11 Tuesday Oct 2022
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autumn, beautiful, big girl pants, blessed, kitchen, light, moments, nature, son-in-law, weather, widow
one of the loveliest things about this time of the year is the beautiful light in the kitchen…
makes me smile when I walk into the space in the morning…
especially after all the work my son-in-law got done in the summer;-)…
24 Sunday Jul 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, light, moments, motion sensor, nature, pond, raccoons, solar, stormed, Technology, weather, widow
ordered some solar motion sensor lights for the garden last Wednesday…
wasn’t sure if they would work, but was hopeful they would frighten the raccoons away…
they arrived on Monday and were easy to install… one went at the edge of the bridge and the other is set on the top of the deck…
was so excited that night when they worked… happily it had been sunny all day…
the next night it stormed and they were on most of the time as the wind was blowing all the leaves and floating plants around when the rain wasn’t pouring down…
will see how they work when the raccoons stop by again…
01 Tuesday Mar 2022
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app, big girl pants, blessed, light, memories, moments, pictures, remembering, slides, Technology, widow
I downloaded an app the other day, rather excited as it was supposed to copy old slides into electronic versions…
I found the slides I had put aside and followed the instructions and it made six great photos…
then, it advised I needed to buy the program to be able to save the photos… very disappointing… it is frustrating when the apps aren’t clear that you need to pay a certain amount to use them… with only a few slides paying $8 a month seemed a little excessive, lol…
it was fun to see the photos, even if only for a few minutes…
11 Friday Feb 2022
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amaryllis, big girl pants, blessed, flowers, happy, highlighting, light, memories, moments, nature, plants, snow, sun, sunshine, weather, widow
enjoyed some lovely time in the living room this afternoon with the sun shining in, highlighting the amaryllis flowers…
the first one started blooming around January 17th and right now has four blooms on its second stalk…
the three that arrived and were planted on January 21st are doing well… of them, one is down to its last bloom and one is just thinking of opening…
happy they have stretched out their growth… they have brought much joy and I have spent time with them every day…
03 Thursday Feb 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, design, garden, hot tub, light, moments, nature, photos, retirement, shadows, snow, weather, widow
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…
29 Saturday Jan 2022
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, family, light, memories, miles, moments, remembering, steps, surgery, walk, walking, weather, widow
these days I get my steps walking the figure eight in the living and dining rooms…
I was wondering how many trips have been made around these two rooms…
they started when my beloved returned home from his heart surgery, and were short and slow as he regained his strength…
then there were the walks I took as I slowly regained my strength following my cancer surgery just months after he had gone… again, the steps were slow and difficult… took a long time before I could climb the stairs or go out onto the deck…
I walked on the treadmill in the basement before work since being diagnosed with diabetes… I overdid it for a while and my hips and knees can get a bit grumpy if I walk too fast, or too long, so I spend less time on it now…
during the cold weather over the last few years this has been my track… I find walking in the light is a positive encouragement to get the steps in…
how many miles has it been… maybe it is good that it is hardwood and not a carpet that might have ended up with a path in it, lol…
03 Monday Jan 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, fish, fish tank, goldfish, grandson, light, moments, nature, pump, sucked, tank, Technology, water, widow
very happy that the pump on the small fish tank is working once again…
had to have it replaced as it just stopped a week or so ago…
I was able to use the old (and rather large) pump while waiting for the replacement…
happily, no fish were sucked up into the much larger and stronger system…
they are happy and enjoying the better light, as the big pump blocked a lot…
and I can see them much better;-)…
18 Saturday Dec 2021
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big girl pants, helicopter, kerfuffle, light, moments, night, police, sounds, widow
in the middle of the night I woke up to what sounded like the snow plows cleaning the street…
but there hadn’t been any snowfall that needed removal…
I lay there listening for a while, but eventually I had to see what the kerfuffle was all about…
I could see lights through the bedroom window so went downstairs to have a better look…
it was a bit disconcerting because I could see a police car sitting down the street in the middle of the road…
there were flashing lights on the next street from another police or fire vehicle…
and a spotlight was shining down from the police helicopter…
as I watched for quite a while, and eventually listened from back in bed, the helicopter flew in circles with the light shining down all around the houses close to me…
the light flashed into the bedroom a number of times…
I felt nervous and didn’t want to sleep for a while so I watched a cooking show until all was quiet and hopefully whoever or whatever they had been looking for was caught or gone…
haven’t heard anything about it today…
17 Wednesday Nov 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, garden-erie, house, light, moments, orchids, plants, widow
I’ve been working on a Christmas project and was able to finish the prep for it today… I love it when things work out;-)…
I also spent time in the “garden-erie”… it now houses the majority of the plants… I trimmed orchids and watered everything…
the new light is working well and comes on in the morning and goes off after dinner…
I am trying to find just the right name to describe the space for the garden… it is right between the living and dining rooms… conservatory seems just a bit presumptuous, lol…
07 Sunday Nov 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, fall back, grandfather clock, light, moments, nature, reset, sunshine, time, widow
I stopped the grandfather clock at 4 pm and set a timer to remind me to restart it at 5…
the only other clocks that had to be reset were the stove and microwave;-)…
it is always a bit of a giggle when I wake up trying to decide what time it really is, lol…
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