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nervous…

30 Sunday Jul 2023

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this picture came up on my Facebook memories recently…

I can still remember that day… we were in Courtenay and drove up Mount Washington… there was no one else around as it was summer… we sat at the bottom of the ski hill for a very long time as we were both afraid of heights…

but we decided to go for it…

we got on the chairlift but the person didn’t put the safety bar down… we realized this as we were moving upwards… I think that the bars along the back and beside me, that I was holding onto for dear life, probably had dents from the grip I had on them😳…

there are no pictures because of the death grip… we were both terrified…

when we arrived at the top the staff person didn’t seem that worried about it, but did say they would ensure that the bar was put in the correct position when we descended…

there was still snow on the ground and the views were beautiful, but I was still nervous about going back down…

of course, we had no choice about going down… after being safely secured correctly, we made the trip down and I even enjoyed some of the views, lol…

but, once we made it back to town, we stopped and sat in a coffee shop for quite a while to let our nerves settle;-)…

an unforgettable memory, lol…

craziness…

22 Saturday Apr 2023

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looked out the window just after seven in the morning on Friday…

and then again twelve hours later…

this is craziness… hope the snow is done now…

book…

20 Thursday Apr 2023

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spent most of this snowy/rainy day in the living room reading a book by my favourite author and enjoying my beautiful bouquet…

did manage to get my steps in…

fits…

14 Friday Apr 2023

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took all the pieces of the arch out onto the deck and finished putting it together…




tightened all the screws and voila… done…

it looks very tall, and should work perfectly… sure hope it fits…

had to lay it down as the wind was picking up and I didn’t want it to fall over before it made it to its new home, lol…

still waiting for the last of the snow to melt so we can try it out…

chairs

12 Wednesday Apr 2023

Posted by sulis303 in garden, health, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

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on March 12, this is how the deck table looked covered in snow and with the very dilapidated old umbrella… and then on the 2nd of April when the new umbrella was installed…

Sunday, the chairs made it onto the deck… and Monday, the table got washed and the chairs set around it…

starting to look like spring;-)…

eventually…

11 Tuesday Apr 2023

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eventually I knew it would happen… the snow is melting;-)…

the concrete on the driveway is doing a great warming job…

Saturday
Sunday
Monday…
Tuesday…

and the grass is becoming more visible every hour as the sun shines down…

last Wednesday…
today…

so exciting to watch the snow melt away…

wore…

06 Thursday Apr 2023

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this week we went to aquasize on Tuesday…

this is what I wore on my feet…

first time this year;-)… when I worked I wore sandals year round, but now they come out in the Spring and are around until the first snow…

on Wednesday, I stepped outside into this…

but it was back to my boots as I shovelled the sidewalk…

glove-free…

02 Sunday Apr 2023

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on Thursday we walked instead of going to aquasize…

we had breakfast at the Park Cafe where we waited a few moments before getting our table…

I had falafel eggs Benedict without the English muffin and it was very tasty…

after that, we drove over and walked around the outside of the Diversity Gardens on the road which was clear of snow and ice… we went through the Gardens as well where most of the paths were snow free… it was cold, but basically the only frozen things were our fingers, lol… particularly when I was glove-free taking photos…


we enjoyed our half hour walk and are looking forward to more such walks as the weather improves;-)…

arched…

30 Thursday Mar 2023

Posted by sulis303 in business, garden, life, moments, retirement, technology, Uncategorized, weather

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well, that was fun;-)…

ordered an arched trellis online and it arrived a few days ago… I was a little worried because the package was taped up a lot and I wondered if all the pieces were going to be inside…

I hadn’t planned to put it together until the snow was gone, but was a bit worried about missing pieces and what I would do if I didn’t sort it out till later…

when it was undone, some of the bags appeared to have been opened and then re-closed… and, there were no instructions…

took a while, but after looking at the information from the link where I bought it, it came together nicely…

currently it is in three pieces… the two sides and the arch… not sure I could get it outside if I join it all together… the final two cross pieces and screws are waiting to finish it up…

might take the pieces out to the garage and finish it, or just wait for the snow in the side garden to melt so I can put it in its new home…

sure hope it fits the way I want…

grandsons…

27 Monday Mar 2023

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got to have my grandsons over for dinner…

haven’t seen them for ages, so it was a wonderful treat;-)…

we caught up and they shovelled part of the driveway for me…

the shovelling was a big job as the driveway hasn’t been cleared for months, but it was a beautiful day… and, in the process, the youngest lost his AirPods… in a white container;-(… we spent quite some time digging through all the snow they had moved but did not find them…

we had Chinese food for supper…I’ve been craving it for a while so that made it especially good…

after supper I dug out a set of earbuds from my collection of ones that don’t fit my ears and gave him those… everyone played on their phones for a while as we chatted before they headed home;-)…

they have become lovely young men, although they still bicker like brothers, lol…

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