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Ottawa Day 5…

29 Friday Aug 2014

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Cacao 70, chocolate, her big girl pants, hot air balloons, Ottawa Day 5

spent an hour first thing watching about 24 hot air balloons fly over the city… what a treat… took some pictures but they weren’t good…

we went out for a late lunch to Cacao 70… it is a chocolate restaurant…

IMG_7659.JPGit was delicious…

took a walk over the bridge to see water lilies and arrowheads… another beautiful day…

IMG_7661.JPGwater was calm as this paddler went by…

IMG_7660.JPGwhile we were deciding on our supper more balloons floated over… this picture is taken with Cyndi’s camera…

IMG_7662.JPGlooking forward to spending the whole day with the kids tomorrow…

Ottawa Day 4…

28 Thursday Aug 2014

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Canadian Nature Museum, cosmos, Ottawa Day 4, pigeons, pizza, vacation

started the day with a lay in… eventually we got up and had an adventure… with the help of a number of people we met on our travels, we found our way to the Canadian Nature Museum where we spent about three hours checking out the various displays… we liked the new luminescence exhibit and all the others as well…

IMG_7576.JPGwe worked up an appetite and found a pizza place for our lunch…

IMG_7577.JPGfound a spot inside where we could watch the outside…

while we were eating a few pigeons came by…

IMG_7578.JPGjust before we arrived home we found these cosmos and got a few shots…

IMG_7579.JPGonce home we watched a few of my shows, a few others, played on the computer and prepared for dinner…

now we are watching Blended and thinking about an early bed time…

another lovely vacation day…

Ottawa Day 3…

27 Wednesday Aug 2014

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house, hydrangea, Mosaica, Ottawa Day 3, Parliament, poutine, walk

more relaxing day… before we got up we got a picture of our sleeping arrangements which are working very well…

IMG_7556.JPGthe boys went off to get fixins for ice cream and came back with a lot of candy…

Ron ran a few errands with a friend while we watched a bit of tv, worked on a Lego piece and took a walk along the river…

IMG_7557.JPGthen we headed out to see the new house… it has some lovely hydrangeas in front…

IMG_7558.JPGit is going to be perfect and I got a pic of the kids taking a photo in front of the house…

IMG_7559.JPGwe went out for poutine and while we were waiting a few people had a rest…

IMG_7560.JPGand really I don’t care for poutine, which I must remember, lol…

we jumped on a bus and headed to the Parliament building where we watched a fascinating light show… the weather was gorgeous…

IMG_7561.JPGmy favourite part was the poppies filling up the space…

IMG_7562.JPGafter the show we followed many people to the bus stop and headed home…

everyone else is in their bed as I write this, as the kids both have work tomorrow, and me and the little guy are on our own… we have some plans:-)…

Ottawa Day 2…

26 Tuesday Aug 2014

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beaver tails, big girl pants, ByWard Market, farm, maple leaf, Ottawa Day 2, paddleboat, walking

saw Cyndi off to work and then went back to bed…

when we were all up, we headed to the Experimental Farm and saw some animals…

IMG_7484.JPGliked the donkey…

IMG_7476.JPGwe learned some of the science of agriculture…saw some lovely gardens…

IMG_7477.JPGthe boys did some paddling…

IMG_7478-0.JPGwe spent some time at the mall and finished off our adventure with beaver tails at ByWard Market…

IMG_7479.JPGfull, but fun day… now to rest my feet, lol…

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Ottawa Day 1…

25 Monday Aug 2014

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games, Ottawa Day 1, plane, The Works

well, it has been a busy day…

got to the airport, went through security and grabbed seats to wait for our flight…

IMG_7457.JPGhad lots of things to keep us busy on the plane…

IMG_7458.JPGfound our way to the kids’ apartment and went for a swim in the pool after we picked up some lunch…

IMG_7460.JPGwhen he arrived home Ron showed us all the gaming equipment so we would never run out of things to do…

IMG_7461.JPGtook a long walk to The Works where we had a delicious supper… there are many kinds of burgers… happily we caught a bendy bus back to the apartment where we visited, planned some of the week’s activities, and went down to the pool again…

now it is off to bed… everyone is tired…

ready…

24 Sunday Aug 2014

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big girl pants, Ottawa, packed, ready, storm

tonight the sky turned dark and the wind blew like crazy…

eventually it blew the storm right past us…

IMG_7429.JPGthe sun shone through the clouds and the light in the front and back was beautiful…

IMG_7430.JPGthe kids came over, mowed and whipper snipped the front yard, which looked as though the house had been abandoned, lol, and then we had supper before they headed home…

my nine year old grandson stayed behind… we had a fun time in the hot tub, found markers and colouring books, and cards for his backpack and he has headed to bed…

my suitcase and carry on are packed and we are ready to go…

IMG_7431.JPGtaxi is picking us up at 6:15 and we will be on our way to Ottawa to visit Cyndi and Ron…

ahhhhh…

23 Saturday Aug 2014

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ahhhh, big girl pants, breakfast, dimsum, family, morning glory, packing

lovely first day of vacation…

up early and walked over to “the A” to have breakfast with my daughter…

IMG_7414.JPGof course I had to check the morning glories… still can’t believe it was the purple ones that seeded themselves…

IMG_7416.JPGit was misty when I stepped outside and Bruce Park looked cool…

IMG_7417.JPGdelicious breakfast and good to spend time with my girl…

IMG_7418.JPGthen we shopped at a few places… met the rest of the family and my nephew for dimsum and headed home…

had a nap, watched tv and ate leftover roti for my dinner…

got out my suitcase and started packing…

overflowing…

22 Friday Aug 2014

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hibiscus, morning glory, overflowing, pond

this morning it was misting outside but I had to take pictures of the morning glories…

IMG_7390.JPGwhenever I look at them I remember how George would bring me pictures and tell me how many were blooming as I spent weeks in the hospital a few years back…

the pond is nearly overflowing…

IMG_7391.JPGwe’ve had two huge rains this week and rather than being low on water, it is bursting its seams…

before I left home I had to move and dump the barrel liner… It was full again this morning… certainly a good workout to pull it across the driveway and then tip it over…

IMG_7392-0.JPGthis beautiful and large hibiscus greeted me when I arrived home…

IMG_7393.JPGone of the biggest blossoms so far on this tree…

a great beginning to my two weeks of vacation…

power…

21 Thursday Aug 2014

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big girl pants, garage door, Hydro, morning glories, power

after I was dressed and ready to leave this morning, the power went out…

called Hydro with my cell because the house phone was dead… then I spent some time trying to decide whether to stay home or go to the office…

decided to head to work… on the way out I took a few pictures of the first morning glories… they seeded themselves from last year…

IMG_7376.JPGand they are purple…

got into the garage and went to push the button to open the garage door… duh… maybe I wasn’t going to work, lol…

called my daughter and while she was on the phone I pulled the cord that released the motor from the door…

opened it and drove the car out… closed it but it wouldn’t lock… didn’t know what to do and it was late, so I left it unlocked…

colleagues suggested it would reset when the power came on…

got a call about noon from Hydro advising that it was back…

when I got home I manually opened it and put the car in… tried the button and the motor came on but the door didn’t do anything… tried opening it higher but that still didn’t work…

went across the lane and asked my neighbour for help… he came over and showed me how to hook the motor back to the door…

if I have to do this again, will likely need to put the ladder in the empty garage to get up high enough, lol…

now, if only I can remember what to do…

scary…

20 Wednesday Aug 2014

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big girl pants, garbage, litter, scary, spider

a few days ago as I was driving on my way to work, I saw a plastic cup, a water bottle and a soft drink can within about four blocks in my neighbourhood… downtown it is much worse, even though there are garbage cans in many places…

makes me crazy and also worried that people are just not caring about their surroundings…

I still put wrappers or other dry garbage in my pockets to take home when I am out and there isn’t a garbage can or recycling bin close by…

although George smoked he rarely tossed a butt out the window of the car or left it on the street…

the girls learned very early that littering was just not done…

crazy…

tonight I took a picture of another scary thing… a spider den in the basement… it has been there for a while now and every time I go down to the basement I have to check to make sure the spider, which is very big, is not out of his nest…

spider den in the drywall...

spider den in the drywall…

will have to have my son-in-law deal with it this weekend…

big girl pants aren’t fitting so well today…

 

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