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…
14 Monday Aug 2023
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, family, gifted, International Left-Handers Day, left-handed, memories, moments, remembering, widow, writing
Sunday was International left-handers day…
made me laugh as I thought about the cute magnet that my son-in-law got for me a number of years ago…
it is certainly one of my favourites;-)…
apparently both my beloved and I were gifted…
sad about the kids, lol…
13 Sunday Aug 2023
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big girl pants, birthday, blessed, family, happy, light, moments, nature, plant light, plants, pots, potted, rocks, shopping, Technology, widow
had some fun on Thursday…
had breakfast out and then we went to Home Depot, found plants, pots, and rocks… then it was on to Rona to check for different pots, and back to Home Depot to pick up the first one, lol…
when we got home the plant light that had been ordered had arrived…
at last, everything was potted, put together, and set up;-)…
I think it was a good birthday for the twenty-three year old;-)…
07 Monday Aug 2023
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air mattress, big girl pants, blessed, comforters, deck, dew, garden, moments, moon, preparation, reverse, sleeping, sleepout, weather, widow
spent another night out on the deck;-)…
this time I brought up the air mattress, laid down a comforter to set it on, and filled it up;-)…
then up came more comforters and down came pillows from my bed…
had a good sleep but the top cover of the comforter was wet from the dew… and my glasses were completely fogged over…
last view of the moon before the entire process was repeated in reverse…
04 Friday Aug 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, bridge, crickets, frogs, garden, happy, lily pad, moments, nature, pond, sound, treat, widow
been wondering if the evening sounds I’ve been hearing are crickets or frogs…
pretty much came to the conclusion that they were crickets as I haven’t seen any signs of a frog around the pond…
and then…
Wednesday morning, look who popped up on the bridge;-)…
the sound might still be the crickets, but what a treat to spot this little leopard frog;-)…
and in the last few days it has been all over;-)…
29 Saturday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, blossom, flower, flowers, garden, happy, hibiscus, hopeful, moments, nature, plants, time, widow
I am so happy that the hibiscus has a flower on it… this is the first one since the tree came outside…
it is so pretty and I am hopeful that there will be more in the near future…
these pictures were taken about two hours apart on Friday…
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…
22 Saturday Jul 2023
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I had a very busy day on Thursday…
so I didn’t have time to get a trim because my hair had apparently gone wild overnight…
instead I dug out my sharp scissors and cut my own hair…
think it came out okay, lol… although, as always, I can’t really see the back;-)…
18 Tuesday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, cool, cushions, garden, July, moments, nature, rain, vest, weather, widow
it was chilly on Saturday morning so I had on a vest and put my Assiniboine Park Conservancy blanket over my legs…
it is mid July;-(…
a few times later in the day, I had to put away all the cushions because it rained for short periods of time, lol…
and I kept that vest on all day…
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;-)…
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