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extreme…

31 Friday Dec 2021

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

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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;-)…

fade…

30 Thursday Dec 2021

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beautiful, big girl pants, blessed, camera, Christmas, fade, flowers, friends, gift, moments, nature, photo shoot, pictures, purple, sunshine, Technology, treat, widow

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;-)…

comforter…

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…

viewpoints…

22 Wednesday Dec 2021

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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, decorations, iPhone, memories, moments, photos, purple, viewpoints, widow

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;-)…

open…

17 Friday Dec 2021

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big girl pants, blessed, blooms, flowers, moments, nature, open, orchid, purple, widow

last evening the orchid started to open…

this afternoon it was nearly all the way open…

what a treat… haven’t had one blooming for a few months…

magnets…

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…

tires…

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…

bags…

12 Friday Nov 2021

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

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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…

lightbulbs…

08 Monday Nov 2021

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big girl pants, house, jobs, lightbulbs, moments, purple, widow

replaced outdoor lightbulbs today…

one of the front ones and the one at the back door…

happy to get a few jobs done…

covering…

01 Monday Nov 2021

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big girl pants, blessed, chair, covering, decorating, friends, gathering, living room, moments, plants, purple, widow

this week our group is moving indoors as it is cold outside, so I have been getting the living room organized… another chair has been added so that everyone has a separate place to sit…

a few days ago I spent some time covering a black and white chair so that it fits better in the living room…

it didn’t come out perfectly, but I am happy with the outcome… it is purple, after all…

side tables were moved, pledge applied, plants resituated, cushions replaced…

can’t wait for my friends to see it…

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