22 Tuesday Jun 2021
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. soup, big girl pants, blessed, curry, family, flavours, food, lunch, memories, mom, moments, scent, widow
today, as I was eating my cauliflower soup for lunch, I was thinking about my mom…
she loved curry… at that time it was not one of my favourites, but yesterday I popped some into the soup…
tasted pretty good and the smell certainly brought back memories of times with her;-)…
13 Sunday Jun 2021
Posted in food, garden, health, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather
yesterday morning I was out in the garden planting peas and beans…
there is something growing in one of the pots which I don’t recognize, but maybe as it grows I will get a hint…
expecting some rain so hope that will help get them started…
04 Tuesday May 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, family, flowers, food, fun, heirloom, memories, moments, Mother's Day, remembering, Royal Winton, Tea, treat, widow
planning a fancy Afternoon Tea on Sunday and I’ve been trying to find a pretty teacup and saucer to use…
somewhere, in a box, in a closet, in the basement, there is a Royal Doulton teapot with cups and saucers, but I have no idea exactly where, lol…
so, I’ve been looking online and found a very cute set which I would have ordered, but it wouldn’t arrive until next week so that wasn’t going to work… I do love the saucer though…
while on a phone call today, I remembered a set that my mom, while she was serving as a WREN in England, had sent to my grandma…
I knew exactly where to find it, and was so pleased when I pulled it out, as it will be perfect;-)…
besides the small teapot, cup, creamer and sugar bowl, it also has a little toast stand…
not planning on any toast, but it is very cute and will look great with the other treats… so cool to have this family heirloom to use which represents both my mother and grandmother on Mother’s Day…
looking forward to a fun Afternoon Tea;-)…
24 Saturday Apr 2021
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big girl pants, food, garden, happy, moments, nature, planter, plants, raised, raised bed, shade, shopping, weather, widow
I’ve been looking to install a raised bed garden at the side of the house, in the previously known as shade garden… it has changed since the neighbour’s elm tree came down…
this is clearly not the time to build anything with wood which has tripled in price in the last year…
I found these cute planters with trellises attached and ordered three…
they are very cute and I plan to grow some cucumbers and tomatoes in them… maybe some peas and beans… we will see…
I’ve brought four of the pots inside and will transplant the cucumbers in the next few days… they can continue growing and then just get plopped into the planter (if and) when the weather warms up, lol…
10 Saturday Apr 2021
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big girl pants, birds, blessed, food, garden, moments, nap, nature, pond, potato salad, read, salad, Spring, squirrel, weather, widow
made my first potato salad of the season this morning and then spent the rest of the day in the garden…
apparently snow is coming so it just makes sense to be out there while it is nice…
napped in my rocking lounger and sat in one of my repaired chairs…
watched and listened to many birds… saw what might have been a purple finch, which stood on a chair to oversee the garden, but I didn’t take any pictures;-)… the sparrows and juncos were enjoying drinks of water when they weren’t searching for food… the red squirrel hopped all over the deck for some reason… it was fun to watch…
when I wasn’t watching the wildlife, I was reading a new book and eating potato salad;-)..
04 Sunday Apr 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, Easter, family, food, garden, grandson, moments, nature, strange, treat, weather, widow
seems like a strange Easter… even more so than last year, for some reason…
I hadn’t put out any decorations, but this morning I dug out the Easter box and put out the sign, bunnies and bag that I got last year;-)…
I made everything for tonight’s supper yesterday, as well as packaging some ham and potatoes for a friend and my grandson… really happy to cook for others… this morning I finished up the ham and pea soup…
I set the obelisk into the pot on the deck, put cushions out, and spent the afternoon in the garden, reading and watching the birds…
had a lovely visit with my grandson when he came to pick up his dinner… a friend dropped off some delicious pickerel for my supper, when she picked up her ham and potatoes…
still didn’t feel like Easter, but all in all, a lovely day…
03 Saturday Apr 2021
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. soup, big girl pants, blessed, family, fancier, food, garden, moments, nature, potatoes, recipe, solar lights, weather, widow
today I made a new and fancier version of scalloped potatoes… was a bit of fun…
made up packages for a friend and my grandson…. felt good to prepare food for others, lol…
also moved the rain barrel, swept off the back deck, put out the solar lights, and set up a few chairs…
my Easter dinner for tomorrow is basically ready… ham is cooked and I will just need to make some asparagus or Brussels sprouts… not sure which it will be…
currently, soup is simmering on the stove…
25 Thursday Mar 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, crackers, eggs, food, Instant Pot, moments, new, Oh She Glows, shopping, steamer, widow
been busy in the kitchen…
I finally used the new steamer basket that I ordered from IKEA… it worked beautifully in the Instant Pot to hard boil some eggs…
it is an easy way to cook them and they always turn out great…
also made crackers from the Oh She Glows app on my phone… they are very tasty and do not have any flour in them…
this is the second time I’ve made them and they came out crisper as I thinned them out more than the first time…
20 Saturday Mar 2021
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appointment, before, big girl pants, blessed, delicious, dinner, food, grandson, happy, Pho Hoang, rolled ice cream, treat, vaccination, widow
yesterday I got my appointment for my COVID vaccination… woohoo… was thrilled as the age limit has been going down very slowly… arranged for my grandson to drive me there and back when the day arrives…
so, for a treat, I ordered from my favourite Vietnamese restaurant – Pho Hoang… we used to go there after our aquasize class… in the before time…
the food always arrives quickly and is delicious…
I usually try to order enough for a couple of meals, so got my favourite shrimp summer rolls with the steak and brisket pho… ate the rolls with some of the pho broth…
I also ordered some rolled ice cream, although I only ate a third of it with my dinner… it was delicious;-)…
had a big bowl of pho today… and maybe finished the ice cream;-)…
02 Tuesday Mar 2021
Posted in food, health, life, moments, retirement, Uncategorized
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batch, big girl pants, blessed, delicious, dinner, food, gravy, moments, mushrooms, treat, widow
one of my go to foods is chicken leg with back on, or leg and thigh as I call it…
last night I baked the chicken and warmed up some frozen mashed potatoes…
the treat was gravy with mushrooms and garlic…
I was pleased with both the gravy and the potatoes… it was the first time I had frozen and then thawed them…
this is going to be a game changer as I can now make a good size batch of mashed potatoes and freeze them in single meal sizes…
yum…
