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…
18 Monday Feb 2019
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so happy with the shovelling done by my grandson yesterday…
he cleaned out the windrow at the end of the sidewalk which my shoveler hasn’t been able to clear… pleased as my friends have had to use the driveway rather than the sidewalk for weeks;-)… the driveway is sloped so the sidewalk is a safer walk…
he also cleaned off the back deck… there was a lot of snow on it… took ages for him to get this done…
this morning I had a lovely hot tub… it wasn’t too cold out and I enjoyed the quiet… I have been sitting at the opposite end as there are many icicles hanging from the roof and I don’t want any to fall and land on my head, lol…
17 Sunday Feb 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, boot prints, car, prints, reminders, repair, snow, widow
recently, in amongst the times I was feeling sorry for myself, I’ve also been thinking of how blessed I am…
looked out the window into the backyard and could see the boot prints of my snow shoveler… how blessed am I to know that someone will come after it snows and clean my sidewalks and driveway…
had to take the car in because the plug for the block heater had been ripped off… lesson is, be careful who you lend your car to, lol…
anyway, I can afford to get it fixed properly…
good reminder for when I am feeling down;-)…
12 Tuesday Feb 2019
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05 Tuesday Feb 2019
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what a wonderful surprise…
the cleaners were supposed to be here yesterday but they took a snow day because of the weather which made perfect sense… I couldn’t get out of the driveway…
I was thinking they wouldn’t be here today although I asked if they might be able to fit me in…
it was a very long day so when I walked through the door and saw they’d been here it was such a treat…
just what I needed;-)…
04 Monday Feb 2019
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big girl pants, car, colleague, deep, drifted, driveway, overnight, pretty, shoveler, snow, widow
this morning I was rather surprised by how much snow had fallen overnight…
when I opened the back door there was easily six inches of snow up against it… I figured it had just drifted and when I stepped over it there was six inches of snow on the deck and all the way to the garage…
when I opened the big door there was four or five inches… I walked along the driveway to see how deep the snow was and decided that I might not be able to get the car out…
back inside and called a cab… didn’t want to get stuck at the bottom of the driveway…
but it sure was pretty, lol…
was able to get a ride home with a colleague and walked from the end of the street to be sure she didn’t get stuck…
there was even more snow when I walked up the driveway… snow pants would have been helpful, lol…
the steps and sidewalk were completely covered…
my shoveler isn’t available tonight, but will be here at 7:30 am so that I can get out in time for work…
26 Saturday Jan 2019
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big girl pants, croissants, flowers, hot tub, illusion, moments, moon, optical illusion, rose, snow, Tea, widow
started the day sharing tea and croissants with a very special person… such a lovely way to begin the weekend…
was going to grocery shop, but it just felt too cold, so home I came, lol…
the snow on the hot tub cover was amazing and it looked like the siding was melting… it wasn’t, thank goodness… a very cool optical illusion…
then it was laundry and sports on tv;-)…
24 Thursday Jan 2019
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it is cold out…
this morning I had to replace a safety pin that is helping to keep the garage door closed…
thought I was pretty smart when I figured out that by pinning a cloth over the lock mechanism the door will stay closed in the colder weather…
then as I drove beside the trellis I stopped, rolled down the window, took my gloves off, and got a few pictures of the snow on the leaves…
been looking at it every day as I move up or down the driveway…
silly to decide today, when it is -40 with the windchill, that I need to stop and take the photo, lol…
