26 Wednesday Oct 2022
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big girl pants, bivalent, COVID, flowers, garden, moments, nature, needles, Technology, vaccines, widow
got two shots…
both needles in my right arm…
the flu shot was at the doctor’s office, but then I had to go to a local drugstore for the Pfizer bivalent vaccine…
apparently the Manitoba immunization schedule says that six months is needed between the boosters although drugstores are allowed to give the vaccine after three months…
interesting times…
23 Sunday Oct 2022
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beneficial, big girl pants, blessed, blow, decks, family, garden, leaf blower, leaves, moments, nature, snow, Technology, weather, widow
went out and took a few photos of the freshly blown leaves that my grandson dealt with the other night…
the plan was to clear off the decks and make a path to the back gate… that way it will be easier to shovel, sigh…
been doing lots of reading suggesting that leaving the leaves in the garden is beneficial to little critters…
this was how it looked before… lots of leaves, particularly as I don’t have any deciduous trees, lol…
20 Thursday Oct 2022
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big girl pants, bird feeder, birds, blessed, camera, garden, mandevilla, moments, nature, pond, Technology, tripod, view, weather, widow, wireless
now that the pond is empty and covered with the tarp, the camera isn’t really needed, so it came into the house…
happily, the bottom of it fit perfectly on the camera tripod…
set it up by the window where the bird feeder is attached…
this is particularly good now as the mandevilla blocks the view through the window…
looking forward to getting some great views of the guests at the feeder;-)…
19 Wednesday Oct 2022
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had a delicious dinner recently…
it was great to share a meal inside as we’ve eaten outdoors all summer…
the roast came out perfectly, which made me very happy as the last time I cooked one, it was overdone, lol…
the gravy and the carrots were yummy… and I did have salad afterwards;-)…
good times…
16 Sunday Oct 2022
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went outside and flipped the two rain barrels… one in the garden, and the new one next to the front flowerbed…
although we had drained both, they still had water inside, but once they were turned over, it poured out through the screen…
now they are ready for winter, sigh…
I learned a few years ago that not flipping them can cause serious consequences… lucky for me, the bottom of the one in the garden has returned to flat, lol…
14 Friday Oct 2022
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last year I moved four amaryllis bulbs to the basement when they finished blooming…
I brought them up on Monday, gave them a good dose of water, and put them onto the dining room table…
a couple had already started to grow… one already had a green frond and there were a few with little bits of green starting…
I am turning them every time I feed the fish…
and this is how they look today;-)…
they are shooting up very quickly… and I am excited to see what will happen with them… hoping they end up producing some flowers and not just leaves, lol…
13 Thursday Oct 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, cold, Fall, fish, garden, goldfish, leaves, moments, nature, plants, pond, tarp, weather, wetvac, widow
spent a good portion of Tuesday afternoon in the pond…
I removed the last of the water, by hand scooping, and then using the wet vac…
caught the last three small fish but only found two of the babies…
after that, I vacuumed up most of the leaves I could reach, and then covered the pond with a large tarp…
happy that it will catch the rest of the falling leaves and should make cleaning the pond in the spring much easier…
sadly, it doesn’t look exactly pretty, lol…
12 Wednesday Oct 2022
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the other day, my Merlin sound app found many different birds inside an hour and a half… even though I didn’t see them all…
what a treat to have confirmation of some of the little birds flitting about the garden…
we are clearly in the middle of migration season…
10 Monday Oct 2022
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so much to be thankful for…
this year my daughter was here in March and my son-in-law in August…
I spent hours in the garden…
met my friends on a regular basis in the garden all summer… previously, we haven’t met very often during that time as everyone was busy…
saw, texted, and spoke on the phone with many friends… made a new one and enjoyed getting to know them…
worked on changes in the vegetable garden… grew peas, beans, cucumbers, and tomatoes…
was visited by monarchs and swallowtails and a beautiful little hummingbird…
enjoyed bouquets of flowers all summer, thanks to a birthday subscription from the kids…
had many projects completed, in the house and the garden…
life is very good…
09 Sunday Oct 2022
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