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fairy…

23 Thursday Dec 2021

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it snowed quite a bit overnight and when I looked out the bedroom window this morning I thought I had best get out and clear the sidewalk… particularly after my learning earlier about not leaving the snow to get stuck, lol…

when I arrived in the living room the sidewalk was clear;-)… obviously the snow clearing fairy had come by…

that was nice and I sent a text to my neighbour, who may have been that fairy…

later I went and shovelled the deck and hot tub area as the tub needed water… I hadn’t realized how much snow had fallen…

I am so pleased with my extendible hose as it makes adding water much easier…now the hose runs up the stairs and out the back door, instead of through a vent in the wall…

then, while the tub was filling, I shovelled as far back as the garbage can…

a bit later, while I was eating lunch, I heard a snowblower going and thought it was the neighbour behind doing his driveway, but when I checked my garage camera discovered it was the snow clearing fairy cleaning my driveway…

what a generous gift;-)… the driveway is long and this will save my grandson’s back when he stops by for a short garage visit in a few days…

what a kind Christmas gift…

mistake…

21 Tuesday Dec 2021

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big girl pants, blessed, cement, mistake, moments, nature, shovelling, sidewalk, snow, solstice, weather, widow, winter solstice

enjoyed the winter solstice by going out and shovelling the sidewalk…

also took a few photos while I was outside…

last night there was just a skiff of snow so I decided to clean the sidewalk… I hadn’t done it for a few little snowfalls and as I worked away at it I realized that was a mistake…

some of it was acting a bit like cement and was rather difficult to remove…

good thing I didn’t need to do the driveway 🤪…

fortunate…

15 Wednesday Dec 2021

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I’ve been thinking a lot about how blessed and fortunate I am… and I’ve been taking time to focus on gratitude…

yesterday I spent a few minutes enjoying this sunrise from the bedroom window…

it was so pretty and the fact that I had the time to enjoy it is such a gift…

today I spent a good portion of the day sitting in the living room, beside the Christmas tree, reading a book by one of my favourite authors, and watching the various birds come and go from the feeders… even though it was foggy outside it was a lovely way to spend time…

I took this photo this evening…

most presents are wrapped, nearly all cards are written, and advent treats have been opened for the day…

now it is off to bed I go;-)…

Venus…

07 Tuesday Dec 2021

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big girl pants, blessed, cold, friends, moments, moon, nature, night sky, photos, sky, Venus, weather, widow

last night a friend called and suggested I check out the moon…

it was a sliver in the sky with a very bright Venus above it…

I dug out the tripod, which was deep in a closet, and headed to the front step… even though it was cold, I took a few minutes and got some good photos…

so happy to have received that call;-)…

peanut…

05 Sunday Dec 2021

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recently I went outside and shovelled off the back deck…

a ton of snow had drifted there when we had that big snow a while back…

quite a bit of it had melted, but there was still a thick covering over most of the deck…

as I shovelled I came across a number of peanuts in the shell which had been left by the squirrels… I hope they won’t be too disappointed when they go looking for them, lol…

moonrise…

25 Thursday Nov 2021

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last night I went out for a hot tub… I hadn’t had one for quite a while…

although cold, it was still, quiet, the sky was clear, a few stars were visible and for the first time ever, I watched the moon rise behind the cedar trees at the back of the garden… not sure if it was the time or the place the moon was in the sky…

the light moved from area to area so all I ever saw was a tiny spot through the branches… it was amazing…

and then I had the greatest sleep…

I had forgotten how relaxing my time in the tub is;-)…

drip…

16 Tuesday Nov 2021

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had some fun at the dining room window this afternoon… trying to get a photo of the icicles dripping…

not really successful, but got some lovely photos… took a lot… the icicles refused to drip when I wanted them to, lol…

the sky was quite lovely too…

bin…

15 Monday Nov 2021

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the garden looked so beautiful after the snow on Friday…

of course it always looks beautiful as long as you don’t have to go out into it, lol…

I had taken out the garbage bin on Thursday, even though the pickup day had moved because of Remembrance Day… I didn’t want to struggle with the snow that was coming…

good thing I did that… a lot of snow came down… the pickup ended up being on Saturday, but I didn’t have my grandson bring it in while he was here shovelling…

this morning I went out and shovelled my way to the back gate so I could bring the bin back in…

shovelling was easier and I left the garbage bin just under the cedars so it won’t get too much snow on it… I followed the path that the bunnies had made so that there should be less drifting… except I ended up with my head in the branches…

had a snow hat for a few minutes…

adventure…

14 Sunday Nov 2021

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adventure, big girl pants, blessed, friends, La Pampa, live, masks, moments, nature, play, PTE, shopping in person, weather, widow

yesterday, for the first time in nearly two years, we went to PTE to watch a live play…

we were both masked and had to show our proof of immunization… there were less than half the seats filled as they followed all Covid protocols… the program was digital and the set was see-through;-)…

it was great to be able to watch a show live…

once we left, we went on another adventure to find a pasta shop my friend had recently read about… it was snowing again and the trees were beautiful…

we were the only people inside and it was such fun to look at things and make choices about what to purchase… I got some fresh spaghetti, sorrentino (ravioli) in mushroom sauce, falafel, empanadas and pita…

what a fun time;-)…

tires…

13 Saturday Nov 2021

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big girl pants, blessed, grandson, heavy, Indi, moments, purple, rims, shovelling, snow, tires, weather, widow, winter tires

this morning my grandson came over to put on the snow tires…

to get the car into the garage he first had to shovel the driveway…

I had made a narrow path from the house to the garage door so that I could take down the table and move things so he could do the work inside the garage…

tires got changed although he ended up only putting Indi in halfway for the front and back wheels… I had to take a photo with both the pretty summer rims and sad winter tires on at the same time, lol…

there was a lot of snow and it was wet and heavy, but he got it done, including the sidewalk and paths… I was pleased that he came in a few times to rest and visit a bit…

just as he finished, it started to snow again…

and off he went with proper winter tires on, which made me happy…

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