04 Wednesday Sep 2024
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, floating, hot air balloon, memory, moments, remembering, time, weather, widow
ten years ago I was floating over Gatineau in a hot air balloon… along with dozens of other balloons;-)…
I’d been waiting over twenty years for this experience… for my fortieth my beloved bought us tickets to fly at home, but the company ran away with the money…
it was everything I imagined and a very special moment in my life… the memory continues to be bright;-)…
03 Tuesday Sep 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, boat tour, CMHR, early, family, fun, landmarks, moments, nature, treat, water, weather, widow, Winnipeg Waterways Tours
went for a ride on one of the Winnipeg Waterways Tour boats yesterday morning…
while we waited to board, saw some ducks and geese and had to take a few pics, lol…
our driver, Pete, shared lots of interesting facts, many I wasn’t aware of, as we travelled along the Assiniboine and Red rivers…
it was fun to see some of the city landmarks from the water…
I was happy to get a few nice photos of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights…
and this one from the back of it…
a lovely treat;-)…
27 Tuesday Aug 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, door, family, fixed, front door, handle, Home Depot, house, knob, moments, repair, widow
today, as we were heading out to do a few errands, the doorknob came off in my grandson’s hand as he was locking the door…
so, besides the planned errands, we also went to Home Depot to get a new handle for the door…
I was very happy that this happened when he was home as I wasn’t sure that I could fix it…
once we returned home, my fancy screwdriver came out, pieces were removed from the door…
the new pieces were installed…
and voila, a beautiful new handle on the door…
it feels much sturdier, and although the handle is a bit stiff, I think the door is closing and locking better;-)…
24 Saturday Aug 2024
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I have had the cushions for my outdoor chairs for over a year and I love them…
last Sunday I discovered a much simpler way to put them on the chairs, lol…
previously I would open them up and push down the bottom cushion and then make sure to raise the top cushion above it…
the new method puts both cushions on the chair and push it to the back, then raise the top (back) cushion…
so much easier;-)…
too funny, lol…
22 Thursday Aug 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, De Luca's, food, friend, lunch, moments, pizza, vegetarian, widow
went to De Luca’s on Portage Avenue for lunch the other day…
ordered the vegetarian mushroom, spinach, and cheese pizza, along with half of a shared Greek salad…
it was delicious…
and I brought some home which I had for lunch the next day…
so good;-)…
21 Wednesday Aug 2024
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adventure, bagel, big girl pants, blessed, Bothwell Cheese, buddy, cream cheese, friends, happy, market garden, moments, shopping, treat, widow
yesterday, on an excursion with my adventure buddy, we picked up bagels from Fromagerie Bothwell…
we also visited St. Leon’s Gardens where we both filled our bags with delicious fresh produce…
I had also been gifted some salmon cream cheese by that same friend…
today, for lunch, I had a toasted everything bagel with salmon cream cheese, onion, and fresh radishes and cucumbers…
it was delicious…
17 Saturday Aug 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, Bruce Park, ditched, family, grandson, moments, nature, the "A", trailer, walk, widow
had breakfast with my grandson at the “A” a few days ago…
it was a nice walk there and back…
we had the breakfast special, our usual…
on our way home we had a good look at a trailer that has been sitting near the end of the street…
it has been there for a long time… we are wondering if it has been ditched…
13 Tuesday Aug 2024
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big girl pants, casting, coverage, moments, night and day, Olympics, sports, Technology, time, tv, wake-ups, widow
well, I have emerged from the Olympics cycle…
I have watched all kinds of sports, some for the first time…
as mentioned previously, I like to watch in real time and managed to do that for a good portion of the sports I was interested in… although I did sleep through one of the medals that Canada won, lol… it meant a lot of 2:30 and 4:00 am wake-up’s…
my hope for every event that I watch is that each person does their best and I like flipping between channels, if I can, to hear commentary from different points of view…
I am less interested in team sports such as soccer or basketball or football… and I’m not too fond of fighting in any of its numerous forms…
the technology at these games had some interesting highlights… I was particularly taken with the cauldron;-)…
I am happy that this portion is over and I have a few weeks before the Paralympics begin…
hopefully there will be lots of it on tv and Gem as well;-)…
11 Sunday Aug 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, Chihuly, hat, memories, moments, Olympics, shopping, Technology, widow, worn
I’ve been wearing this Chihuly hat since we visited Atlanta in 2016 and love it…
it has turned that very sad gray/black colour and looks completely worn out…
haven’t been able to figure out how to save it, sigh…
got this new hat a few days ago… it was part of the 2024 Canadian Olympics clothing line and I hope it lasts as long and as well as the Chihuly…
07 Wednesday Aug 2024
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beautiful, big girl pants, blessed, corms, dahlias, flowers, garden, happy, hues, Lilystone Gardens, moments, nature, pink, plants, purple, surprise, treat, weather, white, widow
I have been so excited…
for a number of years, I’ve been overwintering dahlia corms, but haven’t had tons of luck… sometimes I know what they are and other times they are a surprise when they get put away…
one white one has proven very prolific and it has produced at least a dozen blooms so far this year in three different pots…
these are about the size of my palm…
a delightful feathery one that I purchased last year at Lilystone Gardens has come back nicely and has a number of blooms and buds in one pot…
each bloom is bigger than my hand…
these have all been white so I was particularly excited to see one come up in a pot that looked like it was pinky/purple…
it is a bit smaller than the white pompom-looking ones, but stands out in all its pink and purple hues…
nature is so amazing…
