12 Wednesday Jun 2019
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I cannot believe it…
June 11 and all of the flowers had to be covered because there was a frost warning…
sigh…
good thing there was a bag full of old sheets in the garage… and that I knew exactly where they were, lol…
not sure the temperature fell below zero, but glad I protected them…
spent some time this morning removing the sheets and hanging the baskets back up… they were a little sad to have been covered up, but they were all alive, lol…
23 Thursday May 2019
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big girl pants, creek, low, snow, walk, water, water level, widow
on my walk home tonight I stopped at the creek and spent a few minutes looking it over…
the water level is very low…
doesn’t seem that long ago that there was water everywhere…
after all the snow, it seems amazing that everything is so dry now…
04 Thursday Apr 2019
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02 Tuesday Apr 2019
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tonight I walked home from Portage…
it was a bit chilly, but a lovely walk… the streets were clear of snow and just a bit wet so my feet made it home unscathed…
really happy now that I know the sidewalks are in good shape so that I can start walking on a regular basis;-)…
although there is very little snow remaining on the ground, it snowed off and on for a good portion of the day… crazy…
the creek is full of water, nearly all the ice has melted… the mix of cold and warm and wind have slowed down the melt so it doesn’t look like it will overflow…
31 Sunday Mar 2019
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started the day with a lovely hot tub…
although tons of snow has melted, there is still quite a bit covering the garden… took a photo when I got out of the tub…
this afternoon my grandson filled the bird feeders and then shovelled some of the snow so that it might melt a bit faster when the sun shines…
birds are gonna be happy…
28 Thursday Mar 2019
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big girl pants, flowers, garden, lights, skiff, snow, solar, Spring, start, sunrise, warm, widow, winter
such a beautiful start to the day…
the sky was gorgeous, the flowers were blooming… and it was warm… although there was just a skiff of snow on the ground…
amazing how fast we can forget the cold weather…
tonight it was great to see the solar lights coming on… in the garden they are shining through the snow…
more signs of Spring…
25 Monday Mar 2019
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tonight, as I walked up the street, I took a photo of the road and creek…
there is lots of water out there, which is exciting because that means it is Spring…
yay, yay, yay…
been wearing sandals since last Wednesday (start of Spring and all), so have had to do a bit less walking on the sidewalks because they are still slushy, or icy, or filled with puddles…
there is still a great deal of snow out there, particularly on the lawns and in yards, but it is certainly melting more every day…
24 Sunday Feb 2019
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big girl pants, crocus, feels, flowers, garden, purple, shopping, snow, Spring, sunshine, weather, widow
have decided that it needs to be Spring…
bought this cute little crocus plant and am enjoying watching the blooms open…
the sun is shining out there and it feels like Spring… in the house, lol…
except that the temperature is minus 34…
picked up a few Spring-y tops on Friday…
maybe if we imagine it enough, it will come sooner;-)…
22 Friday Feb 2019
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aquasize, backyard, beloved, big girl pants, fish and chips, garbage, memories, recycling, shovelled, snow, supper, widow
felt like I was wearing those big girl pants all day long…
this morning I went out into the backyard and shovelled the windrow outside the gate so that I could get the garbage and recycling bins into the back lane…
it has been weeks since I’ve taken it out…
put two bags beside it… not sure if they will take those or not…
I decided on pickerel for my supper… instead of the deep fried French fries that my beloved would make, and which were amazing, I baked them in the oven… a recipe from my grandmother… fish and chips was one of the regular suppers that he would make, particularly on swimming nights… makes me think that I need to get back to aquasize…
tasty…
19 Tuesday Feb 2019
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sunshine and clouds…
Saturday the sun was shining down on the planters in the front yard and there were diamonds glittering… lovely dome of snow, which reminded me of a giant ice cream cone…
a bit later I caught this sundog… not very big but always such fun to spot… as I was driving downtown this morning there was a huge one, but I couldn’t stop to take a photo…
Sunday the clouds were very fluffy as I took this picture…
