raking…

15 Monday Apr 2024

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spent a good portion of the day on Sunday in the garden raking up leaves… there were a lot of them as well as dead cedar bits…

I know it is a bit early for the bugs, but I want to be able to sit on the back deck…

I left an old garbage can filled with some of what I’d picked up open so the little critters could still get out;-)…

what a difference this has made… it still needs another good going over, but I can now sit comfortably on the back deck and think about how it is going to look with flowers and the fish in the pond…

windex…

03 Wednesday Apr 2024

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it was a glorious day and I spent a good portion of it on the deck;-)…

we dug out the chairs and a small table and set them up on the deck off the kitchen…

I sat out in the sun with a light jacket and a blanket, but before too long it was warm enough to take off both… woohoo…

I also got out the windex and washed the table first with soap and then with the cleaner to make it feel like Spring on the deck…

it is now ready for Monday’s eclipse party;-)…

cronies…

01 Monday Apr 2024

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what a lovely springish day…

this morning I spent time reading on the deck, in the sunshine… had a blanket and jacket on, but didn’t need gloves…

then a gathering with my cronies… even got a photo of the group with all the snacks… besides the mini eggs, pistachios, almonds, candy hearts, and chocolate mango pieces, hot cross buns and chocolate vanilla pinwheel cookies arrived with the crew;-)…

after everyone left, I enjoyed more time in the sunshine reading in the living room…

sunlight and warm temperatures… and it is supposed to be warm and sunny all week;-)… woohoo…

brightly…

15 Friday Mar 2024

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yesterday, at 8:00 am, saw the beautiful trees across the creek with the sun shining brightly on them…

at 11:30 big beautiful snowflakes were coming down…

at 5:00 pm the sun was shining and water was running down the street…

lots of changes throughout the day…

skeins…

12 Tuesday Mar 2024

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what a delightful time I had yesterday…

spent an hour and a half on the deck, reading in the glorious sunshine…

started out with a blanket and my winter jacket, but eventually put away the blanket and changed to my spring jacket… woohoo…

while I was out there I heard at least two skeins of geese fly by, although I never did see any of them, lol…

spent a few hours with my Monday buddies, read in the living room, and napped;-)…

replete…

28 Wednesday Feb 2024

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often, as I sit in the sunlight here in the living room, I take a moment to celebrate how blessed I am…

a comfortable home, food to eat, family and friends to spend time with, plants and flowers to enjoy, birds and fish to watch, books to read, and good health…

my entire being is replete with gratitude for my life…

then I take a few moments to send thoughts and prayers to so many who are currently not so lucky…

tickled…

24 Saturday Feb 2024

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was so tickled on Thursday morning… I spent just under an hour sitting on the deck reading in the sunlight…

the temperature was 3°C, and the weather channel suggested it felt like -2, although the deck is often warmer…

it was a bit of a process as I had to bring out a cushion for the chair and a small table for my tea, lol… I wore my winter jacket and had my Assiniboine Park Conservancy blanket over my legs, although I was in my slippers and was very comfortable…

what a treat to feel that warmth on my face…