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Chapters…

08 Monday Jun 2020

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very happy that my order from Chapters/Indigo arrived yesterday…

I did laugh a bit when I realized I had ordered two of one of them… good that it was on sale, sigh… should have used the computer instead of my phone to place the order… I left the extra one out of the photo and plan to see if one of my friends would like it;-)…

the books will sit on the dining room table for a few days before I take them out one by one as I read them… it has been fun reading on the tablet in the living room and the paperbacks in the garden;-)…

location…

24 Sunday May 2020

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I now have an interesting reading plan, which depends on location……

if I am reading in the house I go into the living room and read on my tablet with Kobo… I had purchased a great number of books a few years ago and then completely forgot about them… this has proven very useful;-)…

if I am reading outside, I use paperback books… I find it too hard to read using the tablet due to the reflection…

today I just finished the last of the books that have been lent to me by friends and my next door neighbour… going back to the bookshelf to find something to reread…

angle…

07 Friday Feb 2020

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mentioned to someone the other day that I had gone downstairs to the living room to sit in the sun, but it wasn’t shining on the couch…

today I went down earlier expecting to see sun on my spot..

no such luck… apparently the sun doesn’t hit the living room at that angle at this time of the year, lol…

it shines on the other side of the room…

so while the sun was shining, I sat in the chair by the window and then in one of the black chairs…

the sun felt wonderful;-)…

a bit later I got this picture as it was going down…

so blessed to be able to see the movement of the sun at this time of year…

camping, day three…

12 Sunday Aug 2018

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today we were able to sleep in… lovely…

I was up fairly early and had tea outside as I was waiting for the crew to wake up…

eventually we had pancakes – regular for the boys and potato for us… along with some breakfast sausages…

a few jobs around the site and everyone else went to the beach…

I read and napped while they were gone… once they were back we walked around the campground checking out the various sites and then went for ice cream…

we had supper together and then my daughter headed back to the city…

we have prepared a little nest in the boat and are hoping to watch the meteor shower, if we can stay awake…

WWTB day 10…

08 Sunday Jul 2018

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the final day of my week with the boys while the rest of the family visit the East Coast…

tidied bedrooms, watched videos, went to a movie, read and mowed the grass…

relaxed for the remainder of the day…

we talked about the best things during our time together… biggest hit was our steak and lobster dinner… best camp happening was touching the snake… best thing for the older one was sleeping in and our visit to The Forks… not a bad list, lol…

suitcases, pillows, groceries, backpack and shoes all ready to go… then there were the happy faces as they got picked up, lol…

bye;-)…

party…

05 Monday Feb 2018

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happy that my grandson made it over on Sunday to shovel…

he drove his brother to a birthday party and then came to get the job done…

it was really cold out… it was -27 when I wrote this but quite a bit colder while he was here…

a few days ago it snowed for most of the morning, but lightly, so there wasn’t too much to remove… I was very happy because it is always nice to have the sidewalks and driveway clean for everyone…

after he finished, we had lunch, he studied and I read, until he had to go back and pick up the little guy…

mowing…

27 Saturday May 2017

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spent some time in the garden this morning… the dandelions were so tall that I couldn’t bear to sit outside looking at them so I mowed the grass…

then I pulled weeds and set out the cushions before I sat and read for quite a while…

this robin came to visit a few times while I was reading… didn’t mind my being in the garden at all, lol…

the most exciting thing was that I saw the fish for the first time since they moved outside… the water is so high in the pond that I can’t look under the bridge and that is where they usually hang out… been worried that something had got them because I haven’t seen a single one of them for weeks… all of a sudden, there they were at the base of the waterfall searching for something to eat… and then they were gone again…

it was lovely… and then it started to spit so I ran around putting everything back into the garage… by the time I’d done all that, the rain had stopped but I went in and had a nap, lol… seemed like the thing to do…

got up and went plant shopping with my daughter… we went to a few places and found a couple of plants…

hung the baskets, had supper on the deck and finished my book…

planning on doing some planting in the morning… not supposed to be too warm or sunny but will set up in the garage and work on pots and planters…

moonroof…

13 Thursday Apr 2017

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looking forward to having the next four days off;-)…

it was beautiful out and the first time this spring I’ve driven with the moonroof open…

ended my week with a trip to have my hair purpled… the process takes a bit of time but I had brought my book… it was nice to have a quiet time with nothing to do except read…

when I was leaving a deer walked right through their yard… how cool… what a treat…

on my way home stopped in at Safeway and got all the fixings for Easter dinner… tomorrow will be a rest and read day…

here’s the result of the evening…

return…

02 Saturday Jan 2016

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decided that today was the day to put away all the Christmas decorations…

for the last few days I’ve taken pictures of many of the ornaments as I knew they’d be coming down soon… used one of my apps to make a nice collage…

  
got my exercise as I brought up boxes, put away ornaments, and took them back downstairs… 

always a bit sad to take everything down… and it took a good portion of the day… maybe because I took a few breaks for reading and napping, lol… did spend some of the time thinking about the fun I had with my friend when we put all the decorations up…

the living room has returned to normal… my plants are happy because they’d been relegated to a back room for the duration…

was happy to get a few pictures of the orchid… it really is amazing…

  
enjoyed seeing the sunshine again…

  
the paths continue to be used constantly… recently the bunny spent a good portion of a day sitting in the garden so I saw it a number of times… it is really big…

tomorrow is my last day before going back to work… gonna try a lentil recipe and get in a bit more reading…

gardening…

17 Saturday May 2014

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what a beautiful day…

spent it outside… the new cushions are very comfy, but I still have to figure out what to do with the stools…

spent some time reading and some time working in the garden…

I work in short spurts and then rest a bit and then work a bit more…

20140517-215439-78879318.jpgit always amazes me how grass can get into the flower beds so easily…

the pond guy came by and we both think that the leak is fixed… he will come and cover up some of the liner that is showing and glue down a loose stone sometime this week…

20140517-221041-79841214.jpghoping to move the fish from their condo to their summer home in the next few days…

20140517-221912-80352817.jpgthere are brown bits everywhere as the buds open on the trees…

enjoyed every minute…

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