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persevered…

01 Saturday Nov 2025

Posted by sulis303 in business, family, garden, health, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

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big girl pants, blessed, building, family, garage, garden, lawn furniture, moments, moving, organizing, persevered, project, shelves, tarp, tidying, weather, widow

finished up the project in the garage Wednesday evening…

I spent some time earlier in the day, moving as many boards as I could out of the way so the table was usable for sawing, lol…

it was rather chilly out there, but we persevered and finished the new shelves…

then we spent time organizing all the shelves along that wall…

in the end it looks very tidy… wonder how long it will stay that way…

on a roll, “we” then moved a few items from the garage and all of the lawn furniture into the shed…

the garden will look much nicer over the winter without all the furniture covered in a big tarp on the back deck…

swept…

12 Saturday Apr 2025

Posted by sulis303 in garden, health, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

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big girl pants, blessed, bunny poop, cedar, deck, fly, garden, moments, nature, reading, swept, tarp, tidying, warm, weather, widow

it was gorgeous out yesterday…

sat out on the deck and read for a while and then, when I got too hot (!!!), I worked on the back deck…

moved a few pieces of furniture and swept all the dead cedar and bunny poop off of it, although the tarp is still frozen into the ground in a few places…

before long we will be able to sit out there in the afternoons;-)…

I was just thinking about how great this season is as there are no bugs and about five seconds after that thought, a fly landed on my leg, lol…

moose…

03 Friday Nov 2023

Posted by sulis303 in life, loss, moments, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, memories, moments, moose, neighbour, pattern, remembering, sanding, scroll saw, tidying, widow, wood

when we were cleaning out the basement back room in the spring, I came across some wood that my beloved had drawn moose on, but hadn’t cut out…

I took them over to my neighbour who has been working with a scroll saw for the last few years…

he brought them back a few days ago…

he did a great job but left the final sanding because he thought my grandsons might like to finish grandpa’s project;-)…

tidying…

31 Tuesday Jan 2023

Posted by sulis303 in business, garden, health, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

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big girl pants, blessed, cleaners, flowers, hibiscus, laundry, moments, nature, recycling bin, remembering, shovelled, sun, tidying, towels, weather, widow

had a busy day…

enjoyed the hibiscus which surprised me with a new flower yesterday and is still blooming, cozied up agains the wall;-)…

ran towels through the washer, folded and put them away…

it has been crazy cold here, but the sun was shining as I shovelled the snow to get to the garbage and recycling bins and then took out a ton of stuff, completely filling the recycle bin… will need to remember to put it in the lane for pickup day, lol…

did some tidying as the cleaners are coming tomorrow…

as I tidy I always remember how blessed I am;-)…

gardening…

03 Saturday May 2014

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woo hoo… spent some time in the garden today…

20140503-213154.jpgplan was to tidy the back deck… the furniture was all stacked and there was a ton of cedar leaves all over it…

earlier in the day I had seen a couple of huge robins in the garden…

20140503-213516.jpgafter tidying the deck I cleaned up the new flower beds and the raised bed…

20140503-214219.jpgit was cool and a bit windy, but wonderful to be out in the garden… was happy to get so much done…

20140503-215341.jpglooks good…

then I made myself pickerel, oven baked French fries, and pea pods for dinner…

20140503-215546.jpgthought about George as I was working in the garden and making supper… he was always the one who did the hard work in the garden… my job was to keep him on track, lol… and he was always the one who made the French fries… it was more than a year before I was able to make fish and chips, and even now it can be difficult…

I miss my beloved every day…

tidying…

16 Saturday Nov 2013

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bedroom, big girl pants, decluttering, early rising, hot tub, obsession with rocks, snow, thinking of George, tidying

spent most of the day in the bedroom, changing bedding, cleaning and reorganizing… ran a couple of loads of laundry and got it all put away…

put on the blanket on the bed that George loved… will be thinking of him when I climb into bed tonight…

took my time and watched tv and read as well so that I wasn’t worn out…

decluttered by getting rid of some books, clothes and a few bits and pieces…

mementos...

mementos…

moved my rocks/gems/shells to a different container – actually a winnowing basket from an event in 1993, and got my little fountain going… looks very nice… not sure if I’ve mentioned my obsession with rocks/stones… from my visits to Cyndi and Ron’s in BC I have brought back a good portion of Goose Spit, lol…

am always happy when I can get rid of stuff and be happy in the process… hope to continue on a bit tomorrow in the dining room…

added chemicals to the hot tub throughout the afternoon and was headed out there tonight when I discovered that the deck and ground were covered with a dusting of snow… the young man next door is having a party and I don’t usually go out but had decided it would be nice before bed… when I discovered the snow, it just seemed like a sign…

so, am writing my blog and going to bed… looks like the snow might be gone by morning so I will have a tub when I get up, which hopefully won’t be at 6 am like this morning…

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