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29 Tuesday Aug 2023

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big girl pants, blessed, declutter, delivery, family, furniture, give away, happy, happy camper, living room, moments, normal, resided, sectional, truck, widow

I have had this six piece sectional couch for close to thirty years (according to my daughter)…

it had resided in the living room, and for the last number of years, in the basement family room…

a few years ago I brought up three pieces for the living room again, as the hide-a-bed was moved into the den…

in the recent decluttering process downstairs, the three remaining pieces needed to find a new home… two came up to the living room and one was already in the back storage room… the living room was overflowing, lol…

I thought about putting two in the office, but that was really going to fill up that small room…

so I decided to give them away… my daughter was very proud;-)…

a few days ago they were stuffed into the truck and delivered to someone who could use them…

between that, and the chair being fixed, the living room has returned to normal and I am one happy camper;-)…

closet…

28 Monday Aug 2023

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big girl pants, blessed, closet, family, happy, light, moments, motion sensitive, Princess Auto, Technology, widow

on Saturday we went shopping at Princess Auto… lots of fun wandering around to see what they had…

in the process I found a light for the bedroom closet… there is no power in there and it is rather dull, lol…

this light is charged via usb and it is motion activated… didn’t take too long to charge it and get it installed…

I think it is going to be wonderful;-)…

pods…

26 Saturday Aug 2023

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the volunteer purple datura in the front garden has grown huge over the summer…

when I was out watering the other day I noticed that many of the seed pods had already popped open so I went out and collected some for next year…

this one is a shade of mauve and opens upwards rather than hanging down…

the flowers are also quite small…

the seeds have already started to pop out into the bowl and I will let them dry a bit more before putting them into an empty pill bottle to store for the future… and I will be sure to label them;-)…

in a pot in the garden there is another white datura… this flower is much bigger and also opens up rather than down…

I will save some of those as well, being careful of the prickly bits, lol…

bolt…

25 Friday Aug 2023

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2x4, big girl pants, blessed, bolt, broken, chair, family, footstool, happy, home, living room, moments, widow

a bolt let go on one of the chairs in the living room…

it has been sitting with a sign saying broken on it for months…

I’ve been looking everywhere to find something to replace it, without success…

it finally made it out onto the deck where we had a look at it…

a piece of 2×4 was cut to size, painted black, and then screwed to the edge of the chair…

it is as good as new… and the footstool still fits underneath…

I am very happy;-)…

arch…

15 Tuesday Aug 2023

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arch, beans, big girl pants, blessed, food, garden, happy, moments, nature, photos, pictures, plants, veggie garden, veggies, widow

on Saturday I took a photo of the veggie garden arch…

I’ve taken lots, but haven’t felt they were just right…

finally I figured out that I should take one from the front yard, lol…

looks pretty… maybe next year I won’t have the beans growing across the top, where I can’t reach them, lol…

potted…

13 Sunday Aug 2023

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had some fun on Thursday…

had breakfast out and then we went to Home Depot, found plants, pots, and rocks… then it was on to Rona to check for different pots, and back to Home Depot to pick up the first one, lol…

when we got home the plant light that had been ordered had arrived…

at last, everything was potted, put together, and set up;-)…

I think it was a good birthday for the twenty-three year old;-)…

runner…

12 Saturday Aug 2023

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big girl pants, blessed, carpet, family, happy, IKEA, kitchen, moments, purple, rug, runner, shopping, widow

on Thursday, amongst all the shopping, we ran over to IKEA to pick up a lamp…

while we were there we came across a runner that was purple and gray-blue, and just the length I was looking for… on sale, it jumped right off the shelf into my arms…

when I got home I realized that the two ends were a shade of yellow and wondered if it would spoil the look…

but that bit of yellow goes perfectly with the wood on the wall…

it took a while for it to flatten out, but I am very pleased with how it looks…

what do you think;-)…

crickets…

04 Friday Aug 2023

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been wondering if the evening sounds I’ve been hearing are crickets or frogs…

pretty much came to the conclusion that they were crickets as I haven’t seen any signs of a frog around the pond…

and then…

Wednesday morning, look who popped up on the bridge;-)…

the sound might still be the crickets, but what a treat to spot this little leopard frog;-)…

and in the last few days it has been all over;-)…

mixed…

01 Tuesday Aug 2023

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big girl pants, blessed, creeping Charlie, garden, happy, Hilda the Gardener, lily of the valley, mixed, moments, nature, plants, projects, weather, widow

had fun on Saturday when Hilda the Gardener came to work in the garden… I’d been thinking a bit and had a few projects in mind… it is wonderful to have her here to do the heavy lifting;-)…

the creeping Charlie was removed from one of the beds and a few plants were moved around…

while she was doing that, I mixed soil and grass seed and filled a few low spots in the grass…

the lily of the valley and Virginia creeper were removed along the house in the veggie garden… I think we are going to add some hostas in this area… I am happy that we can separate plants rather than have to run out and buy new ones…