21 Friday Aug 2020
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beans, big girl pants, delicious, food, healthy, moments, top and tail, treat, widow
been enjoying some beautiful green beans over the last few days, which I was able to order from Diversity Foods…
was happy to top and tail them as well as cut them into thirds…
had enough for two suppers;-)… it is wonderful to have fresh veggies…
yum…
20 Thursday Aug 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, family, garden, grandson, health, inukshuk, moments, rebuild, walk, widow
on a recent morning walk I spotted this Inukshuk…
it reminded me of the one in the garden… over the winter it had ended up a pile of stones…
in May my grandson and I put it back together, although it wasn’t quite right…
when Hilda the Gardener was here recently, she took it apart and didn’t rebuild it…
the kids were here for dinner a few weeks ago and they got it back together…
and it looks great;-)…
18 Tuesday Aug 2020
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my grandson was over for dinner and he spotted wasps going under the siding where the power connects to the house…
he brought out a step stool and used a can of spray to, hopefully, get rid of them…
not sure what the spray will do to the siding, but happy to get rid of the nest…
wondering if this is a new spot after a number of nests were removed along the edge of the shed…
will be paying close attention over the next while…
16 Sunday Aug 2020
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big girl pants, Black Market Provisions, blessed, delivery, food, friends, gift, gift certificate, provisions, retirement, salad, shopping, treat, widow
one of the gifts I received for my retirement was a gift certificate to Black Market Provisions…
a few days ago I ordered one of their Care Packages… it arrived right at supper time the next day and included the most delicious salad with beets, goat cheese, chicken, and greens… I also enjoyed some garlicky bagel crisps…
there were a few frozen items, more crackers and some delicious looking cookies…
I am excited to taste all of these as well…
14 Friday Aug 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, camera, chocolate, commemorate, dinner, food, friends, garden, moments, photos, pond, sun, time together, treat, treats, widow
what a wonderful evening we had on Wednesday…
our BS group met for dinner in the garden to celebrate a birthday…
I spent a good portion of the day ensuring that there were enough chairs available and physically distanced… it was very warm and the sun was shining in most of the garden…
in the end, we ate on the deck as it was shaded, lol… had dinner and dessert delivered and it was tasty…
after dinner we moved to the garden and carried on our visit…
took a very distanced photo as we usually commemorate special times together and I used my phone as the remote to take the shot…
although we video call each Monday night it was lovely to be together again in person…
10 Monday Aug 2020
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beach time, dangerous, feet, floating, friends, fun, great conversations, her big girl pants, mussels, sharp, vacation, water, widow, zebra, zebra mussels
we had wonderful times at the beach and in the water… the area is quiet so that means the beach is too the majority of the time…
I did watch kids from a few cottages over as they kneeboarded and that was fun…
we went in the water often and it was refreshing… we floated on pool noodles and had deep conversations and lots of laughter…
we also found tons of zebra mussels… only a couple the first few days, but after a really windy evening that blew into shore there were many clusters under our feet… one day we spent at least an hour or so feeling them with our toes and then having someone lift them up with their feet so we could collect them and bring them to shore to be disposed of… it was great exercise…
they are very sharp and all three of my companions ended up with cuts on their feet that had to be taken care of to be sure that no infections occurred… I nearly always wore my water shoes so happily was able to feel the clumps or sticks or rocks with them on and not get injured…
it was rather concerning to see so many…
10 Monday Aug 2020
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beach, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, cooks, cottage, delicious, dinner, fed, food, friends, happy, memories, moments, treat, treats, vacation, widow
for five days I have been fed by others… what a wonderful treat… the majority of time I am fine with cooking, but some days I particularly miss my beloved, because he would often take a turn preparing our food…
the variety and complexity of meals was amazing… we had crepes, with freshly made blueberry sauce; spatchcock chicken with potato salad, pan stuffing and green beans; sausages and toast; hot dogs with onions; steak, baked potatoes and salad; bacon, eggs and toast; pork tenderloin, rice and roasted cauliflower; homemade enchiladas with guacamole and homemade sour cream; and the most tasty almond bars and Rice Krispie squares… plus many snacks…
my friends are both excellent cooks and they had nearly as much fun preparing the food as we had eating it…
my contribution was dishwashing, lol… and they use Dawn, which makes bubbles if you squeeze it;-), which I did, numerous times… I may have to switch to Dawn because the bubbles bring me such happiness…
I am glad to do dishes because it doesn’t involve any complicated activity and saves the cooks from cleanup after all their work to produce a meal;-)…
07 Friday Aug 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, foaming, grandson, habit, personal shopper, shopping, soap, widow
I was so excited when I got a call from my personal shopper (oldest grandson) asking if I still wanted the soap that we’d been looking for since March… I had just started using another brand of foam soap which I was finding had an overpowering smell, lol…
I am a creature of habit and found this particular foaming soap quite a few years ago… it is light and doesn’t really have a scent… which makes it perfect for me…
he picked up three containers so that I will not run out…
hurray…
06 Thursday Aug 2020
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Assiniboine Park, big girl pants, bridge, English Garden, friends, garden, happy, memories, moments, nature, pond, walk, widow
had a wonderful walk to and around a portion of Assiniboine Park…
it was a bit nerve wracking as I crossed the bridge, but no one else was crossing at the same time… I think if both people stay right at the edge there are six feet between them…
I made it to the English Garden only to discover that it doesn’t open until 9 am due to COVID-19…
instead I walked around the Riley Duck Pond, although there weren’t many ducks and geese around, lol…
did come across someone I know and we had a nice chat before going on our way…
nice to get that first trip done and hoping to do it again…
sadly I won’t be visiting the English Garden or Leo Mol Garden for a while, as I am walking very early so I don’t run into lots of individuals…
03 Monday Aug 2020
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big girl pants, coneflower, early, flowers, moments, morning glories, nature, pictures, pinky, purple, roses, walk, widow
on my walk this morning all the photos of flowers that I took were pinky/purple, lol…
although it was a holiday and I left the house a bit later than normal, there were few people out and about…
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