woke up to this…
and when I was looking on Facebook, I saw this post from the same date in 2021…
so I guess it isn’t completely abnormal, sigh…
abnormal…
14 Tuesday Apr 2026
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Tag Archives: snow
back…
09 Thursday Apr 2026
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this is how the day went yesterday…
woke up, looked out the bedroom window, and went back to bed…
took this photo at 8:17 am…
took this one at 12:03 pm…
and finally, this one at 2:48 pm…
happily most of the snow vanished by the end of the day…
covers…
27 Friday Mar 2026
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bathtub, big girl pants, blessed, chairs, covers, cushions, deck, family, frozen, garden, grandson, ice, moments, nature, snow, weather, widow
so happy because, finally, on Tuesday, we were able to pull the covers, that were frozen to the deck, off the chairs…
I was very frustrated because I couldn’t do it on my own and had to wait for my housemate to get home… much stronger arms, lol…
three of the six cushions had to go into the bathtub to dry as they were all very wet…
the other three just went by the backdoor, although likely the covers will come off and go into the washer, lol…
the chairs were covered again and moved away from the snow and ice…
it was warm enough Tuesday, that I could have sat outside for awhile…
once the cushions dried out, I removed the covers, washed and dried them, and then struggled to put them back together…
and now they are waiting to get back outside…
after the snow😔… maybe tomorrow🤞…
anticipating…
22 Sunday Mar 2026
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anticipating, big girl pants, blessed, covers, family, garden, ice, melting, moments, snow, weather, widow, wind
we finally got the deck shovelled… there is still a bit of snow and ice, but now it should melt more quickly…
we also got the last of the snow off the two chairs on the deck, but I am anticipating that the cushions underneath the covers will be wet…
unfortunately, the cover is still frozen to the deck… but the wind was sure blowing the covers around now that the snow is gone…
snowploughs…
26 Thursday Feb 2026
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big girl pants, buckets, driveway, family, moments, nature, removal, snow, snowploughs, weather, widow, windrow
the snowploughs came along the street about 10:30 this morning…
there were a lot of them… maybe two or three of the big ones that move the snow from the road to the curb…
and block off the driveway…
then come the buckets which clean up the windrow… I think there were three of them…
they always take a scoop by the fire hydrant so that it is accessible if needed… unfortunately they didn’t scoop out the sidewalk… sometimes if you are outside already shovelling, they might take a scoop there as well;-)…
not this time, but my housemate dug through it on his break;-)…
muscle…
24 Tuesday Feb 2026
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big girl pants, family, moments, muscle, nature, shovel, snow, Technology, weather, widow
a while ago, I pulled a muscle in my lower abdomen…
it took awhile to get confirmation as I thought it was something else, lol…
apparently, shovelling is a really bad thing to do, which is unfortunate… usually I shovel the steps and front sidewalk… it doesn’t take that long, but after I shovelled last week, the pain got more intense…
so, today, when I had to go out, I decided not to shovel… it was difficult, but I remember the pain…
so I went out the back and walked in the tire tracks down to the street to get in the Uber…
will be getting my housemate to clear it up;-)…
cam…
20 Friday Feb 2026
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big girl pants, cam, door cam, fresh air, moments, nature, shovelled, sidewalk, snow, Technology, weather, widow
took a little time yesterday morning to shovel the sidewalk and steps…
was able to wear a lighter jacket as it was nearly zero out…
it doesn’t take long and it is great to be outdoors…
the door cam very nicely took my picture, lol…
remiss…
16 Monday Feb 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, grandson, ice, moments, nature, remiss, shovel, shovelling, snow, weather, widow
we’ve been a bit remiss in clearing the back decks on the way to the gate and garage, sigh… and it has become rather dicey when I’m getting into and out of the hot tub🤪…
it had gotten very rough and slippery so we tried a few weeks ago to chip away at it… unfortunately it was still too cold and the snow and ice were rather deep…
Sunday, I went out in the afternoon when it was quite warm (-2° C with windchill)… I took out one of the small, metal shovels from the beautifully organized wall in the garage and spent a half hour or so removing the slush and chunks of wet, snowy, ice, clearing a path to the garage side door (almost), hot tub, and driveway gate… due to winter ground heaving in the garage, we aren’t using the side door just now…
it was lovely out and I took my time with constant breaks…
it is down to the wood now, and will likely dry up nicely…
fingers crossed;-)…
bars…
03 Tuesday Feb 2026
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bars, big girl pants, blessed, chocolate bars, happy, moments, nature, neighbour, shovelling, snow, snowblower, weather, widow
there was a lot of snow on the ground Sunday morning, so I went out to shovel before it got colder…
as I was shovelling the sidewalk, my neighbour from a few doors up the street, came by with his snowblower and blew the driveway clear…
I gave him the two chocolate bars I’d purchased after the last time he did this, which I hadn’t gotten around to getting to him;-)…
while he finished the driveway, I went out back and got it cleared…
looks good everywhere…
charged…
28 Wednesday Jan 2026
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the front doorbell and the garden cameras both needed to be charged at the same time…
it was easy to bring in the front one but not so easy for the other one, lol…
I had to make a path to the garden camera as that area was a part of the snow pile from shovelling… took a while, but I got it;-)…
the cameras are now both charged and the garden one has been put by the garage door for the rest of the winter…
much easier to get to, lol…🤪
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