21 Wednesday Jan 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, Fleurs de Villes, flowers, friends, laughs, moments, The Leaf, time, weather, widow
had a wonderful time today with friends at The Leaf…
we travelled together and had a lot of laughs in the process, then checked out all of the displays, and had one of the volunteers take our photo…
ended the day with a lovely lunch and visit at Gather;-)…
dropped off one of us and had a short visit…
what a fun time we had;-)…
20 Tuesday Jan 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, buddies, Fleurs de Villes, flowers, friends, gift, moments, nature, The Leaf, widow, wonder
had a lovely visit to Fleurs de Villes WONDER at The Leaf…
for Christmas I had given my buddies tickets to the show… such a great gift which adds another celebration for everyone…
we had lunch at Gather to celebrate our January birthday woman before the tour;-)…
we had dropped our birthday person at the back entrance, which is much closer for anyone with walking issues and then drove around and parked at the front…
for this visit, we skipped the Tropical biome and moved right into the Mediterranean biome to see the fifteen displays…
every time I walk through the area I spot details I hadn’t noticed before;-)…
I’ve volunteered twice, and visited three times so it is quite astonishing that I keep discovering new things…
the group enjoyed all of the displays and it was fun as each person made their choice of favourite piece…
I keep vacillating between three, lol…
19 Monday Jan 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, Fleurs de Villes, food, friends, Gather Craft Kitchen and Bar, gyro, lunch, moments, striploin, widow
had lunch at Gather Craft Kitchen & Bar before checking out Fleurs de Villes WONDER in the Mediterranean biome with my BS buddies…
it was nice to be inside after the -30°C walk from the car, lol…
I had the gyro – beef striploin gyro, grilled naan, cucumber relish, arugula, garlic tzatziki… I have had this before and, as previously, it was tasty…
other items at the table included the classic burger, the pasta with shrimp, and the house salad…
everyone enjoyed their meal and there were a few desserts afterwards, lol…
it was rather busy, so it did take a little longer than usual for our meal…
always a treat;-)…
16 Friday Jan 2026
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adventure buddy, big girl pants, decisions, Fleurs de Villes, flowers, moments, nature, orchids, The Leaf, widow
spent time this morning at Fleurs de Villes, at The Leaf, with my adventure buddy;-)…
what a treat…
each display had many gorgeous flowers and lots of very interesting details… it was hard to decide which one I liked the most…
so many orchids caught my attention;-)…
decisions, decisions;-)…
then we headed to Myer’s Delicatessen for lunch… yum, our first visit, and we look forward to another…
12 Monday Jan 2026
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alphabetizing, big girl pants, family, label maker, moments, revolving tray, shopping, spices, Technology, widow
we were looking for brown sugar and somehow decided to tidy the cupboards, duh…
everything came down, quite a few rather old items were discarded, and the remaining containers went back in…
then we headed to the grocery store and while we were there, found a couple of revolving trays and new spice jars…
once we were done putting groceries away, we added the trays, which of course meant taking all of the containers out again…
it is going to be so much easier to find the item I am looking for now…
then, we got out the label maker, which I am still learning how to use, and made labels as we filled the jars that would fit in the two spice racks…
now we are working on alphabetizing them;-)…
such fun, but we were both exhausted…
11 Sunday Jan 2026
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big girl pants, binge, blessed, books, favourites, JD Robb, moments, Nora Roberts, organized, widow
been on a decluttering binge… who knew…
started in the computer room closet and found some comforters to give away…
next I sorted the JD Robb books I’ve recently received and put them in order… there are still a few missing, but the collection is nearly complete…
and then I went through the Nora Roberts library to see which ones I could let go, lol…
I really enjoyed the trilogies, so was able to gather a fairly big pile of others to give away;-)…
09 Friday Jan 2026
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big girl pants, delicious, devoured, food, friends, maple pecan stuffed French toast, moments, Park Cafe, Technology, widow
was picked up by a friend and we headed to the Park Cafe for brunch…
I had seen a new January offering they had, and wanted to try it out…
the place was jumping when we arrived, but we had a great visit while we waited to be seated, which took less than ten minutes;-)…
we both ordered the special – maple pecan stuffed french toast – and hoped it would look as good as the picture, lol… and it did…
aaaaand… it was delicious and we both devoured the whole thing;-)… what a lovely treat…
if you have a chance this month, you should go and check it out…
08 Thursday Jan 2026
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while I was at The Leaf the other day, I got some great photos of various bulbs…
the amaryllis were beautiful and there were lots of them;-)…
I also spotted a variety I had not seen before…
and then I found this lovely white hyacinth;-)…
wasn’t able to smell it, lol…
I expect that they will all be gone the next time I visit…
06 Tuesday Jan 2026
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got a ride to Ultracuts for a haircut… apparently the last time I was there was early October which explains why my hair seemed to have grown like crazy…
had to have the top trimmed a second time as it was still a bit long;-)…
what a difference a trim makes…
I feel much more tidy;-)…
05 Monday Jan 2026
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big girl pants, crochet, dishcloths, hook, imperfect, learning, moments, purple, Technology, widow
I ordered and received a skein of cotton and a fancy crochet hook last week…
since then I’ve tried to make a circle or square without success…
the plan is to make dishcloths for the kitchen, lol…
now I am making straight rows and hoping that will work… the good news is they don’t need to be perfect 🤩…
