so happy to see winter sports back on tv, I have missed them…
enjoying the downhill skiing and the bobsleigh…
rather happy with this shot I got while I was watching…
skiing…
11 Monday Jan 2021
Tag Archives: winter
stopper…
30 Friday Oct 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, coat, cold, funny, fur, moments, nature, purple, reading, stopper, weather, widow, winter
I’ve been thinking of a friend’s mother who used fur coats as draft stoppers… she had numerous fur coats and it just seemed like the funniest thing to me, although even in those days people were no longer wearing fur, so it was a good use of the coats, lol…
there is a vertical space along the bottom of my front door and I have been trying to figure out what needs to be done to fix it…
my handiperson is supposed to be coming before too long to check it out, but as I sit reading in the living room there is quite a cold draft across the floor…
this afternoon I took one of my winter coats and hung it on the doorknob and I think it is stopping the cold air;-)… or at least slowing it down…
too funny, lol…
solstice…
21 Saturday Dec 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, busy, moments, music, sky, solstice, Technology, visits, warm, weather, widow, winter
it was beautiful inside and out…
currently the temperature outside feels like -11C at 6 pm…pretty darn warm;-)…
saw the most stunning sky to welcome the Winter Solstice early this morning…
had breakfast with my grandson, prepared potatoes for tomorrow’s dinner, made stuffing and had a wonderful visit with a dear young woman…
I also got all of my Smart pieces of technology working correctly;-)… did laundry and brought up the suitcase…
I’ve watched some horse jumping and almost had a nap…
sounds crazy busy, but there were lots of breaks sitting in front of the tree listening to Christmas music…
blessed;-)…
skiff…
28 Thursday Mar 2019
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big girl pants, flowers, garden, lights, skiff, snow, solar, Spring, start, sunrise, warm, widow, winter
such a beautiful start to the day…
the sky was gorgeous, the flowers were blooming… and it was warm… although there was just a skiff of snow on the ground…
amazing how fast we can forget the cold weather…
tonight it was great to see the solar lights coming on… in the garden they are shining through the snow…
more signs of Spring…
schedule…
05 Tuesday Feb 2019
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what a wonderful surprise…
the cleaners were supposed to be here yesterday but they took a snow day because of the weather which made perfect sense… I couldn’t get out of the driveway…
I was thinking they wouldn’t be here today although I asked if they might be able to fit me in…
it was a very long day so when I walked through the door and saw they’d been here it was such a treat…
just what I needed;-)…
brrrr…
30 Wednesday Jan 2019
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battery, big girl pants, brrr, cold, frozen, garage, hot tub, pictures, plug, weather, widow, winter
my, oh my… it has been crazy cold…
this morning while I was waiting for the car to warm up a bit, I took some pictures…
the cover of the hot tub is amazing… I haven’t been in it for a while, but it looks like it has turned into a cocoon to keep the heat in, lol…
it is so beautiful as everything is covered in ice…
I don’t usually sit in the car while it is running in the garage, but it was so cold that I felt Indi needed to warm up before we left… although the door was wide open it smelled, so I moved her onto the driveway for a few final minutes…
that’s when I got the pictures, lol…
last night when I left the office it was so cold that it felt like everything in the car was frozen, even though the battery had been plugged in all day…
rarely do we all plug in, but this morning I took this photo… clearly others felt it was cold as well…
quote…
23 Tuesday Oct 2018
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big girl pants, garden, leaves, quote, raking, snow, son-in-law, widow, winter, yard cleaning
spent part of the day yesterday trying to find someone to clean up the leaves in the yard… eventually I hired my son-in-law who came today and raked everything up… then he put away all of the lawn furniture… looks great…
also trying to find a snow-clearing company as my grandson who has been doing the snow removal for the last few years is now busy with university and work and not available…
of three places I contacted, two were already filled up for the winter…
I have received a quote from the third place and will be in touch with a few questions…
hoping that it all works out because I don’t need to be worrying about snow when it starts falling, lol…
winter…
18 Friday May 2018
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big girl pants, Birchwood Toyota, Indi, nail, rain, service, tires, widow, winter
this morning I put on those big girl pants and headed out to Birchwood Toyota… in the rain… to pick up my tires…
when I took Shadow to trade her for Indi, she still had her winter tires on… got a call about a week ago saying they were ready for pick up…
had a bit of a giggle when I pulled up to one of the three service bay doors… hadn’t realized that it said Lexus on it while the other two said Toyota… a service guy had me move, lol…
once in the bay a kind man went and found my tires, wrapped them up and put them into the car for me…
once home I was able to get them out of the car and piled them up in the corner… I couldn’t lift them to their spot in the shelf, but will have my son-in-law or grandson do it next time they are here… was rather proud that I had managed to get them moved…
and only broke one nail…
icy…
11 Sunday Mar 2018
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beloved, big girl pants, health, ice, icy, light, struggles, thinking, walk, weather, widow, winter
been thinking a lot about people struggling with mental and physical health these days…
I usually feel down in February and March and I think it has to do with the lack of light and cold weather… of course this being the time of year that I lost my beloved has added to the negative feelings…
many of those I speak with at this time of year are having similar struggles…
maybe we focus on our aches and pain more because we are getting out and about less, lol…
my knee has been bothering me for about a week now and it is frustrating because I can’t figure out what I did to it…
I will be so happy when I can get out and walk to the Park again without having to worry about freezing temperatures and icy sidewalks… and be able to smell fresh air…
darker…
06 Tuesday Feb 2018
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winter is often a down season for me… I really miss the light…
George always made sure I had lots of flowers throughout these darker months…
yesterday I was at the grocery store and bought flowers to brighten my space…
they will be in the living room and the bedroom at home and on my desk at work…
also noticing that the days are getting longer…
I already feel happier…
