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the waterfall rock has been repaired…
looks great…
rock…
14 Monday Jun 2021
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lattice…
24 Monday May 2021
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, decks, garden, grandson, grass, lattice, lunch, moments, plants, pond, repairs, safety, trees, trim, waterfall, widow
spent the entire day in the garden… nice to enjoy the warmth and sun…
my grandson came over and a contractor friend of his arrived to do some work on the decks… we had arranged the appointment before the newest regulations were out… I was very happy that he wore his mask the whole time he was here…
he fixed a piece of the decking beside the hot tub, which was falling apart… then he tacked up loose boards under the main deck and finally he repaired a loose piece under the gate pergola which is going to make opening the hot tub much easier…
then the two of them made sure that all the lattice along the garage was in the proper spot… it was quite a process and looks so much better now…
after lunch our contractor friend left and my grandson cleaned the pump in the pond, mowed the grass, trimmed up some cedars, and dug out a bunch of flower pots from the shed…
after he left, I moved and rearranged pots, and planted a few items which can go in and out of the garage until the weather warms up…
I am truly blessed…
toolbox…
18 Tuesday May 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, bloodwork, family, fish, garden, grandson, moments, pond, repair, son-in-law, steps, toolbox, tools, widow
crazy day today…
no one has been inside my house for weeks and three people were in it today…
nice man from Dynacare to do bloodwork…
my grandson to bring up the toolbox from the basement… he also brought us breakfast, chose tools and discussed a landscaping job that needs to happen in the garden… thankfully we did all of that outside…
and my son-in-law to catch the fish and take them out to the pond… he also repaired the very broken bottom step on the deck so I won’t fall through it, and fixed a rocking bench in the shade garden…
I’m exhausted from all that company, lol…
drove…
30 Friday Apr 2021
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appointment, big girl pants, blessed, bunny, car, drove, family, grandson, memories, moments, nature, outside, walk, weather, widow
cannot remember the last time I walked outside…
I drove to my appointment and giggled as I realized I hadn’t driven since September or October… haven’t forgotten how to drive, lol…
I always park the car a good distance from the clinic so I can get steps in… today I came across a bunny on my walk…
after I got home my grandson rode his bike over to pick the car back up… while he was here he played with the dog next door for a few minutes…
it has been close to a year since he has had the car… crazy…
overnight…
28 Wednesday Apr 2021
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big girl pants, car, cleaning, family, garage, grandson, moments, overnight, purple, swept, weather, widow
busy day yesterday…
spent time in the garage bringing the floor back into view…
the car hasn’t been here for an overnight since the fall so the garage has filled up with a number of things… a couple of the chairs waiting for their new brackets, a table with bits and pieces on top, numerous boxes, a few cushions not put into their proper place and some pumps…
I had moved a few items around the day before and yesterday I finished and was able to put the table away…
then I even swept the floor… Indi may not have recognized the space when she showed up this afternoon… my grandson didn’t even open the door when he arrived because he had been in it recently, lol…
had him put her into the garage and I opened all the windows and hope that any aerosols will be gone by morning when I need to head to an appointment…
swipe…
14 Wednesday Apr 2021
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well, I now understand why my neighbour brought out his snowblower yesterday… that snow is deep and heavy…
I checked in with my shoveler, who isn’t available until tomorrow, but I couldn’t bear thinking about my mail person and any delivery people having to trudge through the snow… that meant I had to go out to the garage to get the shovel, which apparently got put away too soon, lol…
I was astonished at how deep the snow was as I made my way to get the shovel… then it took a while to clear a path to the back door… my back wasn’t enjoying the exercise…
I tiptoed through the house and out the front door to get the snow removed from the sidewalk before the mail arrived…
there was only a single swipe because that snow is so wet and heavy…
then I sat down with a cup of tea;-)…
gunk…
09 Friday Apr 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, fish, garden, grandson, gunk, leaves, moments, nature, pond, sump pump, weather, widow
even though it was chilly and overcast my grandson arrived this morning to clean up the pond… it was filled with a ton of decaying leaves…
our time didn’t start very well… the pump that worked perfectly in the fall when it came out of the water would not work… felt like we tried everything, but no luck… so, he had to run to the store to replace it, sigh…
eventually, after getting most of the water pumped out, he used the shopvac to suck up the majority of leaves from the bottom…
this technique worked well, but took quite some time, and was very smelly… then we rinsed it, and I filled it back up… he plans to come back, we will drain it again, and finish sucking up the gunk…
then we will fill it and get the waterfall flowing… I don’t think the fish will go in for another few weeks, when the chorine has dissipated and the water temperature has warmed up a bit;-)…
happy with our progress and looking forward to sitting and enjoying the beautiful sound…
real…
06 Tuesday Apr 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, COVID, dose, fish and chips, grandson, happy, mask, moments, organized, protection, purple, real, vaccination, widow
big day today…
put in my contacts, found my purple sandals and put on real clothes, even a bra;-)… can’t remember the last time I got dressed to go out… searched for my thickest mask and then waited…
ready even before the three hours email reminder came, lol…
my grandson picked me up and we headed downtown to the RBC Convention Centre… this is also the first time since August that I’ve been in a vehicle with another person, yikes…
not thrilled about being around hundreds of people, as I’ve stayed alone in my house for months to protect myself…
we walked in at 5:24 pm and left there at 6:22… had to stay after the shot for thirty minutes as I have some drug allergies…
the process and space were well organized and all of the staff were kind and friendly… those of us in the special chairs were watched over the entire thirty minutes to be sure we were fine;-)…
we stopped and picked up fish, shrimp and chips on our way home… sadly, my fish wasn’t in the bag but there were two orders of shrimp, which again, unfortunately, were over cooked…
thankful to get this first dose and so happy to have the support of my grandson;-)…
strange…
04 Sunday Apr 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, Easter, family, food, garden, grandson, moments, nature, strange, treat, weather, widow
seems like a strange Easter… even more so than last year, for some reason…
I hadn’t put out any decorations, but this morning I dug out the Easter box and put out the sign, bunnies and bag that I got last year;-)…
I made everything for tonight’s supper yesterday, as well as packaging some ham and potatoes for a friend and my grandson… really happy to cook for others… this morning I finished up the ham and pea soup…
I set the obelisk into the pot on the deck, put cushions out, and spent the afternoon in the garden, reading and watching the birds…
had a lovely visit with my grandson when he came to pick up his dinner… a friend dropped off some delicious pickerel for my supper, when she picked up her ham and potatoes…
still didn’t feel like Easter, but all in all, a lovely day…
obelisk…
26 Friday Mar 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, family, garden, grandson, moments, obelisk, shopping, Technology, widow
my grandson arrived yesterday morning after picking up a number of things for me…
he brought me a bunch of solar globes, a new squirrel-proof feeder, a kneeler for the garden, stamps, seeds, a new plate and a few groceries…
I am thrilled about the solar globes as I’ve been searching for them since last summer;-)…
he also moved a big planter and my hammock chair so that I can clean up the back deck…
the obelisk I ordered will go into the large planter on the deck… as soon as I put it together, lol…
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