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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…

rolls…

19 Saturday Apr 2025

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my birthday week continued;-)…

went out for sushi on Wednesday and then took a drive to pick up a computer part for my grandson…

hadn’t had sushi for quite a while and the food was excellent… only had a few leftover rolls to bring home which is good because sometimes we order way too much, lol…

brushing…

05 Saturday Apr 2025

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big girl pants, blessed, brush, brushing, family, grandma, hair, health issues, moments, piano, widow

I was brushing my hair recently and thinking of my grandma…

she was a force to be reckoned with… she worked all her life and struggled with health issues for a good portion of that time… she played the piano like a pro and spent the last years of her life homebound and making regular calls to shut ins to keep them connected;-)…

this was her brush, which I use every now and then… she wore her hair about an inch long and brushed straight up;-)…

trimming…

02 Wednesday Apr 2025

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got some lovely flowers on Tuesday…

had fun trimming and putting them into a couple of vases…

one went onto the living room table right by where I spend a good portion of the day…

the second went into the den so I can enjoy them while watching tv…

great way to start my birthday month, lol…

my…

29 Saturday Mar 2025

Posted by sulis303 in family, health, life, moments, retirement, Uncategorized

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bed, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, family, moments, my, side, thirteen, widow

even after thirteen years without my beloved, I still only sleep on my side of the bed…

thinking that isn’t going to change;-)…

ride…

20 Thursday Mar 2025

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big girl pants, family, grandson, moments, motorcycle, nature, ride, shed, weather, widow

a few days ago the motorcycle made its way from the shed into the garage… the weather has been nicer and nicer…

someone has already taken a ride around the block…

carbs…

19 Wednesday Mar 2025

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big girl pants, blessed, carbs, family, food, meatballs, moments, remembering, sauce, spaghetti, supper, widow

this morning I dug meatballs out from the freezer…

then I made a sauce to go with them and decided to add the spaghetti to cook in the sauce…

once it was cooked, it went into the fridge to cool down which helps reduce the carbs…

when I reheated half of it for my supper, it was delicious;-)…

backs…

10 Monday Mar 2025

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the fireplace made its way to the garage on October first…

it stayed there for quite awhile… during that time my housemate put it on a few for sale sites…

there were very few inquiries, but we weren’t in any rush to get rid of it…

recently, a woman came, measured it, and arranged to pick it up when she found some strong backs to help with lifting/carrying, lol…

she arrived a few days later, with a helper, and with my housemate’s assistance, got it into her vehicle…

its new home will be at her dad’s cottage where it will be installed outdoors;-)…

matting…

06 Thursday Mar 2025

Posted by sulis303 in family, health, life, moments, nature, Photography, retirement, Uncategorized

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big girl pants, blessed, family, flowers, framed, friends, fun, installation, matting, memories, moments, nature, photos, pictures, project, remembering, slipped, water lilies, widow

had a fun time remembering the “installation” which a friend helped me install a number of years ago as I was making adjustments to them…

the installation consists of twenty-nine photos of water lilies which I had taken…

over the years a number of the pictures had slipped in the frames and I finally got around to removing them one by one and taping the photos to the matting before reinstalling them on the wall…

there had been wine and a lot of laughter as we worked away to get all the pictures up on the wall, lol…

this time my housemate was able to help with the pieces I couldn’t reach, lol…

happy to have this project completed…

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