04 Friday Jun 2021
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the bar on the inside of the shower fell off… as in broke;-(…
it looks like I will have to find a piece to go onto the end of one side…
the doors were put in in 2009, so I am worried as to whether we will be able to find this piece, but I use this bar all the time…
wish me luck…
04 Friday Jun 2021
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, memories, moments, nature, open, poppies, surprise, widow
two days ago the poppies were looking excellent, and fairly close to opening…
often they will open one or two at a time which is great, because their season is very short…
this morning I looked out after the storm and spotted these beauties…
what a delightful treat;-)…
17 Monday May 2021
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big girl pants, camping, garden, memories, moments, nature, photos, remembering, skunk, smell, widow
this morning, as I was reading in the garden, a small skunk darted under the gate from the back lane, along the sidewalk, and out to the driveway…
it was way too quick for a photo, yikes… I had smelled what I thought were coffee grounds when I woke up and wondered where the scent had come from… now I know…
reminded me of the time we were camping and a skunk sauntered through the campsite as we were sitting by the fire…
the girls jumped on top of the picnic table while I sat still as it wandered along under the table, by my feet, and then out of the site…
I thought if it was going to spray us, standing on the table wouldn’t help, lol…
this time I did go and close the garage door so if it came back it wouldn’t go in there…
09 Sunday May 2021
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afternoon tea, big girl pants, blessed, family, flowers, heirloom, high tea, memories, moments, Mother's Day, Tea, Technology, time together, treat, Velvet Glove, widow, Zoe’s
what a wonderful time I had today on Google Duo…
I had ordered the Velvet Glove’s Mother’s Day High Tea, and the kids got Afternoon Tea from Zoe’s in the Chateau Laurier…
my grandson picked mine up and dropped it off here for me… it looked so cute…
we had such fun… their savoury items were different than mine, but it was fun to compare…
we ate our way through the savoury items, and then the sweet items… I was full, and still had four sweets left (gonna have them with my supper)…
we drank tea (mine was Liza Hill) and chatted about everything and nothing, lol…
using my fancy tea set was fun and a way to include the matriarchs in my family…
I absolutely loved the presentation that the Velvet Glove used… it was much fancier than Zoe’s, which was a surprise because Zoe’s have Afternoon Tea on their menu every day, lol… I am going to save the tiered platter to use again, or make tea for someone else;-)…
I will certainly order this again… thanks to Carly who provided great customer service at The Fairmont;-)…
05 Wednesday May 2021
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04 Tuesday May 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, family, flowers, food, fun, heirloom, memories, moments, Mother's Day, remembering, Royal Winton, Tea, treat, widow
planning a fancy Afternoon Tea on Sunday and I’ve been trying to find a pretty teacup and saucer to use…
somewhere, in a box, in a closet, in the basement, there is a Royal Doulton teapot with cups and saucers, but I have no idea exactly where, lol…
so, I’ve been looking online and found a very cute set which I would have ordered, but it wouldn’t arrive until next week so that wasn’t going to work… I do love the saucer though…
while on a phone call today, I remembered a set that my mom, while she was serving as a WREN in England, had sent to my grandma…
I knew exactly where to find it, and was so pleased when I pulled it out, as it will be perfect;-)…
besides the small teapot, cup, creamer and sugar bowl, it also has a little toast stand…
not planning on any toast, but it is very cute and will look great with the other treats… so cool to have this family heirloom to use which represents both my mother and grandmother on Mother’s Day…
looking forward to a fun Afternoon Tea;-)…
30 Friday Apr 2021
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appointment, big girl pants, blessed, bunny, car, drove, family, grandson, memories, moments, nature, outside, walk, weather, widow
cannot remember the last time I walked outside…
I drove to my appointment and giggled as I realized I hadn’t driven since September or October… haven’t forgotten how to drive, lol…
I always park the car a good distance from the clinic so I can get steps in… today I came across a bunny on my walk…
after I got home my grandson rode his bike over to pick the car back up… while he was here he played with the dog next door for a few minutes…
it has been close to a year since he has had the car… crazy…
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;-)…
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;-)…
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