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draft…

04 Saturday Apr 2026

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I often have an afternoon nap in the den…

I’ve found, for most of the winter, that I needed my blanket to be up by my neck because of the draft…

I just figured that the window needed some insulation…

a few days ago, I realized that there was a piece of virginia creeper between the window and the screen… and of course I didn’t take a before picture, lol…

yesterday, my housemate was able to dislodge it and close the window properly…

no draft now…

stairway…

29 Sunday Mar 2026

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big girl pants, blessed, bouquet, flowers, fresh flowers, grandson, happy, moments, redone, stairway, widow

while we were out last Sunday I picked up flowers…

when I got home, I spent time putting them into a couple of vases… for whatever reason I wasn’t pleased with how they looked…

late in the week they were finally redone, with one bouquet in the den, one in the bathroom, and one in the bedroom, although it lived on the stairway for a while, lol…

happy to have fresh flowers in the house;-)…

naps…

21 Saturday Mar 2026

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I have been loving my new butterfly blanket…

it is much lighter than the blanket that I’ve been using for naps in the den…

and although it is lighter it is just as warm and cozy;-)…

I think it is going to be lovely when I’m in my chair on the deck —- soon I hope —- as the weather warms up;-)…

curled…

16 Monday Mar 2026

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finally had the time to spend curled up in the sun on the bed… usually by the time I think of it, the sun has already left the bed;-)…

it was warm and cozy, lol…

so happy that the season is moving forward and before you know it, there will be time spent on the deck in the sunshine as well…

taken…

11 Wednesday Feb 2026

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the light is returning;-)… this makes me so happy…

this photo was taken at 7:36 Monday morning… makes getting up in the morning much easier…

and this one was at 5:56 pm that afternoon…

seeing the extra light makes the day seem much more pleasant;-)…

looking forward to more light every day…

ice…

08 Sunday Feb 2026

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it was a lovely day so we spent some time on the deck, in between Olympic events…

first project was to top up the hot tub and clean all the ice off of it…

next, we emptied, cleaned, and filled the cold tub… a new pump has gone into it to keep the water moving…

it is always amazing how long it takes to fill up tubs, particularly in the cold, lol…

but, the jobs are done;-)…

bars…

03 Tuesday Feb 2026

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there was a lot of snow on the ground Sunday morning, so I went out to shovel before it got colder…

as I was shovelling the sidewalk, my neighbour from a few doors up the street, came by with his snowblower and blew the driveway clear…

I gave him the two chocolate bars I’d purchased after the last time he did this, which I hadn’t gotten around to getting to him;-)…

while he finished the driveway, I went out back and got it cleared…

looks good everywhere…

performance…

02 Monday Feb 2026

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big girl pants, Big Stuff, blessed, cards, friend, happy, moments, performance, PTE, Technology, widow

on Saturday afternoon, we went to our PTE play, Big Stuff…

as we park underground we always leave our coats in the car which makes sitting in the theatre more comfortable…

as we entered the theatre we were given a card with a pencil in it… most people did respond and the actors collected all of them and dumped them into a couple of boxes…

throughout the performance they connected with some of the people who had responded on the cards…

it was quite delightful and one of our favourite shows;-)…

enamoured…

22 Thursday Jan 2026

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aurora borealis, big girl pants, blessed, enamoured, Fleurs de Villes WONDER, flowers, happy, moments, The Leaf at Assiniboine Park, widow

last week, when I visited Fleurs de Villes WONDER at The Leaf, for the first time, I was completely enamoured with the Aurora Borealis display…

it was filled with some of my favourite colours and just touched me immediately…

I was on a volunteer shift and got to see it in daylight (I started at 3, ended at 6), and under the lights…

since then I’ve watched a video about how it was made and learned more about it…

I also put up a photo on IG and got a note from Christine at Silver Heights Florist, the artist who designed and carried out this piece with assistance from others, advising she had a bouquet for me…

I picked it up yesterday and it has all the colours of the original display in it…

what a treat;-)…

if you have a chance you really should go and check out WONDER before it leaves…

handcrafted…

18 Sunday Jan 2026

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big girl pants, blessed, calendar, family, flowers, handcrafted, happy, mail, moments, widow

recently, a package came in the mail from my daughter in Ottawa…

in it was a delightful handcrafted calendar that is a bouquet…

it is going to look different every month as the twelve pieces move from front to back;-)…

I am so blessed;-)…

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