27 Monday Jun 2022
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and look who is home…
for the summer at least;-)…
lots of miles have been put on and a quick trip to Montreal to see the Formula 1 race on the 19th…
had to make room in the garage so she could fit, lol…
11 Saturday Jun 2022
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a few days ago my grandson came by to return the car before he headed to work…
a piece for his bicycle had arrived and he worked on getting it installed but ran out of time, so he ended up taking the car…
while he was here I made lunch and we ate in the garden…
then the bike sat in the dining room, waiting for his return…
when he came to pick it up, he brought an ice cream cone;-)…
yum…
30 Monday May 2022
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the rain helped me get a few jobs done around the house…
I’ve been putting off rehanging the curtains in the den and I finally got that done…
I also put the Dyson back together… my grandson had taken it apart and washed a filter inside… who knew there was one there… and now it works… yay…
even the living room windows were happy and they are lovely and shiny clean…
nice to check a few things off the list;-)…
28 Saturday May 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, expedition, family, garden, grandson, irrigation, moments, repair, shopping, time, widow
what a busy day we had on Thursday… didn’t even have time for a nap, although I did manage a short sit down in the garden before my grandson arrived…
he and I spent the day getting jobs done around the yard, and even a few in the house…
we ran out and were able to get all the necessary items at Canadian Tire, so it was a one stop shopping expedition…
things came out of and went into the shed… leaking hoses were repaired… an irrigation system semi-installed… pots moved… trellises put into a planter that had a bit of paint touch up done… and the fire pit problem solved…
what a treat it is to spend time with him… I try to savour every minute;-)…
26 Thursday May 2022
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on Tuesday, my grandson arrived with his bike in the back of the car…
he had spent hours over the weekend getting the inside and outside of Indi cleaned for me…
I had spent the morning finding space in the garage so that she would fit as she has returned home… very exciting…
looking good…
14 Saturday May 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, family, garden, grandson, moments, nature, plants, protection, shopping, snow, treat, weather, widow
spent time out and about recently, shopping…
my grandson arrived with breakfast from McDonald’s… and his laundry…
after eating, and getting a load into the washer, we headed out to Rona looking for a repair kit for the hose that goes to the pond…
after a bit of fun there… and a few plants… we moved on to Costco… found more plants…
and some pants, all of which had pockets;-)…
throughout the day the laundry got done and a few projects as well… unfortunately, not the hose as it was smaller than normal hoses…
popped all the plants in the garage for the night for their protection… will bring them out into the sunshine on nice days until time to plant…
using the soil we picked up, I filled the pots in the shade garden so they are ready for veggie seeds…
wonder when that might be…
13 Friday May 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, fish, garden, goldfish, grandson, moments, moving, nature, plants, pond, tank, treat, water, weather, widow
well, the big excitement is that the fish are now in their summer home…
my grandson didn’t have any difficulty catching them, although he did mention that some of them were fast, lol…
we got some great photos of them sliding into the water…
the water lilies also made it into the pond… this is their third year…
I am pleased that they have overwintered well;-)… hoping they will produce flowers again this summer…
29 Friday Apr 2022
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what a busy day…
this morning I was picked up and dropped off downtown at my dentist‘s office for a cleaning… I was early so I walked around a bit and got a few photos of the golden guy…
been a really long time since I was downtown…
from there we went to Superstore where I found a few dishes and a little Tradescantia Nanouk…
then I drove home, emptied out the car, and took Indi to get a bath…
seemed as though most of the city decided to do the same thing, lol… got there at 12:11, into the wash at 12:32 and was out by 12:51… I walked outside while the car was inside…
back home, had lunch, and then drove to an appointment… from there it was back to Superstore to collect my grandson and return home…
a lot of driving and it was fun to be behind the wheel…
but now I am tired, lol…
05 Tuesday Apr 2022
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beta fish, big girl pants, blessed, family, fun, grandson, hat, memories, moments, nature, river, tubing, widow
recently my grandson and I had a conversation about some fun times… two of the things he remembered are below…
one was a tubing trip down the river in Courtenay, BC, where I was knocked off the tube by a tree branch and lost my new hat… everyone but me was quite happy as they hadn’t liked it, lol… he was around seven at the time… I ended up with a bruised leg and a gash on my head… it certainly was something I won’t forget, and apparently neither will he…
the other memory was around a beta fish in a vase that I kept on my desk at one of my workplaces… he has always been interested in fish and is a great collaborator with the goldfish…
so interesting to hear the things he remembers;-)…
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;-)…
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