personable…

07 Sunday Jun 2026

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big girl pants, blessed, elumen, haircut, personable, walkable, widow

went to a new place to get my hair cut on Friday… the place I’d been going to for years closed recently… I was disappointed because it was close and a nice walk to get there, and there was lots of parking if I had to drive…

today I went to Top End Studio Inc. it is one block up and three streets over, so even closer;-)…

had a lovely experience… the owner is very personable and did a great job cutting my hair…

I am excited that they use elumen and have an appointment scheduled for August to get purpled again, woohoo…

dozen…

06 Saturday Jun 2026

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the light was shining nicely on the poppies as they get ready to open…

looks to be about a dozen buds, and possibly more to come…

this year everything is quite behind, but the hot weather has made some things bolt;-)…

I always feel that the warm weather is finally here once the poppies start blooming;-)…

still going to be a few days before they open, I think…

toast…

05 Friday Jun 2026

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had a lovely lunch at Gather with my adventure buddy… our server, Nicky, was very helpful…

I had the French toast, with a side of bacon…

my buddy enjoyed the mushroom toast…

she also enjoyed the Basque Cheescake
with Strawberry, mint, delivered by Brian, the new GM…

after the delicious lunch, we had a wander through the Gardens at The Leaf…

always happy to find another view of The Leaf;-)…

produced…

04 Thursday Jun 2026

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last year we moved the little lilac bush from the garden to the front yard…

it just didn’t seem happy in the spot we had it and for the last couple of years it hadn’t produced any flowers at all…

the hope was that it would like the extra sun it would get out front…

not too long after it arrived in its new spot we built an inukshuk beside it with a collection of limestone pieces that we had…

this spring it didn’t look as though it had survived and then, all of a sudden, it sprang up…

and, just this morning, I spotted at least four little bunches of buds… can’t wait for them to open…

so exciting;-)…

rust-coloured…

03 Wednesday Jun 2026

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today, I spotted a small black butterfly with rust along the bottom third… it flew away before I got a picture, lol…

not long after, a tiny little wood frog hopped across the deck by the pond…

not much bigger than a thumbnail…

and finally, a beautiful rust-coloured dragonfly…

such fun to see so much nature;-)…

turtle…

02 Tuesday Jun 2026

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on my walk from the car to The Leaf, I loved the yellow carpet over many of the fields…

and came upon a painted turtle…

it was very far from any water, and once it spotted me, it turned and headed towards the field…

a great surprise to start my shift;-)…

pump…

01 Monday Jun 2026

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focussed on pumps…

dug out the pump for the bathtub pond and, with some help from my housemate, got it going in the pond…

next the hot tub was emptied with the pump from the basement, which I needed help to find, lol… hoping a friend can come by and offer suggestions on the right hand cover which is not opening well…

finally, my housemate took the fountain pump out of the big pond… it took me awhile to get it cleaned out and then it went back in…

lots of water work;-)…

pin…

31 Sunday May 2026

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after my shift at The Leaf on Friday, I headed over to the zoo to go to the Volunteer Centre…

it was very hot out and it had been hot in The Leaf as well… the car was boiling, lol…

I was excited to get my one year as a volunteer pin;-)…

I now have four pins, one for working at The Leaf, one for being a volunteer, and one to let visitors know that I’m trained to assist those with Hidden Disabilities… that last one is a bright yellow sunflower…

and now the one year as a volunteer pin;-)…