19 Saturday Sep 2026
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arch, beans, big girl pants, cucumbers, garden, moments, nature, pick, topped and tailed, treat, widow
spent a quiet day resting up from the busyness of the last few weeks…
the main thing I did was pick beans and a couple of cucumbers from the arches…
then I sat outside and topped, tailed, and cut them up…
there were a lot and I will have some tonight and enough for another meal in the next few days…
a lovely treat😊…
18 Friday Sep 2026
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big girl pants, family, flights, help, moments, run, Technology, travel, widow
yesterday I listed a bunch of transportation methods…
today we ended with Ubers, planes, and vans… and home😊…
we started out in the dark with a lovely Uber driver who got us to the airport right on time…
we waited a while for our flight and when we arrived for our connecting flight we literally ran from one end of the airport to the other… yikes… not too thrilled with the help I received from WestJet online when I booked it…
happy to make it home…
17 Thursday Sep 2026
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16 Wednesday Sep 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, delicious, family, Finest, fish and chips, moments, treat, widow
today, after a three day wait, I had haddock and chips from Finest at Sea… my daughter had the salmon tacos…
we couldn’t fit this spot in before this, as we’ve been very busy…
everything was delicious;-)… what a delightful treat…
the weather had been wonderful all day, so we took a lovely stroll, to wear off the calories, lol…
15 Tuesday Sep 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, elumen, moments, Pravana, purple, Technology, Top End Studio, widow
I haven’t had purple in my hair for over six years… basically since covid when I stopped going to my colour person…
when the place I’d been going to for haircuts recently closed down, I found a hairdresser within walking distance…
she did a great job cutting my hair and we discussed the Elumen that I’d been using, and which she carried in her salon…
we booked a date and I was so happy to get there…
in the end she used two products… the Elumen which I’ve had before and really lasts a long time, and a little bit of the Pravana Everlasting … which will be a bit darker… she wants to compare the two of them to see which lasts longer and doesn’t come off on pillowcases or other things…
it came out very nice, once I got used to it again, lol… subtle 😊…
14 Monday Sep 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, bumblebees, family, garden parties, guide, moments, monarch butterflies, nature, The Leaf, water terrace, widow
started the garden parties with a visit to The Leaf…
after a private tour of the Biomes, with me as the tour guide, we had lunch at Gather…
we shared these…
I’d never had burrata before so was eager to taste it… it went nicely with the peaches and pistachios, but unfortunately, the peaches were under ripe… would likely have been delicious otherwise…
we had them put the blueberries on the side as neither of us really like them, lol, and I quite enjoyed this salad, which was different from what I had had on previous visits…
then it was outside to check out the Water Terrace and the Outdoor Gardens… had a lovely stroll and found monarch butterflies and happy bees everywhere…
had some fun picture taking… by this time it was getting rather hot, so we headed home…
next garden will be on Vancouver Island 😁…
14 Monday Sep 2026
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beloved, big girl pants, family, memories, moments, on the road again, road trip, travel, widow
one of my favourite songs is by Willie Nelson – On the Road Again…
for years and years we would play it when we finally got into the car (after getting everything and everyone packed) for a trip…
before we left the driveway, my beloved would turn this song on…
I still play it when we are headed out on a road trip🙂…
it just means travel, snacks, and good times to me…
12 Saturday Sep 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, Canon, Cyndi, family, favourite, fun, hand printing, ivy, mini printer, moments, new toy, Technology, widow
got a new toy😊…
it is a mini printer (Ivy, by Canon) that connects to the phone and produces a cute little 2 by 3 photo sticker… what a clever idea my daughter had…
we’ve started a little journal and have chosen a few favourites each day…we print them, collaborate on the wording, and then she hand prints a little story for each photo…
my main job is to get the sticky paper off each one and place them in our little book, lol… and let me say, it takes work🤪…
what fun 🤩…
11 Friday Sep 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, daughter, family, moments, pampered, pedicure, sparkles, time, toes, widow
my daughter arrived from Ottawa recently…
one of the things we try to do when we are together is get a pedicure, and I was able to arrange one the day after she arrived…
we went to a local spot and had fun while we were being pampered… I hardly twitched or giggled through the process… she was proud…
I chose purple for my colour and she chose orange… we may be a bit boring, as we almost always choose those colours 😊… but I did get sparkles on mine, thanks to her suggestion…
and now we have pretty toes…
10 Thursday Sep 2026
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family, big girl pants, widow, moments, tripod, search, monopod, pretending
wandered around the house looking for my monopod which my grandson gave me for Christmas a few years ago…
searched high and low and finally spotted it hanging right at the front door, lol…
I think it was pretending to be an umbrella, lol…
going to try it with my camera to see if it might be better than my tripod, lol…
although it doesn’t let the camera move at all…
we shall see…
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