honk…

10 Thursday Sep 2020

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big girl pants, blessed, Canada geese, end of summer, family, geese, health, honk, moments, nature, photos, sky, walk, widow

lately the geese have flown over the house honking at all times of the day… it is a sure sign that summer is nearing its end, and a sound that I love to hear…

walked over by the Park this morning with my daughter (on the phone) and watched geese going over…

also took a few photos of a pair of geese who were right beside the walkway and happy to pose…

they were not in the least perturbed by people walking so close to them… not sure if that is good or bad…

solution…

09 Wednesday Sep 2020

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big girl pants, garden, hibiscus, nature, plants, solution, test, walk, widow

the weather has taken quite a turn… for the last few days it has been mainly sunny but rather chilly…

so, I’ve barely been out to the garden, or the world… I’ve even done most of my walking on the treadmill…

a bit of a preview to what the next six or seven months are likely going to be…

and I’m not sure I’m liking it…

today I did go out and spray the hibiscus with a soapy solution which should remove any little bugs… I decided to only test the solution on one plant… just in case, lol…

will see how it looks tomorrow before I spray the rest;-)…

Instagram…

08 Tuesday Sep 2020

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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, happy place, Highlights, Instagram, memories, moments, nature, pictures, plants, pond, sanctuary, Stories, widow

recently it was pointed out to me that I don’t show much of my garden on Instagram…

that is because I usually focus on close ups of the flowers in the garden, lol…

when I joined Instagram my focus was photos of flowers and I have continued to concentrate on that theme over the years with the odd picture of critters and chocolate included…

this is rather funny as I spend most of my days in this renewing space…

a few days ago I took a number of photos in the garden once all the cushions were out and then put them up in my Stories…

it was a fun process and I had to relearn how to do a few things;-)…

now there are Highlights of the garden… of course the funny thing is that the garden is not at its best as we are moving into Fall… maybe next year I can start earlier in the season so others can see this sanctuary throughout the entire summer…

I love my garden and wonder how this crazy summer would have been without it…

baguette…

07 Monday Sep 2020

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I picked up a baguette the other day and here’s how I used it…

made scrambled eggs that I put on top of it… then I had Brie and pistachio toast and finished with some French toast…

happy to have used all of it up as bread is not high on the list of things I should eat… the size of the baguette was perfect…

patience…

06 Sunday Sep 2020

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I searched through my photos and it looks like August 11 was the first time I took a photo of the buds on the mandevilla… this was the first time this summer that this houseplant has even started to get buds…

this morning, 26 days later, the first bloom is open…

they take an incredible amount of time to open;-)…

patience;-)…

ginger…

05 Saturday Sep 2020

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had some tea and ginger snaps this afternoon and thought of my beloved…

ginger snaps were one of his favourites… I’m pretty sure he would have liked these…

looks like a lot, but most were broken, lol… I am getting used to ginger in things now, although for years I stayed away from it…

recognize…

04 Friday Sep 2020

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had my face mask on twice today…

first this morning, when I went to get some bloodwork done… now, both entrances to the clinic are open… last time I was there only the main door was open and there was a staff person making sure people were using hand sanitizer before they entered… today there was neither sanitizer nor staff person… not sure if that is an improvement or not…

I am getting more used to wearing the mask, but really dislike the fact that my phone won’t recognize me when it is on my face, lol…