07 Saturday Mar 2026
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16 Monday Feb 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, grandson, ice, moments, nature, remiss, shovel, shovelling, snow, weather, widow
we’ve been a bit remiss in clearing the back decks on the way to the gate and garage, sigh… and it has become rather dicey when I’m getting into and out of the hot tub🤪…
it had gotten very rough and slippery so we tried a few weeks ago to chip away at it… unfortunately it was still too cold and the snow and ice were rather deep…
Sunday, I went out in the afternoon when it was quite warm (-2° C with windchill)… I took out one of the small, metal shovels from the beautifully organized wall in the garage and spent a half hour or so removing the slush and chunks of wet, snowy, ice, clearing a path to the garage side door (almost), hot tub, and driveway gate… due to winter ground heaving in the garage, we aren’t using the side door just now…
it was lovely out and I took my time with constant breaks…
it is down to the wood now, and will likely dry up nicely…
fingers crossed;-)…
08 Sunday Feb 2026
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big girl pants, cold plunge tub, family, garden, happy, hot tub, ice, moments, nature, project, topped up, water, weather, widow
it was a lovely day so we spent some time on the deck, in between Olympic events…
first project was to top up the hot tub and clean all the ice off of it…
next, we emptied, cleaned, and filled the cold tub… a new pump has gone into it to keep the water moving…
it is always amazing how long it takes to fill up tubs, particularly in the cold, lol…
but, the jobs are done;-)…
29 Thursday Jan 2026
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28 Wednesday Jan 2026
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the front doorbell and the garden cameras both needed to be charged at the same time…
it was easy to bring in the front one but not so easy for the other one, lol…
I had to make a path to the garden camera as that area was a part of the snow pile from shovelling… took a while, but I got it;-)…
the cameras are now both charged and the garden one has been put by the garage door for the rest of the winter…
much easier to get to, lol…🤪
19 Wednesday Nov 2025
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big girl pants, cold tub, deck, family, footprints, garden, moments, nature, plunge, setup, weather, widow
got a photo of the cold tub setup…
two years ago it got used nearly every day, and last year it was barely used at all…
for the last few years the tub has been on the top deck…
this year it has moved to the lower deck and I think it is going to work well there…
the heater (which keeps the temperature at 5° Celsius), and pump, are attached to the side and removed when the tub is being used…
you can see the frozen footprints in the photo…
15 Saturday Nov 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, moments, nature, picture, remote camera, sharper, Technology, widow
I’m really happy with the newest outdoor camera…
the night picture is much sharper than the other cameras around the house…
kind of makes me want to change them all, lol…
13 Thursday Nov 2025
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big girl pants, deck, delightful, garden, moments, nature, plants, reading, sunshine, talking, time, watering, weather, widow
had a delightful morning yesterday…
spent time talking with the plants as they were watered and turned… a few are struggling with the move indoors but most are happy…
then I spent a glorious hour on the deck, in the sunshine, reading my current novel…
12 Wednesday Nov 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, ditch, friends, garden, Harte trail, moments, nature, walk, weather, widow
another lovely walk along the Harte Trail on Remembrance Day afternoon…
it felt like -4° Celsius and there was a bit of wind although the sun was shining brightly…
we walked a little bit past the distance we did last time…
we spotted two deer and watched them for a few minutes before they bounced along the ditch beside the path…
we were dressed for the cold and were very comfortable… then this person passed us;-)…
I guess different strokes for different folks…
09 Sunday Nov 2025
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big girl pants, bird feeder, blessed, button, garden, memories, moments, poppy, remembering, Remembrance Day, widow
on Thursday I cleaned the poppy bird feeder and attached it to the front rail…
I noticed that I’d set it out a bit earlier last year…
I also dug out two poppies to put on my jacket and t-shirt…
last year I had purchased some little button pins to keep from losing them, lol…
I still make sure to make a donation as, before the pin, I ended up losing a couple and needing to replace them, lol…
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