09 Thursday Nov 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, cheery, family, garden, happy, houseplants, light, moments, nature, plants, sunshine, weather, widow
the plants in the basement were not doing well, so they were moved upstairs…
they, along with some others that had been on the dining room table, moved into the den…
it looks like a garden in there now;-)… a lovely cheery location to start the day…
08 Wednesday Nov 2023
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big girl pants, bird feeders, birds, blessed, grandson, health, ice, metal shovel, moments, nature, reach, seed, shovelling, snow, sore, weather, widow
it was overcast, but not too cold on Saturday, so I went out and was able to fill all the bird feeders…
even the one that I won’t be able to get to before too long, as the snow will make it difficult or impossible to reach, lol…
then I spent half an hour shovelling the driveway…
my grandson had done it awhile ago, but there were icy tire tracks on the slope so I broke them up and tossed the bits to the sides…
the next day my hamstrings and butt were a bit sore from all the bending as the metal shovel I was using was short, lol…
I will be happy when the tires get changed in a few weeks, but now the slope won’t be difficult to get up;-)…
05 Sunday Nov 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, cold, frozen, ghost, moments, nature, November, poppy, poppy feeder, remember, snow, steps, weather, widow
on November 1st I took down the ghost from the front step… it was difficult, because the sheet had frozen into the step, lol…
then I took the poppy bird feeder that I received as a Christmas gift and tied it to the rail… this was a process, because it was cold and my fingers kept trying to stick to the metal, lol…
looks pretty good, right;-)…
30 Monday Oct 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, breaking, cold, fish, garden, goldfish, grandson, ice, moments, nature, plants, pond, pumps, snow, time, water, weather, widow, winter
Saturday, late in the afternoon, after breaking the ice on the pond, we caught twenty-one of the goldfish…
the pond water was filled with leaves and was rather brown and murky…
it was quite the job as, at one point, my grandson went into it barefoot with his pants rolled up to cut down the water lilies and grasses (I think it was about -12°C in the air)…
but that really helped catch a bunch of them that had been hiding under the lily leaves… they were moving slower in the cold, but still snuck out of the net… also, some of the catching was in the dark, lol…
then they sat in pails in the house for hours before getting moved into the three tanks…
we were careful to be sure to keep size and numbers similar in the tanks so that there is sufficient space for all of them…
we thought we had them all, but on Sunday we discovered five more, woohoo…
now, the pumps have been removed from the pond, and it is apparently going into the winter with water in it, lol…
28 Saturday Oct 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, colours, home, look out, memorable, moments, nature, photos, sky, time, weather, widow, window
the sky today has been a beautiful canvas of colour and light…
woke up and saw this gorgeous view… had to run back and get my iPhone so I could take a few pictures…
this was just after eight am;-)…
and tonight around seven pm…
both memorable;-)… what a treat to spend a few moments enjoying the beauty…
27 Friday Oct 2023
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adrenaline, appointment, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, dentist, family, garden, grandson, hidden, moments, nature, photos, pretty, ride, shovelling, snow, spare, taxi, trees, walk, weather, widow
this morning I got up early as I had a dentist appointment and my grandson was going to drive me down before he went to class…
it was dark and there was a lot of snow out there…
I put on a vest, dug out a hat and gloves, and made sure I had cash for the taxi…
it lightened up before we left and I went out to start cleaning off the car… there was easily six or seven inches of snow on it…
made it to my appointment, and when it was done walked to the Delta Hotel to get a taxi…
got a few nice photos of snow-covered trees on the short walk…
as I was riding along in the taxi, I realized that I didn’t have a house key😳…
thankfully, after my beloved died and I was on my own in the house, I put a spare key in the backyard for just such an occasion…
and, I was able to get through the snow and collect it, lol…
I unlocked the door and put the key back before shovelling the front sidewalk and steps and the back deck and hot tub area…
got that adrenaline going, in the taxi, and in the yard;-)…
24 Tuesday Oct 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, friend, garden, growing, ledges, moments, morning glories, nature, pale blue, plants, vines, weather, widow
popped over to a friend’s place to pick some seed pods from her pale blue morning glories before they were pulled up for winter…
she hadn’t been able to see any pods, so I said I would come and pick them and show them to her…
we had a laugh when I got there because they are very late growing and haven’t even started any pods yet…
so, we picked a few pieces of the vine and I brought those home to see if I can get the plants started in the house…
I even brought one of the all-white ones…
we shall see what happens, lol… those west facing window ledges do come in handy…
23 Monday Oct 2023
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acclimatized, big girl pants, blessed, condo, family, fish, goldfish, house, leaves, moments, nature, neighbours, pond, tank, test, tree, water, weather, widow
when we were in the garden on Sunday, we removed a ton of leaves from the pond… always makes me think of the lovely neighbours we have had over the years, being as how the tree that sheds those leaves is located in their yard, lol…
there were still numerous ones left, but we were able to dig down past them and catch three fish to bring into the house…
I wanted to do a bit of a test in the biggest tank to be sure that the water was safe for them…
after they acclimatized to the house temperature they made it into their condo…
so far they seem happy and healthy;-)…
22 Sunday Oct 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, blower, feeder, garden, grandson, irrigation, leaves, moments, nature, prep, pump, put to bed, stacked, time, weather, widow
spent the morning in the garden…
we blew out the irrigation system, and put the caps in a clear bag on the side of the fridge so I can see them and remember where they are come spring, lol…
we stacked lawn furniture and got it ready for the tarp which will go over it in the next week or so…
we used the leaf blower to move many of the elm leaves into the flower beds so bugs and other things have a place to over-winter…
we moved flower pots under the deck and into the shed… and took apart the hammock stand to go in there as well…
two umbrellas came down, but because it had rained not long before we started our work, they went into the garage open to dry before making their way to the shelves…
we hooked up one of the bird feeders so I can get to it from the deck once the snow starts…
the pump came out of the bathtub pond and made it into the house, was cleaned and is ready for storage…
phew…
20 Friday Oct 2023
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big girl pants, bird feeders, blessed, decorations, detours, geese, halloween, leaves, moments, nature, walk, weather, widow
it didn’t rain, as the weather report had suggested for Thursday, so I went for a walk…
I went a block further than normal and walked in the opposite direction, lol…
once again I had to take a few detours to check out more Halloween installations…
even got to see a few geese this time…
later, I filled the bird feeders and was able to spend time on the deck reading and noticed many more leaves on the deck…
the temperature has been around 16 or 17 degrees Celsius and I’ve been taking the time to get outside and enjoy;-)…
beautiful fall day…
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