17 Sunday May 2020
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big girl pants, birds, blessed, deck, frog, garden, lunch, memories, moments, nature, pond, supper, waterfall, weather, widow
had a lovely day in the garden…
set out the cushions, tidied a bit, and then read, napped and watched a few birds…
moved from chair to chair as I followed the shade and ate lunch and supper outside…
spotted the frog for a brief minute… it has been calling for days and this was the first time I was able to see it;-)…
06 Wednesday May 2020
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, dahlias, flowers, garden, grow, growth, memories, nature, purple, weather, widow
for a number of days I was moving the dahlia pots outside in the morning and back into the house in the evening…
then they lived in the house for a few days as the weather was rather cool…
and I had such fun checking on them throughout the day to see if they had sprouted, and if so, to see how they had grown…
once again they’ve been moving out and back… most are coming up nicely…
watching new growth is so satisfying, particularly in this time of great unrest in our lives… still waiting for a couple to pop through the soil…
looking forward to the permanent move outside… still haven’t decided where they will each end up…
30 Thursday Apr 2020
Posted in life, loss, moments, Uncategorized
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big girl pants, Birchwood Toyota, birthday, blessed, car wash, dirty, grandson, halt, Indi, memories, moments, purple, weather, widow
I started this post many weeks ago after Indi had a second bath in just over a week… that was all before the world came to a grinding halt…
after the first bath, she spent a few days with my grandson and I’m not sure what happened, but when I got back into her she was so dirty I couldn’t see out the windows, lol…
she looked beautiful afterwards and I anticipated that the mucky weather would get her dirtied up fairly quickly…
I haven’t been out of the house for 43 days so she’s been hunkered down in the garage although a few weeks ago I did move her onto the driveway for a short time as I cooked steak on the grill…
today I was reminded by Facebook, and an email from Nelson at Birchwood Toyota, that it is her second birthday;-)…
27 Monday Apr 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, dahlia, flowers, garden, growing, planted, purple, rain, tubers, weather, widow
had a busy morning in the garden yesterday…
opened my box from The Dahlia Expert and took out my eight new tubers… I’d set it on the floor out of the way for a few days after it arrived to be sure it was safe;-)…
found pots, cleaned them out and matched the tubers with the appropriate pot…
left them outside for the rest of the day hoping that the rain might give them a drink… it did rain for a very short time but not a lot…
took quite a while, but eventually all eight were nestled in their new homes…
brought them in just before dark and put them back out for the day this morning…
they will be coming in and going out for the next while as I wanted them to get a head start on growing before they can live outside permanently;-)…
so excited to watch them grow…
26 Sunday Apr 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, chewed, flowers, garden, moments, morning glories, nature, plants, purple, Spring, sprout, sun, sunshine, weather, widow
this morning, while I was searching for something in the garage, I came across an envelope of morning glory seeds that had been there for at least a year… apparently a critter had chewed open the end of the envelope, but left the seeds… not so tasty maybe…
I sprinkled them over two planters along the deck and then covered them with soil… will watch and see what happens…
no idea if they will sprout, but I thought it was worth a chance…
will be fun to watch;-)…
24 Friday Apr 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, chocolate, cleaning, friends, garden, happy, moments, parcel, reading, treat, weather, widow
had an excellent day yesterday… got a parcel in the mail… with chocolate in it…
spent time in the garden… reading in the sun, washing down a few pieces of furniture… moving chairs around for a different view… cleaning out some planters… it was lovely…
ended the day with a visit from a dear young friend… she was on the sidewalk and I was at the front door…
going to enjoy the time in the garden…
07 Tuesday Apr 2020
the weather has been very odd over the last week…
on Friday it snowed all day and into Saturday… everything was covered… then it started to melt and by today it is nearly all gone…
above shows the front yard Saturday on the top and today on the bottom…
the backyard has changed a lot as well… yesterday there was still a fair bit of snow on the deck and by the pond… today it is almost completely gone…
crazy, but I hope to be able to sit out there soon…
06 Monday Apr 2020
Posted in life, moments, technology, Uncategorized, weather
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big girl pants, blanket, blessed, heat, iPhone, moments, nest, raise, smart home, Technology, thermostat, weather, widow
in an effort to save a few dollars I turned the thermostat down a few days ago as it had gotten warmer outside…
since then it has cooled off again and it has been chilly in the house…
good thing I have a Smart Home… although it could be smarter;-)…
all I had to do was open up the Nest app on my phone and raise the temperature… didn’t even have to get up from under my blanket…
let’s hope it gets warmer and stays that way…
03 Friday Apr 2020
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back, big girl pants, blessed, Kobo, moments, nature, reading, sky, snow, sunset, sunshine, twisted, weather, widow, yoga
my daughter sent me a calendar wth daily yoga for April, so this morning I decided to do some… I got an old yoga mat out, arranged my phone so I could see it from the mat and started the video…
unfortunately I twisted my back in the process so I’ve had to be very careful with everything I’ve done for the rest of the day…
since the girls were little I occasionally end up with a hurt lower back… sadly, it usually takes ages to return to normal… there’s never an obvious action to cause the problem… it just means being careful about standing for too long and twisting the wrong way when sitting…
my solution today has been to quietly sit in the living room and read… so happy I found the books on Kobo…
for a good portion of the day it snowed and late in the afternoon the sun came out and it looked beautiful with everything covered in snow… especially as I didn’t have to leave the house…
as I was sitting and reading I looked out to see the most beautiful sky…
seeing this stunning view was a very special moment, which I enjoyed…
10 Tuesday Mar 2020
Posted in garden, life, moments, nature, Uncategorized
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, forward, growth, moments, nature, orchid, plants, purple, Spring, sunshine, weather, widow
had a lovely wander around the living room and dining room to check on the plants…
a few of the orchids are starting some new buds and the other plants are doing nicely…
it was a nice treat to wander around and see the growth…
we just sprang forward on the weekend and I think Spring is really coming…
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