23 Tuesday Jul 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, buds, flowers, garden, mandevilla, moments, nature, plants, widow
took a few moments this morning to stop and take a few photos of all the buds on the mandevilla…
there are dozens of them…
wondering how many will open up at once and looking forward to seeing what happens…
nature is so amazing…
22 Monday Jul 2019
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before, big girl pants, blessed, busy, flower beds, garden, gardener, grandson, hot tub, lawn, list, moments, pictures, widow
productive day on Sunday…
topped up the hot tub, did laundry, prepped a few meals for the coming week, spent some time relaxing in the garden…
finished a book, watered plants, cleaned the fish tank, and consulted with Hilda the Gardener…
she very kindly sent me some before pictures…
had lunch out with my grandson, grocery shopped and got home to see the beautifully tidied front flower beds…
put away the groceries while the lawn was being mowed… went out and took a few photos of the tidied front beds…
fit in a nap, warmed up some leftovers for supper and watched a few PVR’d shows…
phew…
21 Sunday Jul 2019
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big girl pants, fun, improved, La Belle Baguette, lunch, rain, St. Norbert Farmers’ Market, time, treat, weather, widow
yesterday turned out to be quite a fun day…
instead of laying on my bed and watching tv all day I went out with a few friends…
on our way to St. Norbert Farmers’ Market we stopped at La Belle Baguette for some bread…
I haven’t been to the Market for years… it has certainly grown and improved… there are more makers and the main covered building is wonderful… while we were there it poured for about five minutes, and we were under the canopy the whole time…
after an entertaining time there, we went out for lunch… the sky was a bit foreboding and all of a sudden it poured… for another five minutes… by the time we got to the restaurant it had stopped;-)…
great fun… finished the last bits of that lunch for tonight’s supper…
20 Saturday Jul 2019
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barbecue, Barbie, big girl pants, dinner, family, fish, garden, goldfish, grandson, pond, quickly, small, widow
last night my grandson came over for dinner…
I cooked a roast, as well as a combination of potatoes, onions and mushrooms on Barbie, the barbecue;-)…
came out perfect and delicious…
after supper we sat in the garden and my grandson decided he should catch the goldfish that we had popped into the top of the pond hoping they would grow a bit before joining the other fish as they were very small… they have grown quite nicely so we thought they could move to the other section of the pond…
those little fish move very quickly we discovered… he was able to catch and move two… rest of them are going to stay there until they get bigger, and possibly easier to catch…
19 Friday Jul 2019
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big girl pants, birds, bunnies, finches, garden, photos, purple, rejuvenating, show, sparrows, widow
spent the morning in the garden enjoying the show…
there were sparrows – clay coloured, house, chipping, maybe others as they can be hard to identify sometimes… along with purple finches…
they don’t really play that well together but eventually the finches seemed to accept the sparrows being at the feeder at the same time as them…
I took a great video, but haven’t quite figured out how I can post one here, lol…
dozens of the sparrows flitted about the garden… on the furniture, various decks, garage roof, at the feeder and drinking at the pond…
what a lovely time I had enjoying the activity…
and just now the teeniest bunny ran by about five feet from me… wasn’t fast enough to catch a photo, but what a cutie…
time in the garden is rejuvenating…
18 Thursday Jul 2019
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beautiful, big girl pants, bird, camera, colleagues, finch, garden, happy, lush, purple, purple finch, rain, song, widow
this morning I spent some time in the garden before heading to work…
we’ve had a fair bit of rain over the last while and it is looking rather lush…
of course the grass needs to be cut, lol…
as I was sitting enjoying the view, the purple finch came by for a snack… such a beautiful bird… also has a lovely song…
I got a few good photos, then left my camera at work…
one of my amazing colleagues picked it up and brought it to me… this is particularly great as I don’t work tomorrow and was going to have to go in and get it;-)…
I am looking forward to spending some quality time in the garden tomorrow;-)…
17 Wednesday Jul 2019
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big girl pants, CSA box, flowers, garden, hibiscus, moments, purple, purple finch, suffered, sunrise, widow
started my day at 5:15 and got this photo of the sunrise… it really shows the colour perfectly… within an hour it was overcast… lucky to have been up to see it…
a bit later I went out to take a photo of the hibiscus… it suffered greatly when it moved outside and finally has some flowers starting… and while I was there the purple finch popped over to the feeder;-)…
nearly late for my ride because I didn’t want to stop watching the finch flit to and from the feeder…
Wednesday our CSA box portions arrive… we’ve divided it into four portions which is working perfectly…
tonight I made a smoothie with the strawberries and plan on eating the peas and carrots tomorrow… and the purple pepper is gorgeous;-)…
another great day…
16 Tuesday Jul 2019
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big girl pants, camera, crisp, feeder, finch, friends, full moon, garden, moon, photos, purple, purple finch, shutter, widow
last night met with my friends on the deck… although the temperature was in the 30s, there was a gentle breeze blowing which made us very comfortable…
the purple finch family were back at the bird feeder, and chased off a squirrel…
we watched a huge yellow moon rising while we visited;-)… I didn’t get any photos, just enjoyed the view…
later in the evening I spent some time back on the deck with my camera and tripod getting some pictures of the nearly full moon…
I am always amazed at how quickly the moon moves when you are taking pictures…
after all was said and done, this is my favourite photo…
my new camera is supposed to let me use my phone to click the shutter, but for some reason it just won’t work… hoping to find a way to get that option working and maybe take crisper pics…
15 Monday Jul 2019
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big girl pants, flowers, moments, power, ride, thunderstorm, violets, widow, work
as I was waiting for my ride this morning there was a huge thunderstorm and the power went out…
I was in the middle of taking a few pics of the violet that was just starting to open…
at the office I also took some photos of the violet there that is open… and of my orchid…
great start to my time back at the office;-)…
14 Sunday Jul 2019
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big girl pants, cashier, customer service, groceries, headache, packing, service, struggle, widow
struggled with a headache through the night and this morning… really difficult to get up and moving…
eventually I dragged myself out to get some groceries…
last time I was there the cashier did a very poor job of packing my groceries…
today as the cashier was ringing up my purchases he was being careful with putting things into the bags and I mentioned the poor job by the last cashier…
he shared that he had been working on his packing skills…
he asked if I’d put in a complaint and I said it wasn’t worth the effort as nothing was ruined… he also mentioned that if anything was, the company would replace it…
at the end of my order he reduced my bill by $10 using a gift card…
what great customer service;-)…
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