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…
02 Sunday Aug 2020
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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…
31 Friday Jul 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, deadheading, flowers, garden, Hilda the Gardener, nature, pictures, plants, pond, widow
had a great day: phone calls with two special friends, a garden visit with another great friend, and three hours with Hilda the Gardener where I did a lot of deadheading…
the garden looks very nice…
come by for a visit;-)…
30 Thursday Jul 2020
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big girl pants, bunnies, family, garden, moments, morning glories, movement, nature, on track, partner, purple, squirrels, track, walk, widow
went for a half hour walk this morning and spotted six bunnies…
they were everywhere…
only saw one squirrel until I got home, and then easily six in the garden within about twenty minutes, lol…
I was about fifteen minutes later than normal and there seemed to be way more people out and about… my walking partner slept through the alarm so I was on my own… I am pleased to be getting back on track with movement;-)…
started out with a puffy vest and long sleeved shirt because it was 13 degrees Celsius, but less than halfway through the walk I wanted to strip down… it got really hot in the sun…
the morning glories were very happy…
27 Monday Jul 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, butterflies, camping, deck, family, garden, grandson, hot tub, memories, moments, monarchs, nature, space station, stuffing, time, widow, youngest
my youngest grandson and I spent a few days together… it was lovely as we don’t get to spend the amount of one-on-one time that I have with the other boys…
we did a few chores around the garden and spent a great amount of time with the monarch butterflies…
we planned meals, watched the fish, birds and squirrels, and talked about life… he was even happy to take a selfie with me;-)…
we made stuffing muffins (chicken stuffing put into muffin pans), one of his favourites, lol… we had chicken and mashed potatoes for our supper to go along with the muffins… we made twice stuffed potatoes for our second supper and he reminded me to put in green onions as he likes the flavour they add to food now…
we watched the space station fly over from the hot tub…
we slept out on the decks… he thought it was a very funny thing to do, but got right into it, bringing out his comforter, a blanket and pillows;-)… I slept in the gravity chair, which wasn’t as comfortable as the lounger I normally use…
he played games with his friends on his phone and watched tv shows when it was too hot (and maybe boring) for him outside…
how wonderful it was for me to have these special moments with this young man;-)…
26 Sunday Jul 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, butterfly, chrysalis, experience, family, fun times, garden, grandson, lily of the valley, milkweed, moments, monarch, nature, photos, plants, Pokémon, time, widow
yesterday morning my youngest grandson was dropped off at ten by his two older brothers who were heading off to a two-day Pokémon event…
about fifteen minutes after they left he spotted the first of our monarchs as it emerged from the lily of the valley where they had gone to turn into their chrysalis stage… I had been watching this chrysalis for a number of days as it was the only one we could find…
perfect timing, and he spotted three more as they came out to dry their wings…
the first one had a wasp attached to its wing and it took me quite a while to get it off… not sure if that hurt it or whether the wasp had already injured it…
the others eventually flew off after their wings dried out, but this little male spent most of the day with us… finally it was gone, so we are hoping that it was able to fly…
what a wonderful experience to share together;-)…
24 Friday Jul 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, burger, carpet, family, garden, helpful, lunch, moments, muggy, treat, walk, weather, widow
yesterday my son-in-law came by and we had a lovely visit and cup of tea on the deck… it was quite cool at that time…
he fixed the chairs I’ve been trying to redo, without any problem, lol… I did learn how to cut through plastic using the clamp on the counter in the garage…
it got really hot and muggy as he cleaned up some bits of carpet that had been dissolving alongside of the garage… after he finished, we walked over to pick up burgers from The Burger Place…
we had lunch in the garden and he headed out to his next activity…
what a treat;-)…
23 Thursday Jul 2020
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Assiniboine Park, big girl pants, blessed, check-in, companion, covid-19, English Garden, family, iPhone, moments, nervous, walk, widow, wireless headphones
been walking with my daughter the last few weeks… on the phone, lol…
this is encouraging me to get up and out for a stroll… everyday I have gone a bit further and have enjoyed our time together….
it is nice to have a companion and there is no worry about physical distancing…
here are a few photos I’ve taken as we walked…
got this shot of the elementary school that the girls went to many years ago, lol…
great way to start the day – exercise and check-in;-)…
yesterday we walked a bit longer and I went as far as the Park… the English Garden doesn’t open until 9 now, due to Covid-19, and we walk at about 7:15, so that’s too bad, lol… it felt good to get to the Park as I hadn’t been there yet this year and I sure do miss it…
I am finding that I am less nervous the more that I get out and walk, although I am very careful to step to the side if someone is coming towards me…
19 Sunday Jul 2020
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big girl pants, bird feeder, blessed, garden, moments, nature, squirrels, sunflower seeds, table, talking, widow
I’ve been talking with the squirrels a lot lately… I’ve put a small table under the bird feeder and have been putting seed out every morning and explaining to whichever one comes around that the food on the table is for them and the feeder is for the birds…
sometimes it takes quite a few conversations… other times it feels like they get it, lol…
as I’ve mentioned previously there are many squirrels that come into the garden… I haven’t decided whether the gray squirrels or the red squirrels understand better…
and they are not good at sharing, lol…
and, of course, eating from the table is easier…
17 Friday Jul 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, datura, flowers, friends, garden, moments, nature, purple, thinned, widow
I found some datura seeds that had been sitting around in the house and planted them in a couple of pots in the front flower bed a while ago…
they have produced some beautiful mauve flowers… I should have thinned them out but just couldn’t do it, lol… so the flowers are small… they open in the morning and only last for the day…
a friend brought me some of the ones she had planted and thinned out… I planted a single one in four different pots… they are now blooming… these ones bloom in the evening and are a bright white…
really enjoying the view out the window each day;-)…
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