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peek…

14 Sunday Dec 2025

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I’ve been watching the amaryllis that I purchased in early November…

it is now in the sleigh with some of the snow people and it seems to be doing okay… I added some of the solar lights in and around the melt (group of snow people)… I kind of like it…

both of the little babies on the sides of the main bulb have started to shoot up, and even the original bulb is starting to have a bit of green peek out…

shift…

11 Thursday Dec 2025

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so happy that my volunteer shift went until six…

got to see the new display when it was completely dark outside…

and the new hanging lights add such a delightful effect…

it is beautiful in the day, but if you have the opportunity to see it at night as well, go for it…

restrung…

03 Wednesday Dec 2025

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spent Sunday setting up the Christmas tree…

first I had to move the plants in the front window to other spots and move two tables out of the way…

then I spent some time removing two strings of lights… one that didn’t work and one that I restrung on the tree…

then, six or seven boxes came upstairs and were gone through to see what was in them and decide on the theme for this year’s ornaments…

chose glass pieces that have rarely been out since my beloved’s passing…

once it was decorated, I was advised that it needed more purple🤪… can you believe it, lol…

so I added more purple…

spirit…

30 Sunday Nov 2025

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waited till late in the day to fill the stairs with trees and Advent boxes…

should have started earlier because it took a while to get into the spirit, although I did enjoy the Christmas music I put on…

all of the lights worked right off the bat and eventually each box found a home…

the last few ended up by the front door…

the remainder of the forest found its way into the bathroom, the kitchen and onto the dining room table…

starting to feel like the season;-)…

entrance…

22 Saturday Nov 2025

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spent Friday morning at the entrance to the zoo as a zoo concierge…

this was my little nook by the doors…

learned lots of tips and tricks from the staff and got a few pictures of some of the Zoo Lights which started that evening…

four layers of clothing was perfect and toward the end of my shift, the top layer came off;-)…

poinsettias…

24 Tuesday Dec 2024

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made it to the most recent display at The Leaf…

we went around 7 so it was fairly dark in the Tropical Biome… a great time to go as there weren’t many visitors…

there were a few lit up flamingo topiaries and throughout the space there were lit signs about various birds…

there was also a cute Christmas tree made from individual plants…

the display in the Mediterranean Biome had lots of trees, lights, and poinsettias…

I also spotted a few amaryllis… some just starting to open, others in full bloom…

the trees were filled with ornamental birds and some birdhouses…

only spotted one of the seven succulent wreaths…

my plan is to go again in the daytime to see how it looks in the light;-)…

always a treat…

bedtime…

03 Tuesday Dec 2024

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I’ve been enjoying the trees up the stairs…

wound through them is a string of lights which I would turn on in the morning and off at bedtime…

now I’ve decided to leave them on all the time…

my beloved didn’t like having trees or snow people on the stairs as his walking was uneven and he sometimes stepped on one of the decorations, lol…

so far, I don’t have that problem;-)…

string…

27 Wednesday Nov 2024

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the trees made their way up the stairs…

a string of lights went up first and then each tree was removed from the box…

once they were all out, I had a fun time deciding where each one would go and then adding the smaller ones to every step…

I am always happy to add the various wooden ones that my beloved made;-)…

there are a couple left that will find their way into other rooms to bring holiday cheer;-)…

nearly…

12 Tuesday Nov 2024

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Friday afternoon I took out the solar small Christmas tree lights and put them into one of the flower pots…

wanted to be sure the pics would be able to go into the nearly frozen soil…

I also filled the snowflake with solar mini lights…

they came out very nicely…

tape…

24 Saturday Apr 2021

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prepared the last five solar lights that my grandson had picked up for me…

I’ve put them all into a flower pot until the weather settles down and the ground is frost-free… at which point they can go into various areas of the garden…

the cap on one wasn’t closed and it took me a while to figure out how to fasten it… once I had it fixed, I went and found one that had seemed to have a similar problem from the first batch I received…

unfortunately, that one didn’t work, but I dug out some duct tape and got it connected…

duct tape was one of my beloved’s favourite things;-)…