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11 Thursday May 2023

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early Monday morning I unplugged the hot tub again and put the pump in to empty it…

with the new hose it only takes about fifteen minutes… so much better than the old two hour procedure…

Mike from Krevco arrived later and moved the tub away from the wall… then he spent a good half hour trying to remove the bolt in the broken arm…

eventually both arms were attached and the lid was back on… yay…

once my grandson got home in the evening we were able to get the hot tub back into the correct spot… sounds easy, but if it isn’t in just the correct place, the lids won’t open… but we got it into place and then it took an hour and a half to fill…

a slow process, but done… then it was restarted and will take quite a while to come up to temperature as it is plugged into an outlet, not hardwired, lol…

tonight I have been adding the start-up chemicals, with twenty minutes between each addition, and am looking forward to a lovely late evening time in it;-)…

Sunday (well, Mother’s Day) will mark the fourteenth year since I had the first dip in it;-)…

I truly am blessed…

tea…

08 Monday May 2023

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big girl pants, blessed, delicious, food, friends, greenhouse, high tea, Lily Stone Cafe, Lily Stone Gardens, memories, moments, orchid, rain, Tea, time, weather, widow

had a great time with my BS buddies…

we gathered in two vehicles and drove to Rosenort for our 1 pm High Tea reservation at Lily Stone Cafe…

what a delight… we climbed up stairs, went down a narrow hall, and into a beautifully decorated room ready for our tea…

we just happened to get this space, but for a 20% gratuity you can book one of the private rooms for your group… no one wore gloves, but there were pearls, jewellery, and some fancy clothes, lol…

there were so many teas to choose from it took us a while to decide, and everyone enjoyed their picks…

then the tiered stands with a number of items for us to devour arrived, and devour them we did;-)…

they were able to deal with a food issue for one of us, and everything we ate looked lovely and was tasty… although it didn’t appear like a lot of food, we were all full once we’d cleaned the plates…

from there we drove a few kilometres to Lily Stone Gardens where we toured the Gift Shop and the one open greenhouse…

I found a beautiful white dahlia that is now sitting next to the tubers, which I hope will encourage them to get growing, lol…

the drive took just over forty-five minutes each way, and even in the rain and overcast, it was enjoyable… lots of conversation and laughter in both vehicles…

what a wonderful way to spend an afternoon;-)…

cedar…

07 Sunday May 2023

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big girl pants, blessed, bunny, bushes, cedar, creek, deer, garden, happy, memories, moments, nature, phone, resting, treat, widow, window

when I’m on the phone I usually walk on the spot at the front window…

yesterday, as I was there, four deer walked along the other side of the creek… just last year at this time I saw two in the same location, lol…

even though they were there it was nearly impossible to spot them as they stood still amongst the bushes and trees…

I couldn’t get a picture of all four of them, just these two, but did find this one having a rest a bit later;-)…

and when I spotted the resting one, I also noticed a bunny relaxing under the cedar tree in the front yard…

both bunny and deer seemed very comfortable…

Hawaii…

30 Sunday Apr 2023

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amethyst, amethyst heart, banyan, beaches, big girl pants, blessed, cacao trees, flowers, Hawaii, jacaranda, Maui, memories, moments, nature, once-in-a-lifetime, orchids, pictures, remembering, trees, turtles, vacation, water, widow

four years ago in April, we arrived on Maui to celebrate my birthday…

I had always wanted to go to Hawaii, but never made it happen until then…

I have been enjoying the memories that have come up in my social media…

on our way into our first hotel, we spotted orchids in the lobby…

we went to the beach to watch the sun set, got our toes in the ocean, found a great spot to watch, settled in to wait, and then had this group of people walk right in front of us to get their pictures, lol…

I have the amethyst heart that I purchased on my bedside table and enjoy seeing it all the time…

one of my favourite memories is of our time at the orchid farm… a huge space bursting with the most beautiful plants, most of which were in full bloom…

it was delightful…

there were fish and sea turtles…

saw cacao trees with cacao pods on them, jacaranda trees in bloom (purple), and the most amazing banyan tree which took up an entire block…

it was an amazing time and we enjoyed every minute… it lived up to all of my expectations and then some… so lucky this happened before covid…

original…

09 Sunday Apr 2023

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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, collection, found, lost, memories, moments, nature, original, resources, seashells, shells, widow

feels like working to clean up the computer room is a never-ending project…

but…

on Saturday I found my original seashell collection…

I can’t believe it… I came across a box that hadn’t been opened yet and figured it was filled with more papers… and when I took off the lid, this is what I saw;-)…

yikes, not even going to think how long that corner of the room hasn’t been touched…

what a lovely time I had today, unwrapping each one and putting them in the table and credenza…

memories came flooding back as I remembered names of many of the shells as they emerged from the 1998 newspapers they were wrapped in…

going to take out my resource books and do a bit of a refresher, lol…

wave…

08 Saturday Apr 2023

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seems like I have been working in the computer room forever, lol…

every time I think I’ve done all the papers, I find another box or bag, sigh…

this time I came across two very old photos…

one of my mom… she was a beauty;-)…

and one of my Auntie Vi, one of my dad’s sisters… she and my uncle lived in a tiny house in River Heights which was packed full of knickknacks… every surface was covered, lol… she made all kinds of things… she painted ceramics, knit numerous things, and always had delicious treats to eat whenever you arrived at the house…

she is also the reason that I stand at the window and wave to everyone as they leave my house just as she always did…

hold…

05 Wednesday Apr 2023

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I filled up another few boxes for the giveaway pile…

in the process I went through an already packed box from ages ago… there were mugs, some silver, and pottery…

as I moved them from one box to another I came across a few mugs which I decided to hold onto…

had my tea in this one as I waited for the boxes to be picked up from the front steps, lol…

of course the problem is I may need to get rid of two others to make room for these ones…

abalone…

24 Friday Mar 2023

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came across this picture from a trip to Mexico in 2017…

I have loved and collected seashells since I was given an abalone shell when I was young…

this store was amazing;-)…

I have lost the main part of my collection… this is a very old picture from when I was a teenager…

I think these shells may have ended up in the garbage years ago;-(…

now I fill the drawers with a collection of more recently purchased pieces…

it was fun to remember the store and my collection…

green…

17 Friday Mar 2023

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big girl pants, blessed, colour, fish, green, happy, memories, moments, Patrick’s Day, rash guard, shirt, St., widow

I have always dressed for special days, such as red on Valentine’s Day, green on St. Patrick’s Day, etc…

today, I spent a number of minutes looking through the closet in search of something green… this is rather funny considering I am home alone all day, lol…

what I found was the blue and green rash guard shirt that I got in Hawaii… so that’s what I put on… this shirt doesn’t get much wear…

certainly not a bright green, but still green… and I’m sure the fish are pleased with my choice;-)…

treacherous…

07 Tuesday Mar 2023

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Assiniboine Hotel, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, family, hoarfrost, icy, memories, moments, nature, snow, treacherous, trees, walk, weather, widow

walked to and from the “A” on Sunday morning…

it took a bit longer than usual as it was icy so the walking was a bit treacherous…

but it gave me the opportunity to get a few photos of the beautiful trees…

happy to get outside and enjoy the fresh air…

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