16 Wednesday Sep 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, delicious, family, Finest, fish and chips, moments, treat, widow
today, after a three day wait, I had haddock and chips from Finest at Sea… my daughter had the salmon tacos…
we couldn’t fit this spot in before this, as we’ve been very busy…
everything was delicious;-)… what a delightful treat…
the weather had been wonderful all day, so we took a lovely stroll, to wear off the calories, lol…
14 Monday Sep 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, bumblebees, family, garden parties, guide, moments, monarch butterflies, nature, The Leaf, water terrace, widow
started the garden parties with a visit to The Leaf…
after a private tour of the Biomes, with me as the tour guide, we had lunch at Gather…
we shared these…
I’d never had burrata before so was eager to taste it… it went nicely with the peaches and pistachios, but unfortunately, the peaches were under ripe… would likely have been delicious otherwise…
we had them put the blueberries on the side as neither of us really like them, lol, and I quite enjoyed this salad, which was different from what I had had on previous visits…
then it was outside to check out the Water Terrace and the Outdoor Gardens… had a lovely stroll and found monarch butterflies and happy bees everywhere…
had some fun picture taking… by this time it was getting rather hot, so we headed home…
next garden will be on Vancouver Island 😁…
06 Sunday Sep 2026
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big girl pants, delicious, dinner, family, favourite, moments, over-order, sushi, Sushi Cushi, widow
ran out and picked up sushi for supper last night…
usually we go to our favourite place or order from different places as they don’t deliver…
it was delicious and still hot… happy we went and picked it up…
we also did a great job of ordering as there were just two little rolls left over… often we over-order and have too many leftovers…
and really, sushi is not as good the second day😋…
a lovely treat…
31 Monday Aug 2026
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arch, big girl pants, blessed, garden, met, moments, scarlet runner beans, weather, widow
I’m so happy with how the plants are growing on the new arch…
the scarlet runner beans have been flowering for a while, but the actual beans have only just begun to appear…
the morning glories have now met up with the scarlet runners at the top of the arch…
it looks so nice from everywhere in the garden 😊…
29 Saturday Aug 2026
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A1C, affect, big girl pants, Libra, moments, Technology, widow
I am in the process of using a Libra 3 for the next few weeks…
the purpose is to see how the food I eat over that time affects my blood sugar…
it is kind of fun😊…
I’ve been taking photos of everything that has been going into my mouth and noting it down in the app…
still figuring out about how long it takes to go into my body and then cause a reaction…
over the two weeks, it is anticipated that I will have eaten the majority of my basic food intake…
23 Sunday Aug 2026
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bad taste, big girl pants, cherry tomatoes, food, garden, moments, ripe, spit, tiny, widow
I took this photo on Wednesday…
I can’t remember what these tiny tomatoes are called but they are very cute…
today I took one off the plant and bit into it…
it clearly isn’t ripe because I spit it out almost immediately after biting into it…
hope they taste better when they are fully ripe…
although I’m not sure how to tell that😂…
20 Thursday Aug 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, cottage, dishes, eating, friends, fun, moments, nature, reading, snake, vacation, widow
I spent a delightful five days with friends at their family beach cottage…
delicious food, great company, naps, lots of conversation, and I was in the lake, at least once, up to my neck…
spent lots of time on the beach, early in the morning, on my own, and all together on a few days…
we walked a good portion of the beach a few times with our newly prepared walking sticks…
and walked the road to the pump, which had a snake handle…
there was also a real snake😳… which had me stomping and speaking loudly as I walked along where it had been seen…
weather was nice, lots of sunshine, a bit of wind and some rainy/overcast times… so, a bit of everything…
my particular expertise is washing the dishes…
other than that it was all about reading…
we did play ladder golf, a new game to me, (although I may have seen my grandsons play a version of it a number of years ago), which was fun…
what a treat 😊…
18 Tuesday Aug 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, mistake, moments, morning glories, nature, plants, purple beans, scarlet, scarlet runner beans, widow
I am really pleased with the new arch we installed in the spring…
the scarlet runner beans have made it to the top on one side and the morning glories have made it on the other side…
so far I’ve had three cucumbers and two feeds of purple beans from it😊…
the one thing I did wrong was plant too many seeds on the one side, lol… I will use less next year…
14 Friday Aug 2026
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yesterday, we went to Dairy Queen to get blizzards to support the Children’s Hospital Foundation…
it was all for the children… you have to do whatever is needed to be supportive 😂…
09 Sunday Aug 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, friends, lunch, moments, Pizzeria, Pizzeria Gusto, widow
we went to Pizzeria Gusto for a delicious lunch to celebrate a birthday… last time we were there was 2017😊… and we still liked some of the same things…
the sun came and went as we sat on the patio and we all enjoyed the delicious food… two particular favourites were the
and the
which, besides being delicious was so pretty;-)…
everything else was also very tasty 😋 …
always a great time together…
