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swept…

12 Saturday Apr 2025

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big girl pants, blessed, bunny poop, cedar, deck, fly, garden, moments, nature, reading, swept, tarp, tidying, warm, weather, widow

it was gorgeous out yesterday…

sat out on the deck and read for a while and then, when I got too hot (!!!), I worked on the back deck…

moved a few pieces of furniture and swept all the dead cedar and bunny poop off of it, although the tarp is still frozen into the ground in a few places…

before long we will be able to sit out there in the afternoons;-)…

I was just thinking about how great this season is as there are no bugs and about five seconds after that thought, a fly landed on my leg, lol…

straighten…

11 Friday Apr 2025

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big girl pants, blessed, garden, gone, moments, nature, plants, rain barrel, snow, straighten, weather, widow, wind

shhhhh… the snow is gone from the front yard…

and I finally took a few minutes to straighten up the rain barrel which had been blown over weeks ago from some of the crazy winds we’d been having…

now we are ready for some rain;-)… and plants popping up from the ground…

snowdrops…

10 Thursday Apr 2025

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big girl pants, blessed, creek, flowers, moments, nature, snowdrops, Spring, walk, weather, widow

finally made it outside for a walk…

it was overcast and around +2°C…

had on my sandals, gloves, a toque, and a spring jacket…

walked by some infill housing construction but happily didn’t get my shoes too muddy…

lovely to be outdoors… I was watching for signs of spring and was happy to see the water flowing in parts of the creek, although closer to home the creek was still ice-covered…

did find these cute little snowdrops…

but that was it… guess it is going to be a while yet before things start to pop up;-)…

lockers…

09 Wednesday Apr 2025

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aquasize, big girl pants, blessed, buddy, key, lockers, moments, nature, quarter, sandals, towel, weather, widow

we went to Aquasize today… we were happy because we found the lockers that returned your quarter… I’d put all my possessions into the locker, before I realized that there was no safety pin on the key…

I had a towel above the locker, so I placed the key inside it and saved having to change lockers… when we left I advised the front desk staff and they will have it fixed…

and I wore my sandals for the first time… actually had on socks when we went but didn’t wear them on the way home;-)…

yay…

flying…

08 Tuesday Apr 2025

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beautiful, big girl pants, blessed, clouds, flying, geese, moments, nature, sky, Technology, time, weather, widow

the sky was beautiful this morning when I looked out the window first thing…

a few minutes later I got another view…

the clouds were very interesting…

a bit later I watched geese flying low overhead as they headed out for a meal;-)… they were moving quickly and my phone was in my pocket…

but it is also great to just watch them and not worry about capturing a photo;-)…

the sky is so wonderful…

wicker…

07 Monday Apr 2025

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big girl pants, blessed, chairs, deck, garden, moments, nature, tarp, weather, wicker, widow

yesterday, we lifted the tarp and moved some of the furniture out from under it…

chairs for the table found their way onto the deck and the second wicker chair made it up there as well…

a couple of tables moved onto the lower deck and the butterfly chair moved across that deck as I continue to search for the correct spot for it;-)…

the tarp is still on the back deck and some of the remaining furniture is frozen to the wood…

can’t wait to sit back there;-)…

raced…

06 Sunday Apr 2025

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big girl pants, bird feeders, blessed, deer, doorbell cam, F1, moments, nature, raced, Technology, vanish, weather, widow

I was up late to watch an F1 race and got a notification from the doorbell camera advising there was an animal in view…

checked the app and spotted a deer, so I raced downstairs and watched a deer looking for a snack beside the cedar…

watched and followed it across the yard to the bird feeder…

and spotted a second one;-)… it was entertaining to watch their antics as they tried to get the sunflower seeds out of the feeders…

while I was watching, three more came into view👀…

such a treat to be able to watch them until all five headed off to follow the creek over towards the airport…

because I don’t pay for a subscription, the camera only shows the past three hours before activities vanish, so I don’t always get to see them, lol…

square…

03 Thursday Apr 2025

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April, big girl pants, blessed, books, crystals, living room, memories, moments, nature, shells, square, table, weather, widow

started April by changing up the living room table…

this time I moved all the crystals to one square, filled a second square with shells… the third square included birds and critters… the final square with some of my favourite books…

looks good…

day-to-day…

31 Monday Mar 2025

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big girl pants, blessed, changes, day-to-day, garden, look and see, moments, nature, plants, snow, Technology, weather, widow

just about every time I walk up or down the stairs to the second floor, I stop and look out the window…

watching the garden change from day-to-day…

maybe a bunny, a cat, solar lights, new flowers, squirrels, birds, so many changes take place if you take a moment to look…

this photo shows a few solar lights, one of which was under the snow, lol…

soon it will be green again… please🤪…

trails…

30 Sunday Mar 2025

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big girl pants, blessed, bunnies, dogs, fun, garden, moments, nature, paths, snow, trails, weather, widow

fun to watch the garden after the snowfall to see any fresh trails…

the bunnies have been busy…

even caught some through the window into the neighbour’s yard… their trails are made by dogs, not bunnies…

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