longtime…

20 Tuesday Dec 2022

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Monday afternoons our longtime group meets…

we used to meet in the evening when we all worked, lol… since we are all retired now, we’ve moved to the afternoon… for some of the pandemic we met online and since the spring we’ve been meeting in the garden… then we moved into the garage for a while…

we moved into the house in the fall… for a number of weeks, I left the front and back doors slightly open and we wore our masks until everyone was sitting down…

now, the doors are closed and we no longer wear masks, but I still bring the coffee into the living room, where we gather;-)…

everyone drinks decaf, except me and my tea…

we often have pistachios and sometimes folks bring other treats… a great time of conversation and sharing…

what a gift these women have been for me…

yards…

19 Monday Dec 2022

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hadn’t shovelled for a few days so went out on Saturday morning to do the sidewalk so people knew I was alive, lol…

wow… a lot of snow had come down…

besides doing the front sidewalk and a space towards each of the neighbours’ yards for the mail carrier, I also shovel a single path along the driveway to get to the vents for the furnace…

I want to be sure they aren’t plugged with snow, which stops the furnace… not a good look😳…

extendible…

11 Sunday Dec 2022

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it was around zero, so today’s project involved hooking up the extendible hose in the basement and then topping up the hot tub…

in the process of connecting the hose I had to go out to the garage for a washer… at which point I discovered that the garage side door wouldn’t open… I tried the key, as it seemed locked, but that didn’t work…

I went in through the overhead door and tried to open it from that side, but no luck there either…

in previous winters the problem had been that it wouldn’t stay closed, lol…

so, will have to see what happens in the next while, sigh…

particular…

07 Wednesday Dec 2022

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stood at the window and watched chickadees, a nuthatch, and sparrows at the feeders…

and my neighbour shovelling his sidewalk… he is very particular and does a great job every time… it is fun to watch and makes me giggle every time, because my beloved would have been very impressed;-)…

besides shovelling, he also swept the front steps…

opportunity…

26 Saturday Nov 2022

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it was above zero today, so I took the opportunity to clear the snow off the deck…

it was beautiful out, warm and still… and I enjoyed my time in the garden, even if it was shovelling…

the weather has been a bit odd, with freezing cold days, then warm ones, and then back to the cold ones, lol…

leggings…

23 Wednesday Nov 2022

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I love my new leggings… I had ordered a large and an extra-large pair and as they both fit, have decided to keep both of them…

they have side pockets, but they open to the back, not the front which seemed odd…

but, because of that, my phone fits into the spot perfectly and doesn’t jab into me when I sit down, lol…

they are thicker and that is keeping me warmer inside the house, as I try to keep the thermostat set lower… although I think it is a going to get raised up before too long…

finished…

20 Sunday Nov 2022

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a good friend came by Friday morning with a parcel they picked up for me…

I also received some delicious scones;-)…

after they left, I spent time in the living room reorganizing the space…

tidied and moved plants, rearranged tables and sat and read in the finished space…

plastic…

19 Saturday Nov 2022

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was out for the first full sidewalk shovel of the year on Thursday…

last week I did the very front portion of the sidewalk closest to the road, lol… but the shovel I used was not good… it was heavy and the snow clung to the metal…

we went to Canadian Tire and checked out all the options… finally I chose this plastic one…