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foray…

06 Wednesday Dec 2023

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back at it in the garage… our last foray out there, a few weeks ago, involved dumping everything onto the floor to be sorted…

this time we went through and put items back up in the rafters that seemed like good things to keep… I let a lot go, although I know many people who might have wanted some of the bits, lol…

then we put the excess lumber (from the fence build) up there… it had been under a tarp along the edge of the driveway since June when the fence was finished…

everything else on the floor was loaded into the back of the truck and driven away…

there were still a number of items on the floor that needed to find homes…

we “finished” in the garage late Sunday afternoon…

the floor was finally cleared and vacuumed and there was a lot of dust from the wet-vac, lol…

the bench got slightly rearranged as we still need more work done there, lol… and then Indi made it into the space…

woohoo;-)…

moose…

03 Friday Nov 2023

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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, memories, moments, moose, neighbour, pattern, remembering, sanding, scroll saw, tidying, widow, wood

when we were cleaning out the basement back room in the spring, I came across some wood that my beloved had drawn moose on, but hadn’t cut out…

I took them over to my neighbour who has been working with a scroll saw for the last few years…

he brought them back a few days ago…

he did a great job but left the final sanding because he thought my grandsons might like to finish grandpa’s project;-)…

warped…

24 Thursday Aug 2023

Posted by sulis303 in garden, health, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

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big girl pants, blessed, drill, garden, moments, repair, screws, short, warped, widow, wood

there has been a loose board on the lower deck for quite some time now, which has tried to trip people up for ages…

it was a bit warped and we had tried screwing it down at the two ends, but clearly the wood underneath was not in good condition in those spots… recently, the hose got stuck in it, lol…

finally, I lifted it right up and checked underneath only to discover that the screws in the middle were too short, so I brought out the drill and screwed in much longer ones…

and now it is no longer moving… yay me;-)…

plugged…

29 Tuesday Nov 2022

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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, getting ready, Goggle, memories, moments, plugged, purple, stairway, trees, unpacked, widow, wood

the trees made their way up the stairway…

found the box and had some fun placing them…

have one that needs to be plugged in, so I need to figure out how to get it connected…

the rest look great… Facebook told me I had done the same thing on this date two years ago… and I was thinking it was kind of early, lol…

a final few went onto a table by the front door… these include a few that my beloved made many years ago…

I like how they look, and they are connected to Google;-)…

wood…

24 Tuesday May 2022

Posted by sulis303 in garden, life, moments, retirement, Uncategorized

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Baby, big girl pants, birdhouse, blessed, family, fence, garden, moments, neighbours, pond, snuggles, treat, widow, wood

this afternoon my neighbour on the south side came by with the cutest birdhouse for me…

last year he took down and rebuilt a new fence between us… and then he made some bird houses with the leftover wood…

it is very cute… I’ve never had one so now I will have to figure out where to put it…

tonight, he and his partner brought over their four month old baby to meet me… he is adorable and I look forward to playing with him over the summer…

first baby snuggles I’ve had in over two years…

woodworking…

22 Monday Feb 2021

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beautiful, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, blue jay, grandson, moments, widow, wood, woodworking

my middle grandson brought me a beautiful picture that he made in woodworking class at school last year…

it is a blue jay made from different woods… he did a great job… my beloved would have been very proud…

I’ve put it on the credenza in the dining room… will need to decide if I will leave it there or not…

fireplace…

24 Sunday Jan 2021

Posted by sulis303 in family, life, loss, moments, Uncategorized, weather

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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, fireplace, memories, moments, vacuum, weather, widow, wood

had the fireplace channel on while I was writing my blog last night and was reminded of all the lovely fires we have had over the years…

my beloved loved wood fires and would often fall asleep in front of the fire in the basement family room… it was always difficult to start but he would use the vacuum to get the smoke to start up the chimney…

I haven’t used it since he died and last year had to have the chimney removed as it was rusting from the inside… didn’t seem worth the cost of replacing all of the pieces..

sometimes I miss it…

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