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jar…

11 Thursday Feb 2021

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I always put sweetener and evaporated milk in my tea… usually the can goes into the fridge, but yesterday I poured my evaporated milk into a container as the can had a dent from being dropped as it was brought up to the house, lol…

the container came from Atlanta when we were there in 2016 to see the Chihuly Exhibit… we went to a Farmers Market and I picked up a chocolate drink in it… it was tasty…

lovely to remember the fun we had;-)…

it also reminded me of our camping trips over the last few years… well, not last year…

keeping my milk in the jar saved spills in the cooler, not that that ever happened;-)…

fun to remember the history of items in the house…

youngest…

27 Monday Jul 2020

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big girl pants, blessed, butterflies, camping, deck, family, garden, grandson, hot tub, memories, moments, monarchs, nature, space station, stuffing, time, widow, youngest

my youngest grandson and I spent a few days together… it was lovely as we don’t get to spend the amount of one-on-one time that I have with the other boys…

we did a few chores around the garden and spent a great amount of time with the monarch butterflies…

we planned meals, watched the fish, birds and squirrels, and talked about life… he was even happy to take a selfie with me;-)…

we made stuffing muffins (chicken stuffing put into muffin pans), one of his favourites, lol… we had chicken and mashed potatoes for our supper to go along with the muffins… we made twice stuffed potatoes for our second supper and he reminded me to put in green onions as he likes the flavour they add to food now…

we watched the space station fly over from the hot tub…

we slept out on the decks… he thought it was a very funny thing to do, but got right into it, bringing out his comforter, a blanket and pillows;-)… I slept in the gravity chair, which wasn’t as comfortable as the lounger I normally use…

he played games with his friends on his phone and watched tv shows when it was too hot (and maybe boring) for him outside…

how wonderful it was for me to have these special moments with this young man;-)…

deck…

09 Thursday Jul 2020

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big girl pants, blessed, camping, deck, garden, memories, moments, sleep, space station, squirrels, widow

last night I went camping on the deck…

instead of putting out the big air mattress, I brought up the lounge chair, put two cushions on it, brought out a quilt, a throw and a pillow and settled down for the night…

the space station was going to be visible at 3:22 a.m. so it seemed like a good idea;-)…

I did wake up around 3, but the sky was covered in clouds so I went back to sleep and when I woke up this morning it was clear again…

as I lay there I could feel the squirrels running over the deck beside me, lol…

such fun;-)…

magnet…

31 Saturday Aug 2019

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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…

hands-on…

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…

caught…

28 Wednesday Aug 2019

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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…

resort…

27 Tuesday Aug 2019

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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…

fawn…

26 Monday Aug 2019

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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…

cliffs…

30 Tuesday Jul 2019

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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;-)…

moss…

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…

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