07 Sunday Jul 2024
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03 Wednesday Jul 2024
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art, beach, big girl pants, blessed, cottage, door, family, friends, friendship, happy, memories, moments, painting, teens, time, widow
while we were at the cottage a dear friend of my daughter came to spend the day…
they had fun visiting, walking the beach, going in the water and playing with paint…
it was lovely to see them enjoy their time together…
I was reminded of the many times they spent together, and with their friends, when they were much younger, lol…
watching them painting brought back their project when they were in their teens… three of them spent a few days painting the bedroom door of my daughter’s room…
since then the door has moved every time she has…
currently it lives in her hallway…
it is so good to see these young people maintaining longtime friendships…
02 Tuesday Jul 2024
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Barbie the Barbecue, big girl pants, blessed, family, garden, grass seed, grow, housemate, moments, nature, rain, soil, sprinkled, water, weather, widow
Monday, while supper was cooking on Barbie, the barbecue, my housemate sprinkled grass seed over the non-grassed areas in the garden…
it had been raining off and on all day and was supposed to continue all day today…
after putting down the grass he used the last of the soil to cover everything and then raked it over…
now I have been directed to water every single day unless it rains;-(…
30 Sunday Jun 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, broken, crashing, family, fix, grandson, mess, moments, orchids, photos, plants, shelf, shower caddy, widow
the other day my grandson came to the door and said something had happened to my plants… he heard a crash as he was showering and came out to the shower caddy that we had installed in January laying in pieces on the floor with bits of orchids everywhere…
I was so shocked I didn’t even take a picture of the carnage…
it took a while to pick up the plants, sweep up the broken bits, and dump out the soil…
then, we ignored it for a few days, lol…
when we put it back up, we decided to use strapping and screws…
I still need to replace the one broken pot…
hopefully this time the whole shelf won’t come crashing down, lol…
28 Friday Jun 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, cacao, family, fish, gardener, koi, moments, nature, plants, pods, producing, The Leaf, widow
spent more time at The Leaf on Tuesday morning before my daughter headed home… it is such a wonderful point of happiness for me, and my daughter…
we discovered, after chatting with Linda, one of the gardeners, that the second cacao tree has now got two cacao pods on it… this is very exciting as only the first tree had been producing pods…
we spotted a little lizard on the third tree… apparently it arrived with one of plants, lol…
Linda was very excited to show us the mango tree that had just been planted…
we also learned there are fifty fish in the pond, and all the smaller ones were babies from the largest ones… the excess fish have been moved to another location to keep the population stable…
26 Wednesday Jun 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, bread, cottage, food, Gibson’s, moments, Saffie’s, shopping, sunshine, Village Green Bakery, widow
had a wonderful day on Saturday…
we had ordered bread and some goodies from Village Green Bakery online and went to pick the order up…
while we were in the store next to the bakery I came across a butterfly net which will work perfectly for catching fish in the pond…
next we went to Saffie’s in Albert Beach and found an adorable long dress – purple – with pockets… woohoo…
across the street at Gibson’s Glass & Art, I found a beautiful purple mug and a delightful stained glass dragonfly…
lovely treats and reminders of our excellent week at the cottage…
25 Tuesday Jun 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, delicious, early, EOB, family, moments, restaurant, Technology, widow
this morning I discovered OEB… it is a restaurant that my daughter had encountered in Calgary and said was excellent…
we ordered last night and it was delivered first thing this morning…
I chose the French Toast Trifle… it looked delicious on the website and was exactly the same when it arrived…
there were two pieces of brioche smothered in custard with blueberries and strawberries… and to top it off there were three cute little meringues on top…
and it was delicious;-)…
24 Monday Jun 2024
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big girl pants, birds, blessed, cottage, family, helpful, Merlin Sound App, moments, nature, Technology, vireos, weather, widow
I used Merlin a great deal at the cottage…
I found that when the Sound ID told me which birds were around it made it easier to help spot them as I knew what they should look like…
the vireos and yellow warblers were with us all the time;-)…
we also spotted pelicans, seagulls, eagles, and hummingbirds…
such fun…
23 Sunday Jun 2024
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art, big girl pants, birchbark, blessed, cottage, family, moments, nature, relaxing, stained glass, surroundings, widow
the cottage is filled with lovely art…
there are wonderful stained glass pieces, beautiful hanging blankets, original animal paintings, and even some birchbark biting pieces…
lovely surroundings for a relaxing time away…
22 Saturday Jun 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, family, feeder, fluttering, happy, hummingbirds, moments, nature, sound, treat, weather, widow, wings
we’ve been watching the hummingbird feeder since we arrived and on Tuesday, when we were at the table eating our supper we spotted the first one… having their meal too;-)…
Wednesday, while we were eating lunch, two of them had a little confrontation over who got to eat first…
Friday, while I was on the lower deck reading in the sun, one came right up to me before flying off… once you’ve heard a hummingbird, you always recognize the sound of their wings fluttering, lol…
what a treat;-)…
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