08 Tuesday Oct 2019
had a lovely treat… this morning two of my boys came to the house and changed the tires on Indi…
then they came and got me at the office and we went to Boston Pizza for lunch…
and at the end of the day I came home to the grass mowed, outdoor furniture put away for winter and the pump running in the pond…
was just in the hot tub and spent the entire time listening to the beautiful sound of the water running;-)… I have missed it over the last few weeks…
11 Sunday Aug 2019
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the Virginia creeper had completely taken over beside the hot tub… the tv room was basically always dark because the window was covered with vines…
I’ve tried to get it trimmed down by others, but timing hasn’t worked…
today I did it myself… put on those big girl pants and climbed onto the edge of the hot tub…
afterwards I went back into my photos to find some I knew were there of my beloved trimming the same area…
these photos were from July 2011… it is always bittersweet when I look through old pictures… fun to see and relive the memories, but missing him at the same time…
28 Sunday Jul 2019
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started my day in the hot tub… rather quiet as the waterfall is turned off while awaiting repair, lol…
walked to the grocery store; consulted with Hilda the Gardener, who then did some amazing clean-up in the side garden and tidied the main garden; and packed up all my stuff for another few days of camping…
ended the day watching boys jump into the lake from a rather tall rock, which we climbed, and now we sit by the campfire…
did manage to get one flower picture as well;-)…
been a full day… think it might be an early night…
22 Monday Jul 2019
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productive day on Sunday…
topped up the hot tub, did laundry, prepped a few meals for the coming week, spent some time relaxing in the garden…
finished a book, watered plants, cleaned the fish tank, and consulted with Hilda the Gardener…
she very kindly sent me some before pictures…
had lunch out with my grandson, grocery shopped and got home to see the beautifully tidied front flower beds…
put away the groceries while the lawn was being mowed… went out and took a few photos of the tidied front beds…
fit in a nap, warmed up some leftovers for supper and watched a few PVR’d shows…
phew…
28 Friday Jun 2019
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such a lovely day…
was up and in the hot tub while the moon was a crescent in the sky… then I went back to bed and slept for another three hours…
in the garden and had all the cushions out before breakfast, after mowing the grass… spent the entire morning reading and listening to the waterfall…
after lunch had a nap and went for a pedicure…
company for dinner and then spent the remainder of the evening in the garden…
blissful…
31 Sunday Mar 2019
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started the day with a lovely hot tub…
although tons of snow has melted, there is still quite a bit covering the garden… took a photo when I got out of the tub…
this afternoon my grandson filled the bird feeders and then shovelled some of the snow so that it might melt a bit faster when the sun shines…
birds are gonna be happy…
20 Wednesday Mar 2019
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hadn’t been in the hot tub for weeks… Sunday it was warm and I headed out… when I opened the cover I discovered that the water was only about halfway up the side… it was at the correct temperature so I got in and sat on the floor so that I was mostly under water…
then the jets came on and I got splashed… a lot… didn’t stay in too long after that…
dried off and figured out how to get water into it… had to do some fancy footwork to get the vent open so I could run the hose through it…
last night I was out for a hot tub under the nearly full moon… so nice… might have heard some geese…
what a treat to be back there…
23 Saturday Feb 2019
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backyard shenanigans…
came across my bunny friend in the garden…
I feel a bit like she’s a pet;-)…
then much later I heard a loud noise but couldn’t see where it came from…
just a while ago, I looked out the window and spotted this icicle that had fallen onto the hot tub…
happy I wasn’t in the hot tub at that moment, lol…
18 Monday Feb 2019
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so happy with the shovelling done by my grandson yesterday…
he cleaned out the windrow at the end of the sidewalk which my shoveler hasn’t been able to clear… pleased as my friends have had to use the driveway rather than the sidewalk for weeks;-)… the driveway is sloped so the sidewalk is a safer walk…
he also cleaned off the back deck… there was a lot of snow on it… took ages for him to get this done…
this morning I had a lovely hot tub… it wasn’t too cold out and I enjoyed the quiet… I have been sitting at the opposite end as there are many icicles hanging from the roof and I don’t want any to fall and land on my head, lol…
16 Saturday Feb 2019
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spent some time with my son-in-law yesterday…
one of the things we did was go to RONA and pick up a new cover and clamp for the dryer vent…
we’ve figured out a different way to add water to the hot tub, so that the vent doesn’t have to be removed for the hose to go through it…
as soon as we got home, he popped it into place and hooked up the inside vent…
while he was doing that, the bunny was sitting under a tree on the other side of the yard, watching;-)…
today, when I returned home from brunch out, she was sitting in the same spot… I feel a bit sorry for her…
but not enough to let her back into the house, lol…
