20 Wednesday Apr 2022
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19 Tuesday Apr 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, card, family, food, moments, nature, nervous, out and about, Park Cafe, restaurant, semi-normal, weather, widow
today, I went to a restaurant… first time in over two years…
I wasn’t sure how I would feel… whether I’d be nervous or stressed out, lol… happily I didn’t feel either of those things…
we arrived and there were few people in the space, so that was good…
we were seated near the windows and watched many geese fly up and over the building…
our server, one of my favourites, was masked and pleasant… after breakfast I ordered a beet salad and some falafels to have for my lunch…
it was nice to do something semi-normal…
a bit later in the day a friend dropped by with a beautiful handmade birthday card and we had a brief chat on the steps…
a bit of shovelling, a nap, and reading took up the rest of the day…
16 Saturday Apr 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, cozy, garden, happy, hooting, moments, nature, owls, time, trees, widow
as I was getting ready for bed last night I heard hooting…
I went into the computer room and checked out the trees and spotted two very large owls getting cozy in the tree…
one flew away and the other stayed on the branch… didn’t hear any more hoots…
how blessed was I to be at the right place and time to see this;-)…
checked the tree out today but so far there doesn’t appear to be any nesting happening…
15 Friday Apr 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, moments, nature, neighbour, shovelling, snow, snowblower, treat, weather, widow
what a treat this morning;-)…
I’d been planning to go out and shovel the steps and sidewalk to the street and had even put on the extra pants this morning…
I had also moved my winter jacket from the bottom of the door and was surprised to find snow along the threshold… put my jacket next to the vent to warm it up a bit…
just before I was getting ready to head out, I heard my neighbour’s snowblower…
not only did he do the main portion of the sidewalk and the paths from his driveway to mine, he also shovelled the front steps;-)…
I finished dressing and went out and shovelled the last six or eight feet to the road so that people can make it to the door, lol…
we had a nice little visit outside before heading into our houses…
later, I went out back and shovelled a path to the hot tub… not sure if it will open as there is a lot of ice along the edges…
but, I have the option if the ice melts…
12 Tuesday Apr 2022
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it looks like the goose couple may be moving in across the way… I’ve seen them two or three times recently…
this morning I spent time enjoying their activities…
one eats while the other acts as a guard to be sure no enemies come along and disturb them…
I think they are spending time in the creek, but I haven’t spotted them there yet…
maybe I will see a nest before long…
that is of course if they stay through the blizzard🤪…
11 Monday Apr 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, car, concerning, creek, moments, nature, new normal, shopping, snow, walk, weather, widow
the creek is very full as the majority of snow has melted…
a bit concerning as we are expecting a blizzard with upwards of 15 inches of snow in a few days…
I walked down and took a few photos today after returning home from the appointment with my doctor…
the other concerning thing was the doctor’s comment after I told him I had actually gone into a store recently… he knows how careful I’ve been and noted that he didn’t need to tell me I shouldn’t take any unnecessary risks…
made me think we aren’t quite as far along in returning to the new normal as we’ve been thinking;-(…
10 Sunday Apr 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, family, feeder fish, food, moments, nature, pond, tanks, widow
today, my grandson came over and we went to the fish store to pick up food for the goldfish and a couple of filters for the pumps… you read that right… I went shopping;-)…
I ended up buying a ginormous pail of fish food but it is way more cost effective this way… I will fill a number of ziplock bags and pop them into the freezer… won’t be needing more for quite some time, lol…
I also picked up some feeder-fish…
not that I needed more fish, but they were a great size – about the same as the babies when they came into the house in the fall… and were only a dollar each;-)…
there will be a couple of big schools this summer…
09 Saturday Apr 2022
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amazing, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, companion, flowers, flying, Hawaii, Maui, moments, nature, nervous, travel, widow
three years ago today we arrived on Maui… and the first thing we spotted in the hotel was an orchid… how cool was that…
I had been thinking of visiting Hawaii since my beloved’s parents went the first time, many, many, years ago…
it lived up to everything I imagined;-)…
travelling had always made me a bit nervous, but having a companion certainly made it easier… I am wondering about how I will feel about future trips…
07 Thursday Apr 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, moments, nature, purple, Spring, sprouting, weather, widow
as I watch the plants start sprouting for spring, I also watch more snow falling outside…
and the morning glories I planted awhile ago have started to bloom daily…
the slow warmup and lots of wind have been good as the snow banks have been melting away and there is not tons of standing water in the yard…
06 Wednesday Apr 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, happy, moments, morning glories, nature, purple, seeding, seeds, snow, tomatoes, widow
this morning I was happy to discover two blooms on one of the morning glories…
that encouraged me to do some seeding for the garden…
I had decided not to do any, but felt a need to start morning glories so they can begin blooming earlier…
I cut toilet paper rolls in half, then cut slits at one end, folded them and put a piece of tape across the bottom…
then I put all of those into a spinach clamshell, filled them with soil, and dropped a few seeds into each one… I also planted three of them with grape tomatoes…
watered each one and closed the clamshell…
now for the waiting game… and we won’t mention the snow that was falling as I wrote this, sigh…
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