yay!!! finally got back into my sandals today…
really happy I put them on as it was rather hot in the biomes today😊…
sandals…
03 Friday Apr 2026
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broom…
01 Wednesday Apr 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, broom, chairs, cleaned, cushions, deck, garden, moments, nature, sunshine, Technology, warm, weather, widow
got to sit outside on the deck Sunday morning… yay:-)…
moved the chairs into their usual spots, took off the covers, brought out the clean cushions, and put them on the chairs…
got out the broom and swept up the cedar bits and elm leaves that were all over the deck… even used the leaf blower to finish up…
put on a light jacket and brought out tea and my book and enjoyed the sun, birdsong, and my book for a wonderful hour and a half;-)…
haven’t made it out since then, what with the snow and overcast skies🥺…
notification…
31 Tuesday Mar 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, flying, geese, moments, nature, notification, overhead, Spring, weather, widow
as I was laying in bed Sunday morning I heard my first geese flying overhead… woohoo…
just a few days ago I spotted some at Assiniboine Park in one of the fields…
I do love the sound as they fly past and it is certainly notification that Spring is really on the way…
I saw some later as they flew past the tree next door… sadly they didn’t end up in the picture, lol…
covers…
27 Friday Mar 2026
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bathtub, big girl pants, blessed, chairs, covers, cushions, deck, family, frozen, garden, grandson, ice, moments, nature, snow, weather, widow
so happy because, finally, on Tuesday, we were able to pull the covers, that were frozen to the deck, off the chairs…
I was very frustrated because I couldn’t do it on my own and had to wait for my housemate to get home… much stronger arms, lol…
three of the six cushions had to go into the bathtub to dry as they were all very wet…
the other three just went by the backdoor, although likely the covers will come off and go into the washer, lol…
the chairs were covered again and moved away from the snow and ice…
it was warm enough Tuesday, that I could have sat outside for awhile…
once the cushions dried out, I removed the covers, washed and dried them, and then struggled to put them back together…
and now they are waiting to get back outside…
after the snow😔… maybe tomorrow🤞…
anticipating…
22 Sunday Mar 2026
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anticipating, big girl pants, blessed, covers, family, garden, ice, melting, moments, snow, weather, widow, wind
we finally got the deck shovelled… there is still a bit of snow and ice, but now it should melt more quickly…
we also got the last of the snow off the two chairs on the deck, but I am anticipating that the cushions underneath the covers will be wet…
unfortunately, the cover is still frozen to the deck… but the wind was sure blowing the covers around now that the snow is gone…
stare…
13 Friday Mar 2026
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big girl pants, blanket, blessed, deck, flowers, moments, monarch butterfly, stare, The Leaf Gift Shop, weather, widow
I’ve been watching this item in the Gift Shop at The Leaf for well over a week now…
on one of my spots, I would stare at it, through the exit doors, but when my shift ended, the shop would be closed…
I kept planning to stop in before starting my volunteer time, but kept forgetting…
until today…
lucky for me the shop stayed open past the end of my shift for an event that was happening at the event centre;-)…
and I came home with this lovely blanket… it is a monarch butterfly (which I love) and is soft and cozy…
I think it will be perfect when I start to sit on the deck as the weather gets warmer;-)…
snowploughs…
26 Thursday Feb 2026
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big girl pants, buckets, driveway, family, moments, nature, removal, snow, snowploughs, weather, widow, windrow
the snowploughs came along the street about 10:30 this morning…
there were a lot of them… maybe two or three of the big ones that move the snow from the road to the curb…
and block off the driveway…
then come the buckets which clean up the windrow… I think there were three of them…
they always take a scoop by the fire hydrant so that it is accessible if needed… unfortunately they didn’t scoop out the sidewalk… sometimes if you are outside already shovelling, they might take a scoop there as well;-)…
not this time, but my housemate dug through it on his break;-)…
muscle…
24 Tuesday Feb 2026
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big girl pants, family, moments, muscle, nature, shovel, snow, Technology, weather, widow
a while ago, I pulled a muscle in my lower abdomen…
it took awhile to get confirmation as I thought it was something else, lol…
apparently, shovelling is a really bad thing to do, which is unfortunate… usually I shovel the steps and front sidewalk… it doesn’t take that long, but after I shovelled last week, the pain got more intense…
so, today, when I had to go out, I decided not to shovel… it was difficult, but I remember the pain…
so I went out the back and walked in the tire tracks down to the street to get in the Uber…
will be getting my housemate to clear it up;-)…
cam…
20 Friday Feb 2026
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big girl pants, cam, door cam, fresh air, moments, nature, shovelled, sidewalk, snow, Technology, weather, widow
took a little time yesterday morning to shovel the sidewalk and steps…
was able to wear a lighter jacket as it was nearly zero out…
it doesn’t take long and it is great to be outdoors…
the door cam very nicely took my picture, lol…
evacuate…
19 Thursday Feb 2026
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alarm, aquasize, bagels, big girl pants, evacuate, fire truck, grandson, inukshuk, lights, moments, nature, Olympics, pool, weather, widow
as I was waiting for my ride to the pool for aquasize, I took a few photos…
this one is the Inukshuk in a circle in the snow… I need to find another piece of limestone to finish it off better, lol…
then a shot of the snow on the cedar branches at the front door…
we were happy to be going because last week we missed due to the Olympics, lol…
we were in the water for about ten minutes when an alarm went off… we were told to evacuate the pool and then to head to the lounge at the entrance and not to stop for our clothes or other items…
besides our class, there were at least two classes of school kids, as well as those who had been in the gym… quite a few people…
during all that time the alarms were ringing and lights were flashing… after about ten minutes a firetruck arrived and the firefighters headed to the back of the building…
another ten minutes or so went by and finally the lights and ringing stopped…
we headed back to the change rooms, dressed and left the building… as a treat we picked up bagels…
mine was quite delicious;-)…
also meant I made it home in time to watch the women’s free skate…
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