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zebra…

10 Monday Aug 2020

Posted by sulis303 in health, life, moments, nature, retirement, travel, Uncategorized, weather

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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…

fed…

10 Monday Aug 2020

Posted by sulis303 in food, health, life, loss, moments, retirement, Uncategorized

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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;-)…

kayak…

09 Sunday Aug 2020

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big girl pants, blessed, friends, fun, kayak, learn new things, memories, moments, water, widow

had a great time learning to kayak this week…

for some reason I imagined that my legs would be uncomfortable, but that wasn’t the case at all…

I had a great instructor which made the whole process fairly smooth… of course the getting in and out was a process, but I had helpers;-)…

I really had fun and would like to do a bit more of it…

bedroom…

08 Saturday Aug 2020

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bedroom, big girl pants, blessed, dragonflies, moments, nature, photo, treat, widow

twice in July I have had dragonflies land on the screen in my bedroom…

although they sit there for hours, it is very hard to get a photo that shows their wings;-)…

I love dragonflies so it is a treat when they come to visit;-)…

foaming…

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…

bridge…

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…

fence…

05 Wednesday Aug 2020

Posted by sulis303 in garden, life, retirement, Uncategorized

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big girl pants, construction, display, exposed, fence, moments, neighbours, watched, widow

the neighbours have been building a new fence…

I’ve watched the process… once the fence came down between our yards it seemed very exposed…

they cut down two volunteer elm trees that have been growing next to my garage and took all the junk to the dump…

then a company came, dug the holes for the posts, and installed them… the neighbour and a friend put up the frame and then they got most of the boards installed…

that looked very nice and he then worked on the gates and the cap;-)… pretty sure their puppy was happy when it was all done and she could get off the rope…

pleased to have it back up which makes me feel much less on display, lol…

accomplishment…

04 Tuesday Aug 2020

Posted by sulis303 in business, life, moments, technology, Uncategorized

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beautiful day for a walk…

finished tidying for the cleaners and left the house just as they arrived… always feels like an accomplishment when everything is ready, lol…

I still don’t want to be in the house while they are here and don’t usually go back in for an hour after they leave, lol… once they are done they send a list of what they accomplished which is nice to review…

nineteen and sunny as I walked along a nearby street and many of the bunnies were out and about;-)…

this house caught my eye with the lovely flower beds… and lots of shade…

way more people out and about at 9 am than at 7, lol… got quite a few more steps as I crossed streets to stay out of their way…

pinky…

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…

entertain…

02 Sunday Aug 2020

Posted by sulis303 in family, food, garden, life, moments, nature, Uncategorized

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big girl pants, birds, blessed, dinner, entertain, family, flowers, garden, goldfish, grandson, memories, moments, pond, squirrels, treat, widow

a lovely Sunday…

spent most of the day in the garden, watching squirrels, chickadees, butterflies and goldfish…

watched a little red squirrel make hundreds of trips across the upper deck to collect sunflowers for its stash… saw the frog and a purple house finch, read and napped in the garden…

brought out some of the flowers I received yesterday to enjoy…

so happy to have this space to entertain and was pleased to have visitors from out of town… enjoyed steak and lobster for dinner and some quiet late night star gazing…

we were quite late in eating and I giggled a bit when I realized that I didn’t remember to take a picture of my supper…

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