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01 Monday May 2023

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Friday we accomplished a lot…

we sorted through all of the stuff that got put into the garage when we were cleaning out the basement, and piled the items onto the driveway which were for the dump…

a truck arrived, was filled with the collection, and headed out… when it got back the snowblower was lifted in, with help from a neighbour, and away it went to someone with a large driveway…

then we started to reorganize the items that were left and make space in the garage for the car and the motorcycle…

took quite a while and lots of organizing, but eventually space was made…

and the car and motorcycle fit;-)… maybe the next project will be to wash the car, lol…

a start was made on the items still on the workbench, including the million screws, lol…

doorknob…

03 Friday Mar 2023

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for weeks now the side door to the garage has been stuck shut… kind of like the doorknob was frozen…

while we were working in the basement, there was lots of garbage which we ended up putting into the garage until the bin was empty… having to go through the side gate and then the main garage door was a pain…

yesterday I talked with my neighbour in the lane and mentioned the problem so today he came by and helped me remove the knob… fairly simple when you know how, lol…

now I will know for next time;-)…

so, a bungee cord will be the fastener for the next while… and, apparently a new door is in the future…

snowblows…

13 Friday Jan 2023

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Friday is garbage and recycling day and I usually only take mine out every three or four weeks…

Thursdays are the day to take them out and put them into the lane… I am blessed because my neighbour snowblows behind his garage so there is a spot to put them…

I find that I only need to take one or the other out, which is good because there isn’t always room for both, lol… this time it was the garbage, and I should have shovelled the snow on the path, but didn’t;-)…

now to remember to bring it in later on Friday…

bin…

15 Monday Nov 2021

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the garden looked so beautiful after the snow on Friday…

of course it always looks beautiful as long as you don’t have to go out into it, lol…

I had taken out the garbage bin on Thursday, even though the pickup day had moved because of Remembrance Day… I didn’t want to struggle with the snow that was coming…

good thing I did that… a lot of snow came down… the pickup ended up being on Saturday, but I didn’t have my grandson bring it in while he was here shovelling…

this morning I went out and shovelled my way to the back gate so I could bring the bin back in…

shovelling was easier and I left the garbage bin just under the cedars so it won’t get too much snow on it… I followed the path that the bunnies had made so that there should be less drifting… except I ended up with my head in the branches…

had a snow hat for a few minutes…

doable…

08 Thursday Oct 2020

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while I was working in the garage yesterday – a job I’ve been putting off for eight years – I realized that it was doable and wasn’t as difficult as I had imagined…

my system is to take the garbage bin into the garage on Thursday’s and fill it up with various bits and pieces…

today I also brought a table in to lay things out in piles of things I need, things I don’t really know what their purpose is, and things my son-in-law may want to use or for scrap, things to give away and garbage..

I also found some useful items which were put away in the new spots I’ve decided on…

seems like I spend a little over an hour at a time working but I am seeing improvement and actually found some counter space on the workbench;-)…

waste…

07 Thursday May 2020

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today, Google Home reminded me to put out the garbage and recycling… I also remembered that tomorrow will be the first day that yard waste will be collected…

I was very happy about that because there were quite a few bags and a garbage can full of leaves, branches and old plants waiting to be disposed of…

this photo was from last week after Hilda the Gardener was here and it shows all the detritus that was needing a place to go…

this photo is from today after I moved all of the bags out to the lane… some of them were heavy…

amazing how moving a few bags makes the whole area look better…

when I went to take today’s photo I also spotted more finches at the feeder…

good day all around…

 

shovelled…

22 Friday Feb 2019

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felt like I was wearing those big girl pants all day long…

this morning I went out into the backyard and shovelled the windrow outside the gate so that I could get the garbage and recycling bins into the back lane…

it has been weeks since I’ve taken it out…

put two bags beside it… not sure if they will take those or not…

I decided on pickerel for my supper… instead of the deep fried French fries that my beloved would make, and which were amazing, I baked them in the oven… a recipe from my grandmother… fish and chips was one of the regular suppers that he would make, particularly on swimming nights… makes me think that I need to get back to aquasize…

tasty…

level…

03 Sunday Feb 2019

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this morning I finally made it out for a hot tub… it has been crazy cold here and I just didn’t have the energy to get out there…

when I opened the lid I discovered that a lot of water had evaporated and the jets were shooting through the air… which, of course, leads to more evaporation, lol…

usually, when the water level is low, once I am in the tub, I use up enough space to stop the jets from overshooting, but not this morning…

needless to say, I didn’t stay out too long…

once I was dressed I went out and put water in… it is a bit of a process… have to put a hose through the dryer vent, then go outside and put the hose into the hot tub, usually using one side of the cover to hold it in place… then it is back downstairs to turn on the water, using a pair of pliers to turn it because my fingers aren’t strong enough… back outside to be sure the water is going in and not spraying the wall…

while I was waiting for it to fill, I took out the recycling and garbage… also had a few minutes to take some photos of the frost on one of the windows in the garage…

when it was full, back downstairs to turn off the water, run up and push the hose back into the basement, close the cover and run down to hang up the hose and connect the vent back up to the dryer… good exercise, lol…

sign…

23 Friday Mar 2018

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two lovely signs of Spring today…

early this morning I was taking out the garbage and recycling… hadn’t been able to open the garbage container for a few weeks as it had frozen shut… happily it melted enough that I could finally open and fill it up…

as I was putting them out my neighbour came by and we had a short visit… it was warm enough for us to have a chat… he offered to bring them in once they were emptied… nice to connect with neighbours as the season improves…

and I was so excited later in the day when my BestCanvas picture arrived… it is a beautiful shot I’d taken at the Park of a lilac blossom and it looks amazing…

I’ve printed many of my photos and have a wall of my water lily shots, but it was rather energizing to have something on canvas… I feel like an artist, lol…

lilacs are one of my favourite flowers and another sign of Spring…

now, if the snow would stop coming, and the sun stay out longer, it really would be Spring…

littering…

02 Sunday Jul 2017

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was a bit behind this morning but eventually headed over to the Park for my weekend visit…

spotted this flag on the sandbar in the river by the walking bridge to the Park…

there were likely thousands of people in the Park last night for the fireworks and during the day for all the Canada Day activities and they hadn’t yet got it cleaned up…  garbage bags were piled around the garbage cans but there was also lots of trash along the paths… I should have taken a bag and collected as I walked because I am a bit crazy about not littering, just ask my kids, lol…

happy to see water lily flowers in the Arbour Pond…

the main lily pond is not doing nearly as well… only spotted one bud where usually by now there would be dozens of blooms…

once I got home I spent a few minutes admiring the clematis… it has exploded…

finally spent some time in the garden reading and watching the fish in the pond…