• Background…
  • Here’s the Scoop!

herbiggirlpants

~ the new reality of a "70 something"

herbiggirlpants

Tag Archives: nature

outstanding…

05 Saturday Nov 2022

Posted by sulis303 in health, life, moments, nature, Photography, retirement, technology, Uncategorized, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

big girl pants, blessed, happy, moments, nature, outstanding, photos, sky, sunrise, sunset, Technology, treat, tree, weather, widow

the past week the sky has been outstanding…

Monday the sunset was a deep red… and within minutes changed to a lovely pink…

Tuesday morning was another stunner…

Wednesday evening, the blues and pinks were lovely…

and Thursday the deep reds were back…

Friday I was a touch late getting a photo, but caught the last little bit of light before the sun went down…

so pleased to have enjoyed all of these views of the sun…

portion…

03 Thursday Nov 2022

Posted by sulis303 in family, food, garden, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

big girl pants, birds, birdwatching, blessed, cooking, family, fire pit, food, grandkids, homemade, moments, nature, portion, spaghetti sauce, supper, widow

had a great day on Tuesday…

worked on homemade spaghetti sauce for a good portion of the day…

watched chickadees, nuthatches, and squirrels out the front window…

set the table for supper with the kids and tidied the house in preparation for the cleaners…

finished getting the rest of supper ready and had a great visit over the meal…

and they fixed the fire pit…

compost…

30 Sunday Oct 2022

Posted by sulis303 in garden, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

big girl pants, blessed, blower, closing down, compost, garden, grass seed, leaves, moments, nature, plants, weather, widow

nice weather to get a few final jobs done in the garden…

used the leaf blower to clean out the irrigation lines and blow a few more leaves into the beds…

spread some grass seed mixed with compost over areas that were bare…

moved the last of the flower pots into the shed…

and now it is nearly ready… a few umbrellas to be put away and it should be done, lol…

the deck is looking rather bare, lol…

apparently, winter is coming…

tarpaulin…

29 Saturday Oct 2022

Posted by sulis303 in family, garden, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

≈ 1 Comment

Tags

big girl pants, blessed, candy, family, faster, garden, grandson, kids, lawn chairs, moments, nature, tarpaulin, time, weather, widow

the kids stopped by and brought me some Halloween candy…

they fixed a problem with the printer and then stacked and covered the outdoor chairs and tables with another large tarpaulin… too bad the tarps aren’t the same colour, lol… the job went very smoothly…

they work so much more quickly than I do, lol…

the top deck is cleaned off and now there is more space in the kitchen where the footstool and cushions for one of the chairs were… the cushions have moved into the garage for the winter…

every step is helpful…

needles…

26 Wednesday Oct 2022

Posted by sulis303 in business, health, life, moments, retirement, technology, Uncategorized

≈ 2 Comments

Tags

big girl pants, bivalent, COVID, flowers, garden, moments, nature, needles, Technology, vaccines, widow

got two shots…

both needles in my right arm…

the flu shot was at the doctor’s office, but then I had to go to a local drugstore for the Pfizer bivalent vaccine…

apparently the Manitoba immunization schedule says that six months is needed between the boosters although drugstores are allowed to give the vaccine after three months…

interesting times…

curb…

25 Tuesday Oct 2022

Posted by sulis303 in health, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

big girl pants, blessed, curb, moments, nature, rain, thunderstorm, walk, water, weather, widow, wind

woke up to a thunderstorm yesterday… then had a nice walk, even in the wind and rain…

had to hang on to my hood so that it didn’t blow right off my head, lol… leaves were flying all over the place, but the rain had stopped…

when I came to a corner, the street was filled with water… up to the curb and edge of the tires on a nearby car…

when I walked by, maybe half an hour later, thankfully the water was all gone…

I was surprised at how much I enjoyed the walk…

beneficial…

23 Sunday Oct 2022

Posted by sulis303 in family, garden, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

beneficial, big girl pants, blessed, blow, decks, family, garden, leaf blower, leaves, moments, nature, snow, Technology, weather, widow

went out and took a few photos of the freshly blown leaves that my grandson dealt with the other night…

the plan was to clear off the decks and make a path to the back gate… that way it will be easier to shovel, sigh…

been doing lots of reading suggesting that leaving the leaves in the garden is beneficial to little critters…

this was how it looked before… lots of leaves, particularly as I don’t have any deciduous trees, lol…

collect…

22 Saturday Oct 2022

Posted by sulis303 in food, life, moments, nature, Photography, retirement, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

big girl pants, blessed, collect, iPhone, moments, nature, pictures, red squirrel, seeds, squirrel, stink eye, weather, widow

yesterday morning, while I was sitting in the living room, I had some fun watching this little guy collect and snack on sunflower seeds in the sunlight;-)…

they may have given me the stink eye…

view…

20 Thursday Oct 2022

Posted by sulis303 in business, food, garden, life, moments, nature, Photography, retirement, technology, Uncategorized, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

big girl pants, bird feeder, birds, blessed, camera, garden, mandevilla, moments, nature, pond, Technology, tripod, view, weather, widow, wireless

now that the pond is empty and covered with the tarp, the camera isn’t really needed, so it came into the house…

happily, the bottom of it fit perfectly on the camera tripod…

set it up by the window where the bird feeder is attached…

this is particularly good now as the mandevilla blocks the view through the window…

looking forward to getting some great views of the guests at the feeder;-)…

flipped…

16 Sunday Oct 2022

Posted by sulis303 in business, garden, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

autumn, big girl pants, blessed, flipped, frozen, garden, memories, moments, nature, prep, rain, rain barrels, water, weather, widow, winter

went outside and flipped the two rain barrels… one in the garden, and the new one next to the front flowerbed…

although we had drained both, they still had water inside, but once they were turned over, it poured out through the screen…

now they are ready for winter, sigh…

I learned a few years ago that not flipping them can cause serious consequences… lucky for me, the bottom of the one in the garden has returned to flat, lol…

← Older posts
Newer posts →

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 518 other subscribers

Previous

Tags

beloved big girl pants birds blessed chocolate Christmas cold dinner family fish flowers food friends fun garden George grandson grandsons happy health hibiscus hot tub light lunch memories moments morning glories nature orchid photos pictures plants pond purple rain remembering shopping sky snow sun sunshine supper Technology time treat trees walk water weather widow

Blog at WordPress.com.

  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • herbiggirlpants
    • Join 518 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • herbiggirlpants
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...