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album…

09 Monday Nov 2026

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updated the living room table with items connected to our Big Adventure out West…

a few days ago I picked up an album and put in the 175 pictures I had printed at Staples… this will make it much easier to look at the photos…

we finished our daily favourites book and I also added the purple bag that housed all the items we collected…

now to finish the last bits and pieces, and having everything in the table will act as a great reminder to get this project finished, lol…

flight…

29 Thursday Oct 2026

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we ended our visit at The Leaf…

my daughter wandered around while I worked my volunteer shift…

besides enjoying the biomes she spent time making art;-)…

when my shift was over we enjoyed a meal at Gather and then I drove her to the airport for her flight home…

so happy to have had this time with her🤗…

caked…

27 Tuesday Oct 2026

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a picture came up on my photo frame… it was of my daughter and housemate in front of Baked Expectations a few days ago…

she’s been in the city attending a bookbinding workshop…

this picture came up in my memories from Oct. 22, 2025… almost always when she comes home there is deadly chocolate mousse from Baked Expectations…

this trip she had cake when she arrived in the city, but was staying with a friend and was all caked out by the time she arrived here, lol…

she did bring her art supplies with her…

what a wonderful gift to have her here at home for a few days…

short…

23 Friday Oct 2026

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today I made zucchini basil soup… I may have been a bit short of basil, lol…

it tastes good, and I’ve made it with someone special in mind…

I hope they like it😊…

udon…

21 Wednesday Oct 2026

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big girl pants, blessed, dinner, family, food, housemate, moments, noodles, peanut sauce, shrimp, udon, widow

tonight’s supper was shrimp with asparagus, mushrooms, and udon noodles, with a peanut sauce…

I assisted a little bit, but the main work was done by my housemate…

blessed…

poll…

16 Friday Oct 2026

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this morning I voted in the advance poll at Polo Park… they are really strict about not allowing photos to be taken, and instead of stickers, had a banner you could use… maybe it saves money 🤪…

as a reward we got pretzels… mine were mini sesame ones… and I found them easier to eat;-)…

my favourite is the garlic and salt, but I was heading to The Leaf to volunteer and didn’t want to breathe garlic on the visitors, lol…

and as a special treat we came across three deer…

what a lovely bonus…

overtime…

13 Tuesday Oct 2026

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the squirrels have been working overtime gathering seeds for the winter;-)…

I’ve even noticed one filling one of the now empty planter pots…

meals…

11 Sunday Oct 2026

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I’ve been thinking of the great meals we had on the train… the first morning we didn’t know where the dining car was and made the best of what we found in another car,,,

then we discovered where the dining car was, and had excellent meals from then on, lol… at each meal you got to choose between three options…

and at each meal we ended up sitting with people who we hadn’t met before…

first class…

10 Saturday Oct 2026

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because I had many, many, WestJet points, we flew home from Victoria first class…

happily it meant that our bags were free to check so we didn’t have to worry about them, and there were two seats instead of three, which meant we had more space…

the first flight was early in the morning and our Uber driver got us there in ample time…

we left a few minutes late but had excellent service, lots of snacks and real glasses for our beverages;-)…

the mountains looked stunning as we flew over them and landed right on time in Calgary… then, we had to literally run all the way across the airport to the gate for the final leg of our journey… I was very worried we wouldn’t make it and we arrived with just a few minutes to spare, and we were the last to get on the plane…

I was a little bit peeved as I had paid extra to have the WestJet person on the phone make all the reservations so there wouldn’t be any problems… not only did they get the birthdates wrong for both of us, but they booked 45 minutes between the flights which is too close to move from one end of the airport to the other… a rather exciting end to our trip…

but, we arrived home safe and sound and with our luggage😥…

Pendray Tea House…

06 Tuesday Oct 2026

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big girl pants, blessed, family, fascinators, moments, Pendray Tea House, rainbow, relaxing, seafood, West Coast Afternoon Tea, widow

our final tea was at Pendray Tea House… it had a few options and we chose the West Coast Afternoon Tea… seafood was the focus of the savouries…

these people are serious about tea…

when our tea arrived, so did a timer for the perfect tea…

the sandwiches and dainties were tasty and filling…

my favourite was the Dungeness crab cake…

we enjoyed watching other diners enjoy their tea, a few even wore fascinators😊…

and a rainbow wandered around the room as the evening approached…

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