havoc…

everything went well and I was happy to only pay a tiny piece of the invoice… thanks to the CDCP… I was pleased because previously my dentist had advised they wouldn’t be participating in the program…

I usually don’t eat before my appointment, so on the way home I got a breakfast burrito;-)… yum…

and then I admired my goody bag treats, lol…

I’ve been going to this dentist for years, but still stress before and during the appointment…

switch…

03 Sunday Nov 2024

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moved a few plants around in the living and dining rooms…

the mandevilla made its way to the dining room…

and the hibiscus moved to the living room and it might still switch with the monstera…

it will be interesting to see if they will be happy in these new spots as the hibiscus has always lived in the dining room…

trick-or-treaters…

01 Friday Nov 2024

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was all ready for trick-or-treaters by about 4… and the weather was excellent, which it hadn’t been for years…

I had found some change, in case there were any UNICEF boxes…

dug out a few non-perishable items, should there be any kids collecting for Harvest…

a book, in case my next door buddy turned up…

and of course, the chocolate…

kids started to come around 5:15 and there were lots of cute costumes, including this little person…

I decided that this year I wouldn’t count how many people arrived at the door but I think there were a few more than last year…

one fun thing was a decorated golf cart with parents in it, going along the street with their ghosts and goblins…

lights went out at 8:30, but there weren’t any visitors after 7:45…

still some leftovers should anyone in the house want them, lol…

thirteen…

06 Sunday Oct 2024

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sat in the sun on the deck listening to the visiting birds as they stop by on their way south…

it was lovely to hear all their little voices…

Merlin told me it heard thirteen birds in fifteen minutes…

and a yellow rumped warbler…

not long after, I had spotted ten of them, coming and going to the feeder or snacking on goodies on the ground…

reminded me of all the birds we heard and saw at the cottage in June…

Hue…

04 Friday Oct 2024

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during the basement changes the Philips Hue was unplugged…

once we realized that some of the lights weren’t working, it was plugged back in, but it would not start up again…

apparently this does happen, so we ordered a new one…

it arrived on Thursday and my grandson connected it and then had to add all of the units back in, lol…

took a while, but eventually everything was back up… then I added them to the automations and adjusted all their colours… kept having to add more units to the automations, as I remembered which ones were in which…