27 Thursday Jan 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, happy, moments, nature, orchid, pictures, purple, Technology, unfold, widow
one of the great things about retirement is having the opportunity to watch as things unfold…
like this orchid which has been coming along nicely for a while…
yesterday at 8:48 am it was just starting to unfurl…
and at 1:55 pm it looked like this…
finally it was open at 9:14 am this morning…
and there is another bud;-)…
16 Sunday Jan 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, happy, hot tub, moments, nature, orchid, photos, purple, sweater, Technology, widow
had some fun with my bouquet… it is changing… the orchid stalk was removed and now the carnations are getting ready to come out…
used the table from the hot tub, a purple sweater, and the purple wall to get a few shots…
it was fun to gather up the items and set up for the shoot…
and the photos came out quite well…
09 Sunday Jan 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, family, happy, knives, moments, parents, sharp, sharpened, WearEver, widow
a while ago my grandson took a few of my knives to sharpen for me…
they were from the WearEver collection that had belonged to my parents…
recently he dropped them back off… he had sharpened them and cleaned and oiled the one with a wooden handle…
today, I finally used a couple of them…
they were so sharp and cut beautifully… reminded me how good sharp knives are, lol…
06 Thursday Jan 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, charger, electric, family, happy, moments, Technology, toothbrush, tricks, widow
so excited to get an electric toothbrush for Christmas… I’ve been wanting one for a number of years, but just hadn’t gotten around to doing anything about it…
once I figured out how to get it put together, I sat it on the edge of the sink and plugged it in…
it took quite awhile to charge, but once it was done I unplugged it and put the charger away… I didn’t want it sitting so close to the water…
eventually I figured out that it could sit in the cabinet to charge, so that is what I did when it needed to be recharged… feels safer as it charges, without being near the water;-)…
once fully charged, I will move the charger back under the sink…
05 Wednesday Jan 2022
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bathroom, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, cavalry, family, happy, lightbulb, loss, moments, proud, Technology, widow
for the first time since my beloved left me, I was able to change a lightbulb in the bathroom…
doesn’t sound like much, but I have tried numerous times without success and had to call in the cavalry to fix the problem…
but, I did it;-)…
felt like one of those big girl pants moments…
04 Tuesday Jan 2022
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had a fun time with camera and the birdies at the front window…
there were house finches, chickadees, the nuthatch and a downy woodpecker…
even used the remote control feature on my phone with the camera, lol…
02 Sunday Jan 2022
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anticipation, big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, happy, moments, nature, plants, quarter, turn, waiting, widow
received three more amaryllis bulbs and got right to getting them in the soil…
used a coffee filter in the bottom of the pot and then added the soil that came with each one…
they look cute all lined up in the sunshine;-)…
as with this one in the living room, which has a bud on it now, they will have a quarter turn each day…
25 Saturday Dec 2021
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, family, food, garage, gifts, happy, joy, memories, moments, remembering, sadness, sleigh, vacillating, weather, widow
today I’ve been vacillating between joy and sadness…
joy at spending time this morning online with the kids in Ottawa as we opened our gifts;-)… they were in the sleigh, lol…
sadness that I am here alone, even if at my own choice…
joy, at spending time with my grandson and his girlfriend in the garage around the fire pit exchanging presents…
sadness that my beloved isn’t here…
joy, that my dinner was delicious… my favourite roast chicken, homemade stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, gravy and turnip…
it looked a little beige, but tasted delicious…
sadness that I wasn’t able to see the rest of my Winnipeg family…
and back to joy as I remember I am home safe and healthy on this Christmas Day…
yup, up and down…
24 Friday Dec 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, dragged, flowers, happy, moments, nature, Technology, time, treat, visit, warm, weather, widow
a few days ago I shovelled a path to the garage and then moved a chair and table inside it… also put cushions on a few chairs in the space…
a bit later I dragged the propane fire pit from the deck, down the steps, across the lower deck, and into the garage…
took a few minutes to get the flames going, but eventually I figured it out…
just before my friend arrived, I took out a few blankets and got the fire started…
we had a lovely visit, distanced, masked and fairly warm… eventually my feet got cold – no socks – and she headed off…
she brought me an amazing bouquet of flowers that isn’t just beautiful, it smells delightful…
I had been thinking that we wouldn’t be able to visit, as I am not having anyone in the house for the next few weeks, so it made it a particularly special time…
20 Monday Dec 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, celebrate, Christmas, DeLuca's, elves, food, friends, happy, lunch, moments, treats, widow
had a wonderful time with my BS buddies to celebrate Christmas, even after the decision to stop gathering in person…
this morning a charcuterie board arrived from DeLuca’s and I divided it into five along with a veggie tray, crackers and pistachios… there was ranch dip with it and I made some fresh hummus to go along with all the other goodies…
a couple of elves fetched gifts and then dropped them off at other locations with the boxes of food…
shortly after that we gathered by Skype and enjoyed our meal… there was lots of conversation and laughter… eventually we went around the rectangle and opened gifts…
lots of thought had gone into each offering… there were cozy things, handmade goodies, items for the kitchen, donations and love;-)…
we slid back into Skyping without a hitch… we had only been meeting in person since the end of July…
these are some of the most special people in my life…
I am blessed…
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