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11 Friday Sep 2020

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had my quarterly doctor’s appointment yesterday…

nowadays it involves a bit of organizing… once I have the date, I have to go a week beforehand for my blood work… which means that my grandson and I have to sort out when I can get the car back twice…

yesterday morning he brought it early and went for a bike ride while I went for my appointment…

we met up at home and there was just enough time for him to run out and pick up breakfast for me before he headed off… a nice treat…

it is a bit of a pain to sort out when I need the car, but his having it and doing any shopping that I need is so helpful during these COVID times…

he’s planning to come over on Sunday, clean the aquarium and run out and replace the dead pump so it is ready for the fish to move in… time seems to be flying by…

we are also going to have lunch;-)… talk about being blessed…

honk…

10 Thursday Sep 2020

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lately the geese have flown over the house honking at all times of the day… it is a sure sign that summer is nearing its end, and a sound that I love to hear…

walked over by the Park this morning with my daughter (on the phone) and watched geese going over…

also took a few photos of a pair of geese who were right beside the walkway and happy to pose…

they were not in the least perturbed by people walking so close to them… not sure if that is good or bad…

migration…

02 Wednesday Sep 2020

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it was rather chilly yesterday morning… I wore pants, a long sleeve shirt and my spring/fall jacket for my walk;-(…

after the walk, with my daughter on the phone, I had breakfast and checked out the garden, but it was still chilly, lol…

deadheaded the datura in the front flower bed, did some reading and watched a very informative webinar on bird migration…

seemed like a busy day, lol…

masks…

24 Monday Aug 2020

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excellent mail day…

my updated licence arrived… I had gone to the insurance office about two weeks ago and was pleased that it turned up today, particularly with all the driving I’m doing… NOT…

I also received a parcel with three new face masks from Canadian Chocoholic… they are made from her newest fabric purchases and are beautiful… they aren’t screen printed, but two of them have elastic instead of the t-shirt yarn the others use… this was so I could wear them to get my hair cut, lol…

I love the ones with t-shirt yarn around my head because they are very comfortable, and hang nicely around my neck when not on my face, but they don’t work that well when someone is trying to cut your hair, lol…

tomatoes…

22 Saturday Aug 2020

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so far, I’ve had two grape tomatoes from my plants…

I started these in the house in a cardboard egg carton from wrinkled grape tomatoes that weren’t good enough to eat, lol…

rather pleased with the result…

also finally have one of the vine tomatoes starting… I found the seeds for these in a pile of items from our 2013 Alaska trip… wasn’t sure they would still be good;-)…

not sure how big this one will get, but happy to check daily;-)…

rebuild…

20 Thursday Aug 2020

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on a recent morning walk I spotted this Inukshuk…

it reminded me of the one in the garden… over the winter it had ended up a pile of stones…

in May my grandson and I put it back together, although it wasn’t quite right…

when Hilda the Gardener was here recently, she took it apart and didn’t rebuild it…

the kids were here for dinner a few weeks ago and they got it back together…

and it looks great;-)…

additions…

19 Wednesday Aug 2020

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got new additions to the pond…

two very large goldfish… a white one and an orange one…

they came from a family who plan to move to fancier fish… the grandma brought them over with the oldest grandson’s Nanny, who connected us…

they left them with me once they put the bags in the water… after the fish acclimatized for about half an hour I freed them so they could meet everyone else…

once they were safely in the pond, I took some pictures to send to the family, via Nanny, so that the grandkids could see they were in a good home…

the pond and fish bring me such peace… what a lovely gift;-)…

fixture…

17 Monday Aug 2020

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was just in the bathroom and was thinking about how blessed I am…

the fixture has an odd bulb which I can usually remove when one burns out, but for the life of me, I cannot install the replacement…

this is just one of many things that my son-in-law and grandson help me with on what feels like a fairly regular basis…

I am learning and doing more on my own, but it seems there are always things I need them for…

such a gift;-)…

entertain…

02 Sunday Aug 2020

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a lovely Sunday…

spent most of the day in the garden, watching squirrels, chickadees, butterflies and goldfish…

watched a little red squirrel make hundreds of trips across the upper deck to collect sunflowers for its stash… saw the frog and a purple house finch, read and napped in the garden…

brought out some of the flowers I received yesterday to enjoy…

so happy to have this space to entertain and was pleased to have visitors from out of town… enjoyed steak and lobster for dinner and some quiet late night star gazing…

we were quite late in eating and I giggled a bit when I realized that I didn’t remember to take a picture of my supper…

track…

30 Thursday Jul 2020

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went for a half hour walk this morning and spotted six bunnies…

they were everywhere…

only saw one squirrel until I got home, and then easily six in the garden within about twenty minutes, lol…

I was about fifteen minutes later than normal and there seemed to be way more people out and about… my walking partner slept through the alarm so I was on my own… I am pleased to be getting back on track with movement;-)…

started out with a puffy vest and long sleeved shirt because it was 13 degrees Celsius, but less than halfway through the walk I wanted to strip down… it got really hot in the sun…

the morning glories were very happy…