lens…

10 Monday Feb 2025

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went out for a hot tub on Sunday afternoon… and tested out my new toque…

can’t even remember the last time I was out in the daytime… it has been too cold at night and when it wasn’t the deck hadn’t been shovelled, lol…

I went out a few days ago and got the space cleared off so it was ready…

it was only -21°C and I had a lovely time, although the mitten that I had put the phone into got wet while I was taking pictures, lol…

sometimes the lens gets a bit foggy when taking pictures from the tub…

the mountain of snow is quite high and I am hoping we can move some of it because it is getting difficult to throw the snow over the top of it;-)…

backtracked…

17 Friday Jan 2025

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at 6 am, it looked great out the window… when I woke up again at 8, the window was covered with snow and it was blowing like crazy outside…

but my buddy and I went on an adventure anyway, lol…

when I started down the sidewalk I realized how deep the snow was, so backtracked and went down the driveway, which was clear…

as soon as I arrived home, I shovelled the sidewalk… some places were six inches deep…

didn’t do anything else as I assumed it was still going to blow more snow around…

looked good, especially from in the house, lol…

we will see how it looks tomorrow;-)…

tradition…

02 Thursday Jan 2025

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on New Year’s day in the morning, I went out the patio doors and shovelled the decks…

then I walked around to the front and did the sidewalks and steps…

I used the shovel by the back door and it was very noisy, lol… it has a metal piece along the front and makes a scraping noise as it is used…

the one I normally use is plastic and much quieter…

I started at the back because I was waiting for my first-footer to arrive so didn’t use the front door…

twice during the day people commented that I was the only person they knew who followed this tradition, and also that when I was gone, the tradition would probably go with me, lol…

restrained…

11 Wednesday Dec 2024

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fun morning… picked up by a friend after shovelling the sidewalk… my fingers were very cold in my gloves when I put the shovel away, and I discovered that it felt like -40°… no wonder I thought it was cold, lol…

we visited a number of spots and I got some goodies;-)…

a nice loaf of rustic sourdough which made a lovely grilled cheese, with onion and pistachios for my lunch…

we visited Chapters where I found a few fun books for some little friends and got the cutest cloth bags to put them in…

then a wander around Lee Valley where I picked up a couple of things, including this 2 tablespoon silicone freezer tray… leftover pesto and tomato sauce went into it after my lunch…

finally we had a great time at D. A. Niels where I saw many things I would like, but restrained from purchasing anything today, lol…

what a fun way to spend the morning;-)…

soundless…

08 Sunday Dec 2024

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it has been doing this since before I woke up this morning…

and it is still going on… it feels like it is soundless, quietly encompassing everything…

it is causing a lot of work…

but so pretty;-)…

seven…

25 Monday Nov 2024

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only took seven minutes to shovel the front sidewalk and a path to the driveway…

didn’t need to shovel to the neighbours as Canada Post isn’t coming right now…

a nice start to the season, the snow was light and fluffy and there wasn’t too much of it ;-)…

niggly…

08 Saturday Jun 2024

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Friday, we spent some time finishing the bottom deck area…

in a section under the main deck there had been boards to hold the box of soil that was there for any planting requirements…

when the deck reconstruction was completed, it was decided we would finish this piece…

Friday afternoon a bit of shovelling took place to remove the dirt on the blocks and then the new saw was put to work cutting cross boards and then the pieces to fill in the deck area…

it looks great and the big dirt box can slide in and out easily… it sits back there to keep the soil from getting wet when it rains…

looks great and has finished off the deck build;-)…

yay, always happy when a project is completed without any niggly little bits left unfinished;-)…

oven…

18 Monday Mar 2024

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had my youngest grandson over for dinner last night…

had to think for a while to decide on what to make as the oven is still not working, lol…

decided on spaghetti with meatballs and sauce… while I was making the meatballs, I was remembering doing that with my dad… he made great ones and they were very small… and they never fell apart, lol…

mine came out okay, but a few of them did seem to disintegrate… I used the broiler, which is still working, to warm up the garlic bread…

my grandson is on a moneymaking kick as there is a big school trip planned for next year, so he did some shovelling for me in the garden… the plan was to move the snow around that was in the mountain at the edge of the deck… he did a good job;-)…