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…
08 Monday May 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, delicious, food, friends, greenhouse, high tea, Lily Stone Cafe, Lily Stone Gardens, memories, moments, orchid, rain, Tea, time, weather, widow
had a great time with my BS buddies…
we gathered in two vehicles and drove to Rosenort for our 1 pm High Tea reservation at Lily Stone Cafe…
what a delight… we climbed up stairs, went down a narrow hall, and into a beautifully decorated room ready for our tea…
we just happened to get this space, but for a 20% gratuity you can book one of the private rooms for your group… no one wore gloves, but there were pearls, jewellery, and some fancy clothes, lol…
there were so many teas to choose from it took us a while to decide, and everyone enjoyed their picks…
then the tiered stands with a number of items for us to devour arrived, and devour them we did;-)…
they were able to deal with a food issue for one of us, and everything we ate looked lovely and was tasty… although it didn’t appear like a lot of food, we were all full once we’d cleaned the plates…
from there we drove a few kilometres to Lily Stone Gardens where we toured the Gift Shop and the one open greenhouse…
I found a beautiful white dahlia that is now sitting next to the tubers, which I hope will encourage them to get growing, lol…
the drive took just over forty-five minutes each way, and even in the rain and overcast, it was enjoyable… lots of conversation and laughter in both vehicles…
what a wonderful way to spend an afternoon;-)…
11 Saturday Mar 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, cleaning, fish, moments, murkiness, nature, pump, rain, stress, tank, water, widow, winter condo, yucky
well, that was a process;-(…
cleaning the pumps is not one of my favourite jobs, but I have gotten pretty good with it now that I have no choice, lol…
both tanks were getting murky which is the sign that the entire pump needs to be cleaned… that means the tube and the three different filters in each pump…
yucky, but necessary to get done… small one went fine… I don’t even make a face when I am rinsing them by hand whereas before I wouldn’t even consider touching them…
those big girl pants…
when I dealt with the big pump it was cleaned and put back without any issues…
but, when I plugged it back in nothing happened, sigh…
tried plugging it into a few other outlets, but no luck… brought it back into the kitchen, dumped the water out of it and removed the actual pump, which is quite tiny…
then I took the two pieces apart, used a Q-tip to clean both and rinsed it out without getting the outside of it wet…
got it back together, plugged it in and it worked, phew… when the pumps stop working it is rather worrisome because there is the concern about the stress on the fish in the tank…
now to see how long it takes to clear up the water and get rid of the murkiness…
25 Tuesday Oct 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, curb, moments, nature, rain, thunderstorm, walk, water, weather, widow, wind
woke up to a thunderstorm yesterday… then had a nice walk, even in the wind and rain…
had to hang on to my hood so that it didn’t blow right off my head, lol… leaves were flying all over the place, but the rain had stopped…
when I came to a corner, the street was filled with water… up to the curb and edge of the tires on a nearby car…
when I walked by, maybe half an hour later, thankfully the water was all gone…
I was surprised at how much I enjoyed the walk…
16 Sunday Oct 2022
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autumn, big girl pants, blessed, flipped, frozen, garden, memories, moments, nature, prep, rain, rain barrels, water, weather, widow, winter
went outside and flipped the two rain barrels… one in the garden, and the new one next to the front flowerbed…
although we had drained both, they still had water inside, but once they were turned over, it poured out through the screen…
now they are ready for winter, sigh…
I learned a few years ago that not flipping them can cause serious consequences… lucky for me, the bottom of the one in the garden has returned to flat, lol…
01 Thursday Sep 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, doors, drying, family, kitchen, memories, moments, rain, shopping, son-in-law, weather, widow
Monday was a bit of a slower day with rain during the morning… we had breakfast out and I put the foodstuff back on the shelves while my son-in-law ran out to get a few things we needed…
then we took everything out of all the bottom cabinets, and while he washed the shelves and removed a few extra shelves in the back of two of them, I went through and set aside items for the giveaway boxes…
the frame and all the doors were primed and there were doors and drawers drying all over the place, lol…
31 Wednesday Aug 2022
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banner, big girl pants, blessed, chocolate, family, happy, moments, projects, rain, son-in-law, Technology, weather, widow
Sunday, now that the two coats of primer were on, the actual paint went onto the shelves and the doors… and because it was going to rain, we had to do the doors inside, rather than on the deck, lol…
then we got to relax as we waited for it to dry…
we checked out a few other projects and I put back the banner that had come down in the hall…
looks so much better now that the holes have been repaired…
22 Friday Jul 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, box, flowers, happy, hooked, moments, nature, rain, subscription, Sweet Petals Farm, weather, widow
drove to Oak Street on Tuesday, just before the rain, to pick up my bouquet subscription…
I took a box that hooked into the seatbelt so that the flowers wouldn’t fall over… it worked perfectly…
such a treat to get fresh flowers every week… and they are lasting very well…
got a few photos as the drops started to fall…
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