BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (45498)
St. Catharines, Ontario • Age 72
Joined myLot 17 years ago
"If not I, then who?"
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (45498)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
22 Apr
Happy Earth Day!
Earth Day was first held on April 22, 1970. That makes it 54 years old. And what have we really got to show for it?
Climate change.
It's 4°C/40°F at 8:52 but supposed to get up to 13°C/55°F. The sun is out, so...
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (45498)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
21 Apr
Well, I finally had my brain sliced and diced yesterday... In other words, I had an MRI of my head. My doctor should get the results in a week, and I'll let you know how many squirrels are running around in there.
And as I said,...
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (45498)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
16 Apr
This is what came up in the garden plot where I had tomatoes growing last year. They're pretty, and delicate looking, but I don't know how or from where they came. The weirdest things just pop up in my gardens.
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (45498)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
9 Apr
It was very overcast all day yesterday, then the moon got in the way of the sun (what little shone through), it got dark for a couple minutes, then pitch black for another minute, gradually lightening up before we were back to the...
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (45498)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
8 Apr
Today, April 8, 2024, there was a total eclipse of the sun. Unfortunately, it was overcast all day. So there wasn't really anything to see. I popped my head outside just after 3 and caught a glimpse of the edge of the sun just...
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (45498)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
1 Apr
Today's weather was supposed to be cloudy with possible rain but good ol' Sol fought his way out and it was quite a pleasant afternoon. I did a bit more yard clean up and sat in the sun drinking tea and reading for a bit. The...
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (45498)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
30 Mar
Something like that spent sweeping up my patio. It's not as easy as one would think when there's a rapidly deteriroating woven plastic "carpet" on said patio. Then factor in the fierce winds that blew leaves under it all autumn. I...
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (45498)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
29 Mar
Without warning, myLot expects us to turn off our ad blockers. I realise that the site wants to make money by allowing ads, but they're invasive and irrelevant. The site was all scrambled and I couldn't answer notifications nor...
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (45498)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
28 Mar
Yes, someone decided today would be international piano day. And why today? Because it's the 88th day of the year and fullsize pianos have 88 keys. Of course next year it would be celebrated on March 29, because no leap day next...
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (45498)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
27 Mar
With the vascular surgeon about my veins... There's some "insufficiency" but the provincial health insurance doesn't cover the treatment anymore to correct it, so nothing will be done. He suggested I could wear compression...
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (45498)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
23 Mar
Because of all the sn*w we got yesterday, it "warmed up" to -2°C/28°F overnight. Don't ask how much sn*w we got because it was also blowing so some spots are deeper than others. The weather prognosticators think it might get up to...
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (45498)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
22 Mar
Sort of like musical chairs, but no plant was left without a pot...
I spent several hours yesterday afternoon repotting some of these plants you see here. I took the Norfolk pine out of its pot, and yeah, it was root-bound. So I...
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (45498)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
21 Mar
I don't know... had to call this something...
Weather wasn't too bad on Sunday.
Woke up to a dusting of snw on Monday.
Then some flurries on Tuesday.
The sun broke out for a bit on Wednesday
But then we got pelted with celestial...
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (45498)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
19 Mar
i've mentioned before that the Westview Centre4Women was moving to a new building. Today was opening day there. It's farther down the road than the old place and as it's cold out today I wouldn't have gone except that I needed to...
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (45498)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
18 Mar
I still have this nasty cold, though, and with winter trying to get a few more kicks in (-1°C and an occasional flake floating by) I don't know how long I'll be here before flopping on the couch under my blanky.
The weather wasn't...
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (45498)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
10 Mar
9:49am...
It's 2°C/36°F with an expected high of 8°C/48°F and it's SNWING!
I don't like it. Especially as I seem to have contracted my once in 20 years head cold. Don't like that either.
I just may...
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (45498)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
6 Mar
The mouse wheel, that is. I had a rough night last night, and when I got up at 3am to pee, I could barely walk. And then I couldn't get back in bed and I spent several hours on the floor next to my bed. My head felt as if someone...
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (45498)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
5 Mar
Eleanor Collins, Canada’s first lady of jazz, passed away Sunday morning at Surrey Memorial Hospital at the age of 104.
She was the first Black woman to host her own national TV series — The Eleanor Show and in 2014 was invested...
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (45498)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
1 Mar
Yup, it's March 1st and it just snuck in, thanks to Leap Day. And it's as calm as can be. So does this mean it'll go out like a lion? Or, maybe because Leap Day blew March ahead one day, it'll go out as a lamb? Here's hoping.
It's...
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (45498)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
28 Feb
The weather.
Again.
It's 17°C/63°F and windy, very windy, this 28th of February.
It's also garbage day, which means things are getting blown about.
There was a knock at my door. It was a milk carton from across the street.
I hate...
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