06 Tuesday Jan 2026
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got a ride to Ultracuts for a haircut… apparently the last time I was there was early October which explains why my hair seemed to have grown like crazy…
had to have the top trimmed a second time as it was still a bit long;-)…
what a difference a trim makes…
I feel much more tidy;-)…
06 Monday Oct 2025
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basement, big girl pants, blessed, family, grandson, housemate, moments, monstera, nature, plants, thriving, trimmed, weather, widow
yesterday, as I was reorganizing the plants that have come in from outside, my housemate helped me with the monstera plant…
he brought it with him when he moved into the basement and had it down there for a while, but had to move it to the main floor as it wasn’t thriving…
It isn’t my favourite plant, but when all the plants were being moved around, we trimmed it and attached it to a pole and it looks much better…
in the same corner, I put one of the ferns that had been in the garden and was much happier than when it went outside… hope it continues to thrive there;-)…
23 Tuesday Jul 2024
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beans, big girl pants, blessed, cook, food, garden, green beans, lunch, moments, nature, shopping, summer, supper, trimmed, widow
yesterday a friend brought me a large bag of fresh green beans…
this morning while I was watching a tv show I trimmed them all and put some into two pots…
I cooked the first batch for my lunch…
then the second for supper, with a few leftovers for tomorrow…
they were delicious…
I do love fresh veggies;-)…
06 Friday Jan 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, bloom, cutting back, growing, hibiscus, moments, nature, plants, scraggly, tidy, tree, trimmed, widow
spent some time trimming the hibiscus now that most of the buds have opened…
here it was before the haircut, kind of scraggly…
and after, being careful not to cut off any of the remaining buds;-)…
I think it looks much tidier and it is much easier to walk past it, lol… and then it had another bloom;-)…
here it is five years ago… so tiny…
and since then it has lost one whole stem…
29 Wednesday Jun 2022
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big girl pants, bird feeder, blessed, bottom, drill, garden, hot tub, moments, nature, productive, projects, trimmed, virginia creeper, widow
two projects were completed on Monday…
the first involved putting a new bottom piece on one of my favourite bird feeders…
it is made of copper and the bottom rusted out… I found a plastic saucer and with a great deal of effort… including hammering and drilling… was able to attach it to the bottom of the feeder… it is going to work perfectly…
looks good and got hung up in a great spot that the birds like…
then I moved the one that had been there previously over beside the pond… and the one that had been by the pond over to the new hanger I attached to the garage last week… phew 😅…
I spent half an hour standing along the edge of the hot tub trimming the Virginia creeper, which was trying to cover the den window…
pleased with how it came out… this time I was clever and moved the hot tub steps over to make getting up and down much easier, lol…
always happy after a productive day…
08 Friday Jan 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, dining, flowers, garden, moments, music, orchid, photos, plants, pleasant, purple, trimmed, widow
spent a lovely hour in the dining room garden recently…
trimmed up, and cut back, the mandevilla and fuchsia… they have both lost most of their leaves but are still alive…
I am hopeful that they will both perk up… the mandevilla looks lovely now…
listened to music and felt such happiness… before you know it, spring will be here…
today I took some photos of the garden, including the blooming orchid…
13 Sunday Jan 2019
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attention, big girl pants, fed, greenery, grown, hibiscus, ignored, Japanese Maple, mandevilla, trimmed, widow
late in the fall my grandson brought in a few of the plants…
one was the mandevilla… it had grown long and through some of the bench on the deck so was very messy when it came into the house…
I ignored it until the other day… took the time to cut it back and feed it… looking forward to watching it over the next few months…
also trimmed and fed the hibiscus and Japanese maple…
I am sure they all appreciated the attention… we will see how they all do…
nice to have greenery in the house… makes it feel summery…
22 Thursday Feb 2018
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bakery, big girl pants, bread, delicious, flowers, good day, haircut, La Belle Baguette, Souper Thursday, treats, trimmed, widow
started my day with this lovely shot in the living room… these flowers have been blooming since February 5th when I picked them up…
trimmed them down and tossed a few out but they still look fabulous…
then it was off to La Belle Baguette where I collected two types of bread for today’s Souper Thursday… chose a loaf of French and a Rye Sourdough… and finally three different tarts to share… yum…
this bakery is way too close to home, lol… in the summer I would walk over on Saturday or Sunday to pick up a treat…
on my way home I stopped in and got a hair cut… great to have it trimmed up… still has lots of purple in it…
flowers, tasty treats and fresh hair… pretty good day…
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