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rearranging…

25 Thursday Jan 2024

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I am getting very tired of the overcast days;-(… today it was dreary even though the temperature was near 0°…

I spent time rearranging some of the plants in the living and dining rooms…

I added a couple of plants to the area around the Japanese Maple…

the fern from the den was taken outside and shaken because it was losing fronds like crazy…

after getting the loose pieces off, I moved it to the living room, hoping it might like the new spot better, although I’m not sure I like that spot, lol…

the dracaena got moved into a less bright space and I am contemplating a stand to go where it had previously been that would hold more plants, lol…

after that I rearranged and put away pillows…

now, if we could just have some sunshine…

hyacinths…

24 Wednesday Jan 2024

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it smells delightful right now in the living room as both of the hyacinths are blooming…

spent the majority of the day there so I could enjoy the scent;-)…

I am so happy to have flowers in these dark days of winter…

kaleidoscope…

12 Tuesday Dec 2023

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this morning in my Advent box I received a kaleidoscope of butterflies…

I love that name for a group of butterflies;-)…

some of them had broken free of their original home and had stuck themselves all over the inside of the box… it took a bit of time to get them all out, lol…

the glue on them is just down the centre of each one so their wings raise up a bit and they do look as though they are fluttering…

I put them on the bathroom mirror and they look very sweet there…

we will see if they stay or flutter to the ground as there isn’t much stickiness to them;-)…

disco…

27 Monday Nov 2023

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the Christmas boxes came out from under the staircase last Sunday… the goal is to reduce the size of the collection as each box is gone through…

Monday, the snow people were moved into the den… they look very cute in there… none were disposed of…

Tuesday, a great number of glass balls were hung in the dining room window… this involved separating ones which had been hung together previously and then hanging them individually… took some time, but came out nicely I think…

Wednesday, more ornaments were put up with the pottery and some of the most beautiful ones were hung on the dining room chandelier…

Thursday was about reindeer and sleighs… and even some snowflakes…

Friday involved the tree… it is filled with purple, silver and glittery ornaments… quite different from my usual choices…

there are lots of little disco balls on it and the ceiling and walls were quite sparkly as the sun shines through the window;-)…

I have been enjoying the process of focussing on one item each day and taking my time completing the decorating…

I did decide to give away some blue and red ornaments and a few wreaths, lol…

way to go me;-)…

carefully…

25 Saturday Nov 2023

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redid the living room table on Thursday…

usually for the holiday season I’ve filled it with glittery purple, silver, and clear ornaments…

this time I decided to change up the display…

first I found a nice piece of fabric and then a a collection of some of my favourite ornaments which would usually be hung on the tree but instead went into the drawers…

I took the glass off the top of the table and filled it with the ornaments before carefully putting it back on…

then three sleighs were set on top… looks good…

fabric…

26 Thursday Oct 2023

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a while back, I removed the cover on one of my IKEA chairs and arranged to have two new ones made…

I used the company that did such a great job on the garden chair cushions…

we picked a pretty fabric and then waited… and waited… and waited…

the first piece of fabric that arrived was defective and it took a while to get the replacement, lol…

got the email advising the covers were done and raced over to pick them up…

then it took us quite some time to get the covers on the chairs as it was snug… good that there were muscles in the room, lol…

but they look great… and I am very pleased with the colour;-)…

weighted…

06 Friday Oct 2023

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Monday I walked over to the Park Cafe wearing my new weighted gloves…

they are purple and kind of cute, lol…

I popped them into my vest while we were there and couldn’t believe how heavy it was when I lifted it to put it back on before heading out…

after a quick tour of the English and Leo Mol Gardens, which have a beautiful autumn vibe, with orange, yellow, purple, and brown colouring, I walked home with them on…

I am getting used to them…

hummy…

18 Monday Sep 2023

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I’ve spotted the hummingbird a number of times in the garden over the last few weeks… I have basically given up trying to get a photo, lol…

last Sunday I was in the living room on the phone with my daughter and looked out the window to see the hummy shoot by…

that made me go out to the garage to find the hummingbird feeder, bring it into the house, make syrup and fill the feeder… took it out and hung it in the garden near the purple flowers it seemed to like…

I sat out for awhile to watch for it, but nothing…

the next day, my buddies were here and when one tasted her coffee she spit it out… apparently I had put salt in the sugar bowl… which had also been what I used to make the syrup for the feeder… no wonder nobody showed up to drink from it…

brought the feeder back in, made real syrup, and put it outside…

maybe the hummingbird will come back, but it looks like it may have headed south;-(…

50…

15 Friday Sep 2023

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we moved into this house in September of 1973… 50 years ago:-)…

this is rather astonishing to me, lol…

early on, there was a lot of red everywhere, inside and out… then we went to some light pink, gray, and finally to touches of purple…

the garden started out as a grassed square, then a space for a kid swing set, a small pool, a giant sandbox, a two story playhouse, and then plants and ponds…

so many changes, so many memories;-)…

what a life…