01 Monday Jun 2026
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focussed on pumps…
dug out the pump for the bathtub pond and, with some help from my housemate, got it going in the pond…
next the hot tub was emptied with the pump from the basement, which I needed help to find, lol… hoping a friend can come by and offer suggestions on the right hand cover which is not opening well…
finally, my housemate took the fountain pump out of the big pond… it took me awhile to get it cleaned out and then it went back in…
lots of water work;-)…
22 Friday May 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, double, family, garden, jobs, moments, nature, warm, water, weather, widow
got more done in the garden on Wednesday… thankfully the weather cooperated and the sun was out for most of the day and the temperature was in the double digits…
we figured out how to make the planters fit better around the deck and even used up some wood that we had saved from a bed;-)…
another piece of the bench got replaced which made me happy…
planters were moved and others brought out of the shed as I work on where to put them this year…
a few plants went into the ground and the rhubarb got moved to a much better location…
looking forward to some rhubarb crisp;-)…
21 Thursday May 2026
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big girl pants, fish, leak, lower, moments, pump, Technology, water, widow
once I got up on Tuesday, I decided to feed the fish…
usually they get fed around 10:30, but it was just before nine when I got out the food and discovered that the water in one tank was way lower than the others…
it had been leaking out from the very top of the pump:-(… very unusual spot for a leak… I don’t think it had been spewing water for very long and set out to sort out the situation…
turned the pump off, used towels to mop up as much of the water as possible and then took out the filters and cleaned them… oddly, algae had blocked the bottom of the filter pack…
after cleaning the filters, they went back into the pump and everything seemed fine although it took a few hours to soak up all the spilled water…
whenever there is a leak, I am nervous for the next few days and constantly checking to make sure everything is fine, lol…
so far, so good 😊…
07 Saturday Mar 2026
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03 Tuesday Mar 2026
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big girl pants, conversations, evaporates, fish condos, humidity, moments, nature, Tupperware, water, widow
I am always surprised as to how much water evaporates in the house on a regular basis…
Monday mornings I add about twelve litres of water to the fish condos as the water has gone down a significant amount since the previous week…
I have a Tupperware container that lives under the kitchen sink and is filled with water for the plants…
the plants get watered on Wednesdays weekly, but the tanks are topped up on Mondays…
the reason it is Monday is that my friends come every Monday afternoon and the less water in the tanks, the more noise the pumps make, and the loud noise can disrupt our conversation…
cannot interrupt important conversations, especially if one of us is on the phone…
08 Sunday Feb 2026
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big girl pants, cold plunge tub, family, garden, happy, hot tub, ice, moments, nature, project, topped up, water, weather, widow
it was a lovely day so we spent some time on the deck, in between Olympic events…
first project was to top up the hot tub and clean all the ice off of it…
next, we emptied, cleaned, and filled the cold tub… a new pump has gone into it to keep the water moving…
it is always amazing how long it takes to fill up tubs, particularly in the cold, lol…
but, the jobs are done;-)…
29 Thursday Jan 2026
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27 Tuesday Jan 2026
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spent some time with the fish recently, cleaning the front glass on the three tanks…
the sunlight causes algae to grow along the front of the tanks, so every now and then they need to be cleaned…
the fish often think they are getting a treat as the mag-float cleaner moves along the front, lol…
the good news was that we’ve had a good deal of sunshine lately;-)…
17 Wednesday Dec 2025
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aquasize, big girl pants, blessed, continuity, exercise, friend, moments, warm, water, weather, widow
went to our last aquasize for the year on Tuesday…
the weather was warm, which always makes going out more fun;-)…
it is always a great time, even if we are worn out at the end of the class, lol…
we’ve had to miss a few times due to other activities, and we are going to change to Thursdays in the new year which means we shouldn’t miss any…
being there every week will also provide some continuity and keep us more fit…
05 Wednesday Nov 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, clean-ish, family, garden, moments, nature, pond, pumps, water, weather, widow
cleaned out the first of the garden water pumps last week…
always happy when they are all clean-ish and packed away for the winter…
this morning I was able to pull out, clean and put away the last two…
all the jobs in the garden are done and it is now ready for the winter…
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