pit-stops…

05 Tuesday Mar 2024

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the new season of F1 racing has begun…

Saturday morning I was up a bit before the actual race and watched some of the pre-race show, before the main event…

I am enjoying learning more about many of the drivers and being able to recognize them…

and then the race was on…

it is still amazing how quickly the pit-stops happen and how much depends on which type of tire the teams are using…

it is also fun to try to get good photos from the tv…

one down and twenty-three to go;-)…

narrow…

01 Friday Mar 2024

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I’ve been looking for ages for a narrow table to go behind the couch in the den…

at one point I even considered having one made by my handyperson…

then I found one that I liked the look of online and eventually decided to order it… it had a spot for a few plugs and usb ports as well…

the package arrived on Wednesday evening and my housemate took it downstairs and put it together while I was reading…

it came up on Thursday morning and went into the living room as I cleared off the table that was currently behind the couch…

after moving many pieces, the new table made it into its final spot…

electrical items were plugged in and then the plants made it onto it and the couch moved back into place…

it is the perfect height and length and looks excellent…

always happy when a project works out well…

Penny…

29 Thursday Feb 2024

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over the last week I have read three Louise Penny books, one after the other…

it appears that I like her writing, lol, so will be picking up a few more…

today I was sitting in the sunlight reading the last one…

I had fun setting up the selfie stick to get this shot, particularly considering that I don’t use it too often…

but I can now set it up, connect the button to Bluetooth and take photos easily;-)…

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…

applause…

26 Monday Feb 2024

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I’ve spent the week watching PVRed sports on tv…

it has been so interesting to see all the technology that has improved many of the sports, from starting blocks to lights around the track showing world record speeds…

the athletics have been excellent and have brought many memories flooding back from magical times with my dad…

we used to attend events at the old Arena and had fun watching and cheering on all of the participants…

my dad really embedded the idea in my head that every person deserved applause, even if they weren’t from a team you were cheering for…

lovely memories;-)…

lists…

25 Sunday Feb 2024

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a number of months ago my housemate and I took the time to go through the two fridge freezers and make a list of what was in them…

the concept worked fairly well, although sometimes we didn’t remember to change the lists as we took things out for meals…

we’ve been planning to update the lists for a few weeks and finally on Thursday we got to it… apparently, I’ve had a real desire for potato patties as we now have three large packages… oops…

I’ve printed out the lists and this time, besides the one on the fridge downstairs, I’ve got both on the upstairs fridge so I should be on top of what needs to be replaced and what is getting used…

I also spent time reorganizing the magnets and sticky notes, lol…

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…

and, when I went upstairs to lay down, the sun was shining along the bottom of the bed, so I napped sideways, with scrunched up legs;-)…

fruit…

22 Thursday Feb 2024

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recently I’d seen an Instagram post about one of the trees in the Tropical Biome that was flowering…

the branches of the Kapok are bare, but at the very top of the tree, flowers were budding…

I was happy to spot it on our visit Tuesday…

there were lots of volunteers throughout the space and they provided a great deal of information particularly about some of the fruiting trees… we saw cacao pods, jackfruit, star fruit, breadfruit and the fingerlings of bananas…

we had a quick visit with the lead gardener as we discussed the three cacao trees, two of which currently have pods growing on them…

the Tropical Biome is really beginning to feel like the old Conservatory with all the lush growth…

so blessed to have this amazing space to spend time in on a regular basis;-)…

flora…

20 Tuesday Feb 2024

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had a fun time at The Leaf today…

went with a friend to see Flora of the Philippines…

we couldn’t figure out the new markers on many of the plants in the Tropical Biome, but eventually realized they represented the flag of the Philippines and demonstrated how many of the plants in the biomes originated there…