09 Friday Feb 2024
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on Wednesday I went out for my hot tub much earlier than usual… rain was predicted for later in the evening and overnight…
I don’t like being in the rain so I was pleased to get out and back in before it started…
I still wore a peaked hat over my toque, lol…
06 Tuesday Feb 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, doldrums, flowers, happy, home, moments, purple, tulips, vases, weather, widow
yesterday I picked up tulips when I was at the grocery store… I was very happy about that…
when I got home they went into a single large vase, but this morning I took the time to separate them into four containers…
one is on the stairs to go up to the bedroom…
one has gone onto the kitchen counter…
one is in the bathroom…
and one is next to where I sit to watch TV in the Den…
what a lovely treat… flowers are what help me get through the doldrums of February;-)…
05 Monday Feb 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, haircut, ice, moments, nature, remembering, sidewalks, sore, time, twinges, walk, weather, widow
for the last week one of my knees has been a bit sore, so I have been taking it pretty easy…
today I was able to get in for a haircut and I got dropped off so that I could get there right away…
happy to have a tidy and lighter head, lol…
I decided to walk home as I could call and get a ride if I needed it should my knee misbehave, although it hasn’t given me any twinges for the last day or so…
I walked on the dry sidewalk along Portage, but when I turned onto the side streets I used the middle of the road as the sidewalks were covered in ice…
happily I made it home without any pain…
31 Wednesday Jan 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, coyote, creek, daytime, moments, nature, snow, streets, weather, widow, wildlife, worry
as I was walking on the spot looking out the living room window this afternoon, I watched a coyote across the way… it was headed towards Portage Avenue along the creek…
I didn’t have time to get the camera out, but took a photo with my iPhone, which is cropped a bit here…
when I was up in the middle of the night, not too long ago, I watched one walk up the street…
fun to see wildlife but a bit of a worry that they are having to come out in the daytime and amongst the city streets…
30 Tuesday Jan 2024
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big girl pants, bird seed, blessed, garden, grass, hot tub, ice, moments, nature, removing, shovelling, slush, snow, squirrel, warm, weather, widow
went out and shovelled up some of the slushy snow/ice… it was getting very slippery beside the hot tub, so I am happy this got done…
it will be much safer when I am uncovering and covering the hot tub…
it didn’t take too long as it was warm out, so after that was done, I filled all the bird feeders…
then I uncovered the seeds in the “house” on the deck at 11:44 am and by 2:30 pm it was completely covered over again…
for a little while I kept going out and removing the grass that the squirrel was adding, but I gave up…
27 Saturday Jan 2024
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beams, bedroom, big girl pants, blessed, flowers, happy, hot tub, light, moments, moon, nature, sun, sunshine, weather, widow
at last the sun came out late yesterday afternoon…
instead of a nap, I decided to read in the beams of light… and when I went out for my hot tub, the full moon was visible, woohoo…
this morning the sun was out again and I was so excited that I took a few photos in the bedroom as I admired the sunshine on the bed…
that sunlight makes the flowers even more beautiful;-)…
I have spent as much time as possible in the light, even spent some time on the deck…
25 Thursday Jan 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, cushions, fern, health, Japanese Maple, leaves, moments, nature, overcast, plants, purple, rearranging, weather, widow
I am getting very tired of the overcast days;-(… today it was dreary even though the temperature was near 0°…
I spent time rearranging some of the plants in the living and dining rooms…
I added a couple of plants to the area around the Japanese Maple…
the fern from the den was taken outside and shaken because it was losing fronds like crazy…
after getting the loose pieces off, I moved it to the living room, hoping it might like the new spot better, although I’m not sure I like that spot, lol…
the dracaena got moved into a less bright space and I am contemplating a stand to go where it had previously been that would hold more plants, lol…
after that I rearranged and put away pillows…
now, if we could just have some sunshine…
24 Wednesday Jan 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, delightful, enjoy, flowers, happy, hyacinths, moments, nature, purple, scent, weather, widow, winter
it smells delightful right now in the living room as both of the hyacinths are blooming…
spent the majority of the day there so I could enjoy the scent;-)…
I am so happy to have flowers in these dark days of winter…
23 Tuesday Jan 2024
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anticipation, big girl pants, blessed, crocus, daffodils, flowers, happy, hyacinth, moments, plants, pot, Safeway, shopping, Spring, tulips, weather, widow
on Sunday we took a trip to Safeway to find some spring plants… this is the time of year that I need lots of things blooming around me…
we found individual pots of hyacinth and crocus… then a pot with tulips, daffodils, primrose, and hyacinth in it… I got them all, lol…
I am enjoying watching them as they open and anticipating the scent;-)…
21 Sunday Jan 2024
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Assiniboine Park, big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, creations, displays, Fleurs de Villes, florists, flowers, friends, garden, gift, Inspire, members, membership, moments, nature, oasis, plants, Technology, The Leaf, time, visit, Voyage, weather, widow
for Christmas I gave friends a visit to The Leaf to see Voyage by Fleurs de Villes… it was fun because they got the card at Christmas, and then we got to spend time and have fun together during some very cold days in the city…
I was so excited when I saw that it was coming as I had gone to a similar show with my daughter in a mall in Ottawa and had been blown away with the amazing creations the florists had produced…
this was my favourite, but all the florists did a wonderful job…
I attended three times over the last week and every time I was there it was filled with many people (although I didn’t feel stressed) and the place was bustling… besides being a great exhibition, it looks as though it brought many new people to visit the space…
I had conversations with folk who had never been to The Leaf, members who had been many times, and others who had heard from friends and family about the show and decided to come for this special event…
seeing it in the biomes was much lovelier than in the centre of a mall, lol…
spending time in this wonderful oasis is like a little vacation in southern climes… well, for an hour or so, lol…
my membership, to both The Leaf and the Zoo, has been worth every penny and the cost of a membership for a senior is very reasonable and means I can visit as often as I wish all year round…
it was a wonderful treat and I enjoyed each visit… I had considered going for one last time this evening as I hadn’t been at night, but the tickets were sold out…
way to go Winnipeg… hope we get more shows like this;-)…
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