08 Wednesday Oct 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, decorating, ghosts, halloween, hunt, memories, moments, pumpkins, spiders, thanksgiving, widow
recently I went through the Halloween and Thanksgiving boxes…
I went on the hunt for pumpkins for Thanksgiving and ended up putting out those as well as Halloween goodies;-)…
pumpkins, witches, ghosts, and spiders, lol…
glad to have set things out as I haven’t done that for a few years…
24 Wednesday Sep 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, deer, little red truck, moments, nature, pumpkins, squashes, water terrace, widow
met a lovely deer as I was walking towards The Leaf early yesterday morning… I think we were both surprised, lol…
I also got to check out the little red truck in the Kitchen Garden… this first shot was from the newly opened Water Terrace;-)…
then I got closer;-)…
it looks very cute, filled with pumpkins, other squashes and mums…
01 Wednesday Nov 2023
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yesterday, I set up pumpkins with lights in them, and put a witch’s hat on the larger one…
I filled a bowl with chocolate bars and set it by the door…
we had twenty kids, about average for our neighbourhood… this was a good number considering how cold it was… I was surprised at how quiet they were – many of them just rang the doorbell, lol…
two of them were from Sturgeon Heights collecting non-perishable items for Christmas hampers… last week there was a flyer in the mailbox advising they would be coming so I had gathered a few items to donate… made sure they got candy too;-)…
the house looked good with the ghost on the steps and pumpkins in the window;-)…
31 Tuesday Oct 2023
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I’ve been collecting photos of Halloween displays since the very beginning of October when they started popping up on my walks in the neighbourhood;-)…
here are some that I enjoyed🎃…
decorating for Halloween has certainly become a popular pastime…
the very tall skeletons were cool, but I kind of like the happy displays, more than the scary ones, lol…
the majority of these were taken before the snow landed (and hasn’t left) which has since curtailed my walks;-)…
31 Tuesday Oct 2017
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big girl pants, cape, halloween, photos, place, pumpkins, sky, treadmill, widow, witch’s hat
no time to walk on the treadmill this morning as I had to get the pumpkins in place on the steps and bring up a couple of inside pumpkins from the basement…
it was still dark, but sort of looked the same as they did this evening…
got a nice shot of the front of the house as I was leaving… the orange looks great with the purple and gray…
at the end of the street I stopped and got a picture of the stunning sky… happy that I was in a place where I could stop and take the picture…
often when I see one of these beauties there is nowhere to pull over and the shot doesn’t get taken…
I took my cape and hat to the office and on a break did a little walk about… a colleague got this picture which is just how I looked as I handed out treats tonight;-)…
had over thirty kids and almost ran out of goodies… excellent outcome…
happy halloween…
29 Sunday Oct 2017
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beloved, big girl pants, carvers, family, George, grandsons, halloween, pumpkins, simple, supper, widow, witch
this afternoon when the kids came over, they brought their pumpkins… they are way bigger than mine, lol…
we had supper early and then got down to the business of carving…
this year we all scooped out the guts and seeds from the inside of the pumpkins… usually some people don’t want to get their fingers dirty…
went for simple designs this year as there were only three of us carving four pumpkins… great job by everyone…
they decided to leave the pumpkins here because they will all be out on Tuesday trick or treating…
works well for me because I haven’t brought out any of the Halloween decorations…
wrote this blog on carving pumpkins a few years ago and there are pictures of George working with the kids…
was thinking of him a lot as the younger boys and I worked away…
witch’s hat looks pretty cool…
09 Monday Oct 2017
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appreciate, big girl pants, colour, dinner, family, fish, memories, Mexico, pond, pumpkins, thanksgiving, time, vacation, weather, widow
what a lovely day… kids arrived and we decided to head out to get a few pumpkins… on our way we FaceTimed with the kids in Ottawa… good to see them and share Thanksgiving greetings…
we’ve been trying to get to Schwabe Pumpkins for a few weeks… it was chilly and rain came down a few times while we were there, but fun, and we really enjoyed the colours as we drove there and back…
when we got home the boys caught the fish, cleaned and got the aquarium going, and moved the fish into their condo…
the youngest two reorganized the sea shells as we talked about the fun we had in Mexico in March…
dinner was delicious and cleanup was quick with all the help… leftovers for here and there were packed up and they headed home…
I certainly appreciated having their company for the day… now to bed…
31 Monday Oct 2016
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well actually, no one said Halloween apples… got a few trick or treats but when I asked if I could play a trick or get a treat they advised they were just here to collect candy, lol…
I took some treats to the office this morning…
could hear people giggling from my desk… I wore dark clothes, a skull scarf and had my witch hat leaning on my desk…
barely had time to get my jacket off, the pumpkins lit and my hat on before the first kids arrived…
they have all been friendly and polite… nearly everyone has said thank you as they departed…
the ghosts seem to be going over well…
got some shots of the pumpkins from inside…
and out…
it was raining when I stepped out to get the pictures… might explain why it’s been quiet for quite a while…
most of the kids think it’s cool that I have a costume on too…
still more fun when there is someone else helping…
lights out, decorations on the dining room table, and I am watching The Chew…
Happy Halloween;-)…
31 Saturday Oct 2015
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had a sleepover at the kids…
this morning I took a picture out the living room window of the front of their house…
ignore the bloody footprints, lol… so much brighter with the cedar tree down… 
and now you can see the beautiful birch tree…
this morning we headed out and about to look at tiles and countertops which was great fun… but now I am rather worn out, lol…
this is the front of the house very early on Friday…
put out some pass-along boxes, yay… having a box on the dining room counter to pop items in has become a great habit… whenever I get a call from an organization who wants to collect stuff I know immediately if I have enough to pass along, so I’m not running around like a crazy person trying to find stuff…
this was the front of the house tonight just before I turned out the lights…
plastic pumpkins looked cute… didn’t have the energy to put out the usual Halloween decorations… not sure what that was about, although it was much more fun to hand out the goodies with George, lol…
ended up with a total of 17 kids… fair amount of candy left which will need to get out of the house so I am not tempted to eat it…
here’s my final Halloween picture… my youngest grandson admiring the pumpkin his mom had carved with a drill… he was really enjoying the process this year…
busy day with lots of fun memories…
23 Wednesday Oct 2013
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the kids picked me from the office and we went to get our Halloween pumpkins…
snow falling and lifting a BIG pumpkin…
by the time we got there it was a bit windy and the snow was flying…
everyone’s choices in the wagon…
each of the boys got to choose the pumpkin they plan to carve… that takes a while… when they were done the little ones ran all over while the grown-ups chose some different squashes…
a flash going by…
I like to get quite a few as they last a really long time… already have some so got a few more small acorns and a funky looking one that is like the acorn…
then we stopped at the Dollar Store and I got a few new decorations… purple spiders and bats and a couple of good-sized skeletons for the door, and a lovely purple witch’s hat…
yummy supper at their house, putting up Halloween decorations and a ride back to the office to get my car and then home…
phew…
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