inside, so I sat in the dark and enjoyed listening to the leaves as the warm wind blew and contemplated what else might happen in the garden…

throughout the day, had fun consulting with my kids in Ottawa about plants for their garden and chatted with them a few times… besides being Mother’s Day, it was also their anniversary;-)…

whoever…

21 Monday Apr 2025

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on Friday, woke up to geese honking as they headed out looking for something to eat… and spotted flickers in the field across from the house;-)…

opened the beautiful cards and gifts from friends and family I’d been saving over the last few days, and laughed at Google singing to whoever was having the birthday, lol…

received a gorgeous purple handmade book, filled with photos of the garden and a book about monarchs with things I didn’t previously know… going to have to read that more thoroughly…

tried to vote, but the lineup was long, so headed out for breakfast at The Pancake House…

decided to vote Saturday when I would have more time…

friends arrived with cards and flowers and we had a lovely visit… the neighbour stopped by and gave an update on the house next door and collected Easter books for the littles…

received many texts and phone calls and had fun watching some F1 on tv…

cookies and hot cross buns arrived as I was reading in the living room, so I had to eat one of the hot cross buns, yum…

supper was steak and lobster, with fries and asparagus;-)… followed by a blizzard, yum…

what a delightful day it was…