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13 Wednesday Aug 2025

Posted by sulis303 in family, garden, life, loss, moments, retirement, technology, Uncategorized, weather

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the work on the pond waterfall area started in early June… when the first two fixes didn’t work we moved on to more serious attempts…

the water in the upper pond was removed, and all the gunk was vacuumed out…

a group of three attempted to lift out the waterfall rock… unfortunately, it broke in the process… one of us might have had a meltdown;-(…

next the remaining blocks were removed and a new liner was installed… then the blocks were put back in… a bit of a puzzle to remember where each one went, lol… possibly they should have been numbered;-)…

the next step involved filling cracks with foam and gluing down some of the rocks…

with help from a friend the main piece of the waterfall rock was carefully lowered back into its spot…

it took three of us, but the three pieces of the waterfall rock were joined together with special rock cement and we waited a week for it to cure…

then the flat rock portion was glued down and left to cure…

next the hose was put down inside the liner and the waterfall spillway was placed back into the waterfall rock… there were a lot of crossed fingers at that point…

finally, on Sunday night, August 10th the waterfall was turned on…

it was too late for a good picture, so this one was taken the next morning…

there is no leaking 🤪…

a great job by my housemate and various friends throughout the process as issues arose and heat and rain caused stoppages…

what a treat to hear the water running and not have to worry about adding water all the time;-)…

left…

03 Sunday Aug 2025

Posted by sulis303 in family, health, life, loss, moments, retirement, Uncategorized

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earlier this week I had a bit of a meltdown…

it wasn’t until Wednesday that I realized the reason for the meltdown was my body getting ready for Friday…

would have been our 55th wedding anniversary… we only made it to 42 together…

it is hard to believe that 13 years have gone by since my beloved left me…

dripping…

09 Sunday Mar 2014

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this morning I went outside to do a bit of shovelling so that I could get to the hot tub…

it was warm, amazingly, and water was dripping from the various icicles which were hanging across the back of the house…

took a few pictures while I was out there…

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this one shows how the snow was actually melting along the edge of the deck…

a bit later I went to have a shower and discovered water dripping from the ceiling into the bathtub… realized that it was from an ice dam that I had been taking pictures of earlier…

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called and consulted with my son-in-law and he agreed he would look at it when they arrived for dinner…

had a bit of a poor me meltdown wanting my beloved to be here to look after me and fix this…

later the kids had some fun in the snow while their daddy blew lots of it out of the driveway…

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then there were ladders, hammers, roof rakes, and long bars as the two oldest boys tried to get rid of the ice dam…

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fought with those big girl pants today…

meltdown…

05 Thursday Dec 2013

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been a very full week…

out for lunch and dinner Monday… dinner out Tuesday and the furniture arriving… yesterday’s celebration of George…

today started with an event early this morning… and then busyness throughout the rest of the day…

just before the end of the day I had a meltdown… completely lost it over a problem with some technology…

at first I was thinking I was just a bit tired, but when I thought about it for a while I realize that maybe it was left over from yesterday… although I got through the day and evening very well, it was difficult…

probably wasn’t the best week for me to be so busy, because I do need a good amount of quiet time…

walked from the end of the street and shovelled the sidewalk when I got to the house… think all of that helped…

didn’t nap as I was waiting for a young friend to stop by but he didn’t make it so I had my dinner and watched a bit of TV…

made myself some popcorn and got ready to watch one of my favourite shows…

going to sleep early tonight and hoping for a better day tomorrow…

plan to focus on the beautiful African violet that is blooming very happily at the office…

one step forward, one step back…

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