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09 Sunday Mar 2025

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sprang forward this morning, lol…

it is so much easier these days… most electronics in the house automatically change…

now the only items I have to change are the stove, microwave, coffee pot, and grandparent clock…

I didn’t mind the process even before then because it was simple to change a phone, or anything else, by moving it forward, unlike changing it backwards in the Fall…

product…

03 Monday Mar 2025

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went to Costco on Wednesday morning and clearly picked a great time as parking was easy and the store wasn’t too busy…

I was very happy that the frozen raspberries I use were not a product of the USA, and neither was the Parmesan cheese…

it is kind of difficult on most packaging to find the information that tells you clearly where it comes from 😬…

impossible…

28 Friday Feb 2025

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it was much warmer for a few days last week and when I went to check the doorbell camera one evening, it was impossible to see anything…

after cleaning the camera portion, it was much easier to see…

made me laugh as it hasn’t been working due to the cold weather…

strength…

27 Thursday Feb 2025

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to continue with the strength of the sun, I got this photo of one of the solar-powered lights…

it is one of four that I received from the Ottawa kids… I had put three away, but left this one out…

rather excited to see the lovely pattern of light on the deck;-)…

spring is really coming…

burner…

25 Tuesday Feb 2025

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my favourite, and most used, burner on the stove stopped working all of a sudden…

I called Hameed Appliances, was sent a form to complete, and got an appointment the next day…

Ron, who has been here previously, arrived and had a look… to replace the piece with a new element was going to cost $500, so I am waiting to see if they might have access to a used element…

otherwise, I am going to leave it, thinking of my mother-in-law, who used to cook on a little stove that only had two usable burners… she could produce a meal with 3 vegetables, potatoes, and a roast, without any problem, lol…

we will see what I can do;-)…

deadline…

24 Monday Feb 2025

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my housemate has been picking up groceries for me so I haven’t ordered from Save-on-Foods for quite a while, but on Thursday I put an order in for delivery…

I had received an email advising of a $25 refund if I spent $75, so I went ahead and ordered some regular items on my shopping list, lol…

I made sure to call their info line because one item was buy-one-get-one-free, and I couldn’t remember if I should put two, or one, on the order…

the phone was answered quickly and the customer service person had the answer right away…

I also appreciate that they no longer use plastic bags, except for produce… I put out my own boxes and the driver transfers from their bins to mine…

when my order arrived, there wasn’t a credit so I went back to the email, only to discover that the deadline had just passed… by a few days, lol… apparently I should have read it better or put the order in sooner…

but, I did get the free item;-)…

shorten…

23 Sunday Feb 2025

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finally made it to Vicki’s Alterations Tailor…

had washed the two new long dresses so they would be ready…

after putting them both on and having May mark where to shorten them, I paid for them and expect they will be ready sometime next week…

apparently many of their clients are wanting their alterations done right away as they are in vacation mode and leaving shortly for warmer climes…

free…

22 Saturday Feb 2025

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the butterflies are free;-)…

the closed in piece is still in the centre, but the door has been removed…

butterflies were flitting about all over the space… yay…

there weren’t too many, but it may have been the end of the two week cycle…

so happy to see them free and all the people sitting in the space watching them…

arches…

21 Friday Feb 2025

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as you enter the Mediterranean biome there are dozens of amaryllis in various stages… some nearly done, while others are fully open… many with multiple petals…

absolutely gorgeous…

and then you step into the Babs Asper display area… twelve hundred orchids in one place;-)… heaven…

the Blooms in Winter display is so lovely, a perfect place to enjoy the beauty of orchids…

there are a number of arches to walk through and benches to sit on and enjoy the views…

orchids everywhere, beautiful shapes and sizes…

what a delight;-)…

can’t wait to go back;-)…

torpedo…

16 Sunday Feb 2025

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had trouble staying focussed on my book on Wednesday as there was a lot of activity across the way…

two workers spent the entire morning stringing a new wire…

it was so cold I felt bad for them, but they seemed comfortable as I watched…

the most interesting thing was what appeared to be a torpedo shaped object which one person pulled along the line… I think it was winding the new wire around the old ones…

my beloved would have been able to tell me exactly what it was and how it worked, lol…

but, all of those goings-on really made it hard to concentrate on my book;-)…