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design…

03 Thursday Feb 2022

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I’ve been thinking a lot recently about moments… as in, how easy it is to miss one…

this morning, the sun was shining through the patio doors and created a beautiful design on the side of the microwave… I spent time enjoying it and took a few photos… the shadows reminded me of the pictures I took during a photography class a number of years ago…

just a few minutes later I was in the kitchen and the design was gone… happy that I wandered in at just the right moment and had the chance to enjoy the sight;-)…

a bit later, I was walking on the spot and got to see a bunny running around the backyard… such a treat…

when I was in the garden, I spotted these lovely designs through the pergola and on the hot tub…

we won’t talk about the large amount of snow covering the hot tub;-(…

I am so blessed to have the opportunity to enjoy these…

sweater…

16 Sunday Jan 2022

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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…

runners…

29 Wednesday Dec 2021

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my middle grandson arrived yesterday afternoon to do some shovelling…

he made a path from the house to the garage… and then to the back lane… all around the hot tub… and the top deck…

there was a lot of snow and it hadn’t been touched since Thursday…

he, of course, arrived with runners on his feet, lol… he had good gloves but his hands got cold, so for part of the job, he used grandpa’s garbage mitts that I had brought outside…

the driveway got a quick shovel as well as the sidewalks… they had been shovelled and snow blowed twice by the neighbour…

fairy…

23 Thursday Dec 2021

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it snowed quite a bit overnight and when I looked out the bedroom window this morning I thought I had best get out and clear the sidewalk… particularly after my learning earlier about not leaving the snow to get stuck, lol…

when I arrived in the living room the sidewalk was clear;-)… obviously the snow clearing fairy had come by…

that was nice and I sent a text to my neighbour, who may have been that fairy…

later I went and shovelled the deck and hot tub area as the tub needed water… I hadn’t realized how much snow had fallen…

I am so pleased with my extendible hose as it makes adding water much easier…now the hose runs up the stairs and out the back door, instead of through a vent in the wall…

then, while the tub was filling, I shovelled as far back as the garbage can…

a bit later, while I was eating lunch, I heard a snowblower going and thought it was the neighbour behind doing his driveway, but when I checked my garage camera discovered it was the snow clearing fairy cleaning my driveway…

what a generous gift;-)… the driveway is long and this will save my grandson’s back when he stops by for a short garage visit in a few days…

what a kind Christmas gift…

moonrise…

25 Thursday Nov 2021

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last night I went out for a hot tub… I hadn’t had one for quite a while…

although cold, it was still, quiet, the sky was clear, a few stars were visible and for the first time ever, I watched the moon rise behind the cedar trees at the back of the garden… not sure if it was the time or the place the moon was in the sky…

the light moved from area to area so all I ever saw was a tiny spot through the branches… it was amazing…

and then I had the greatest sleep…

I had forgotten how relaxing my time in the tub is;-)…

refilling…

06 Saturday Nov 2021

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the weather was delightful and I spent a good portion of the day emptying and refilling the hot tub…

I got a new pump in the summer to use for removing the water from the tub… the hose was a bit on the short side, so had to use a table to get the water into the grass… it took 3 hours, including using a pail and dumping bucket after bucket… may be getting something that works a bit quicker next year;-(…

once it was empty, I ran the extendible hose up from the basement, through the screen door, over the deck, and filled the tub in just over an hour…

a few tense minutes when the electricity on the tub didn’t seem to want to start… but, at last, it started and will now be heating up for a few days…

won’t have to change the water out until Spring… glad that job is done…

chemicals…

08 Friday Oct 2021

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spent time topping up the hot tub and adding chemicals in 20 minute increments… it is always a bit of a process…

now it is ready for some lovely soaks;-)…

lifesaver…

02 Monday Aug 2021

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came across this photo yesterday… it is one of my all time favourites…

it was taken twenty years ago (so it isn’t quite as crisp as I would like) in a rented hot tub in our yard…

for a few years we would rent a hot tub for our anniversary weekend… it was such fun and a wonderful treat… so lucky to now have my own hot tub to use whenever I want;-)…

the lifesaver is so cute and his little face is adorable;-)…

our grandson just loved it then, and he still enjoys using hot tubs…

makes me smile to remember special times…

handy…

29 Thursday Apr 2021

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I’ve been waiting for awhile now for the table I ordered to sit on the side of the hot tub when I am in it…

had anticipated that it was about 30 inches across, although there weren’t any measurements on the website…

it arrived in a rather small box, so I was interested to open it up…

it is about the size of a tv table and once I got over the surprise of how small it was, I think it will work perfectly…

it fits nicely and also will hang at the backdoor so it will be easy to take out and bring in…

it is going to be very handy…

measuring…

23 Tuesday Mar 2021

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on Saturday, I spent the majority of the day outside…

did a bit of garden planning… had to bring out one of my beloved’s measuring tapes to do some checking of sizes of planters…

he had many, many measuring tapes… I have given a number of them away, but there are still a few around the house and in the garage…

put out a lounger, swept part of the back deck, topped up the hot tub and sat in the sun and read…

lovely way to spend time…

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