03 Sunday Nov 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, happy, hibiscus, light, mandevilla, moments, monstera, moves, nature, plants, switch, widow
moved a few plants around in the living and dining rooms…
the mandevilla made its way to the dining room…
and the hibiscus moved to the living room and it might still switch with the monstera…
it will be interesting to see if they will be happy in these new spots as the hibiscus has always lived in the dining room…
30 Wednesday Oct 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, catch, condo, drawbridge, garden, goldfish, grandson, housemate, luck, moments, nature, pond, weather, widow
we’ve been collecting fish from the pond over the last few days as the temperature is getting lower every day and we don’t want to be dealing with ice…
we started with the three that were in the bathtub pond… they have been in the house for about ten days…
right now we have twenty-four…
they have been collected in dribs and drabs… the first collection was about ten, and then a few at a time, as once they see my housemate walk towards the pond they rush under the bridge… unfortunately, it isn’t a drawbridge, lol…
we are still missing five…
wish us luck;-)…
29 Tuesday Oct 2024
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Assiniboine Park, big girl pants, blessed, Canada geese, geese, ignored, leaves, moments, nature, path, walk, weather, widow
walked to and from the Park yesterday…
met up with a number of Canada geese, but happily they all ignored me and everyone else on the paths…
noticed that the Assiniboine was very low…
and the path was covered in leaves, pretty…
such a beautiful place;-)…
28 Monday Oct 2024
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apple crumble, big girl pants, blessed, crumble, friends, lunch, moments, Park Cafe, Reuben, sandwich, time, treat, widow
met up with friends to celebrate a birthday…
we went to the Park Cafe and my meal was very tasty…
my Reuben sandwich came with a garden salad and I really enjoyed it… it was just the right size, not too hard to eat, which I appreciated… I ate all of the salad and half of the sandwich…
packed up the second half and the pickle for my supper…
and then I had the apple crumble with caramel sauce and ice cream…
it was delicious, and to my credit, I only ate half of it🤪…
always fun to spend time together…
27 Sunday Oct 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, decorate, halloweeny, hat, moments, pumpkin, purple, widow, witch
this morning I had some fun bringing out a few decorations for Halloween…
plugged in one of the pumpkins and put a witch’s hat on it…
next I moved the dining room table and set up a second pumpkin after stuffing it with some solar lights…
it also got a witch’s hat… apparently I have a number of them, lol… a friendly witch and her purple pumpkin finished off that area…
one velvety cape went on the dining table and the other spiderweb one went on the living room table, along with a few halloweeny items…
and, finally, I changed the cushions on the couch…
fun 🤩…
26 Saturday Oct 2024
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today I worked on one of my least favourite jobs…
I cleaned a pond pump…
it is grungy and messy work, but I am always happy when all the bits and pieces are clean and ready to be put away for the winter…
one down and one to go, lol…
am missing my beloved, who would have got the job done in a flash;-)…
those big girl pants, sigh…
24 Thursday Oct 2024
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big girl pants, bird feeders, blessed, fight, grey squirrels, moments, nature, squirrels, weather, widow
have had some fun the last few days as I’ve been watching a couple of grey squirrels snacking under the bird feeders…
sometimes they are friendly and other times they fight over the best sunflower seeds, lol…
22 Tuesday Oct 2024
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Assiniboine Park, big girl pants, blessed, focaccia, food, gather, moments, mussels, ragu, supper, Technology, The Leaf, treat, watch, widow
our most recent visit to Gather Craft Kitchen & Bar at The Leaf was great…
we had a bit of a giggle because we were seated exactly where we were the last time we were there, lol…
it is a nice spot as you can people watch as everyone is entering and leaving The Leaf…
I had mussels, which were tasty… we shared some focaccia bread, and my grandson had the beef short rib ragu…
always a treat ;-)…
20 Sunday Oct 2024
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Assiniboine Park, big girl pants, blessed, bonsai, family, garden, grandson, lush, making memories, moments, nature, Technology, The Leaf, thrived, treat, widow
another delightful visit to The Leaf…
we arrived around 4:30 pm Thursday and the biomes were nearly empty of people… which was wonderful for us;-)…
it really is astonishing how the plants have thrived since the opening in December 2022…
the Tropical biome is lush with greenery and it was fun to notice changes since I was last there…
then we moved into the Mediterranean biome… for the first time ever, it was very cool…
the Yasuragi display is lovely… we spent quite a bit of time studying the bonsai and noting how old many of them were…
what an amazing art-form…
can’t wait to go back and enjoy this beautiful space…
19 Saturday Oct 2024
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bathtub, big girl pants, blessed, condo, garden, goldfish, inhabitants, moments, move, nature, pond, rock, school, water, weather, widow
today the three fish in the bathtub pond moved into their winter condo… one of the rocks that had been in that pond was also brought in to provide a tunnel for the fish…
the tanks have been filled and running since September 30th, although the biggest one has a lot of algae in it so these fish will be testing whether it is ready for inhabitants…
we will likely wait another week or so before moving the rest of the school…
so far, they appear happy;-)…
