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le burger…

03 Wednesday Sep 2025

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went out for le burger week…

started at Kristina’s on Corydon, where we had a Saginaki Lamb burger which we shared…

it was a mix of beef and lamb and was delicious… we ordered fries to go with it and they were also very tasty… the wait staff were efficient and friendly… we even got a piece of cake with our bill…

a lovely atmosphere… hadn’t been there for a long time but will try to get back there again soon…

next, we went to the edge of St. James to Original Joe’s where we shared the Big Pierogski which came with fries…

they brought it on two plates for us, so that was nice…

it was a good burger and we ate every bite, lol… the fries were fine and our server pleasant…

certainly a different vibe, and a bit dark… probably showing my age, 😂… interesting to see the difference between a privately owned restaurant and a chain on the same evening;-)…

we did spend quite some time online, deciding on which burgers we’d like to taste and where we wanted to go…

it was a fun outing and I thoroughly enjoyed it;-)…

sticking…

31 Sunday Aug 2025

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when my beloved’s boyfriend repaired the side gate door, it stuck a bit when closing…

I didn’t mind as it was a way to keep the door open without needing a bungee cord to hold it open…

the other day, when he was helping us transport the plywood for the dining room dresser project, he noticed that it was sticking…

he arrived the next day with his tools, removed the door, and sawed off a little piece…

once he sanded the bottom he reinstalled it and it now opens and closes beautifully…

I am blessed with so many helpers…

dressers…

26 Tuesday Aug 2025

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a big project over the last week was fixing the three dresser drawers along the inside wall so that they would open…

a while ago, a pump was leaking from one of the tanks and the water ran down the front of the drawers… the other problem was the weight of the tanks on the dresser…

we started by emptying the water in two tanks and then removing them… after that the three drawers were yanked out, lol…

a 2×6 went under the corner of the dresser to raise it up a bit, and then the edges of the three drawers were cut down a little which means they will open easily in the future…

while the drawers were out, I went through them one-by-one (as well as the three next to them) and made piles for saving, giving away, and garbage… then each of the six drawers was reorganized… that was like a whole different project, lol…

then we got help to pick up a piece of plywood to go on the top of the dressers, it was cut, after which the pieces were painted and put on top of the dressers…

after all that work, the fishtanks were cleaned, and then put back (another project, lol)… in the next few days, they will be filled with water and the pumps started to clean the water before the fish come in…

at last the living and dining room have been returned to normal;-)…

blow…

24 Sunday Aug 2025

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another lovely day…

spotted a baby bunny, snacking on poppy plants…

and a bigger bunny in the middle of the garden…

a bit later my housemate discovered the cutest little frog and popped them next to the pond…

I had an enjoyable time reading outside, although I did have a blanket on as it was a bit cool, but the garden looked tidy following a cut, trim and blow, lol…

everything is so lush following all the rain…

the waterfall area has had the last of the liner cut back now that we are sure it isn’t leaking, yay…

muskrats…

22 Friday Aug 2025

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finally walked over to the Park this morning…

started with breakfast at the Park Cafe… I really enjoyed the falafels…

from there it was over to the English Garden which is just gorgeous right now…

I found a lovely rose, just after we saw a hummingbird, although it moved too fast for me to get a photo…

in the Leo Mol Arbor we spotted one of the muskrats;-)…

had some fun with water lilies and frogs at the lily pond…

the gardens were being prepped for the big donor event this week… pressure washers were cleaning up the concrete, while lights were being added to the trees throughout the space… it will look lovely in the evening;-)…

snaking…

21 Thursday Aug 2025

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yesterday was a great day;-)…

my company magically touched the power box beside the pond and got it working…

we need a short extension as the pump in the pond has moved a little further away, and I will be very happy to remove the orange extension cord that has been snaking through the grass, lol…

I’d been hopeful that the photos which have been sent to my electronic frame could be copied before deleting from the frame, but it was clear that isn’t possible…

then, three rooms got new fan/light combinations to replace the thirty-year-old ones that were beginning to break down… my job was to join the blades to the connecting hardware;-)…

the thermostat, which since it was installed two years ago, hasn’t been able to run the fan continuously when the furnace was off was finally fixed, yay…

so happy to remove these items from the project list;-)…

technique…

17 Sunday Aug 2025

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as a child when we had corn on the cob it was always with fresh tomatoes, lol…

yesterday I had some excellent corn with a bit of garlic sausage…

today I made a delicious toasted tomato sandwich with another tomato from the garden…

seems like my technique of bringing them in just as they start to turn from green and putting them on the shelf in the kitchen has been working…

pullout…

15 Friday Aug 2025

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spent some time yesterday changing the den to a bedroom;-)…

furniture was moved inside and outside of the room… a second mattress was brought down from upstairs to make the pullout couch more comfy, a quilt came up from the basement, and then the bed was made up in anticipation of company…

a basket of towels was put together, a bigger fan moved into the space, and a little rosebush was added to brighten it…

post its were added to advise the proper names to use when speaking with the household technology so that lights would go on and off as requested, lol…

looks very cozy…

mortar…

14 Thursday Aug 2025

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last evening my middle grandson arrived after his workday…

we had supper and then he patched the steps, making the mortar in small batches…

as he worked he tidied everything up, which I really appreciate;-)…

it took about an hour and a half to get the job done and it came out very nicely;-)…

next will be scraping the steps in preparation for laying the carpet…

we’ve had to postpone this work a number of times due to the weather, lol…