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31 Thursday Dec 2020

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last evening I spent time on Instagram… people tend to put up their nine most liked photos of the year, but I decided to put up my nine favourite ones…

I was thinking they would be flowers, with maybe a bird or piece of chocolate included…

once I finished, there were seven with flowers, one bird and a monarch butterfly…

looking through the pictures reminded me of some wonderful times over this past year…

my orchids, which provide such joy for me all year long…

planting, growing and enjoying morning glories, datura and dahlias…

time spent, with and without cameras, viewing the birds in the garden…

a rose along the sidewalk on one of the walks I took this year, with my daughter in my ear;-)…

the amazing time I spent over the summer with eggs, caterpillars and butterflies… and the day my grandson and I watched the butterflies appear…

time with hearts and flower bouquets…

the water lily flowers that erupted in the pond… had the most blooms ever this summer… and I hope to overwinter them in the aquarium…

lovely reminders of a crazy, but wonderfully special year…

relaxed…

27 Sunday Dec 2020

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had a quiet day yesterday… spent time taking photos of ornaments on the tree and the orchids…

a friend dropped off the fixings for turkey dinner which I warmed up at supper time… it was a lovely treat and made for a relaxed and enjoyable meal… ended the day with hot lemonade in my new mug and gifted shortbread…

just another reminder of how blessed I truly am…

elves…

22 Tuesday Dec 2020

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today my two older grandsons came by… one got dropped off so he could shovel, while the other went out for a few last minute items I needed… the main one being food for the fish;-)…

while he was out and about, the younger was shovelling… there was a lot of snow and it was heavy… put out some hot chocolate to warm him up…

the shopper returned and the elves loaded up the car with presents and goodies for their house…

a bit sad to see Indi with snow on her… she doesn’t have a garage for protection these days…

good news is that all the gifts have been sent on their way;-)…

pose…

19 Saturday Dec 2020

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had some fun watching the visitors to the feeders today…

saw chickadees, nuthatches and woodpeckers at the front feeders… at one point all three were there, although only the woodpecker decided to pose, lol…

lots of sparrows as well as this guy on the deck…

at the end of the day, the sky was stunning…

nature was everywhere;-)…

hole…

16 Wednesday Dec 2020

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this morning I was reminded of how beautiful hoarfrost can be… the pictures I came across were from eight years ago and showed the elm tree that lived across the street…

it was cut down a few years ago…

I took a photo to compare and was surprised at how much the cedar in our front yard has grown… the photo also shows the huge hole where the tree used to be…

I sure do miss the trees that have gone…

swept…

14 Monday Dec 2020

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yesterday my middle grandson came over to shovel for me… there wasn’t too much snow, but after the last snowfall, everything froze and the sidewalk was crazy icy… I didn’t want that to happen again, lol… there had been a skiff of snow and I had gone out and swept the sidewalk just the day before…

it was cute watching him put his hoodie up over his baseball cap, which he had on backwards, lol… of course there were earbuds in as he listened to his music while doing the job… he did have gloves because I couldn’t give him grandpa’s to wear which often happened before when he forgot…

he did the front, the driveway and all of the back decks and pathways… the garage camera even got a few photos for me… he was happy to get the December payment which will help with his Christmas gift shopping…

it was wonderful to see him, even though it was only through the windows… and now all of the spaces are cleaned…

starving…

12 Saturday Dec 2020

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my morning schedule is to put on the kettle for my tea, choose my Advent treat for the day, feed the fish, and prepare my breakfast…

when I get to the calendar, which is on top of the fish tank, the fish are running back and forth to make sure I know they are there… and starving...

I can practically hear them, lol… later in the day, they will rush over as I enter their space to see if they can convince me that they haven’t been fed…

lift…

10 Thursday Dec 2020

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I’ve been spending a bit more time in the living room, enjoying the lights, reading and listening to music…

sometimes the fish are very noisy… when they are searching for food they toss around the rocks in the bottom of the tank…

these are river rocks, not fish tank gravel, so when they knock them over it produces quite the sound, lol…

it amazes me that they can lift them at all and of course, when I tried to catch them at it, they stopped, lol…

birdseed…

09 Wednesday Dec 2020

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this morning I went into the garage and put birdseed into pails and a bin… I was very happy because the woman from Preferred Perch who delivered it last night put the bags on the table for me…

the bags weigh 50 pounds so that made it easier to fill the pails and bin and there is still one entire bag left…

I think there will be enough to last for quite a while…

miss…

05 Saturday Dec 2020

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sitting in the hot tub last night, remembering my beloved on what would have been his 72nd birthday, I was reminded of all the fun things we have done together during our forty plus years…

I’d been wanting a hot tub since our anniversary many years ago when he rented one for a weekend, but we couldn’t afford one until 2009…

once I chose the one I wanted, he built a deck to put it on, and then a deck to go in front of it… easy to get to, it is now perfect for dips… he never loved the hot tub the way I did, but wanted me to be happy…

when we had friends over (you remember that, right?) for a hot tub, if we needed a drink or towel or anything, we’d bang on the wall of the house and he would come out to see what was required, lol… he’d also take photos when I wanted them…

with the new security light/camera on the garage, I have to go to the side door of the garage and turn off the power so that the light doesn’t keep coming on while I’m in the tub… thankfully the deck goes right there so it is easy to get to and from…

some of our best talks happened late at night in this hot tub… I sure do miss him…