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continuity…

17 Wednesday Dec 2025

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went to our last aquasize for the year on Tuesday…

the weather was warm, which always makes going out more fun;-)…

it is always a great time, even if we are worn out at the end of the class, lol…

we’ve had to miss a few times due to other activities, and we are going to change to Thursdays in the new year which means we shouldn’t miss any…

being there every week will also provide some continuity and keep us more fit…

onions…

06 Saturday Dec 2025

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after aquasize, my adventure buddy and I did some Christmas shopping…

then we had lunch out…

we chose Silver Heights Restaurant and had a great meal…

she had fish and chips and I was so happy to have liver and onions in gravy with mashed potatoes…

meals that we had each been craving;-)…

it was delicious and we are planning another lunch there as there were a few other items on the menu that were calling to us…

setting…

23 Sunday Nov 2025

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I am always interested in the setting for each of the plays we attend at PTE…

this one was neat and it was cool how they changed the setting with tables and chairs…

both funny and thought provoking and the actors changed from one character to another smoothly…

really enjoying this season;-)…

releases…

10 Monday Nov 2025

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a friend dropped by for a visit on Saturday morning and brought me a few books…

a bit later my housemate and I went to Globosapiens to pick up some additional books… this time I chose some new releases as well as some of the authors I usually read…

the Halloween decorations had filled up most of the stairs as there were very few books left to read…

I took this (⬆️) photo on November 1st before the decorations came down…

now, the stair library is booming once again;-)… woohoo… I haven’t been enjoying the current read, so may just put that one aside and start on one of these;-)…

soaking…

09 Tuesday Sep 2025

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another delightful day in the garden, especially after the last number of cool and overcast days…

spotted a hibiscus blossom, so that was a treat…

next, I went into the pond to clean out the pump… the leaves have been falling like crazy and there were a ton in the water… once the pump has been cleaned out, the waterfall always flows beautifully…

all the cushions went out and a dear friend arrived with lunch… we ate inside as the wasps are very busy in the garden…

we moved outside and had a lovely time by the pond catching up on life…

after she left, I read in the garden for the remainder of the day;-)…

soaking up every minute possible in this sanctuary…

demonstrate…

02 Tuesday Sep 2025

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the other day a friend took away the fire pit, (which hadn’t been working for ages and was currently living in the shed), to see if he could get it going again…

I had almost put it in the lane to get picked up by someone, but decided to keep it and see if anyone could fix the silly thing…

he brought it back with his propane tank to demonstrate how to light it…

it appears that I wasn’t holding the gas button long enough…

so I added in the glass bits, tried to light it, and it didn’t work, sigh…

next, I moved the glass pieces away from the gas tube and when I tried it again, it worked…

I am a happy camper;-)…

famous…

16 Saturday Aug 2025

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went to the grocery store first thing on Friday… good time to go as it wasn’t busy and I got my shopping done in less than thirty minutes…

once home and everything was put away, I set out the cushions and spent a lovely time reading…

received a call from a friend driving through and invited them for supper… then I spent the next while preparing my world famous, (well family and friends anyway), macaroni and cheese;-)…

once that was done, I went back to my book…

my company arrived, we had a short visit in the garden, ate the delicious mac and cheese, and off they went… all inside an hour;-)…

had a plan to take a photo of the finished pot, but forgot, lol… did remember to take a picture of my plate… packed up the leftovers for another day;-)…

tidied up and enjoyed the garden as I read outside until it got dark…

lovely treat;-)…

carpet…

21 Monday Jul 2025

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this morning a memory came up reminding me that on this day thirteen years ago, I came home following a dual surgery just a few days before… as always, drugs were more trouble than they were useful for me… I had stopped taking everything the day following the surgery as pain is easier to deal with than the side effects of most drugs…

a friend had come and replaced the carpet on the front steps while I was in the hospital…

over the years it had taken a beating and just recently we removed that carpet…

it looks rather dreadful at the moment, but this coming weekend the plan is to install new carpeting so it looks good again…

can hardly wait, lol…

fields…

16 Wednesday Jul 2025

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this morning we drove to Miss Millie’s Flower Farm and had a lovely time in the fields…

my adventure buddy gathered flowers, and I gathered photographs with my Nikon… great fun for both of us…

of the 125 photos I took, I was very pleased with about 75…

the weather was perfect, overcast and cool, and there were few bugs… we had been there in August of 2022 and the mosquitoes had been voracious at that time…

the fields were not as far along due to the weather but it is a beautiful place to spend time in… so happy I remembered that taking pictures was more fun for me than gathering flowers;-)… and nice to get the camera out for a change;-)…

I also brought home some fresh eggs and a new tea mug (Sugar & Spice Pottery);-)…

enthralled…

15 Tuesday Apr 2025

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a busy weekend;-)…

on Saturday we went to see Raised by Women at PTE… it was our last play of the season…

it was a seventy minute performance by the playwright Keith Barker… he did a great job and the time went by quickly as he held everyone enthralled with his stories…