11 Tuesday Jan 2022
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I’ve been putting a cushion behind me when I sit on the couch and they tend to fall over when I get up, so I am constantly adjusting them as I sit…
the other day I used a blanket to hold them in place, but it was just a bit too short…
then I tried a different blanket which is a bit bigger…
I think it looks good and keeps the cushion in place when I get up and down…
and a bit more purple never hurt;-)…
so, then I did the same thing in the den…
brightens it up nicely…
01 Saturday Jan 2022
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had a lovely New Year’s day…
I watched the Rose Parade which was something we’ve done with my parents for years…
dear friends stopped by to first-foot me… and brought the usual coal, orange, cookies, alcohol, with a beautiful card… and a gorgeous bouquet of orchids and allium… my bouquet from last week is just on its last legs so the timing was perfect…
orchids are one of my favourites and allium was one of my beloved’s…
after that, I made a delicious steak and lobster meal for my lunch… it is usually the meal for New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day dinner…
I decided on lunch so the day would be easier… and to broil instead of barbecue as it was so cold out…
it turned out delicious and then I spent the day watching movies…
and carrying the flowers from room to room, lol…
31 Friday Dec 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, cleaning, extreme, first footing, layers, moments, nature, plow, purple, snow, weather, widow
this morning there was an extreme cold warning, so I put on two pairs of pants, a vest, my purple Canada Goose jacket, mitts, and headed to the end of the sidewalk…
last night the snow plows cleaned the street so there was quite a pile of snow left at the street end of the sidewalk…
it must have been about two feet deep and two feet across… I was thrilled to discover that it wasn’t full of ice chunks and had not frozen into a solid clump…
once again, they did a great job of the driveway… it didn’t need any touching up at all…
only took ten minutes and I was rather proud of my work…
hoping the mail carrier would bring me some fun mail;-)…
and should there be anyone first footing tomorrow, the sidewalk will be clear;-)…
30 Thursday Dec 2021
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had a photo shoot with my bouquet of flowers…
I’m happy that I’ve taken lots of shots since I received them as they are starting to fade…
got out the actual camera and had a fun time… light was good and tunes were playing…
flowers make me happy;-)…
28 Tuesday Dec 2021
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two of my presents were new Benji sheets and a comforter set…
washed the sheets and then put them and the comforter on the bed…
it looks great and then I had a short rest while watching some tv…
I even matched, lol…
the sheets were beautifully soft and comfortable…
yay… wonderful presents…
22 Wednesday Dec 2021
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had some fun wandering around and taking a few pictures of the various decorations…
nice to enjoy them close up…
who knew there were so many dragonflies;-)…
of course the purple was no surprise…
it always reminds me to look at things from different viewpoints;-)…
17 Friday Dec 2021
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01 Wednesday Dec 2021
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Advent, big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, family, found, fridge, get ready, happy, list, magnets, memories, moments, purple, remembering, widow
a week or so ago, I cleaned all of the various bits and pieces off the front of the fridge…
put the container with the 24 magnets on it ready for Advent… my daughter sent them to me years ago… they covered two muffin tins and each held a tiny treat as they were opened daily during Advent…
then I put them away carefully🤪… and I didn’t find them until last year, lol… I am happy to use them this year, especially as I still knew where they were…
I think I might start with the 24th and then count back until Christmas;-)…
guess I better turn the magnets around, lol…
this morning I put up the first one…
13 Saturday Nov 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, grandson, heavy, Indi, moments, purple, rims, shovelling, snow, tires, weather, widow, winter tires
this morning my grandson came over to put on the snow tires…
to get the car into the garage he first had to shovel the driveway…
I had made a narrow path from the house to the garage door so that I could take down the table and move things so he could do the work inside the garage…
tires got changed although he ended up only putting Indi in halfway for the front and back wheels… I had to take a photo with both the pretty summer rims and sad winter tires on at the same time, lol…
there was a lot of snow and it was wet and heavy, but he got it done, including the sidewalk and paths… I was pleased that he came in a few times to rest and visit a bit…
just as he finished, it started to snow again…
and off he went with proper winter tires on, which made me happy…
12 Friday Nov 2021
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bags, big girl pants, blessed, dahlias, flowers, garden, memories, moments, nature, plants, purple, Technology, tubers, widow
spent time this morning with the dahlia tubers…
when I dug them up a while back, I put them in different containers so I would remember which was which…
I think I got them right, lol…
I’ve read a lot of blogs and watched many videos on how to overwinter the tubers… of course the information is all slightly different…
last year only one of the ones I saved was usable, so we will see what happens with this year’s batch…
each type is in a paper bag and the bags are all in a bin that will go into a cool dark place in the basement…
I’ve left a bit of soil around them and not separated any… and I should check on them a few times to be sure they aren’t getting mouldy… maybe I will be able to find the eyes better in the spring…
fingers crossed…
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