19 Monday Oct 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, dark, lit, moments, nature, plants, solar lights, widow, window
was walking past the dining room and spotted the solar lights across the three plants that are in the window…
they only stay lit for a few moments so I often don’t see them…
what a lovely treat 😊…
04 Saturday Apr 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, draft, happy, moments, nature, virginia creeper, widow, window
I often have an afternoon nap in the den…
I’ve found, for most of the winter, that I needed my blanket to be up by my neck because of the draft…
I just figured that the window needed some insulation…
a few days ago, I realized that there was a piece of virginia creeper between the window and the screen… and of course I didn’t take a before picture, lol…
yesterday, my housemate was able to dislodge it and close the window properly…
no draft now…
25 Friday Apr 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, bunnies, fight, moments, nature, performance, widow, window
had a bit of a performance outside when I happened to look out the window this evening;-)…
funny bunnies;-)…
26 Wednesday Feb 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, door, freezing, moments, nature, night, open, screen, warmer, weather, widow, window
for most of the winter the bedroom window has been closed all the time, partly because it was frozen shut and partly because it has been incredibly cold…
a few nights ago it was finally warm enough to open it and keep it open for the night…
and I also opened the screen door during the day for a little while to let some of that – not freezing – fresh air into the house;-)…
11 Tuesday Jun 2024
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big girl pants, bird feeders, blessed, deer, discourage, food, hostas, lane, moments, nature, pictures, snacking, surprise, widow, wildlife, window
Sunday morning I saw a deer in the field across the creek… I pointed it out to my neighbours so a couple of them went over to watch it…
apparently it had been eating their hostas…
later in the day we had a visitor at the bird feeder…
I had wondered why the seeds in one feeder had gone down so quickly, lol… eventually I opened the door and it headed across to the lane and out of sight…
today I was looking out the window only to see it back again…
as it came to the feeder I knocked on the window but it didn’t care… finally I opened the door to encourage it to leave the birdseed alone… and off it went…
I’m happy to see wildlife but don’t want to encourage eating of sunflower seeds… I may have to bring the feeders in for a few days to discourage the snacking…
19 Tuesday Dec 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, bubble, bubble wrap, covering, happy, hearts, light, moments, weather, widow, window
been doing a bit more window covering with bubble wrap…
it has worked great on the front and back doors…
yesterday, I put some up on the bedroom window, after I took off the screen… I covered one completely and did half of the second one so I could still see out…
I was thrilled to discover that the bubbles for these two panels were heart-shaped;-)…
how cool is that…
28 Saturday Oct 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, colours, home, look out, memorable, moments, nature, photos, sky, time, weather, widow, window
the sky today has been a beautiful canvas of colour and light…
woke up and saw this gorgeous view… had to run back and get my iPhone so I could take a few pictures…
this was just after eight am;-)…
and tonight around seven pm…
both memorable;-)… what a treat to spend a few moments enjoying the beauty…
07 Sunday May 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, bunny, bushes, cedar, creek, deer, garden, happy, memories, moments, nature, phone, resting, treat, widow, window
when I’m on the phone I usually walk on the spot at the front window…
yesterday, as I was there, four deer walked along the other side of the creek… just last year at this time I saw two in the same location, lol…
even though they were there it was nearly impossible to spot them as they stood still amongst the bushes and trees…
I couldn’t get a picture of all four of them, just these two, but did find this one having a rest a bit later;-)…
and when I spotted the resting one, I also noticed a bunny relaxing under the cedar tree in the front yard…
both bunny and deer seemed very comfortable…
22 Saturday Apr 2023
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08 Saturday Apr 2023
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aunt, Aunty Vi, big girl pants, blessed, dad, family, food, knickknacks, love, memories, mom, moments, photographs, photos, treat, wave, widow, window
seems like I have been working in the computer room forever, lol…
every time I think I’ve done all the papers, I find another box or bag, sigh…
this time I came across two very old photos…
one of my mom… she was a beauty;-)…
and one of my Auntie Vi, one of my dad’s sisters… she and my uncle lived in a tiny house in River Heights which was packed full of knickknacks… every surface was covered, lol… she made all kinds of things… she painted ceramics, knit numerous things, and always had delicious treats to eat whenever you arrived at the house…
she is also the reason that I stand at the window and wave to everyone as they leave my house just as she always did…
