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Chevelle…

02 Sunday Aug 2026

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yesterday marked fifty-six years since my beloved and I were married…

unbelievable that I have spent the last fourteen without him…

just last week I discovered that a young friend has moved into the apartment building where I lived with my parents at that time…

I can still remember looking down from the balcony and seeing our brown Chevelle, as the guys dropped it off that morning…

and bursting into tears of excitement;-)…

yesterday, I got this photograph looking down from their apartment balcony to where our car would have been that morning…

I spent some time looking for a photo that I was sure I had, of the decorated car from the balcony of our apartment, but could not find it, lol…

amazing that they are living there now😊…

temporarily…

01 Saturday Aug 2026

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this morning my middle grandson arrived with a coworker to silicone the vinyl siding that he’d temporarily fixed a while ago…

they were here for less than fifteen minutes, and in that time fixed the siding and checked out an issue on the shed roof which he will come back to sort out when he has time…

and then, off they went 😊…

I certainly am blessed…

gobbling…

31 Friday Jul 2026

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for the longest time the deer were stopping by around 11 or 11:30 pm…

right now the feeders are empty because they have been gobbling up everything when they stop by…

for the last little while, they’ve been coming around 5:30 or 6:00 am… and the door camera has been capturing their visits…

apparently they continue to look to see if there are any seeds available for them…

unbearable…

30 Thursday Jul 2026

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up early on Wednesday to tidy the garden and water everything… even gave the new grass a dribble…

started with the hose and gave big drinks to all three pots in the front yard, and those in the garden…

then, while the irrigation system and drip hose did their thing, I filled a bucket with overly eager virginia creeper and did some deadheading…

finally, the cushions came out and I was able to sit, read, and enjoy the garden before it became unbearable outside…

envisioned…

29 Wednesday Jul 2026

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I planted these morning glory seeds that my daughter sent to me from Ottawa as part of my Advent Calendar…

I didn’t read anything about them and envisioned they would grow up this obelisk…

apparently, they are dwarf morning glories…

and that means they don’t climb, lol…

topped…

28 Tuesday Jul 2026

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the new arch has already produced enough purple beans for a meal;-)…

this makes me very happy as the tomatoes and beans in the side garden are doing nothing 😔…

I topped and tailed them, and then cut them into bite-sized pieces…

as they boiled, of course the colour dissipated, and they turned into green beans…

but, they were delicious and I enjoyed every last one…

wide-brimmed…

27 Monday Jul 2026

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I ordered a wide-brimmed hat online on July 6th…

time went by and it didn’t arrive, so I began to think I’d made a donation to some online company…

today, it arrived… I was excited and happy to show my friends to see what they thought as I don’t usually wear hats other than ball caps, lol…

they approved and it is now resting on the tower fan🤭…

looks good…

chrysalises…

26 Sunday Jul 2026

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went out to get a couple of pop-up laundry hampers for the monarch caterpillars…

hope they protect them from the birds…

so far I’ve spotted three, which is about the correct number for the amount of leaves on the milkweed plants;-)…

and I’m hoping that they might end up building their chrysalises in them as well…

chocolate-covered…

25 Saturday Jul 2026

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my housemate was away on vacation and just returned…

I was treated to an absolutely beautiful kitchen towel that has a sea turtle on it…

a light and airy sarong…

and 3 boxes of chocolate-covered macadamia nuts…

Costco used to carry them in a big plastic jug, but they haven’t had them for ages…

talk about spoiled 😊…

bruise…

24 Friday Jul 2026

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I have a doctor’s appointment next week which meant that this week I had to have bloodwork done…

Dynacare come to the house and the process takes about ten minutes…

this technician is one of my favourites…

he is quick, efficient and rarely leaves me with a bruise…

last time was quite different, lol…