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moon…

11 Monday Aug 2014

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just finished a great hot tub with a couple of my BS buddies…

the sky was clear and as we were chatting one of us spotted the space station crossing the sky…

I now get email notifications advising what time it will be passing overhead… this is helpful because I’ve seen it a few times but not been positive that’s what it was…

sometimes it is huge and bright and then it gets tiny and dull… I think it must be turning…

tonight, even though the moon is nearly full, the stars in the sky are amazing… often I can only see five or six… way more tonight… maybe on Friday or Saturday I will sleep on the deck…

the mosquitoes chased me in just as the moon rose over the trees…

last night I took a few shots of the moon through clouds on my phone… must have spent half an hour watching it out the bedroom window… picture doesn’t do it justice…

IMG_7184.JPGbeautiful…

fourteen…

10 Sunday Aug 2014

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started the day in the garden… two blossoms on the hibiscus and you can see what a beautiful morning it was…

hibiscus this morning...

hibiscus this morning…

the sounds in the garden were lovely, there were chickadees and goldfinches at the feeder, while the water was falling in the pond…  

goldfinch

shortly after that, the nail guns took over as my neighbour was having his roof shingled, lol… caught one of the chickadees, which is difficult as they are very fast…

chickadee...

chickadee…

spent a good portion of the day getting the required groceries and making spinach dip and five pounds of potato salad for the big birthday party… mom loves the spinach dip, and dad the potato salad…

birthday boy...

birthday boy…

our oldest grandson turned fourteen… cannot believe that fourteen years have passed since he arrived in our lives… he is a lovely young man and George and I both enjoyed watching him as he has grown… George would be very proud… I know I am…

beauty…

09 Saturday Aug 2014

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enjoyed a wander around the garden today…

IMG_7153.JPGa pink hibiscus was in full bloom…

IMG_7154.JPGlast night I enjoyed two of the ripe tomatoes, which were delicious… this one is just about ready…

IMG_7155.JPGone of the hydrangea blooms is so heavy it has fallen over… might look for something to stake it up…

IMG_7157.JPGwatered the hanging baskets and they are looking pretty good considering how hot it has been…

last night my daughter stopped by with this beautiful purple crockpot… I already have a nice silver and black one which she is going to take for her new kitchen…

IMG_7169.JPGperfect trade as far as I’m concerned, lol…

memories…

08 Friday Aug 2014

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yesterday for my lunch I had shrimp rolls…

they were a treat from one of my colleagues who knows how much I love them…

they were the person who introduced me to shrimp rolls in the first place…

when George died, everyone from work came to be with me… they came in groups of twos and threes, and always brought me food…

I had no appetite and hadn’t eaten for days and when I finally did eat something it was one of the shrimp rice rolls…

I’ve had them a few times since, but yesterday it brought back all the memories…

IMG_7122.JPGthey still taste yummy…

flowers…

07 Thursday Aug 2014

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this morning I got a picture of a flower on one of the plants in the pond… don’t know what it was and it was a lovely surprise because I wasn’t expecting any flowers…

IMG_7094.JPGand it was purple, lol… how serendipitous…

IMG_7106.JPGon top of that I got a few pictures of some of the bigger baby fish, likely the oldest group…

IMG_7114.JPGwhen I arrived home tonight the flower was off the plant and in the water… sure glad I took the picture when I did…

IMG_7126.JPGthe final treat was purple cone flower blossoms…

IMG_7135-1.JPGthese always ended up gone after one season because George was sure they were weeds when they would come up in the spring…

down…

06 Wednesday Aug 2014

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feeling a bit down today… could be because I wasn’t feeling well for most of the day…

was talking with a friend recently about our lost partners… I was mentioning how I had no tears on Friday and that felt surprising, but good…

but I am wondering if this might also be a response to getting through another anniversary…

had the kids for bison steak dinner with new potatoes, mushrooms and Caesar salad… it was lovely, although the youngest felt they had just been here for dinner, and that they should only come once a week, lol…

IMG_6925.JPGone day at a time…

growing…

05 Tuesday Aug 2014

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last night I watered the garden while waiting for supper…

the hydrangeas all have flowers and my daughter is rather jealous… hers are not doing anything…

20140805-214810-78490134.jpgam quite excited with the tomatoes which are turning colour…

20140805-214954-78594952.jpgstill really happy with my shrinking hose as my hands stay clean and my arms aren’t worn out from watering the baskets…

the planters at the front door look great…

20140805-215345-78825299.jpgconsidering my lack of attention to the garden, it really is amazing how well it is doing…

busy…

04 Monday Aug 2014

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last night we watched Blended before falling asleep in our beds… we woke at various times this morning but finally everyone got up about 9:30 am… 

went down and had an excellent breakfast before everyone, except me, headed to the pool… a friend arrived and they had great fun…

waterslide was very fast...

waterslide was very fast…

eventually everyone returned to the room, got dressed and we headed off to Thunder Rapids, stopping for a quick bite in the car on the way…

we did everything… there was go-carting, a few times…

little boys go-carting...

little boys go-carting…

then bumper boats…

bumper boats...

bumper boats, should be called splash boats…

just a little wet... even I got wet watching...

just a little wet… even I got wet watching…

miniature golf, where Gray and I both got a hole in one…

my hole in one...

my hole in one…

we saw frogs, although I didn’t get any pictures… freezies and time at the playground followed by a last round of go-carting in bigger and faster cars…

the biggest three in the fast cars...

the biggest three in the fast cars…

finally home, where we ordered Chinese food for dinner and after we cleaned up everyone headed to their own place…

thanks to my pond guy, the garden sounds right as the waterfall is running again…

my waterfall running again...

my waterfall running again…

although not quite like the one at Thunder Rapids, lol…

waterfall at Thunder Rapids...

waterfall at Thunder Rapids…

what a wonderful weekend…

now to bed, I am exhausted, lol…

camping…

03 Sunday Aug 2014

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we weren’t able to find a camping spot for the weekend as we started to look too late… so glamping it is:-)…

we booked a night at the Fairfield Marriott… we arrived, checked into our room and went to The Keg for dinner…

20140803-213429-77669531.jpglobster all around:-)… I had carrot cake with ice cream for dessert, which I shared with Jeff…

20140803-213640-77800432.jpgback at the hotel we put on our swimsuits and had some fun at the pool… the slide was fairly high and fast… one section of the pool was a circle with really strong current…

20140803-214558-78358529.jpgboys had some fun with a puzzle and we are now curled up in our jammies, trying to decide which movie to watch…

20140803-214718-78438585.jpgpretty fine day…

appliances…

02 Saturday Aug 2014

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checked the pond this morning and some of the string algae is gone…

sadly, the plants that got the powder on them are covered with big black marks… think the powder burned them…. good news is that the fish are all fine…

20140802-192959-70199721.jpgoutside for a while this morning, came in, and have been watching a Criminal Minds marathon ever since…

had tiny new potatoes, beans, and peas along with a brie and apple stuffed chicken for my dinner…

20140802-193036-70236896.jpgtested the old full size freezer this afternoon to make sure it would still run… I’ve been trying to get rid of it for a couple of years but haven’t been able to find anyone to come and take out the freon and then cut it up… when we redid the basement we knew it wouldn’t come out in one piece, lol… I contacted Hydro last week to have them come and remove an old fridge and asked for a referral at which time they advised that they could do it, as long as the freezer still worked…

I am very happy as this will make space to store things I still want to keep and hopefully em>encourage me to do some more decluttering…

wish me luck, lol…