17 Saturday Apr 2021
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this left side photo came up in my memories from a year ago today… and the right side is how that avocado looks today…
I am a little worried about it because I’ve had to remove two leaves which curled and turned dark;-(…
13 Tuesday Apr 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, cacao tree, chocolate, flowers, jacaranda, lavender, Maui, memories, moments, nature, purple, vacation, widow
I’ve been looking back at photos from our trip to Maui two years ago… enjoying it a lot…
lovely to have reminders of that special time…
on this day, we visited a lavender farm where we walked through a garden filled wth beautiful flowers, many of which we couldn’t name…
we spent time at Maui Chocolate Coffee tours where we chatted with the farm owners, got to see cacao growing on trees, and tasted a chocolate drink…
and we saw jacaranda trees in bloom… they are purple;-)…
11 Sunday Apr 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, growing, memories, moments, morning glories, nature, patience, plants, poppies, wait, widow
this morning I sprinkled poppy seeds in the garden… hope they take… the poppies are always the first flower to bloom… they self-seed and some years there are just one or two and other years there are lots of blooms… it is amazing that they come back, even after the garden bed was completely dug up eight years ago…
I have also been enjoying the morning glory seedlings… I can hardly wait to plant them outside;-)…
I can see morning glories everywhere;-)…
27 Saturday Mar 2021
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, clamp, garage, garden, memories, mistake, moments, morning glories, obelisk, weather, widow
well, it took most of the day, but I got the obelisk put together;-)…
started first thing in the morning… put a couple of layers together and then made a mistake and couldn’t remove a pipe that was stuck… left it and kept thinking about it… was really missing my beloved… he had the strongest hands and that was what I needed…
eventually I remembered the clamp that is attached to the workbench in the garage…
after using cloth, the clamp and pliers, I was able to separate two of the pieces… finally was able to add a piece upside down and connect the remaining pieces together…
looks great;-)… hoping for a few warmer days so I can set it into the pot on the deck… the morning glories are going to look great on it…
way to go me…
23 Tuesday Mar 2021
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, garden, hot tub, measuring, measuring tape, memories, moments, tape, weather, widow
on Saturday, I spent the majority of the day outside…
did a bit of garden planning… had to bring out one of my beloved’s measuring tapes to do some checking of sizes of planters…
he had many, many measuring tapes… I have given a number of them away, but there are still a few around the house and in the garage…
put out a lounger, swept part of the back deck, topped up the hot tub and sat in the sun and read…
lovely way to spend time…
19 Friday Mar 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, cleaned, family, garden, memories, moments, planters, plants, seedlings, table, weather, widow
had a lovely afternoon on the deck yesterday…
removed one of the feeding saucers and cleaned the table… that took a long time but it looked shiny when I was done… looks ready for a meal with the boys;-)…
then I sat in the sunshine and read… so lovely…
at the end of the afternoon I brought in the planters which I am going to use to start some seedlings…
looking forward to getting the planting started…
16 Tuesday Mar 2021
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beautiful, big girl pants, blessed, fabric, friends, happy, memories, moments, purple, rags, remembering, visit, widow
went through my fabric stash and filled a laundry basket with pass alongs…
there was about a ten year period where I collected fabric to use to decorate tables, rooms, etc… enjoyed the memories of when the various pieces were used… laughed as I remembered a colleague who used to call them my rags…
this basket had been filled to overflowing and still has quite a few items in it that I couldn’t let go, including a number of scarves… so happy to also find a few items that I didn’t even know were missing, lol…
visited outside with a wonderful young woman who came by to collect the stash and always makes me feel great…
looking forward to seeing what she produces;-)…
08 Monday Mar 2021
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beautiful, big girl pants, blessed, flowers, friends, happiest, happy, memories, moments, nature, photos, purple, roses, widow
one of the things that makes me the happiest is spending time taking photos of bouquets…
yesterday I spent a good portion of the day taking shots from all angles with my Nikon…
as the flowers open and close I will have more opportunities to get some beautiful photos…
flowers make me happy;-)…
06 Saturday Mar 2021
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, figure-eight, goal, home, iPhone, memories, moments, pictures, steps, widow
as I’ve been walking the figure-eight pattern in the living and dining room I’ve been thinking of my beloved…
he walked the same pattern as he recovered from his heart surgery;-)…
this photo (quite a few iPhones ago) is from one of our walks while he was still in hospital after the surgery…
happily, I have met my step goal every day since mid-January;-)… maybe I will up my goal…
05 Friday Mar 2021
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, donations, forget, hours, loss, memories, moments, remembering, widow
how do you remember when you want to forget…
nine years… 469 weeks… 3287 days… 78,882 hours…
not the 41 years before that…
trying not to see the time at the hospital that day… keeps running through my head today…
this morning I made a donation to a program that is feeding hungry people… and to the Heart & Stroke Foundation… both will help people now and in the future… my beloved was always helping others…
ordered an A&W Teenburger for my supper in celebration of one of his favourite foods…
treating myself gently… sure do miss him…
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