DianneN

@DianneN (253514)

United States

Joined myLot 11 years ago

Hi! I am a wife, mother, and grandmother. I am a retired teacher and college professor and love life, especially my family, friends, traveling, and shopping.

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Banyan Tree and Two Nosebleeds

DianneN @DianneN (253514) • United States 14 Apr

There are more than palm trees in Florida. On my morning walk I pass this bantan tree every day. It’s too massive for the yard, but it’s quite impressive on its own. Hubs and I went out shopping today, because I need/want new...

too many nosebleeds

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Yet another one on my beach walk

DianneN @DianneN (253514) • United States 13 Apr

I tried to burn off calories from my meal last night, and after two hours of dragging myself on my morning walk, I decided to walk up and down our little beach to cool down. I just knew it! I saw the second sailboat I had seen...

sailboat number two

morning discovery

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About the Sailboat and Stuff

DianneN @DianneN (253514) • United States 12 Apr

The owner appeared two days ago with friends or family and pushed it close to our sea wall and anchored it. He was supposed to have had it removed today, but it’s still here. I needed a day off from here today, so spent most...

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A Gate to Nowhere

DianneN @DianneN (253514) • United States 11 Apr

I just had a conversation with @Sallypup about fences and gardening. Our 2+ acre lot at our home in Connecticut is too large for a fence for my cheapo husband to have put up to keep the wildlife at bay. So, I do what I can. I...

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Very Profitable Friday

DianneN @DianneN (253514) • United States 10 Apr

Just returned from the consignment shop where I dropped off a pair of shoes and some clothes. I had a very nice amount of money waiting for me from last year’s sales. Hubs treated me to lunch afterwards. My granddaughter posted...

consignment shop

free favorite designer hats

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Impossible Situation for Students

DianneN @DianneN (253514) • United States 9 Apr

Hope this photo appears. I am on TikTok for only one reason and that reason is my Ice Princess. She posts at least one or two videos a week singing along to her favorite songs. She flew down to New Orleans with her parents...

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Look what washed up!

DianneN @DianneN (253514) • United States 9 Apr

Hubs and I were watching yesterday’s deluge when we saw a sailboat adrift. It ended up in our backyard, so so speak, while another boat got separated from its dock and floated by. Imagine our surprise when a man came out of the...

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A View from my Window

DianneN @DianneN (253514) • United States 8 Apr

Drat! It’s pouring out. I was reading out on the lanai in the sunshine when I felt a few sprinkles of rain, but the easterly wind blew it away from my direction . I got chilly, so put on a sweater and went back outside. Then...

when it rains it pours

florida the sunshine state

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Of Course We Did It! Twice!

DianneN @DianneN (253514) • United States 7 Apr

Did you think we didn’t take our granddaughter shopping while she was here? Did her parents give her their credit cards? No. Did she use her own credit card? No. Does she have expensive tastes? Yes. Those bags in the photo...

what did you expect besides shopping

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Crawdads

DianneN @DianneN (253514) • United States 6 Apr

Crawdads are crayfish. They are prolific from April, May, and June and are very popular in areas along rivers, fresh water, streams, and lakes. It just so happens that they are extremely popular in New Orleans where she’s going...

getting ready for new orleans

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So…..

DianneN @DianneN (253514) • United States 6 Apr

We have been feeling down since our granddaughter left, because it was so wonderful having her to ourselves for five days. I was very worried about her flying alone from LaGuardia airport in NYC. Her dad dropped her off early...

our ice princess

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Must say goodbye for a while….

DianneN @DianneN (253514) • United States 28 Mar

Our precious ice princess is arriving tomorrow and will return home on Thursday. We have lots of plans including eating and shopping. She takes after both grammies.. So I’d rather spend my time with her rather than...

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Happy Friday and do you have sconces?

DianneN @DianneN (253514) • United States 27 Mar

Happy Happy Friday to my myLot friends! I will be making a hearty beef stew pre martini time for Sunday dinner when my granddaughter arrives. My brother is invited, too. My granddaughter has the most perfect sconces in her...

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I Have a Certain Technique

DianneN @DianneN (253514) • United States 26 Mar

Some people do. Some people don’t. I always wanted a formal garden or an English garden, but I have a special garden. It’s a garden where if I can dig a hole without a huge rock in it, tree roots, and patches of clay soil, I...

new england gardening

special technique

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No reason

DianneN @DianneN (253514) • United States 25 Mar

That’s my younger son and his fiancée, Aniella, in the photo when they were in the South of France or on the western coast of France visiting her aunt and uncle in September. They were in both places, but not at...

flower bouquets

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The Ice Princess is Coming to Visit Us!

DianneN @DianneN (253514) • United States 24 Mar

My friends may remember our granddaughter. She’s a senior in high school now and very worldly for a 17 year old. She misses us, and is flying alone from New York to visit us on Sunday through Thursday on her school break. I can’t...

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Do you like birthday cake?

DianneN @DianneN (253514) • United States 23 Mar

I don’t care for sweets too much, but I do love birthday cake. Yellow cake inside, layered between vanilla custard, covered in buttercream, white icing, and lots of pink colorful flowers with green leaves and of course my...

birthday days on the same day

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This was then and then is this

DianneN @DianneN (253514) • United States 22 Mar

I’m so confused by my title, but you have to cut me some slack. Another idiom for some of my foreign friends. It means to understand me. I wanted to share a photo of my handsome, successful nephew with Viktoria. I don’t know...

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Going to Miami

DianneN @DianneN (253514) • United States 20 Mar

Saturday morning hubs will be driving my brother, my sister-in-law, and of course me, to Miami to see our nephew and Viktoria. We will see his beautiful high rise overlooking the ocean, have nibbles, and go out for a late lunch...

exciting weekend

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Drifting away from myLot

DianneN @DianneN (253514) • United States 19 Mar

You know how much I love it here, and how happy that I returned. Many thanks to my friends who’ve supported me. You know how busy I can get. I’m finding my life sucking up my time. Yesterday, for example, my older sister-in-law...

don t want to leave mylot

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