31 Saturday Aug 2019
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big girl pants, Falcon Lake, magnet, nature, pictures, purple, screen, shopping, widow
last year around this time we went out to Falcon Lake for some camping fun…
I picked up the cutest magnetic screen protectors, shaped like butterflies… I put the three of them on the patio screen door…
recently I caught this picture of an actual butterfly on the screen…
wondered if it was having a visit with its magnet friends, lol…
30 Friday Aug 2019
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our last day of camping was sunny but windy…
after a hike along the beach the decision was made not to take the boat out… the whitecaps were big…
got some great photos along the way…
so, we packed up and headed toward home… we stopped at Seven Sisters Falls on the way and had a lovely wander along the river…
beautiful scenery… a reminder of lovely visits that my beloved and I took to this spot… it was fun for the boys to see it for the first time…
while we were there the boys spotted many frogs… made me giggle because I often take photos of frogs… they use a much more hands-on approach…
28 Wednesday Aug 2019
rain stopped around 6 this morning… it was still chilly, but dry, yay…
after breakfast we went out in the boat and spent the day on the water…
we saw a pelican, two deer and maybe a merganser… we fished and my son-in-law caught a couple and I caught one;-)…
it was calm when we took the boat out of the water, nothing like when we crossed the lake – both times – it was very rough…
we baked potatoes around the fire, had steak and mushrooms to go with them, and then for dessert I had a delicious s’more… others may have had more than one, lol… the current method of making them involves using cookies covered in chocolate and then putting a roasted marshmallow between them… much simpler that graham crackers and a piece of chocolate bar…
27 Tuesday Aug 2019
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big girl pants, boat launch, family, fishing, fun, moments, rain, resort, shopping, shore fishing, store, weather, widow
during the night it rained a few times but there was sun and blue sky this morning… along with a fair bit of wind…
the weather report called for rain later, but when we walked to the beach the water was pretty rough…
once everyone was up and had a simple breakfast we headed out for a day of shore fishing… and checking out resort stores…
although it rained off and on all day we had lots of fun…
particularly as I caught a small Jack and then the daddy caught a much bigger one… I focussed on improving my casting…
we found every boat launch on the highway in two directions and checked out a few spots we’d never been to before…
once we got back to the trailer, we napped and watched videos as the rain started to come down in a much more serious manner, lol…
had burgers for supper and then played board games…
now it is time for bed, with the hope that the rain will stop by morning…
26 Monday Aug 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, bridge, family, fawn, fishing, geese, memories, moments, rain, walk, widow, woodpecker
so far we’ve seen a fawn, frogs, geese and a pileated woodpecker… and we’ve only been here since noon;-)…
we’ve hiked around the campground and taken a few photos from the bridge that is usually in my pictures…
we’ve fished, or more precisely, practised casting, lol…
and are currently sitting around a campfire waiting for it to die down so we can cook hotdogs for our supper…
why is it that hotdogs taste so delicious when cooked over a fire…
pretty fine day considering we were led to believe it was going to rain all day…
30 Tuesday Jul 2019
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big girl pants, boat, cliffs, family, fun, jumping, perspective, water, widow
a few days ago I put up a picture of the boys jumping from the cliffs that we had walked to…
today we rode over to the cliffs in the boat and I got more pictures to show the actual height…
all of the boys had fun jumping;-)…
29 Monday Jul 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, boat, camping, family, flowers, memories, moments, moss, nature, tree, widow
woke up at 6 to pouring rain… by 8 it was done and the sun came out, although it was windy… we spent the day on the water…
early morning water drops on the boat…
throughout the day we spotted many geese, a pileated woodpecker, two deer and a fawn, an eagle, maybe an American Three-Toed woodpecker, and one very large Jack fish which my son-in-law caught…
bacon, eggs and hash browns for breakfast and steak, baked potatoes and onions, with mushrooms for dinner… pretty fine eats;-)…
cool temperature-wise but a great day;-)…
the flowers were at the dock… the moss covered tree is at the campsite…
28 Sunday Jul 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, camping, family, flowers, garden, hot tub, lake, pond, rocks, stuff, water, widow
started my day in the hot tub… rather quiet as the waterfall is turned off while awaiting repair, lol…
walked to the grocery store; consulted with Hilda the Gardener, who then did some amazing clean-up in the side garden and tidied the main garden; and packed up all my stuff for another few days of camping…
ended the day watching boys jump into the lake from a rather tall rock, which we climbed, and now we sit by the campfire…
did manage to get one flower picture as well;-)…
been a full day… think it might be an early night…
14 Sunday Jul 2019
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big girl pants, cashier, customer service, groceries, headache, packing, service, struggle, widow
struggled with a headache through the night and this morning… really difficult to get up and moving…
eventually I dragged myself out to get some groceries…
last time I was there the cashier did a very poor job of packing my groceries…
today as the cashier was ringing up my purchases he was being careful with putting things into the bags and I mentioned the poor job by the last cashier…
he shared that he had been working on his packing skills…
he asked if I’d put in a complaint and I said it wasn’t worth the effort as nothing was ruined… he also mentioned that if anything was, the company would replace it…
at the end of my order he reduced my bill by $10 using a gift card…
what great customer service;-)…
13 Saturday Jul 2019
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big girl pants, couple, feeder, finch, garden, pond, purple finch, quiet, widow
quiet day by the pond…
had some lovely visitors…
maybe a purple finch couple;-)… they stayed for quite a while…
