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shortbread…

21 Thursday Nov 2024

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I was surprised when the doorbell rang as I wasn’t expecting anything, but after the recent surprise of my daughter at the door, I hurried to see who or what was there…

it was a parcel with my name on it;-)…

opened it to discover a Walker’s Shortbread Advent Calendar, woohoo…

the kids in Ottawa had sent it and I was very excited to receive it…

I’d never seen an advent calendar by them before and just recently my friends and I had been discussing how much we all liked their shortbread cookies…

I can hardly wait for December 1st when I can open the first flap on the calendar;-)…

what a delightful treat…

I was thinking about what a world we live in where you can see something, buy it online, and have it sent directly to someone in another city;-)…

sections…

20 Wednesday Nov 2024

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it was time to redo the living room table, but I wasn’t quite ready for the full-on Christmas ornaments…

once I thought about it for a while and decided to fill the four sections with some of my “favourite things” I sat and made a list of what those things were to me at the moment, lol…

my list included: family, friends, garden, flowers, books, animals, nature, photography, holidays, technology, rocks, seashells, and crafts…

so I went around the house and found items that represented all of those things… after putting a red and green tablecloth in the bottom I found spots for all of the things…

I’m pleased with how it turned out;-)…

books…

19 Tuesday Nov 2024

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on Sunday I finished the last of a large collection of books by Fern Michaels…

I had received the first of two boxes and a bag full of them at the beginning of August…

I have enjoyed every single one of the fifty-four and was a bit sad that I’ve finished them all… I can’t even think of how many hours I’ve spent in the garden and the living room devouring them, lol…

not half an hour later, the next book by JD Robb was delivered, woohoo;-)…

excited to read this and all the other books that have been on the sidelines since I started the Fern Michaels collection;-)…

stabilizer…

18 Monday Nov 2024

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on Saturday the motorcycle made its way into the shed for the winter, as this year it is staying with us;-)…

the oil was changed, the gas tank filled, and some fuel stabilizer added to keep it fluid…

it went for a bath and was ready to be put away…

there was just enough space to fit it into the shed…

now there is plenty of room in the garage for Indy, who just a few days ago got her not-so-pretty winter tires put on;-)…

we are ready…

ring…

14 Thursday Nov 2024

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what a wonderful surprise I received this morning;-)…

as I was taking my poached eggs out of the water, I heard the doorbell ring… I was expecting a parcel so wasn’t surprised, but when I opened the door, my daughter was standing in front of me…

she had come to town to attend a concert with one of her friends and had planned to include a day with me;-)…

what a super treat…

we quickly booked a trip to The Leaf so she could see her beloved cacao trees… we had a great time there, checking out the trees, watching the koi, and realizing how much growth has taken place since we were last there together in June…

she was able to get a few nice shots of the koi which she shared with me.

we enjoyed time in the Yasuragi display and read up on all the bonsai, including new ones which hadn’t been there the last time I visited… the stories behind them are very interesting…

spent a few minutes with the butterflies…

it is sad that they are still in the netted enclosure and not flying freely around the space…

one last wander to see the cacao trees and koi, a bit of fun in the gift shop, and then we headed home…

some relaxing time together and then I dropped her off at the airport to head home…

I am blessed;-)…

changeover…

08 Friday Nov 2024

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computer technology has not been my friend recently…

since our changeover to Shaw, in September, the printer hasn’t worked… it would not connect to the wifi…

my housemate tried numerous times to get it to connect, without success…

we ordered a special cord to connect the laptop directly to the printer… and that didn’t work either;-(…

just a few days ago, my housemate turned the router on and off a number of times and it finally connected… yay…

since then I have printed the big batch of photos that I’d been trying to get done for ages;-)… woohoo…

grumpy…

04 Monday Nov 2024

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the desktop computer has been a bit grumpy for quite some time…

a month ago or so it just stopped working… I thought maybe it was the fan as I didn’t seem to be hearing any noise from it, so I turned it off and left it alone, lol…

recently my housemate discovered that it wasn’t working and checked on it…

of course it started up without a problem… it is like it knows someone who understands something is there so it behaves itself… but it was working very slowly…

next, I contacted my computer geek son-in-law to climb in and see what the problem was…

he got in there, looked around, and while he was looking it started to work at an excellent speed, sigh…

next, I will work on it for a while and see how it behaves…

scrubbing…

02 Saturday Nov 2024

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yesterday I went into the garden and pulled out the metal poppy… luckily the ground wasn’t too frozen…

brought it into the house, gave it a good scrubbing and then took it out to the front step…

I found two small bungee cords to attach it to the rail… it looks pretty good…

and today I pulled out my poppy with the cool centrepiece and put it on my coat…

we must not forget…

turns…

23 Wednesday Oct 2024

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spent a few hours in the garden on Sunday working towards getting it put to bed for the winter…

pots went into the shed, the sail was removed, umbrellas came down and were put away, chairs and tables were gathered together in preparation for being covered before the weather turns…

rain barrels were emptied and will be flipped over shortly… just a bit left to do;-)…

and then we are on to the pond🤪…