20 Friday Feb 2026
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big girl pants, cam, door cam, fresh air, moments, nature, shovelled, sidewalk, snow, Technology, weather, widow
took a little time yesterday morning to shovel the sidewalk and steps…
was able to wear a lighter jacket as it was nearly zero out…
it doesn’t take long and it is great to be outdoors…
the door cam very nicely took my picture, lol…
19 Thursday Feb 2026
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alarm, aquasize, bagels, big girl pants, evacuate, fire truck, grandson, inukshuk, lights, moments, nature, Olympics, pool, weather, widow
as I was waiting for my ride to the pool for aquasize, I took a few photos…
this one is the Inukshuk in a circle in the snow… I need to find another piece of limestone to finish it off better, lol…
then a shot of the snow on the cedar branches at the front door…
we were happy to be going because last week we missed due to the Olympics, lol…
we were in the water for about ten minutes when an alarm went off… we were told to evacuate the pool and then to head to the lounge at the entrance and not to stop for our clothes or other items…
besides our class, there were at least two classes of school kids, as well as those who had been in the gym… quite a few people…
during all that time the alarms were ringing and lights were flashing… after about ten minutes a firetruck arrived and the firefighters headed to the back of the building…
another ten minutes or so went by and finally the lights and ringing stopped…
we headed back to the change rooms, dressed and left the building… as a treat we picked up bagels…
mine was quite delicious;-)…
also meant I made it home in time to watch the women’s free skate…
16 Monday Feb 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, grandson, ice, moments, nature, remiss, shovel, shovelling, snow, weather, widow
we’ve been a bit remiss in clearing the back decks on the way to the gate and garage, sigh… and it has become rather dicey when I’m getting into and out of the hot tub🤪…
it had gotten very rough and slippery so we tried a few weeks ago to chip away at it… unfortunately it was still too cold and the snow and ice were rather deep…
Sunday, I went out in the afternoon when it was quite warm (-2° C with windchill)… I took out one of the small, metal shovels from the beautifully organized wall in the garage and spent a half hour or so removing the slush and chunks of wet, snowy, ice, clearing a path to the garage side door (almost), hot tub, and driveway gate… due to winter ground heaving in the garage, we aren’t using the side door just now…
it was lovely out and I took my time with constant breaks…
it is down to the wood now, and will likely dry up nicely…
fingers crossed;-)…
14 Saturday Feb 2026
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air-dried, big girl pants, blessed, cold weather, early, frozen, hot tub, moments, nature, Olympics, widow
I’ve been going out to the hot tub for the last week or so…
it had been a long time since I’ve been out there because the weather had caused the lid to freeze over…
last night when I came in there was some Olympic replays of the day on which I watched as I air-dried on the bed, lol…
then it was off to sleep so getting up at 3:30 am wouldn’t seem too tiring;-)…
13 Friday Feb 2026
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been laughing a bit as I had to move the hyacinth into the living room because the scent got too strong in the den, as it is a small room…
as of Thursday, I have been smelling it on my way down the stairs…
when I went to take its photo, the bloom was leaning way over, so full of buds…
put in a chopstick to help hold it up and got a few photos…
11 Wednesday Feb 2026
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the light is returning;-)… this makes me so happy…
this photo was taken at 7:36 Monday morning… makes getting up in the morning much easier…
and this one was at 5:56 pm that afternoon…
seeing the extra light makes the day seem much more pleasant;-)…
looking forward to more light every day…
08 Sunday Feb 2026
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big girl pants, cold plunge tub, family, garden, happy, hot tub, ice, moments, nature, project, topped up, water, weather, widow
it was a lovely day so we spent some time on the deck, in between Olympic events…
first project was to top up the hot tub and clean all the ice off of it…
next, we emptied, cleaned, and filled the cold tub… a new pump has gone into it to keep the water moving…
it is always amazing how long it takes to fill up tubs, particularly in the cold, lol…
but, the jobs are done;-)…
03 Tuesday Feb 2026
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bars, big girl pants, blessed, chocolate bars, happy, moments, nature, neighbour, shovelling, snow, snowblower, weather, widow
there was a lot of snow on the ground Sunday morning, so I went out to shovel before it got colder…
as I was shovelling the sidewalk, my neighbour from a few doors up the street, came by with his snowblower and blew the driveway clear…
I gave him the two chocolate bars I’d purchased after the last time he did this, which I hadn’t gotten around to getting to him;-)…
while he finished the driveway, I went out back and got it cleared…
looks good everywhere…
29 Thursday Jan 2026
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26 Monday Jan 2026
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big girl pants, cold, door, hibiscus, locations, mandevilla, moments, move, nature, plants, weather, widow
moved a couple of the bigger plants this morning…
swapped the hibiscus and the mandevilla… the mandevilla has been looking very sad, possibly because of the cold air coming in when the front door opens…
took a few moments to shake off the dead leaves, and then sweep them all up…
the hibiscus didn’t really want to move, even though it is on a rolling platform…
the mandevilla rolled across the floor without any problems…
fingers crossed that both of them will be happy in their new locations…
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