11 Wednesday Sep 2019
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big girl pants, bird, Downy Woodpecker, feeder, phone, photos, pole, widow
my daughter called yesterday morning and while we were chatting I looked out the window and spotted this downy woodpecker…
it first landed on the metal pole and I was very worried it might try to drill into the metal and hurt itself, lol…
while we were on the phone I took quite a few photos as it moved over and gathered sunflower seeds…
not sure I’ve ever seen one of these guys at the feeder…
08 Sunday Sep 2019
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big girl pants, family, horses, jumping, memories, riding, sister-in-law, Spruce Meadows, widow
been enjoying some show jumping on TV from Spruce Meadows…
beautiful horses and quite amazing riding…
reminded me of my wonderful sister-in-law who came for a visit last weekend… she’s been recovering from a riding accident in June…
it was lovely to have her in the garden…
06 Friday Sep 2019
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big girl pants, corn, CSA, dinner, family, garden, memories, portion, remembering, tomato, widow
yesterday we got our weekly portions of our CSA box…
four of us share one and it works perfectly as a couple of us only feed ourselves, lol…
my pile, after a colleague and I divvied it up, included a leek, an ear of corn, a large tomato, potatoes and a bulb of garlic…
for supper I had the corn and tomato… when I was a kid this would often be a supper once harvest season arrived, although I think we also had bread and butter…
reminds me of my mom and dad;-)…
I did add some beautiful shrimp (and some of the garlic) to the menu…
yum…
02 Monday Sep 2019
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big girl pants, camping, family, garden, grandson, magic, making memories, moments, pizza, pond, widow, Za
yesterday my grandson came over…
he cleaned the pump in the pond, but for some reason it wouldn’t start up… will have to get my son-in-law over to see if his magic fingers can get it going…
we went to Za Pizza Bistro for supper with some out-of-town family… first time I’ve been there and it was delicious… I was able to have a white sauce on mine, which I really enjoy, and the crust was thin and crispy… it was great fun choosing the exact toppings I wanted…
before it got dark he headed home on his bike…
I really enjoy spending time with him…
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…
24 Saturday Aug 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, memories, morning glories, tenacity, widow
rather thrilled when I realized that my container filled with extra soil was growing morning glories;-)…
this pot was under the deck and wasn’t getting any water, so they have really toughed it out…
I pulled it out and gave it some water… might even move it up onto the deck so it gets more sunlight…
not sure if they will end up blooming, but I am hopeful…
just a couple of days ago I had a memory on Facebook showing one of my previous year’s blooms…
tenacity…
23 Friday Aug 2019
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Monday I considered turning on the bedroom light when I first got up…
there is less light every day, sigh… this is always one of the sadder happenings mid August…
at night I am now turning on the lights that run along the bannister on the stairs… those lights haven’t been on for months…
time is flying by more and more quickly…
although later in the evening I did enjoy spending a few minutes at the window as I was going downstairs to watch the solar lights start twinkling on… arrived at just the right moment;-)…
have to celebrate the little things…
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