06 Thursday Apr 2023
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this week we went to aquasize on Tuesday…
this is what I wore on my feet…
first time this year;-)… when I worked I wore sandals year round, but now they come out in the Spring and are around until the first snow…
on Wednesday, I stepped outside into this…
but it was back to my boots as I shovelled the sidewalk…
15 Wednesday Feb 2023
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put out a heart on the front door yesterday to celebrate Valentine’s Day…
then I shovelled the bottom third of the driveway…
a bit skinny, but I think a car would fit there, lol…
30 Monday Jan 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, blocking, cold, furnace, moments, nature, shovelling, snow, vents, weather, widow, windy
went out on Friday and shovelled the sidewalk and the path to the furnace vents…
it was cold and blowy, but there was quite a bit of snow that needed to be moved…
didn’t take too long and there was a lot of snow by the vents…
glad I got to it…
19 Monday Dec 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, exercise, hard work, memories, moments, nature, path, shovelling, snow, weather, widow, yards
hadn’t shovelled for a few days so went out on Saturday morning to do the sidewalk so people knew I was alive, lol…
wow… a lot of snow had come down…
besides doing the front sidewalk and a space towards each of the neighbours’ yards for the mail carrier, I also shovel a single path along the driveway to get to the vents for the furnace…
I want to be sure they aren’t plugged with snow, which stops the furnace… not a good look😳…
18 Sunday Dec 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, chocolate, Christmas, decorations, family, gifts, Happy Mail for Chocolate Lovers, moments, paintbox, painting, plow, purple, shovelling, Technology, widow
had some fun this morning… after going out and shovelling the droppings from the city snow plows…
been planning to colour the letters for these chocolate ornaments that I received from Happy Mail for Chocolate Lovers…
finally got around to it… sadly there was no purple in the paintbox🤪…
I am pleased with how they came out… I used some of my gifts from last year in a slightly different way and enjoyed the time…
now they are on the tree…
07 Wednesday Dec 2022
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stood at the window and watched chickadees, a nuthatch, and sparrows at the feeders…
and my neighbour shovelling his sidewalk… he is very particular and does a great job every time… it is fun to watch and makes me giggle every time, because my beloved would have been very impressed;-)…
besides shovelling, he also swept the front steps…
15 Friday Apr 2022
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what a treat this morning;-)…
I’d been planning to go out and shovel the steps and sidewalk to the street and had even put on the extra pants this morning…
I had also moved my winter jacket from the bottom of the door and was surprised to find snow along the threshold… put my jacket next to the vent to warm it up a bit…
just before I was getting ready to head out, I heard my neighbour’s snowblower…
not only did he do the main portion of the sidewalk and the paths from his driveway to mine, he also shovelled the front steps;-)…
I finished dressing and went out and shovelled the last six or eight feet to the road so that people can make it to the door, lol…
we had a nice little visit outside before heading into our houses…
later, I went out back and shovelled a path to the hot tub… not sure if it will open as there is a lot of ice along the edges…
but, I have the option if the ice melts…
06 Sunday Mar 2022
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today the kids came to drop off the car… and shovel the driveway… it was sunny and a balmy -16C…
there was a lot of snow because it hadn’t been cleared for at least two big snows…
didn’t take them very long and then they backed Indi in so it will be easy for me to get out tomorrow… seems strange to see her in the driveway, lol…
and, they brought me flowers… what a delightful treat…
we had a short visit in the house before they headed off for the rest of their busy day…
09 Wednesday Feb 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, melt, moments, nature, pond, rain, shovelling, snow, stuck, weather, widow
yesterday it rained… crazy eh…
I went out before it really got going to clear the snow in front of the patio door…
for the last week or so it has been stuck and only opened about six inches…
seemed like a good plan to deal with it before the rain, in case it freezes into ice back there…
took quite a while and a lot of effort to get the snow moved… it was much heavier and had more chunks in it… the hill next to the deck is high again, so I’ve had to walk along the path before throwing the snow into the garden…
but, got it done… there is still tons of snow on the deck although the rain and wind and warmer weather have certainly melted some of it…
it will be interesting to see how it is going to melt, or whether there will be more than one pond in the space..
01 Tuesday Feb 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, blizzard, moments, nature, rough, shovelling, snow, squirrel, widow, wind, window
we’ve had some rough weather over the last few days… they called it a blizzard, although not too much snow fell, but it certainly blew around…
as I was making my breakfast I looked outside and saw this squirrel, covered in snow, stuffing its face at the feeder…
it looked very cold…
a bit later, I took some pictures in the den…
the window was covered in sticky snow…
the blowing continued for most of the day, and finally stopped in the evening…
I see more snow shovelling in my future, lol…
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