12 Thursday Nov 2026
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adventure buddy, big girl pants, deer, friends, Harte trail, meditative, moments, nature, remembering, walk, weather, widow
went for a walk with my adventure buddy this morning, along the Harte Trail… as we sat on one of the benches along the path at 10:30, a deer walked by…
felt like a special moment…
the sky had also moved from a very threatening dark gray to a lovely blue with billowy clouds which my buddy caught with her phone😊…
it was a very meditative walk…
11 Wednesday Nov 2026
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big girl pants, family, memories, poppies, Remembrance Day, served, widow
this morning I took the time to watch the Remembrance Day service in Ottawa…
I’ve watched it for years and once it is over I remove any poppies on my clothing and, for the past few years, on the front rail…
many in our family have served our country and watching the service reminds me of each of them…
10 Tuesday Nov 2026
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airplane, big girl pants, blessed, book, bus, car, family, favourites, ferry, journey, memories, moments, Technology, train, widow
just before we began our train, bus, ferry, car, airplane, trip to Vancouver Island we decided to make a book with a selfie each day plus each of our favourite thing (ended up with 2 each) that day…
we did a great job keeping up with the process for about three days and then we completely stopped 😬…
we picked up the process as we were waiting for our flight home… and started from the most recent day and worked backwards… I think we got three days done, lol…
when my daughter was here recently on a surprise visit, we sat down and finished our work…
we may have chosen different favourites if we’d done it each day…
now the book is done, except we haven’t found a name for our journey, but I’m sure something will come to us😊…
09 Monday Nov 2026
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adventure, album, big girl pants, blessed, family, moments, nature, project, reminder, trip, widow
updated the living room table with items connected to our Big Adventure out West…
a few days ago I picked up an album and put in the 175 pictures I had printed at Staples… this will make it much easier to look at the photos…
we finished our daily favourites book and I also added the purple bag that housed all the items we collected…
now to finish the last bits and pieces, and having everything in the table will act as a great reminder to get this project finished, lol…
08 Sunday Nov 2026
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big girl pants, countertop, family, moments, recycle, trash, widow
I have this handy rolling cabinet next to the couch in the den and it has a few scratches on top…
I had an idea and went out to the garage to bring in the piece we had cut off the countertop to make it fit…
it is the perfect width and may, or may not, get trimmed as it is a touch long, depending on how it gets fastened to the cabinet…
I love when an idea uses up something that might have ended up in the trash😁…
07 Saturday Nov 2026
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annual physical, big girl pants, blessed, bloodwork, Dynacare, moments, Technology, vein, widow
Dynacare came to collect blood for my annual physical…
usually, for my A1C, only one vial is collected, but the annual checkup takes three, lol…
I asked what was the maximum number my technician had collected and he said fifteen 😳…
makes me think how lucky I am only having three taken…
also, likely to have a bruise as there was a bit of difficulty getting into the vein although I barely felt anything…
06 Friday Nov 2026
Posted in Uncategorized, life, health, business, moments, retirement
I remind myself often how blessed I am…
Wednesday was a reminder of that as a cleaner was in the house, doing all the things I don’t like to do😬…
when I went into the bathroom I discovered this cute bow on the shower door…
a lovely surprise… and again, a reminder of how fortunate I am…
I did laugh when I went to dry my hands and because I didn’t want to spoil the arrangement, had to find another towel😂…
05 Thursday Nov 2026
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early yesterday morning I took the car in to the garage… it was time to change the tires and get a few things checked out…
it was very foggy, but there was at least a bit of light… I didn’t take any photos on the way there…
but I did take a few shots on my way home, while riding in an Uber…
and my doorbell camera caught this shot…
04 Wednesday Nov 2026
Posted in Uncategorized, life, family, business, garden, moments, retirement
over the summer and into the fall we have worked on a number of projects…
and my box of receipts certainly demonstrates that…
just the beginning of November and it is almost filled to the brim…
but we have made some great improvements 😊…
03 Tuesday Nov 2026
Posted in garden, life, loss, moments, retirement, Uncategorized, weather
on Sunday I put out the poppy that is actually either a bird bath or bird seed container…
yearly, it lives on the rail from November 1st until mid-day on the 11th…
usually it is located in the garden over the summer, and in one of the pots with the big plants in the house over the winter…
but I like how it looks at the front entrance…
