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heirloom…

04 Tuesday May 2021

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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;-)…

drove…

30 Friday Apr 2021

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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…

tape…

24 Saturday Apr 2021

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beloved, big girl pants, duct tape, garden, lights, memories, moments, solar, tape, widow

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;-)…

avocado…

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;-(…

jacaranda…

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;-)…

wait…

11 Sunday Apr 2021

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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;-)…

clamp…

27 Saturday Mar 2021

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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…

measuring…

23 Tuesday Mar 2021

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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…

cleaned…

19 Friday Mar 2021

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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…

rags…

16 Tuesday Mar 2021

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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;-)…

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