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21 Monday Apr 2025

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on Friday, woke up to geese honking as they headed out looking for something to eat… and spotted flickers in the field across from the house;-)…

opened the beautiful cards and gifts from friends and family I’d been saving over the last few days, and laughed at Google singing to whoever was having the birthday, lol…

received a gorgeous purple handmade book, filled with photos of the garden and a book about monarchs with things I didn’t previously know… going to have to read that more thoroughly…

tried to vote, but the lineup was long, so headed out for breakfast at The Pancake House…

decided to vote Saturday when I would have more time…

friends arrived with cards and flowers and we had a lovely visit… the neighbour stopped by and gave an update on the house next door and collected Easter books for the littles…

received many texts and phone calls and had fun watching some F1 on tv…

cookies and hot cross buns arrived as I was reading in the living room, so I had to eat one of the hot cross buns, yum…

supper was steak and lobster, with fries and asparagus;-)… followed by a blizzard, yum…

what a delightful day it was…

key…

11 Sunday Jun 2023

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on May 25th the new doorbell arrived…

no time to sort it out until that Sunday when I was able to charge it…

on Monday, the 29th, we managed to get it up onto the doorframe and working…

since then it has worked on and off… the battery is supposed to last for three weeks, but late on Saturday it advised it turned itself off and needed to be charged…

I found the special key to remove it from the door, then the charging cord, charged it, and was able to hook it back up…

woohoo;-)…

percolates…

15 Tuesday Nov 2022

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while my son-in-law was here at the end of August, we tried to install a tp-link switch in the computer room… an issue with wires meant we couldn’t do it…

it didn’t seem like that big a deal, so I left it alone…

today I removed the cover and put in one of the Philips Hue bulbs… the cover will have to stay off so that it gets sufficient air which is okay…

and, with this bulb I am able to dim the light which will be especially good at night when I am charging my Fitbit…

funny how a simple solution can be found if it percolates for a while, lol…

crushed…

24 Saturday Sep 2022

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prepped some items from the garden…

gathered morning glory seeds and brought in a ton of parsley… it didn’t get eaten up this year, lol… talked with Google about ways to prepare it for the winter…

two suggestions sounded like something to try… I pulled off most of the stalks and put half of the parsley onto parchment paper and then baked it in the oven for about twenty minutes… when it cooled I crushed it by hand and put it into a bottle… looks good…

next I took the rest of the stalk-free parsley and bagged it… six bags went into another and went into the freezer…

it will be interesting to see which type I like the best;-)…

finished…

04 Sunday Sep 2022

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the kitchen is finished;-)… I am sooooo happy… my son-in-law has done a stellar job…

the ceiling was scraped, primed and painted…

the cabinet doors were removed…

everything came out, was sorted, and lots of things went into boxes to give away…

the doors were primed and painted…

the inside of the upper cupboards (which were red) were given two coats of primer and one coat of paint… I have been dreaming about this for at least the last five years…

the doors and drawers and front of the lower cupboards were painted…

the cutting board and end countertop got a coat of paint along the edges…

new hardware was installed on all the doors..

and the light switch (which works with Google) and new light fixture were added…

everything is bright and back where it belongs and I love it;-)…

drilled…

11 Wednesday May 2022

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the large planter on the deck has been full of water from all the rain… it doesn’t have any drain holes because it was originally a barrel liner…

I dug out the drill and then did a Google search to remind me how to change the bit… after a little experimenting I was able to put in one that would make holes…

dragged the planter so it hung over the edge and drilled a number of holes in it and watched the water pour out…

hopefully, in the next few days I can pop a few of the morning glories into it, along with the obelisk for them to climb up…

not sure if they need it to be warmer, but I can always plant more, lol…

some days those big girl pants are quite comfortable…

steak…

05 Thursday Aug 2021

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today I learned that if you put the word supper in the title of an appointment in the Google calendar, this is what it shows…

but, if you put dinner in it, you get a cute little picture;-)…

clearly Google doesn’t know that supper and dinner mean the same thing to me, lol…

always enjoy learning new things, particularly concerning technology;-)…

den…

15 Tuesday Sep 2020

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the other day I received a Google Nest Mini in the mail… it was a gift for joining a program…

after thinking about it for a short time, I decided to put it in the den… the other option was the laundry room, but I’ve been spending more time watching TV in the den, so we will see how it goes…

I didn’t even have to read the how-to instructions to set it up… the process is easy and it connects with all the others seamlessly…

hey Google;-)…

maps…

03 Thursday Oct 2019

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a few years ago my daughter introduced me to the Google maps app…

I have really found it to be helpful…

I’m a visual person and like to know where I am going, so looking up an address and then seeing a picture of the spot, or something close by is very reassuring…

I have to take back the crutches I rented from the hospital and now know exactly where I have to go… takes the stress out of finding a new place, lol…

reminded me of trying to find things in the past with a paper map… trying to unfold and refold, depending on the spot we were trying to get to… and rarely getting it put back correctly… sometimes there might have been some grumbling…

technology can be wonderful;-)…

owl…

15 Friday Feb 2019

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last night I made it out to the hot tub for the first time since my daughter left…

one side of the cover wouldn’t open all the way but that was okay…

while I was sitting there I could hear hooting…

this was the second time I’ve heard an owl in the last week… it flew away and all I saw was a large wingspan…

the other time was early morning and I barely saw it, but it looked a bit like a pheasant with two necks…

today I was googling to see what owls are common around here and found this…

what I thought were two necks is likely the ears…

gonna be watching for it now…