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sucked…

03 Monday Jan 2022

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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;-)…

kerfuffle…

18 Saturday Dec 2021

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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…

garden-erie…

17 Wednesday Nov 2021

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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…

reset…

07 Sunday Nov 2021

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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…

lighting…

05 Friday Nov 2021

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once the large fish tank was moved into the dining room, I filled the stand with many of the plants from the living and dining rooms…

that spot doesn’t get a ton of light so I had a small lamp sitting there to provide some illumination…

with my grandson’s help, we moved a lamp from the computer room down to this area and the lighting is much better…

I think the plants are going to like it…

unplanted…

01 Saturday May 2021

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today I took my dahlias, from The Dahlia Expert, out of the box and set them on the counter under the lights…

I’ve had them for a few weeks but hadn’t organized which pots they will be going into so they were just waiting in the box, unplanted…

this afternoon I watched a YouTube video that suggested setting them out in the light without soil or water… thought it was worth a try;-)…

if it works it will save a lot of carrying onto the deck and back inside every day until the weather reaches the sweet spot…

router…

22 Monday Mar 2021

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those big girl pants are fitting more comfortably all the time…

yesterday, in the early evening, the power went out… it was still light so I sat in the quiet and finished a book… then I went in search of flashlights and candles in case I needed them… found both and had them set out in each room so I would be ready when it got dark…

after about forty-five minutes the power came back on… Google turned all the lights on and the fish tank pump started burbling…

I turned on the tv which came on and after a few seconds would say the connection was lost… same thing for the one upstairs…

I decided to go to bed and see if it was more cooperative in the morning… unfortunately it wasn’t…

so instead of freaking out and calling my son-in-law, I went down to the router, turned it off, once I figured out which plug to use, and waited… plugged it back in, and waited…

and then turned on the tv which was now perfectly happy…

I also put a label on the plug for the next time this happens…

way to go me;-)…

light…

09 Tuesday Mar 2021

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over the last week I’ve been enjoying the sunlight…

in the morning it is shining into the den, which it hasn’t done for months…

and in the afternoon it now shines on the spot where I usually sit…

yesterday, I sat on the deck in the sunshine for an hour… and the sun was warm on my body…

spring is coming;-)…

lightstrip…

27 Saturday Feb 2021

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busy day yesterday…

in the morning I attached the Philip’s lightstrip that I got for Christmas from my grandsons… I had played with it a bit the day before…

I am pleased with how it turned out…

moved around more plants and made a meal that needs to sit for a day…

after that I finished with making a dozen cards from the watercolour painting I’ve been doing…

felt very accomplished, lol…

ladder…

27 Wednesday Jan 2021

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today, I wore those big girl pants again…

it started late yesterday when the light blew in the den… I went and got the kitchen step stool, but when I stood on the second step it made me too nervous to take down the cover…

after I thought about it for awhile, I decided the small ladder from the garage would work, so I had my grandson put it beside the back door while he was here shovelling… I brought it in and left it to warm up, as it is metal and it was very cold out today…

finally, I climbed up, changed the bulb, and returned the ladder to the back door… tomorrow will be warmer so I will return it to its spot in the garage…

I am having to figure out how to do more things as I am not having anyone in the house these days… looking forward to the time when people can come and do jobs for me…