09 Friday Feb 2024
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on Wednesday I went out for my hot tub much earlier than usual… rain was predicted for later in the evening and overnight…
I don’t like being in the rain so I was pleased to get out and back in before it started…
I still wore a peaked hat over my toque, lol…
26 Tuesday Sep 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, Coprinus comatus, fungi, grass, moments, mushrooms, nature, rain, shaggy, surprise, Technology, weather, widow
was surprised when we got home from voting to discover a row of mushrooms along the edge of the lawn…
they have a number of names – got this from Wikipedia:
Coprinus comatus, commonly known as the shaggy ink cap, lawyer’s wig, or shaggy mane, is a common fungus often seen growing on lawns, along gravel roads and waste areas.
when they are new, they are these adorable little white cylinders… maybe where they got the lawyers’ wig name…
then they turn into these rather not-so-pretty versions… the shaggy ink cap…
no plans to eat them, lol…
07 Thursday Sep 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, faded, garden, Maui, memories, moments, nature, pictures, rain, rainbow, rainbows, remembering, sky, weather, widow
on Monday night, just before supper, I looked up and spotted a beautiful rainbow…
it faded and then a double one started up, and after it faded, there was a third one, with very bright colours…
what a treat…
reminded me of our time in Maui when we saw five different rainbows in an hour…
21 Monday Aug 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, completing, digging, family, fence, garden, gate, grandson, level, moments, nature, rain, sky, weather, widow, wind
we’ve been working away at completing projects that have been started, but not quite finished;-)… I’m sure this doesn’t happen to anyone else, lol…
Wednesday, it was the back gate in the new fence…
the dirt was dug up under the gate area, two old concrete pads were discovered under a few inches of the dirt… they were removed and then some quarter down was laid, packed down, levelled, and new blocks put down, level with the lane… soil went into the spots on either side and some work on the slope up to the shed took place…
this is going to make the taking out and bringing in of garbage and recycling bins so much easier…
meanwhile the sky filled with threatening clouds, spots of sun, and then more of the “going to rain” cloud variety…
the project is not quite done, and just as we came in for lunch the wind went crazy and some rain started down…
good timing;-)…
16 Wednesday Aug 2023
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big girl pants, bird feeder, blessed, chairs, dirty, garden, launching, messy, moments, nature, rain, red squirrels, table, weather, widow
this little red squirrel bounces around the garden like crazy, along with some other friends…
usually I don’t mind, but a few days ago I had to clean two chairs and a table from where their little paw prints covered everything, after the previous night’s rain, lol…
they are currently jumping onto the chair, then the table, and launching onto the bird feeder…
after wiping the chairs, I had to wait for them to dry before putting on the cushions… I’d cleaned up quite a bit of the mess, before I thought to take these photos…
little beggars…
31 Monday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, camping, comforters, deck, garden, lounger, moments, nature, nest, night, rain, sleep, stars, weather, widow
on Friday evening I brought the lounger onto the deck and put a number of comforters on it…
then, once it was dark I headed out for my version of camping, lol…
had a pretty good sleep and enjoyed looking at the stars whenever I woke up during the night… and there were no mosquitoes;-)…
the weather looked good and that went so well that I decided to sleep out again on Saturday night…
around 4:30 am drops began to land on me😳, and shortly thereafter all of the paraphernalia was on the kitchen floor and I headed upstairs to my bed, lol…
18 Tuesday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, cool, cushions, garden, July, moments, nature, rain, vest, weather, widow
it was chilly on Saturday morning so I had on a vest and put my Assiniboine Park Conservancy blanket over my legs…
it is mid July;-(…
a few times later in the day, I had to put away all the cushions because it rained for short periods of time, lol…
and I kept that vest on all day…
22 Thursday Jun 2023
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barbecue, Barbie2, big girl pants, blessed, family, food, happy, moments, rain, steak, surprise, weather, widow
went out to barbecue a steak for our dinner before the rain was expected and when I removed the cover, I found Barbie;-)…
knew exactly how to use her, lol…
the steak came out perfectly, and it never did rain…
01 Thursday Jun 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, chairs, friends, garage, garden, gathering, lilacs, moments, nature, rain, storm, sun, suntea, tables, weather, widow, wind
the weather presented a variety of options on Monday… from hot and sunny to rainy, to thunderstorms, we had them all…
after seeing how much rain was possible, I decided to set up for our Monday gathering in the garage…
the motorcycle got moved to the back of the space and chairs and tables were moved in…
I also added the lilacs that my neighbour gave me in the morning as well as some suntea…
it was lovely, particularly when the wind blew through the space, and watching and listening to the rain coming down was delightful…
18 Thursday May 2023
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bag, big girl pants, blessed, garden, hammock, happy, moments, newsletter, rain, shed, weather, widow
it was early Wednesday morning and I was working on a newsletter job I have when the doorbell rang…
so excited to discover it was the hammock chair I had ordered…
I went out to the shed and dug around for the hammock stand that I already have…
with a bit of a struggle I got it together, managed to add the umbrella, and then hooked on the chair…
my neighbour found a big plastic bag for me that I will use when it is going to rain… it doesn’t say it can’t get wet, but I think it will last longer if it doesn’t get rained on…
I did sit in it for a few minutes, but will feel better when the screws (which I found in the garage) are into the bottom legs, lol…
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