29 Wednesday Apr 2020
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big girl pants, birthday, blessed, blooming, colleagues, fish tank, flowers, memories, moments, nameless, purple, widow
my plant is flowering… I don’t know what it’s name is…
it was given to me four years ago for my sixty-fifth birthday by my work colleagues…
it is so purple… it was blooming then, but hasn’t bloomed since… I think it likes being next to the fish tank…
very exciting to watch it…
27 Monday Apr 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, dahlia, flowers, garden, growing, planted, purple, rain, tubers, weather, widow
had a busy morning in the garden yesterday…
opened my box from The Dahlia Expert and took out my eight new tubers… I’d set it on the floor out of the way for a few days after it arrived to be sure it was safe;-)…
found pots, cleaned them out and matched the tubers with the appropriate pot…
left them outside for the rest of the day hoping that the rain might give them a drink… it did rain for a very short time but not a lot…
took quite a while, but eventually all eight were nestled in their new homes…
brought them in just before dark and put them back out for the day this morning…
they will be coming in and going out for the next while as I wanted them to get a head start on growing before they can live outside permanently;-)…
so excited to watch them grow…
26 Sunday Apr 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, chewed, flowers, garden, moments, morning glories, nature, plants, purple, Spring, sprout, sun, sunshine, weather, widow
this morning, while I was searching for something in the garage, I came across an envelope of morning glory seeds that had been there for at least a year… apparently a critter had chewed open the end of the envelope, but left the seeds… not so tasty maybe…
I sprinkled them over two planters along the deck and then covered them with soil… will watch and see what happens…
no idea if they will sprout, but I thought it was worth a chance…
will be fun to watch;-)…
20 Monday Apr 2020
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, dahlia, expert, flowers, garden, memories, moments, purple, shopping, The Dahlia Expert, tubers, widow
the dahlia tubers are here, the dahlia tubers are here;-)…
they are a variety of colours and sizes…
I am very excited… I will let them sit in the box for a few days before opening it up and then plant most of them in pots so they can start to grow in the house…
I ordered them through an Ontario company, The Dahlia Expert, and they were very helpful…
the first ones we ever got were from a lovely gentleman on Vancouver Island… we spent hours in his garden and garage deciding on which ones to bring home on the plane…
they grew beautifully but we didn’t store them correctly for the winter and lost all of them… hoping I do a better job with these;-)…
18 Saturday Apr 2020
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big girl pants, birthday, blessed, friends, health, memories, messages, moments, pictures, purple, surprise, Tea, Technology, treat, widow
this morning I started my day with the last bag of Twinning Blackcurrant Tea…
texts, phone calls, and Facebook messages came throughout the day…
and the biggest surprise was my BS buddies singing happy birthday on the road with a sign on a six foot pole so that the two holders wouldn’t get too close… what a treat…
seeing friends, even at a distance, brought such warmth to my heart… thanks to my buddy for sharing her photo;-)…
took Barbie (the BBQ) out and grilled steak and lobster for my dinner… ate with my Ottawa kids via Google Duo… they had McDonalds, lol…
very different from last year, but certainly this birthday will be remembered…
16 Thursday Apr 2020
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big girl pants, birds, blessed, feeder, moments, nature, pictures, purple, set, Technology, widow
had a fun time in the living room today…
replaced all the cushions with more summery ones from the stockpile… added in a few hints of turquoise and moved some plants… I am trying to get a clear view from my spot on the couch of the bird feeders in the front yard…
yesterday I refilled the feeders and there has been lots of activity since then… so far I’ve spotted juncos, nuthatches and even a purple finch… and of course the squirrels, lol…
I’ve put up the tripod and have the camera ready to go, so I’m all set…
hopefully the purple finch will return and I will be able to get a photo;-)…
04 Saturday Apr 2020
Posted in health, life, moments, nature, retirement, travel, Uncategorized, weather
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big girl pants, blessed, hallway, happy, hot tub, moments, proud, purple, shells, snow, sunshine, tidy, widow
rather proud of myself… I have barely done anything for ages, but today I was able to accomplish three things…
first, I went into the backyard and shovelled a path to the hot tub… my shoveler hasn’t been by… likely he is staying at home like everyone else;-)…
being very careful of my back, I worked slowly and made sure there wasn’t too much snow in each shovelful… now I can go out to soak my back if I want;-)…
came in, had a break, and then tidied the hallway bookshelf… I’d organized it back in 2014… made me laugh when I realized it was that long ago…
finally, I redid the living room table drawer… put sea shells in two of them and left the others as they were… one has all the retirement cards and the other has a number of pictures and maps from our trip to Hawaii…
looks good…
pleased with all that got done… maybe I will keep on getting things done;-)…
01 Wednesday Apr 2020
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big girl pants, cutting, good job, hair, haircut, purple, strange times, widow
well, I guess all those years of cutting my own hair paid off…
came out great;-)… and there is still a tiny bit of purple in it…
30 Monday Mar 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, deadhead, family, flowers, friends, garden, happy, memories, moments, plants, purple, remembering, widow
Monday is now plant watering day… used to be Saturday, but this new schedule is working well…
was talking with someone about their friend who, whenever they visited, would walk around and deadhead all the plants in the house…
as I was wandering around the living and dining room this morning I was reminded of my mom and mother-in-law and how they both did that in my house… they were both gardeners and certainly had green thumbs, actually – hands, lol… the plants always seemed happier after they had been over…
I think of my friends who are also amazing with plants… right now I am working on growing an avocado following one of their directions;-)… hope it works…
I also spent a bit of time enjoying the newest blooms…
flowers sure do make me happy…
26 Thursday Mar 2020
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big girl pants, careful, groceries, Maui, memories, moments, purple, shopping, snow, supper, Technology, widow
interesting weather today… I took pictures between 8 and noon as the snow came and went on the deck, lol…
actually got dressed… put on a long dress that I picked up on Maui last April…
flowers and turtles brightened my day…
I also ordered dinner in… this is the first time I’ve done this since I got home in January… was very careful when I brought in the bag and removed the food… this is what I had for my dinner…
since then I have washed my hands many times and been very careful not to touch my face…
I ordered a couple of items so will have four or five meals to take me through the next week;-)…
was also able to order groceries that will come in about a week and a half… the system is overloaded so I am pleased to get on the list at all…
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