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27 Monday Apr 2026

Posted by sulis303 in life, moments, retirement, Uncategorized

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big girl pants, blessed, broken, mess, moments, orchid, plants, purple, sopped, vacuum, watering, widow

so, this orchid started budding in the den, in an east window…

and it was living in water…

many of the orchids in that room love being in water constantly, even though all the resources say not to do that, lol…

once the buds began to open, I moved it to the plant table in the west window of the living room…

today was watering day and after I gave it some water, I turned to another plant and knocked the orchid onto the floor… in the process I broke off the branch with all the new buds on it…

picked it up, put most of the bark back in it, sopped up the water, and vacuumed everything up…

then I put the branch in a small vase and am hoping for the best…

not how I planned watering day to go, sigh…

fireplace…

24 Sunday Jan 2021

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

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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, fireplace, memories, moments, vacuum, weather, widow, wood

had the fireplace channel on while I was writing my blog last night and was reminded of all the lovely fires we have had over the years…

my beloved loved wood fires and would often fall asleep in front of the fire in the basement family room… it was always difficult to start but he would use the vacuum to get the smoke to start up the chimney…

I haven’t used it since he died and last year had to have the chimney removed as it was rusting from the inside… didn’t seem worth the cost of replacing all of the pieces..

sometimes I miss it…

quiet…

09 Friday Aug 2013

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clean car, Gerber's, lonely, quiet, quiet weekend, tidy house, vacuum

well I was right… it is very quiet and maybe a bit lonely here…

got home, slept for a couple if hours… had some leftovers from last night and then slept for another couple of hours…

going to have a little snack and then go to bed, lol…

Cyndi and Ron have arrived at their next destination and Crystal and all the boys have set up their spot at the lake…

I have a beautifully clean car thanks to Cyndi and Ron, which is lovely… usually it is tidy but after I had that little plant purchase and filled it up completely it has really needed a good vacuum and I haven’t had the chance to get it done…

looking forward to a quiet weekend of putting the house back together so it will look great on Monday when a group of friends will be over for the evening… and enjoying the Gerbers that had been in Cyndi and Ron’s room…

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