15 Tuesday Aug 2023
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arch, beans, big girl pants, blessed, food, garden, happy, moments, nature, photos, pictures, plants, veggie garden, veggies, widow
on Saturday I took a photo of the veggie garden arch…
I’ve taken lots, but haven’t felt they were just right…
finally I figured out that I should take one from the front yard, lol…
looks pretty… maybe next year I won’t have the beans growing across the top, where I can’t reach them, lol…
10 Thursday Aug 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, cherry tomato, food, garden, growing, late, moments, nature, planting, plants, tomato, weather, widow
for whatever reason I didn’t end up planting some sad looking cherry tomatoes I had in the kitchen till very late…
but look at them now;-)…
expect they will be red before you know it… and I can hardly wait…
02 Wednesday Aug 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, burgers, family, food, grandson, moments, restaurant, Sam’s, schnitzel, supper, treat, walk, widow
it was a beautiful evening, so we walked over to Sam’s on Sunday night… we’ve been wanting to go, but hadn’t made it until then…
the menu was basically schnitzel and burgers with a few appetizers, salads and desserts…
we had burgers and curly fries… I had a schnitzel burger…
the patty was twice the size of the pretzel bun, so I cut it in half and brought the leftovers home for lunch…
everything was tasty and Sam, the owner, was very cute and attentive… it was fun to see how the regulars waited to say goodbye to him before leaving;-)…
may go again…
27 Thursday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, cork, family, IKEA, jug, moments, shopping, suntea, useful, widow, wisk
went to IKEA on Saturday… hadn’t been for ages…
it was fun to wander through the store and check out all the stuff…
was happy to replace the wisk that stopped working while my daughter was visiting… it is very handy for combining chocolate in warm or cold milk;-)…
the other item I found was a new jug for making suntea… the one I’ve been using didn’t have a lid and it was plastic…
this one is glass, but quite light and it has a cork stopper… it also fits very nicely in the fridge as it is much thinner than the plastic one…
I think it was a good purchase;-)…
26 Wednesday Jul 2023
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beefeater, beefsteak, big girl pants, blessed, delicious, garden, growing, Jonathan’s Farm, loaf, moments, nature, plants, sandwich, sun, tomato, widow
in May, I was very happy to be able to get some veggie plants delivered from Jonathan’s Farm…
amongst them were some very nice beefsteak tomatoes, which for some reason I keep calling beefeater, lol…
I planted one in a pot on the deck and it produced a lovely large tomato which has gotten more beautiful by the day…
last night I got a fresh loaf of bread and today I picked the tomato and made a delicious tomato sandwich…
yum, what a wonderful treat;-)…
24 Monday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, dear, dinner, fish & chips, food, friend, garden, moments, time, treat, widow
enjoyed some delicious fish and chips Thursday…
a dear friend, who I have not seen for ages, came for dinner and brought the treat…
it is our pattern to always have fish and chips as it is one of our favourites, lol…
we had a wonderful visit and I also had leftovers for my lunch the next day;-)…
such a special time…
23 Sunday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, bouquet, choose, flowers, friends, moments, nature, subscription, treat, veggies, widow, Wolseley Farmers Market
picked up this week’s bouquet subscription on Thursday…
thanks to my friend, after we stopped at the Wolseley Farmers Market where we picked up fresh veggies, we headed to River Heights to get the bouquet…
it is always fun to choose which bouquet to bring home…
such a treat…
15 Saturday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, family, food, grandson, grilled cheese, learning, moments, raspberries, Technology, treat, waffle maker, waffles, widow
on Thursday we made waffles…
we had to get milk, raspberries, and whipping cream… although, not being clear, I was presented with a can of already whipped cream, lol… we chose raspberries instead of strawberries, as they are both of our favourites…
the recipe calls for separating the eggs, beating them, and folding the whites in at the end…
the most complicated piece was figuring out which bowls to use…
they came out great and we even froze a few to try reheating in the toaster…
next up will be grilled cheese;-)…
14 Friday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, boiled, food, fresh, garden, happy, mango, moments, nature, shopping, summer, Tea, veggies, widow, Wolseley Farmers Market
my friend picked me up Tuesday and we went to Wolseley Farmers Market… first time this season…
so happy… fresh veggies…
also picked up a new mango tea to try…
cooked the potatoes and put them in the fridge to cool… popped country style spareribs into the oven and then boiled green and yellow beans, with snap peas… mixed in the potatoes and added butter… yum…
the first veggies of the season always taste so delicious 🤤…
12 Wednesday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, brush, butternut squash, cucumber, drafting, flowers, food, garden, moments, nature, pollen, sun, weather, widow
been spending a bit of time each morning in the veggie patch (aka the side garden)…
the tomatoes have been doing well and there are now pea pods beginning to fill out, flowers on the beans, a few new cucumbers starting and, just maybe a squash…
there have been many squash flowers, but they have mostly been male… I have been trying to pollinate the female flowers in hopes of getting at least one squash…
one batch of cucumbers haven’t put out even the start of a cucumber, so I have been brushing them with a drafting brush that was my beloved’s in the hope that some might get pollinated and produce fruit…
think I will try to plant another few beans and see if they have enough time to produce;-)…
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