12 Saturday Jan 2019
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on the first day back to work, as I stepped out of the house, the ground was covered with a light dusting of snow…
I was at the garage door when a sweet bunny hopped into the garden…
had to stop and get a few photos, even though my hands were full, lol…
this morning as I was standing at the kitchen sink I noticed a bunny and a squirrel having a tiff in the neighbour’s backyard… seems like the squirrel won because the bunny went and hid behind a shed…
such fun to watch the critters…
07 Monday Jan 2019
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beautiful, big girl pants, blessed, clearing, driveway, group, neighbourly, neighbours, snow, snowblower, widow
my oh my… it snowed quite a bit last night… and then the wind took over… blew the side door of the garage open and quite a bit of snow went inside…
looked pretty as I was leaving the house this morning, although the driving wasn’t great…
at the end of the day we left the office in groups to be sure that no one got stuck in the parking lot…
when I arrived home I turned into the driveway and couldn’t get up the slope as my snow clearing person hadn’t made it over yet…
vehicles were parked on the street so I was worried I might back into one of them if I tried to make a run for it… I went and knocked on a neighbour’s door… the vehicle wasn’t his but he thought it was from the house right across the street from me… that neighbour was shovelling so I went and asked about the vehicle… it was his, but he said I had lots of room…
he came over and tried to drive Indi up the driveway… as he was trying, the first neighbour came out to help… with a number of tries, and two of us pushing, Indi made it to the flat section of the driveway… thank goodness for winter tires…
I was able to get her into the garage from there…
I opened the side door to see that my back lane neighbour had snow-blowed the sidewalk from the lane to the deck;-)…
I took a picture of the spot where Indi got stuck, but it doesn’t look like a problem…
here’s the driver as he finished shovelling his sidewalk…
pretty neighbourly, I’d say;-)…
30 Sunday Dec 2018
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big girl pants, breakfast, cake, Christmas, Facebook, family, grandsons, hot tub, lonely, memories, missing, snow, tasty, widow
I’ve been a bit lonely over the last week or so… most Christmases my older daughter and her husband have come home… it didn’t work out this year…
was out in the hot tub this morning, first time in ages… a bit later these two pictures came up in my Facebook memories…
the first is deadly chocolate mousse cake, her favourite… I always make sure to have it in the house when she comes… in fact whenever I go to visit her, I take some as well… we always have the cake for breakfast, which the grandsons think is amazing;-)…
the second is of our water boots from last Christmas… she loves the hot tub and our usual pattern is a late night dip before bed…
it was my other son-in-law who suggested water boots many years ago… they work perfectly so that my feet never get cold or snowy…
today I spent some time cooking… turkey and dumplings, and mashed potato and garlic soup…
they both came out pretty tasty, although I am not going to be able to have the potato soup for work lunches because it reeks of garlic, lol…
23 Sunday Dec 2018
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big girl pants, Christmas, family, filled, flowers, nature, orchid, pictures, preparations, shopping, snow, supper, widow
today was filled with activity…
started the day with a few pictures of my orchid…
then I prepped potatoes, turnip, stuffing for Christmas dinner and prepared twice stuffed potatoes for tonight’s supper…
it had snowed more overnight and in the morning… there was a lot of snow out there…
the kids arrived and we ran around getting a few last minute items… there were many, many people in all the places we went… particularly the parking lots…
home, dinner cooked, eaten and a bit of relaxing before everyone headed home…
last picture of the orchid…
22 Saturday Dec 2018
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big girl pants, brunch, giant, pictures, pretty, shovelling, snow, snowflakes, widow
this morning giant snowflakes were gently falling when I first got up…
my friends were coming for brunch, so I was busy getting a few things done…
I eventually took a few pictures but by that time the snow had changed so wasn’t nearly as pretty, lol…
just before my company arrived I went out and shovelled the sidewalk as the snow clearer hadn’t turned up…
it sure was pretty, before I shovelled…
the driveway and sidewalk are now cleared, hurray;-)…
29 Thursday Nov 2018
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snow fell all day long yesterday and it has finally accumulated a bit… we’ve seen very little snow up till now… this was how Indi looked when I got out to the parking lot…
it wasn’t too cold and the snow was still falling gently… I actually enjoyed brushing the car off… which was funny because a man walking by asked if I was having fun… and I said yes, I was… not sure I will feel the same in a month…
last night as I was walking by the hallway window I took this picture of the beautiful scene in the garden… tonight I got a few shots of the freshly shoveled yard…
snow is so wonderful to look at when you don’t have to go out, or shovel it, lol…
25 Sunday Nov 2018
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big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, devices, family, grandsons, movie, popcorn, shopping, snow, steak, supper, Technology, time, walk, widow
well, what a busy and fun day with my boys…
they came over after an early soccer game and we met for breakfast at the “A“… first time I’ve walked over there in ages…
from there we went shopping and then to the movies… saw Fantastic Beasts, which was great… then back to the mall…
on our way home we stopped at the grocery store to pick up a few final ingredients for our supper…
the oldest grandson arrived just before our meal…
great dinner, the boys tidied up and everyone spent some time on their devices before they headed home…
20 Tuesday Nov 2018
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big girl pants, bunny, garage door, grandson, shovel, snow, widow
we have been very lucky with the snowfall so far this year… been really cold but little snow has fallen…
I do have a person to come and shovel for me, which makes me happy… I don’t have to worry about whether my grandson can make it over, although I am going to miss our time together…
think we will have to plan some supper dates…
here’s what I saw when I opened the back door this morning…
the garage door had opened during the night, sigh… once the temperature reaches a certain point the door won’t stay closed… I didn’t do anything about replacing it over the summer… guess I’ll be using the front to get in and out of the house for the next few months…
but, did see some bunny tracks…
when I came home it was all clear… I think he ended up blowing the snow because there really wasn’t much on the ground…
what a lovely treat…
11 Sunday Nov 2018
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anticipated, big girl pants, ceremony, chocolate, family, moments, nap, quiet, remembering, Remembrance Day, sky, snow, widow
anticipated a quiet day… no plans to go out or anyone coming over… I would watch the Remembrance Day service on Parliament Hill and read and watch tv…
woke up to blue sky out the window… haven’t had much of that recently, so it was a great treat…
I did a few little jobs around the house and settled in to watch the service…
received a message that someone was going to drop off some chocolate within the hour, so I responded saying as long as it wasn’t while the service was on…
then my son-in-law called and said he was on the way over for tea… he and the youngest arrived just as the moment of silence was taking place…
we watched together and a few minutes later there was a loud noise coming from the driveway… the person who is going to clear my snow had come over and was blowing the little bit of snow on the ground with a strong leaf blower… I wrote out cheques while we were watching the tv and then waited for him to knock on the door… eventually I realized he had left…
about then the kids left…
didn’t really get to watch much of the ceremony, lol…
decided not to nap in case either the snow blower person or the chocolate person turned up…
the snow clearing person arrived a bit later and I gave him the cheques…
wasn’t until I was making supper that the chocolate person arrived…
much busier day than expected…
10 Saturday Nov 2018
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big girl pants, heart, monument, pilgrimage, poppy, snow, statue, war, widow
today I made a pilgrimage to the statue that represents the women who served in World War I and II… it is located close to many other war memorials down by the legislature…
it was very cold out and my fingers were frozen by the time I was finished taking photos…
it was heartwarming to see that someone had drawn a heart in the snow right beside the monument…
my mom was part of the organization that made sure this reminder of women’s place in the wars was visible…
my final action before leaving was to remove my poppy and leave it at the foot of the monument…
a moving and emotional moment…
