01 Tuesday Jul 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, blooming, flowers, garden, giggling, growing, moments, morning glories, nature, purple, weather, widow
been giggling a bit…
I planted many morning glories and have been watching for the first blooms…
yesterday I spotted the first one… it was blooming under the bench of the butterfly chair, lol…
nearly impossible to see…
today I saw the second bloom, on the bench this time and with another bud preparing to open;-)…
hope more will open higher up, lol…
08 Sunday Jun 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, fountain, garden, grandson, moments, nature, peeling, planter, purple, sander, Technology, weather, widow
finally used my housemate’s electric sander to remove the majority of the peeling blue paint from what had been a fountain…
eventually it turned into a planter, but started peeling like crazy…
it has been sitting under the deck, where I could ignore it, for quite some time…
didn’t take too long once I got going to sand it down so it can be painted…
I do love purple, but the sun changes it to blue over time… still not quite sure what colour it is going to be… hmmm…
17 Saturday May 2025
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alyssum, big girl pants, blessed, cold, flowers, garden, moments, nature, pansies, planted, purple, rain, sun, tomato, weather, widow
did a bit of planting on Wednesday, on one of the warm and sunny days, lol…
added pansies to a section of the bathtub area as well as two pots on the stairs… included a bit of alyssum in the pots… looking forward to the scent as I walk up and down the steps…
the tomato went into one of the planter boxes in the side garden… I tried to get the calla into a floating container, but it didn’t want to cooperate so I left it for a bit, lol…
14 Wednesday May 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, clematis, garden, growing, moments, nature, pots, purple, shed, think, weather, widow
I am so excited…
spent some time on Friday bringing out pots for various spots in the garden…
amongst the pots was one with a clematis that was moved into the shed in the fall…
and I think it has already started to grow;-)…
very pleased that it made it through the winter and looking forward to watching it develop and bloom again this summer… it has lovely light purple flowers;-)…
11 Sunday May 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, bottle, flowers, garden, groceries, happy, moments, plants, purple, table, weather, widow
Thursday evening we went to do some grocery shopping… I found a couple of side tables for the garden and a new water bottle…
which, by the way, isn’t purple… sadly the old one, which was purple, is no longer usable…
the tables were easy to put together and look good… so far, one is happily ensconced beside the butterfly chair…
and just possibly, I found some plants for the garden;-)…
the season is beginning…
30 Wednesday Apr 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, car, completely, happy, Indi, memories, moments, owner, purple, seven years, Technology, wheels, widow
Indi is seven years old today…
hard to believe that all this time has gone by…
and she is finally completely mine, lol…
now to get those pretty wheels back on;-)…
20 Sunday Apr 2025
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big girl pants, birthday, blessed, feet, flip flops, gentle, happy, holding, moments, pedicure, purple, tanned, treat, wax, widow
had a lovely pedicure on Thursday as one of the celebrations for my birthday…
a day early but, like many places, they were closed for Good Friday;-)…
Joy was gentle and did a wonderful job of holding my feet securely as she worked so I didn’t kick her at all… those sensitive feet, lol…
as a special treat, I had the paraffin treatment, which is always delightful…
and because I wore my flip flops, she put them on first and then put on the polish… very clever…
had lots of time to sit and let the polish dry before heading home…
and am very happy with the fresh toes on my already slightly tanned feed;-)…
11 Tuesday Mar 2025
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afghan, big girl pants, blessed, moments, purple, sheets, Spring, springier, warmer, weather, widow
turned the mattress and changed the sheets on Sunday morning…
it is feeling much springier, lol…
also put away the big, heavy, sun and stars blanket and brought out one of the afghans I made a number of years ago;-)…
can’t wait for more sunshiny warm days…
12 Wednesday Feb 2025
24 Friday Jan 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, family, foot, happy, health, massage, moments, pedicure, purple, touched, treat, widow
can’t think of the last time I had a pedicure so it was such a treat to have one on Tuesday afternoon…
surprisingly, my toes got painted purple, lol…
as always, my favourite portion of the experience is the foot and leg massage;-)…
and I am getting much better with having my feet touched, lol…
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