20 Wednesday Apr 2022
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16 Saturday Apr 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, cozy, garden, happy, hooting, moments, nature, owls, time, trees, widow
as I was getting ready for bed last night I heard hooting…
I went into the computer room and checked out the trees and spotted two very large owls getting cozy in the tree…
one flew away and the other stayed on the branch… didn’t hear any more hoots…
how blessed was I to be at the right place and time to see this;-)…
checked the tree out today but so far there doesn’t appear to be any nesting happening…
07 Thursday Apr 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, moments, nature, purple, Spring, sprouting, weather, widow
as I watch the plants start sprouting for spring, I also watch more snow falling outside…
and the morning glories I planted awhile ago have started to bloom daily…
the slow warmup and lots of wind have been good as the snow banks have been melting away and there is not tons of standing water in the yard…
06 Wednesday Apr 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, happy, moments, morning glories, nature, purple, seeding, seeds, snow, tomatoes, widow
this morning I was happy to discover two blooms on one of the morning glories…
that encouraged me to do some seeding for the garden…
I had decided not to do any, but felt a need to start morning glories so they can begin blooming earlier…
I cut toilet paper rolls in half, then cut slits at one end, folded them and put a piece of tape across the bottom…
then I put all of those into a spinach clamshell, filled them with soil, and dropped a few seeds into each one… I also planted three of them with grape tomatoes…
watered each one and closed the clamshell…
now for the waiting game… and we won’t mention the snow that was falling as I wrote this, sigh…
03 Sunday Apr 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, bunnies, bunny, fun, garden, happy, hop, hot tub, moments, nature, treat, widow
not long ago I wrote about all the bunny tracks in the fresh snow and wondering if it was one busy bunny or many…
a few nights ago, as I was starting to get out of the hot tub – I was feeling a bit lonely without my recent companion – I watched four little bunnies shoot through the gate beside the hot tub, hop down the path and across to the far corner of the garden…
and then they raced around the garden, onto the deck and up and down the snowbanks before hopping past me a few more times…
they were having a blast and so was I;-)…
once I came in, I spotted another one out the front window on the front sidewalk…
what a treat;-)…
I took these pictures today…
01 Friday Apr 2022
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big girl pants, bird, blessed, family, garden, hot tub, moments, nature, remembering, soaring, treat, widow
on one of our daytime hot tubs, while my company was here, we spotted an eagle soaring above us… today a program on tv talked about an eagle birdcam on Gabriela Island, which reminded me…
it is very rare to spot one around here… the last time I remember seeing one was when I was in the hall at the university of Winnipeg as we were preparing for a work event…
unfortunately we didn’t have our phones, but here is the spot in the sky where we saw it…
tonight I took a photo of a big bird flying past, lol…
these ones come by quite often, and are much noisier…
30 Wednesday Mar 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, bunnies, carrots, garden, moments, nature, snow, tracks, vanished, weather, widow
looked out the window after yesterday’s snow and spotted many tracks…
not sure if it is just one bunny or many, many bunnies, lol…
throughout the day carrot chunks vanished from the deck… got some photos of the visitors… no idea how many, but it sure was fun to spot them whenever I was in the kitchen…
by end of day, all of the carrot bits were gone…
26 Saturday Mar 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, company, daughter, garden, hot tub, moments, nature, own, sleep, weather, widow
we’ve been out in the hot tub every night since my daughter arrived for this short vacation… I have been enjoying the company…
it has been great as I hadn’t been in it for quite a while… the deep snow had kept me from opening it up…
today has been quiet as she headed out to visit with friends and is spending the night away…
I must say that time in the hot tub before bed really improves my sleep, so I am going to go out on my own tonight, lol…
24 Thursday Mar 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, computers, family, garden, grandson, hot tub, moments, nature, networked, snow, the Chocolate Lab, time, widow
another good day with my guest…
started it off with a smoothie, cashews, tea and the last of my Calgary bonbons…
had a hot tub and put chairs on the deck in anticipation of warmer weather and more melting snow…
got a new external drive hooked up remotely, and the various computers networked, thanks to my computer geek in Ottawa…
had a bit of a rest while my guest was out for a few hours with a friend…
and then we had dinner with the oldest grandson…
it was delicious…
on our way out for an end of day hot tub;-)…
21 Monday Mar 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, driveway, garden, melted, moments, nature, shovel, snow, weather, widow
the snow has been melting slowly and quickly, if that makes any sense…
when I look at pictures from a week ago and today it is more visible, so I can see how much has melted…
I went out and shovelled a bit to clear the sidewalks and some of the driveway…
there is still a lot to melt…
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