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streak…

04 Monday Mar 2024

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Sunday night I really had to talk myself into going out to the hot tub…

it wasn’t cold, but it was snowing, sigh…

I do not like to get my face wet or my glasses covered in snow, so it was a bit of an issue, lol…

instead of taking my towel out with me, I hung it on the inside handle of the patio door so it wouldn’t be covered in snow when I got out of the tub…

made sure to put my peaked hat on over my toque… it had a bit of snow on it when I got back into the house…

on my way upstairs I took a picture of the garden, looks pretty but it was still snowing…

well, I didn’t break my streak… there have only been two days I haven’t been in since January first, both when the temperature felt like -41°C…

correct…

27 Tuesday Feb 2024

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the weather report had suggested a good amount of snow overnight, and they were correct, lol…

yesterday morning the ground was covered with at least two inches of snow… it looked pretty though…

it was deeper where it had blown into drifts… which, of course, were along the sidewalks and bottom of the driveway, lol…

I went out just after eight and got the sidewalks cleared as well as a portion of the driveway where my friends park on Monday afternoons…

thankfully, my housemate shovelled the remainder of the driveway…

my friends arrived and we had a great time with lots of delicious snacks;-)…

a bit later a Hydro Inspector arrived and reviewed the work done by the furnace installation company…

I was very happy that this time we passed the inspection… yay…

busy, busy…

longest…

18 Sunday Feb 2024

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so happy to see that all the solar lights came on after a day filled with sunshine…

what a treat…

the funny part is that this one set wasn’t working for the longest time (as in, over Christmas) but started up in the last few weeks…

and is doing a blinking pattern…

it is such fun to see them light up as it gets dark out…

at some point I guess I will need to turn off the trees in the planters, but I am enjoying them too much right now;-)…

coyote…

31 Wednesday Jan 2024

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as I was walking on the spot looking out the living room window this afternoon, I watched a coyote across the way… it was headed towards Portage Avenue along the creek…

I didn’t have time to get the camera out, but took a photo with my iPhone, which is cropped a bit here…

when I was up in the middle of the night, not too long ago, I watched one walk up the street…

fun to see wildlife but a bit of a worry that they are having to come out in the daytime and amongst the city streets…

removing…

30 Tuesday Jan 2024

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went out and shovelled up some of the slushy snow/ice… it was getting very slippery beside the hot tub, so I am happy this got done…

it will be much safer when I am uncovering and covering the hot tub…

it didn’t take too long as it was warm out, so after that was done, I filled all the bird feeders…

then I uncovered the seeds in the “house” on the deck at 11:44 am and by 2:30 pm it was completely covered over again…

for a little while I kept going out and removing the grass that the squirrel was adding, but I gave up…

mannequins…

16 Tuesday Jan 2024

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what a delightful time I had on Friday for my first visit to Voyage by Fleurs de Villes at The Leaf…

went with a friend who hadn’t made it to The Leaf before and it was such a treat to show her this gem…

we went around 2 pm and the parking lots were all full… we found a spot when someone left, at the very end of the gravel lot… even though there were many people, there were a good number of hangers to make leaving coats outside the biomes easy…

there was a lineup to get into the biomes, but it moved quickly and most people went directly into the Mediterranean Biome for the display, but we went through the Tropical Biome and admired the lush growth… my friend said she thought it was like the old Conservatory, but on steroids, lol… the plants are getting enormous and we were dripped on a few times, maybe from the humidity…

from there we moved into the Mediterranean Biome to see all the beautiful mannequins…

there were many people when we started our tour, but by the end it had thinned out nicely… I took photos of all the descriptions as it was so crowded around each one, lol…

after we sat and reviewed all the pictures we took, we decided on our favourites and filled out our ballots before heading home;-)…

fun way to spend a cold and snowy afternoon…

plows…

15 Monday Jan 2024

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yesterday was the first night of snow clearing on side streets this winter, and I have finally figured out which zone we are in…

I have learned to go out as soon as the plows go by to shovel the end of the sidewalk otherwise it turns to concrete and is nearly impossible to move…

they arrived about 10:45 pm and my housemate went out and shovelled our sidewalk and the one next door… in his shirtsleeves, but he did have his gloves on…

a nice treat, although I was dressed and ready to go, lol…

they did a great job at the end of the driveway so there was nothing to shovel there…

I did stand in the window and wave to each of the drivers of the graders and plows as they went by…

it was bitterly cold and I didn’t take a photo until they were doing the other side of the street, lol…

mall…

14 Sunday Jan 2024

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had a lovely time on Thursday…

started out with shovelling the sidewalk… my oh my, we had a lot of snow since yesterday…

then friends arrived to pick me up and take me to Polo Park to mall walk… it was very nice to be able to walk in a space without ice and snow, where there was lots of space, and few people…

forty minutes and three laps later, we went to their house and had a lovely visit and lunch…

we topped lunch off with a few pieces of dark chocolate…

later I was brought home with a bagful of books to add to the stair bookshelf;-)…

what a wonderful treat…

silent…

13 Saturday Jan 2024

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since Tuesday, when I shovelled the snow in the sunshine, I have been out three times, two of them while it was still snowing…

during one of those times, it was magical… the snow was gently falling, there was no wind, and it was absolutely silent… no cars, no animals, no people…

I have been trying to get some good shots of the snow falling but it has not gone well, lol…

and the snow was light as a feather;-)…

sun…

12 Friday Jan 2024

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Tuesday went out and shovelled the sidewalks and steps again…

the sun was shining and it was a beautiful day, even though the weather app said it was -25°C…

the sun has been a bit elusive over the last while so it was a real treat;-)…

it had snowed a bit on Sunday and Monday, although there wasn’t too much on the ground…

took a few photos as I was working away, lol…

snow, sun, trees…

all make me enjoy the moments and try to capture them;-)…