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20 Saturday Aug 2022

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my Ottawa son-in-law arrived today to spend a few weeks with me…

he has plans to help get a few jobs done around my house…

we had breakfast out and then he changed the light switch in the kitchen to one that is compatible with my Google Home…

it felt like I pushed every one of the switches in the basement before we found the correct one to be sure the power was off, lol…

got out the tools Kasa recommended and in a few minutes he had it switched out and working…

then he changed the bulb on the ceiling fixture and put the cover back on… it has been off for months as the Philips Hue I was using needed airflow around it…

looks so much better now…

one job done… not saying how many are left on the list😂…

shim…

14 Sunday Aug 2022

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moved the backyard wifi camera down a bit… also put a shim in so that it points down a touch more…

now it gets a little more of the area in front of the pond… may see critters as they wander past the pond, lol…

getting quite handy with the drill… no trouble to remember how to have it reverse when taking out the screw;-)…

what a pro…

impossible…

12 Friday Aug 2022

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my Fitbit has been nearly impossible to read for the last while, so I went online and found directions to reset it, which was supposed to fix the problem…

followed the directions but it didn’t make any difference…

dug out my old one and charged it and added it in the app and happily it is working, even saved my steps… and I can see it, lol…

hope it lasts for a while…

morphed…

01 Monday Aug 2022

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started the day looking at photos of my beloved…a few tears were shed in the process… we were married 52 years ago today… I still remember looking out the window of the apartment to see him dropping off the decorated car… in those days, getting the car turned out with paper flowers was the thing to do, lol…

then I had a walk around the garden… in the 49 years we’ve been in this space, it has morphed from a square green grass covered area, to a swing set with some cedars, to a small swimming pool space, to a huge sandbox with a two story playhouse, to a parking area for a camper trailer… to a space filled with ponds and lovely gardens…

thanks to the help of Hilda the Gardener, a lawn service, and the kids, it is looking wonderful and I know that he would be pleased…

I am truly blessed, but I miss him every day…

handyperson…

26 Tuesday Jul 2022

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getting to be quite the handyperson;-)…

I’m happy with the placement of the wireless camera but wanted to put back the metal section of the barbecue table as it is bright red and a bit obtrusive looking…

I found a small metal piece in the garage, pulled out the drill, and screwed it to the deck… then the magnet on the camera stuck to it perfectly…

works well and I will still be able to bring the camera into the house come winter…

looks good… way to go me…

solar…

24 Sunday Jul 2022

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ordered some solar motion sensor lights for the garden last Wednesday…

wasn’t sure if they would work, but was hopeful they would frighten the raccoons away…

they arrived on Monday and were easy to install… one went at the edge of the bridge and the other is set on the top of the deck…

was so excited that night when they worked… happily it had been sunny all day…

the next night it stormed and they were on most of the time as the wind was blowing all the leaves and floating plants around when the rain wasn’t pouring down…

will see how they work when the raccoons stop by again…

lenses…

17 Sunday Jul 2022

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in April I tried to get in to see my eye doctor at Armstrong and Small… I hadn’t been since 2019 and had noticed that my vision was not what it used to be… knew that I would need new glasses…

I was able to get an appointment for the beginning of June and was in the office for over two hours… my eyes were fine, but there was quite a bit of conversation about getting new glasses between my optometrist and the optician helping me with the glasses…

they ordered some frames and I went back about a week later to try them on… they looked good so we moved forward with ordering them…

I have nearly always had glass lenses, but they are nearly impossible to get now… after much discussion, plastic lenses, made in Canada, were ordered and would likely take about three weeks to arrive…

my current lenses have a slub on the right side… the purpose was to help my eyes focus as the prescription in the eyes is so different… we are going to try something else this time, so will see how it goes…

on Tuesday I got a call that the glasses were in and scheduled an appointment for Wednesday…

went in, had them adjusted, tested the magnetic sunglasses clip, and brought them home… loving the purple case, lol…

I am getting used to them and can see better, which is the most important thing;-)…

dissuade…

04 Monday Jul 2022

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last Thursday night I think a raccoon (or more than one) came into the garden and attacked the pond…

they got at least two fish and tossed around the water lilies… they don’t care for fish scales, so end up leaving them on the ground… I found two piles on the stepping stones alongside the pond…

the fish were clearly traumatized and have barely come out from under the bridge…

after doing some research, I put down epsom salt all around the pond and hoped that would dissuade them from finding their supper in my garden…

I also put on the motion sensor at the back door and the one on the garage…

since then, they have come back a few times, although I am starting to wonder if it might be the coyote that has been wandering in this area… the plants have been disturbed, but I haven’t found any fish bits…

this Thursday I put up a new wireless camera to see if I can spot whatever has been coming by…

so far, nothing has been spotted…

munched…

01 Friday Jul 2022

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in recent years Canada day has been a much quieter event for me…

for many years my beloved and I would have a gathering with family, friends and neighbours, and end the day with huge bowls of popcorn which we would consume as the fireworks went off at the Park…

chairs for everyone would be placed out on the street and there was lots of oohing and aahing at the fireworks as we munched on the popcorn…

this afternoon, I made a bowl of popcorn and munched on it thinking of the past and dreaming of a more inclusive future…

after forty plus years, the trees have grown so much that we could no longer see most of the display and over the last few years the Park hasn’t set off fireworks due to construction happening where the staging area used to be…

last year it felt like celebrating would be an insult to our First Nations peoples and so I spent time learning more of our sad history…

today I hung an orange heart on the front door and wore an orange shirt with red leggings… I continue to learn and support in ways that I am able…

I love this country and hope that we can do better… I am finding these to be very complicated feelings and continue to struggle with them…