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vanishing…

13 Thursday May 2021

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this afternoon my son-in-law came over and got the waterfall going… looks like he has also solved the vanishing water problem by moving the large standing stone and levelling it… this is very exciting as we’ve been struggling for a few years trying to fix it…

he also spent a bit of time in the garage sorting the tools to give away, toss, and the items he wants to keep… we already have a couple of toolboxes with most of the things I might need…

finally, he did a quick fix of the step so I can use it until he brings over the board to repair it properly…

so happy to hear the water running in the garden;-)…

rotten…

19 Monday Apr 2021

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what a treat… my son-in-law stopped by this afternoon…

he checked out the rotten wood on the step and we figured out what is needed to make the needed repair…

of course we also looked at a few other problem areas…

then we had a cup of tea and a chat together on the deck… it was chilly and I wore gloves, but the sun was shining…

nice to have a visitor…

figure-eight…

06 Saturday Mar 2021

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as I’ve been walking the figure-eight pattern in the living and dining room I’ve been thinking of my beloved…

he walked the same pattern as he recovered from his heart surgery;-)…

this photo (quite a few iPhones ago) is from one of our walks while he was still in hospital after the surgery…

happily, I have met my step goal every day since mid-January;-)… maybe I will up my goal…

swag…

30 Monday Nov 2020

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had a lovely front yard visit with a friend who dropped off some items from an online fundraiser…

before she arrived I put one of the deck chairs out by the bird feeders… she sat there and I sat on the steps… luckily, we each had our own tea, so that kept us warm…

got two poinsettias and a swag for the front door…

after she left, I spent quite some time hanging the swag on the door… there is quite a bit of fishing line holding it up, lol…

it was nice to have a face-to-face with another person…

pass-me-over…

11 Monday Mar 2019

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this morning I remembered to put out the three boxes of pass-me-overs onto the front steps before I left for work…

different places call and check to see if I have anything and then I have to remember how to mark the boxes because each place has particular initials they want on them, lol…

complicated…

17 Tuesday Apr 2018

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was talking with someone who recently lost a parent…

we were commiserating on the steps and costs of dealing with a death…

it has been a reminder of all the difficult times that we went through when my beloved died…

on the weekend relived a bit of the trauma around the car… after he died, it had to be repaired and detailed following the accident and then I had to have it safetied so that my name could go on the lease instead of his…

so many complicated steps… hard…

Fitbit…

22 Tuesday Aug 2017

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frustrated with my Fitbit and MyFitnessPal…

since yesterday the step count has not transferred between MyFitnessPal and Fitbit so I have way less available calories to eat…

I can eat more, but then I don’t meet my goal for the day…

must have spent hours over the last few days trying to sort it out… looks like this might be a problem with one of the apps…

argh…

not sure what to try next…

always…

15 Monday May 2017

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thank goodness I had a reminder on my phone… nearly forgot to put out two boxes of pass me over items on the steps…

and then, on my way home, came across the ice cream cart…

still odd to hear the distinctive music as it circles the neighbourhood… for many years they were not allowed in our area…

ended the day with my Monday night buddies as we shared the craziness that was last week and the busyness that is going to happen over the next few months…

life seems full always…

souper…

12 Wednesday Oct 2016

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been running up and down the stairs as I work on my soup for Souper Thursday tomorrow at work…

I made the broth on Monday and tonight I’ve been adding vegetables and barley and turkey…

it smells divine… and all that running up and down is adding to my step count, lol…

I always enjoy making my offering because the entire time I am prepping I am thinking of my colleagues and how much they will enjoy the soup…

we all look forward to Souper Thursday as it means someone else has organized our lunch… nearly everyone brings items to go along with the soup so there is always something tasty for lunch…

as I was going up and down I spotted this sky… nearly missed it… so beautiful…

working really hard these days to spot and savour those special moments…

inukshuk…

01 Sunday Mar 2015

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wonderful day… up early and walked to the Park Cafe where I met all the kids…

after breakfast we went to visit the polar bears… saw five of them today… although maybe it was all six, because it is difficult to tell them apart…

I am sure that these three were playing ring-around-the-rosy in the pool…

got a good shot of all of the boys with a friend in an inukshuk…

and I was very happy to pick up a new keychain, this one made with wood… my last one lost a leg recently… I bought it with George when we were visiting Vancouver Island…

after a great time I walked home and soaked in the hot tub before having a nap…

got a shot of the special tree by the Park bridge… looked a bit cold, lol…

also got some shots of the snow which looked full of diamonds today…

last night I spent a few glorious moments watching the Northern Lights dance across the sky… I was just getting out of the hot tub and could have missed the whole thing but was so lucky to catch it…

tonight I got a picture of the moon and clouds… sadly, not a good one, but it was a beautiful view…


and topped off the day with eleven thousand steps:-)…